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Floods & storms, 1909

929 stories in Sydney's papers · page 11 of 47

Cyclone Near Young

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 March 1909 · page 10

YOUNG, Tuesday.--A cyclone was experienced at Monteagle or Monday evening, when considerable damage was done…

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Storm at Goulburn

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 March 1909 · page 10

GOULBURN, Tuesday.--One of the heaviest thunderstorms experienced for years passed over the city last evening. The lightning was remarkably vivid, and the storm was accompanied in the western part of the city by…

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Effects of a Storm

Evening News · Wednesday 3 March 1909 · page 6

GOULBURN, Wednesday.—Considerable damage was done by the severe storm on Monday night. Mr. Cambridge had most of his fencing swept away. The floor of Mr. Allen's…

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Deluge in West Australia. Four Inches of Rain in Twenty Minutes

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 March 1909 · page 10

WEST AUSTRALIA, Tuesday.--A deluge occurred at Northam and York about 6 o'clock this evening. One report states that four inches of rain fell at Northam in 20 minutes, and the…

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Heavy Storm at Narrabri. Phenomenal Rain. Narrabri

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 March 1909 · page 8

Reports are to hand of a terrible storm which occurred a couple of nights age in the mountains, about 20 miles to the east of the town. It is estimated that more than six…

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Heavy Rains in Western Australia. Flood at Northam. Railway Trains Held Up. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 March 1909 · page 10

A deluge occurred at Northam and York about 6 this evening. One report states that four inches of rain fell at Northam in 20 minutes, and the low-lying portion of that…

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Flood at Goulburn. Damage to Property

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 March 1909 · page 10

GOULBURN—During a thunderstorm on Monday night hea[?] rain fell in South Goulburn. A large watercourse near Clinton-street became flooded in a few minutes, and fencing and soil were carried away…

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A Deluge in the West. Town Nearly Washed Away. Terrific Thunderstorms. Seven Inches of Rain in Thirty Minutes

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 March 1909 · page 5

PERTH, Wednesday.--A terrific thunderstorm broke yesterday afternoon over the eastern districts, at Northam and York, and elsewhere, doing great damage to property, while in…

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Terrific Rain Storms. Railway Line Damaged. Queanbeyan

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 March 1909 · page 8

A terriffic storm on Monday night, accompanied by vivid lightning and heavy hall, passed over Burbong. Rain fell in torrents, the flood water doing extensive damage to the…

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Severe Storm in Victoria. Damage in the Country

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 March 1909 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--Exceptionally severe thunderstorms have occurred in the north-eastern parts of Victoria, particularly in the Wangaratta and Beechworth districts. At…

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Heavy Snow Storms. Berlin Covered with Ice. LONDON, Wednesday, 3.5 p.m

The Australian Star · Thursday 4 March 1909 · page 1

Heavy snow continues to fall in Great Britain and the Continent. Fifty ice accidents have occurred in the sheets of Berlin…

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Floods in West Australia. Wall of Water 200 Feet Wide

Evening News · Thursday 4 March 1909 · page 6

The latest reports from Northam (W.A.), show that the thunderstorms, which occurred in that district on Tuesday were the heaviest experienced within the memory of the oldest…

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Floods at Northam. Phenomenal Rain. a Wall of Water. Narrow Escapes Recorded. Damage £16,000. Perth (W.a.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 March 1909 · page 7

Later reports from Northam show that the thunderstorms which occurred on Tuesday afternoon were the heaviest experienced within the memory of the oldest inhabitant, although…

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The N0rtham Deluge. Great Damage Done. Coffins Washed From Graveyard

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 March 1909 · page 5

PERTH (W.A.), Thursday.--Repairs to the goldfields railway from the damage caused by the phenomenal rainfall at Northam in the York district are proceeding rapidly, and traffic has…

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King Cyclone Coming. "For There 18 a Sound of Abundance of Rain."

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 5 March 1909 · page 13

Mr. J. Cummins: Ogg the Brisbane weather forecaster, sends us the following under date February 26th:—The continued dry weather has…

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In a Flooded Creek

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 5 March 1909 · page 13

Mr. P. F. Blewitt, while proceeding from Queenbeyan to Ginninderra on Saturday night, was swept away in Gungahleen Creek, which was in…

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Floods in Westralia

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 5 March 1909 · page 6

Phenomenal rain is reported from Northam (West Australia.) Within half an hour something like seven inches fell, and floods were everywhere…

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Scattered Thunderstorms. Further Falls Inland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 March 1909 · page 8

More isolated thunder-showers have been recorded over various portions of the State, and at a few places in the interior useful falls have been received. Mount Hope…

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The Northam Floods. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 March 1909 · page 6

Further telegrams in regard to the flood at Northam on Tuesday state that considerable damage was done to the unripe fruit, hundreds of pounds' worth being knocked off…

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In Office. Inauguration of President Taft. Parade of Fifty Thousand. Washington in a Snow Storm

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 March 1909 · page 9

LONDON, Thursday Afternoon.--Mr. W. H. Taft, the new President of the United States, was inaugurated at Washington today, when 50,000 people participated in the…

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