Floods Feared
The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 August 1909 · page 4
TUMUT, Thursday,--Advices from The Ravine state that owing to heavy rains the creeks are too high for the mailman to cross. The Yarrangobilly and Jounama Rivers are reported to be as high now as they were on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →British Weather. Heat After Heavy Rain. Explosion at Gunpowder Works
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 14 August 1909 · page 9
LONDON, Friday.--A heat wave, which is now passing over England, has to date, been responsible for the death of eight persons…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Storm Ceases. Records for 24 Hours
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 August 1909 · page 14
The Antarctic disturbance which resulted in the recent general rains has moved to the south-east, and is centrally situated to the south of Tasmania. Further good downpours…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →A Dreadful Storm. the Marere's Experience. Melbourne
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 August 1909 · page 13
As an example of the severity of the storms which sweep the Indian Ocean at this season of the year, the experiences of the Tyser liner Marere, which arrived here to-day, are…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →A Short Story. a Storm in a Tea-cup. (All Rights Reserved.)
The Star · Saturday 14 August 1909 · page 12
"Well," said the old woman, as her nephew loosened the top of his cardigan waistcoat and leant back exhausted, "I always did say, Alf, that no good would come of…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Another Big Flood. Expected on the Murray. River Rapidly Rising
Evening News · Saturday 14 August 1909 · page 5
ALBURY, Saturday.—Another serious flood is expected along the Murray River. Since the last flood six weeks ago it has rained continuously, and the last few days very heavily,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Floods in the Country. Murray Waters Rising. Lowlying Lands Flooded. Stock Hurriedly Removed. Melbourne
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 August 1909 · page 13
The Murray River rose an inch an hour at Wodonga to-day, and the rise has been maintained to-night. Reports from Tintaldra, Walwa, and Jingellic…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 August 1909 · page 14
COROWA.—Rain fell on Thursday night, and another big flood is expected in the Murray. Reports to hand state that the snow waters are coming down, and that the tributaries are in flood…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Murray Rising Rapidly. Another Flood Feared. Albury
The Star · Saturday 14 August 1909 · page 9
Another serious flood on the Murray is anticipated. Big volumes of water are coming down at Jingellic Walwa, and the towns on the Upper Murray…
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The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 14 August 1909 · page 10
CORAWA Friday.--Heavy rain fell last night and early this morning. Another flood in the Murray is expected. The snow waters are reported to be coming down, and all the tributaries are in flood…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Murray Flood. Rising at Albury
Evening News · Monday 16 August 1909 · page 5
ALBURY, Monday.—The Murray River is still rising at Albury, and the Wodonga fiats are again swamped. The river is falling at Jingellico. The weather is glorious to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Women Rescue Drowning Chinese. Crossing a Flooded Stream. Glen Innes
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 August 1909 · page 7
A Chinese carter was washed gown in the Beardy River yesterday. He attempted to cross the flooded stream. After being carried some distance he clung to a willow tree. Mrs…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cheering a Thunderstorm. New Yorkers' Relief at End of Heat Wave
The Star · Monday 16 August 1909 · page 2
At 5.15 this evening (says a New York telegram of June 25). the heat wave was broken by a thunderstorm, but some idea of the suffering the city has endured during…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Flood in the Murray. Rise at Albury
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 August 1909 · page 7
ALBURY, Sunday,--The river Is again In flood. Since Friday morning It has risen 2ft. 3in„ and this evening is 13ft. 4ln. above summer level. Tho river fiats aro submerged, and the lower…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Marathon's Experience. Great Gale at the Cape
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 17 August 1909 · page 5
MELBOURNE, Monday.--Captain N. Allen, of the Aberdeen White Star liner Marathon, and his officers, who arrived In port from South Africa to-day, were surprised to hear of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Floods in Victoria. Farms Submerged. Twelve Miles of Water. Serious State of Affairs. Melbourne
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 August 1909 · page 7
The condition of the floods at Kotupna is regarded as very serious Owing to the action of the Public Works Department, in repairing levees on the western side of the river, the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Flooded Rivers. 10,000 Acres Submerged in Victoria. More Than Forty Farms Covered
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 17 August 1909 · page 5
MELBOURNE, Monday.--Floods on the Murray are still a source of considerable anxiety. At Cobram, residents in the low-lying area are taking every precaution to safeguard their…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Storms in the Southern Ocean. Tomoana's Experience
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 August 1909 · page 9
The captain of the steamer Tomoana reports terrific weather on the passage across from the Cape to Melbourne. The hurricane which struck the Marere on July 28 duly came down…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Storms in the Tasman Sea. a Barquentine's Experience
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 August 1909 · page 10
New Zealand timber traders are haying a bad time in the gale in the Tasman Sea, and long passages are the order of the day. The barquentine Mary Isabel, which arrived yesterday,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Floods. Search for a Missing Man. Gilgandra
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 August 1909 · page 9
So far no trace has been found of the missing man, who is supposed to have been drowned in Marthaguy Creek. On Thursday his identity was established as that of…
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