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Floods & storms, 1909

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Another Flood at Coulburn

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 February 1909 · page 8

GOULBURN.—The storm which visited the district yesterday did considerable damage in that portion of the country which suffered hy the storm about a fortnight ago, when Bishop Barlow had his unique…

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Flood in the Turon

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 February 1909 · page 8

SOFALA.—A flood in the Turon, the result of heavy rain on Saturday and Sunday, washed the dam away at the dredge Big Wallaby…

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Murrumburrah Flooded

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 February 1909 · page 8

MURRUMBURRAH, Monday.--Unusually heavy rain fell here yesterday. Yesterday morning, about 11 o'clock, two storms from south and west broke, accompanied by heavy thunder and…

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Heavy Rain at Newcastle

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 February 1909 · page 10

Heavy soaking rain, accompanied by strong windy squalls, fell throughout yesterday. Shipping off the coast was interfered with, hut no mishaps were reported. The wind dropped at night, and the sea fell, the gale…

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Gale at Newcastle. Corio Returns to Port

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

NEWCASTLE.—A strong southerly wind, accompanied by heavy s[?]ualls of rain, has been blowing in Newcastle all day Tuesday. A heavy sea is also running off the coast, and a number of the smaller coasting…

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Feeling at the Trades-hall. "The Lull Before the Storm."

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 February 1909 · page 10

The interest at the Trades-hall in regard to the Broken-hill strike is very meagre, being confined chiefly to the members of the Labor Council executive. Among the earnest unionists…

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Kippax Lake. Attack on City Surveyor. Storm in a Teacup

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 February 1909 · page 12

A storm raged over Kippax Lake last night in the City Council-chamber. As a result, it is not to be filled up and turned into a flower garden forthwith. The City Council reforred…

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Town Partially Flooded

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

MURRUMBURRAH.—A thunderstorm on Sunday gave 110 points of rain in half an hour. The Murrumboola Creek within two hours was transformed from a small stream into a raging torrent. It overflowed its banks,…

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Flood and Washaways

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

GEURIE.—Heavy rain fell here list evening, 160 points being registered in half an hour. The township was inundated, and water ran in the streets two feet deep. School children were, taken home in a grocer's…

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A Deluge of Falsehood

Watchman · Thursday 4 February 1909 · page 5

We are rarely called upon to notice attacks upon the Army, and would generally prefer to await time's vindication to attempting unpleasant-vindication—unpleasant,…

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A Storm in a Teapot

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 4 February 1909 · page 20

It is regrettable that the correspondence between the Lord Mayor of Sydney and his Eminence the Cardinal over the Messina Relief Fund has been published; it is no less…

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A Remarkable Month. Drought, Heat, Fires, Snow, Gales, and Rain

Evening News · Thursday 4 February 1909 · page 2

Dr. Hammond has compiled the following notes on the January weather, from observations taken at his observatory at Yarra, near Goulburn:—This has "been a remarkable month…

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Squalls in the City. Gale on the Coast

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 February 1909 · page 8

Squally, southerly weather ruled in the city yesterday morning. The wind commenced to come away from the south, at about 6.30 a.m., blowing at the rate of 15 miles per hour. The…

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A Flood Incident

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 5 February 1909 · page 15

An exciting incident occurred in the Macquarie river, near Wellington, recently, according to the local "Gazette." Mr. H. Nancarrow had…

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Ship River Falloch on Fire. Holds Flooded

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 February 1909 · page 7

LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--The ship River Falloch is on fire at Caleta Calosa. Her holds have been flooded. The River Falloch took a coal cargo from…

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Remarkable Damage by Storm

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 February 1909 · page 11

MILLTHORPE, Friday. -- The recent storm in the Morilda district was the most destructive over known. Three cattle and a number of valuable stud sheep belonging to Councillor…

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Floods in Sicily. Much Damage Done

The World's News · Saturday 6 February 1909 · page 3

The elements seemed to have been in conspiracy to make the lives of the residents of Calabria and Sicily completely unhappy. Prior to the earthquake floods did enormous…

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Disastrous Floods in Germany. Towns Under Water. Railways Blocked—bridges Wrecked. London. Saturday Morning. I

Sunday Times · Sunday 7 February 1909 · page 7

Extraordinary floods have occurred in Saxony, Thuringla, Bavaria, and Tyrol, owing to the sudden melting of snow…

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Great Floods in Germany. a Sudden Inundation. Whole Towns Under Water. Widespread Devastation. LONDON Saturday. 6.30 a.m

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 7 February 1909 · page 1

Extraordinary floods have occurred in Saxony. Thuringia, and Bavaria, Germany, and in the Austrian Tyrol. Owing to the sudden melting of snows…

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Late Cable News. Received To-day. Great Floods in Germany. Large Rivers Rising. Many Lives Lost

Evening News · Monday 8 February 1909 · page 4

LONDON, Sunday Evening.—The Rhine, Elbe, Main, Danube, Oder, and other rivers are rising steadily, and many lives have already been lost…

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