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Floods & storms, 1909

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Central Europe Floods. Towns Under Water. Communication Interrupted. Rhine Overflow Feared. London, Feb. 6

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 February 1909 · page 7

Extraordinary floods have occurred in Saxony, Thuringia, Bavaria, and Tyrol, owing to sudden melting of the snows. Whole towns are under water…

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Flooded Out Sudden Inundation in Germany Many Lives Lost. Precarious Situation in Dresden. London, Sunday, 2 p.m

The Australian Star · Monday 8 February 1909 · page 1

Later details of the extraordinary floods which owing to the sudden melting of the snows, have occurred in Saxony, Thurinia, Savaria, and in the Austrian Tyrol, report…

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Floods in Europe. Flight to High Ground. Railway Traffic Blocked. Famous Watering-place Inundated

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 8 February 1909 · page 7

LONDON, Saturday.--Extraordinary floods have occurred m Saxony, Thuringia, Bavaria, and the Tyrol, owing to the sudden melting of the snow…

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A Cyclone

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 February 1909 · page 8

The Deputy Postmaster-General to-day received a wire from the postmaster at Normanton that a fierce cyclonic storm from the southeast passed about four miles south of Taroon…

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Cyclone at Normanton. Buildings Blown Down

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 9 February 1909 · page 8

BRISBANE, Monday.--The Acting-Deputy Postmaster-General has received a telegram from the postmaster at Normanton, stating that a fierce cyclonic storm from the south-cast had…

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European Floods. Many Lives Lost. Ice Floes Crash Into Bridges. Situation at Dresden Acute. London, Feb. 7

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 February 1909 · page 7

The Rhine, the Elbe, tho Main, the Danube, and the Oder are rising steadily. Many lives have already been lost The situation' at Dresden (Elbe) Is most…

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Floods Abating

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 9 February 1909 · page 7

LONDON, Monday.--The floes at Dresden are melting, and the danger is past. Some of the western streams are abating…

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Floods in Germany. Rivers Steadily Rising. Precarious Position at Dresden

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 9 February 1909 · page 7

LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--The rivers Rhine, Elbe, Main, Danube, and Oder are all rising steadily. Many lives have been lost already by the…

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The Bathurst Floods: A 'Varsity Camp

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 10 February 1909 · page 34

BATHURST, the City of the Plains, was recently visited by torrential rains. Some fourteen days separated the two great falls. On the last occasion it is estimated that around Perthville and…

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In Heavy Gales. Damage to the Ringdove

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 February 1909 · page 7

The little auxiliary ketch Ringdove, which arrived here yesterday from Noumea, encountered very heavy weather conditions on the voyage across. Captain Champion says…

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Cyclone in New Caledonia

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 12 February 1909 · page 8

The Deputy Postmaster-General has received information stating that communication between Noumea and Gomen, in New Caledonia, has been interrupted by a severe cyclone. Gomen…

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Swept Overboard. Captain Feast of the Maroro. Lost in a Gale

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 12 February 1909 · page 6

With her flags flying at half-mast the Sydney-owned schooner Maroro sailed into port yesterday. with tidings of the loss of her master, Captain A. Feast. The sad event took place in…

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Mail Boat in a Gale. R.M.S. Ortona Has Rough Buffeting. Sailors' Shins Fractured. Fremantle

The Australian Star · Friday 12 February 1909 · page 7

The R.M.S. Ortona arrived at 8.30 o'clock this morning, nearly four hours late, After experiencing terrific weather on the voyage from Colombo to Fremantle. Directly the…

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Floods in Fiji. Suva

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 February 1909 · page 8

Floods have occurred in the country districts, and large areas of cane and bananas have been destroyed. The River Rewa has risen 30ft, the Lautoka plantation is a series of…

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Floods at Fiji. Cane and Banana Crops Destroyed

The Australian Star · Friday 12 February 1909 · page 4

The country districts are all flooded. The sugarcane and banana crops are destroyed, and the Roma River has risen 30ft. The Lautoka Lakes are overflowing, and the…

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Floods in the Islands. Rewa River Rises 30Ft

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 12 February 1909 · page 8

SUVA,Thursday.--Serious floods have occurred in the country districts, and the came and banana crops have been destroyed. The River Rewa has risen 30ft. Around…

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Pantomime Storms

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 13 February 1909 · page 8

You have probably wondered when witnessing the pantomimes how the sound of a storm is so realistically produced. It is done by a mechanical contrivance which…

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Southerly Change. Gales, Rough Seas, and Rain

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 February 1909 · page 13

A moderate southerly gale was blowing along the coast last night, aecompanied by thick rains and heavy seas, The highest velocity attained by the wind in the city…

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The German Floods

Sunday Times · Sunday 14 February 1909 · page 12

The Rhine, the Elhe, the Main, the Dambe, and the Oder rose steadily. Many lives were best, The situation at Dresden (Elbe) was most praccarious…

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Heavy Storm at South Head

Evening News · Monday 15 February 1909 · page 2

South Head encountered the full force of last night's storm. From the signal tower about 9 o'clock, looking south could be discerned heavy black clouds banking up, and before half…

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