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New England · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1911

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Floods in Queensland

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 10 February 1911 · page 3

THE Queensland Commissioner for Railways has received. a wire from Maryborough stating that the position was rather serious at the Boolboonda…

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Floods in Queensland. Brisbane

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 14 February 1911 · page 5

Floods continue in many parts of Queensland…

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The Latest. Floods in Scotland

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 21 February 1911 · page 4

LONDON, Sunday Night.—Continuous rain has caused serious floods in the West of Scotland…

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Gale in Wellington, N.Z.

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 28 February 1911 · page 4

SYDNEY, Monday.—A fierce gale, accompanied by rain and fog, overwhelmed Wellington, New Zealand, on Saturday. Parts of the city were flooded…

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Destructive Cyclone. Wholesale Demolition of D[?]lings Two Men Also Killed. Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 20 March 1911 · page 3

Further particulars of the terrific [?] at Port Douglas and [?] show that hundreds of persons are homeless…

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Wrecked by a Cyclone

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 21 March 1911 · page 4

SYDNEY Monday—Port Douglas and Mosman have been wrecked by a cyclone. Two men were killed by falling houses and hundreds of people are homeless…

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Flood in Queensland Brisbane

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 3 April 1911 · page 5

Heavy[?] Northern Queensland. Eighteen inches were recorded at Cairns in M. hours…

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Floods in Queensland. Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 6 April 1911 · page 5

Further heavy rains have occurred at Cairns (Q.) 4883 points being recorded between Wednesday and Monday…

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Floods in Queensland. Food Supplies Short Brisbane

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 10 April 1911 · page 5

As a result of the heavy floods in Queensland the food supplies are becoming scarpe, and many selectors are [?] straits. Practically 12,…

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Floods in Queensland

The Inverell Times · Thursday 13 April 1911 · page 2

Wires from Queensland tells of very serious floods. Food supplies are short and many settlers are in dire straits. Practically 12,000…

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Floods at Buneos Ayres

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 29 April 1911 · page 6

Torrential reins which have lately fallen caused an overflow of the Riafhuelo, one of the two channels leading from the estuary of La Plata…

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Awful Story of the Sea Death, Storm, and Insanity

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 8 May 1911 · page 4

Lying sullenly at the anchorage, a dead, heavy weight in the sea, with long grass and barnacles on her pelutiess sides, her sails patched and…

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Providing Against Floods

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 9 May 1911 · page 2

The Tamworth Municipal council has decided to expend £2000 in building an embankment from Lye's hill to O'Connell-street, on tho Eastern…

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Rush of Water. Floods Newcastle Pit

Guyra Argus · Thursday 11 May 1911 · page 3

Great consternation, said a correspondent telegraphing from Newcastle to "Lloyd's News" on February 19, was created in the district at midnight, when…

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Terrible Gale

Guyra Argus · Thursday 18 May 1911 · page 4

A severe westerly gale swept over certain parts of Austria last month. There were 100 accidents, two of them fatal, in Vienna alone. Meteorological returns…

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Violent Thunderstorms. London

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 1 June 1911 · page 5

Violent thunderstorms are being experienced in South Germany. Sixteen fatalities are reported…

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Gales in Victoria

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 10 June 1911 · page 5

Hurricane conditions prevailed in Victoria throughout last night, and considerable damage was done at Warrnambool. Heavy seas are…

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Heavy Weather in Victoria. Many Parts Flooded. Melbourne

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 12 June 1911 · page 2

Heavy-weather continues in victoria, and floods are reported from many parts. Dairy farmers have been compelled…

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Terrific Thunderstorms

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 20 June 1911 · page 4

LONDON, Sunday Night.—Terrific thunderstorms are reported throughout Lancashire. Hailstones, an inch in diameter, fell. There was one fatality by lightning at Aeerington…

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