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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1910

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The Paris Floods. Houses and Roads Collapse. Mansion House Fund. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 February 1910 · page 5

The subsidence of the flood waters in Paris is causing the collapse of manly roads, embankments, and houses. The Mansion House Fund for the…

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Storm in Queensland. Laidley

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 February 1910 · page 5

The town was visited shortly before six o'clock this evening with a severe thunderstorm, lightning accompanying. The storm was of a particularly vivid…

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Storm in Northern Territory Port Darwin

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 February 1910 · page 5

A storm of exceptional violence occured at Wolfram Camp, the site of the big Wolfram mine, on January 27th. Ten inches of rain fell within a few hours. A…

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The Paris Floods. Relieving the Distress. an Epidemic Feared. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 February 1910 · page 5

Owing to the floods in Paris 48,000 workers are unemployed. The authorities are feeding, clothing, and lodging thousands daily…

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The Paris Floods. Compensating Sufferers. Seine Again Rising. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 February 1910 · page 5

The French Government intend to ask Parliament to make a further grant of £900,000, to compensate the sufferers through the floods…

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Floods in Europe. Paris Again Threatened. Liege and Geneva in Danger. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 February 1910 · page 5

Inundations are again apprehended in Paris. The Selne is rising a foot daily, and the Government has ordered the…

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Floods in Yorkshire. Derwent Overflowing. Miles of Land Under Water. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 February 1910 · page 4

Miles of land in the valley of the Derwent are inundated. The outlook for the farmers in northern Yorkshire is serious…

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The Paris Floods. Another Threatened. Seine Rising High. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 February 1910 · page 5

Paris is threatened with another [?]mundation. The Seine has risen to 21ft at Port [?]oyal, and the work of fighting the…

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The Paris Floods. Advances to the Sufferers. Free of Interest. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 February 1910 · page 5

Of 85,000 houses in Paris 14,100 here affected by the floods. The Bank of France will advance £4,000,000 free of interest, repayable…

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Storm in Persian Gulf. Wrecks of Vessels. Two Hundred Drowned. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 February 1910 · page 5

The St. Petersburg newspaper, the "Russ," reports a great storm in the Persian Gulf. It states that two local passenger…

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Floods in Paris. Rise of the Seine. Inundation From the Marne. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 February 1910 · page 5

An alarming rise in the River Seine has taken place. This has caused a renewal of the floods in the suburbs of Paris…

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Gales in Great Britain. Much Damage Done. Train Blown Off Rails. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 February 1910 · page 5

Severe gales have been experienced in Britain and Ireland. The velocity of the wind exceeded 70 miles an hour in some places…

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Paris Floods. Seine Again Falling. the Alarm Ended. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 February 1910 · page 5

The alarm which was occasioned by the renewed rise of the Seine after the recent disastrous floods in Paris, is now subsiding…

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District News. Waratah. the Storm Water Drains

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 February 1910 · page 7

At the Waratah Council meeting on Monday, evening Messrs. O. G. Steel and G. Errington, municipal representatives on the Hunter District Water Supply and…

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The British Gale. Enormous Velocity. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 February 1910 · page 5

The official record shows that the gale in Great Britain on Sunday attained a velocity of 100 miles an hour…

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Gales in England. Trees Torn Up. Torrential Rains in Paris. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 March 1910 · page 5

Terrible weather is now raging on the coast of England. The gale has been so severe that in many places large trees were torn up…

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Raworth Floodboat

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 March 1910 · page 6

The members of the Tarro Shire Council and the officials of the office paid a visit to Larges Ferry yesterday morning for the purpose of inspecting the new…

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Lighthouse Men Relieved. After Fourteen Days. Isolated by Gales. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 March 1910 · page 5

In consequence of the rough weather which has latterly prevailed on the British coast, it has not been possible to keep up supplies to all the…

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Flood in Rhondda Valley a Dam Bursts. Several Persons Killed. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 March 1910 · page 5

A dam in the Rhondda Valley, in South Wales, burst yesterday, and occasioned some loss of life, and great damage…

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Heavy Rain at Coraki. Coraki

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 March 1910 · page 5

It is raining heavily here to-day, and the flood waters are still rising. All the ferry punts have stopped running, and the passenger and cream boats are…

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