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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1910

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North-western Floods. Trains Interrupted. Sydney

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

Very heavy rain has fallen over the greater portion of the north-western district, and all the waterways are rising so rapidly that heavy floods are…

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Comets and Floods

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 March 1910 · page 6

The curious scientific problem, "Do comets cause floods?" is raised by a correspondent of the "Express," who calls attention to a series of curious…

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Paris Relieved. Flood Danger Past. London

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

All fears of a recurrence of floods [?] Paris have now passed away. The Seine has fallen 20ft and the [?]teamboats have resumed running on…

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Gale Off Queensland Coast. Warning to Shipping. Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 March 1910 · page 4

The following special weather advices were issued by the Weather Bureau this morning:— Advices from Townsville indicate that…

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Floods in Queensland. Heavy Rain Expected. Brisbane

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

The Railway Department has received advice that the flood waters are three feet over the O'Connell Creek bridge on the Richmond line, and that the river at…

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Torrential Rain. Rockhampton Flooded. Rockhampton

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

For the second time this year the city is in the throes of flood, and the present visitation is likely to prove more disastrous than its predecessor…

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Floods in Queensland. Railway Lines Blocked. Brisbane

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

Heavy floods are reported from Northern Queensland. The Railway Department this afternoon received the following telegram from…

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Queensland Floods. a Man Drowned. Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 March 1910 · page 5

The Railway Department has received a report from Rockhampton that the flood waters at Emerald are 12 inches over the rails. The water at Nogoa is 7ft 9in over…

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Queensland Floods. Losses in the North. Brisbane

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

Advices from Rockhampton state that the weather continues fine. The Fitzroy fell until this morning, when it again began to rise, and with the back waters…

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Queensland Floods. Railways Still Blocked. Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 March 1910 · page 5

The Railway Commissioner telegraphed from Rockhampton to-day that he was able to get through to Rockhampton, although the water is 8 inches over the…

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On Floods

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 March 1910 · page 2

All reports from Paris have dwelt on the tragedy of the flood. We read of 50,000 sufferers at Ivry, of bread going up in price: of flooded wine cellars,…

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Queensland Floods. Lines Still Under Water. Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 March 1910 · page 5

Mr. Thallon, the State Commissioner for Railways, returned to-day from Rockhampton, where he was directing operations for the restoration of the railway…

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The Deluge

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 March 1910 · page 7

The tropical disturbance which has been hovering over the State during the past week or two has made things interesting in the north, central, and…

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Queensland Floods. Rockhampton Inundated. Rockhampton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 March 1910 · page 5

The floods in the Rockhampton district on Friday night passed the highest point reached by the flood earlier in the year, and the river is now rising more rapidly…

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Rockhampton Floods. Fitzroy River Still Rising. Rockhampton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 March 1910 · page 4

Although to-day was observed as a close public holiday, and gloriously as a weather prevailed, no sports or races were held owing to the flood waters…

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Cyclone at Norfolk Island. Norfolk Island

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 31 March 1910 · page 5

A heavy gale began on Monday morning with a hurricane. The wind increased during the day with drizzling rain. The barometer fell fast during the evening…

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Flood in Natal. During Military Manoeuvres. Four Soldiers Drowned. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 31 March 1910 · page 5

Six hundred men of the Wiltshire Regiment, accompanied by Lord Methuen, the Governor, left Pietermarltz-burg, in Natal, to surprise a militia…

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New Zealand Floods. Auckland

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 April 1910 · page 6

Fierce storms and heavy rains continued throughout the North Island yesterday. On Wednesday a hurricane swept over the town of Paeroa, and the rain soon…

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Our Brisbane Letter. Brisbane, April 6. Recent Floods

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 April 1910 · page 9

Although the weather conditions have vastly improved since last week and much finer weather now prevails, the atmosphere still is not settled,…

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Cyclone in France. Great Damage Done. Farman's Workshops Wrecked. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 April 1910 · page 5

A terrific cyclone has swept over the towns of Rheims and Chalous, in France, causing great damage. In the latter city the workshops of…

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