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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1910

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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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The Queen's Cruise. Stopped by a Storm. Return to Genoa. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 19 April 1910 · page 5

Queen Alexandra, and the Princess Victoria have met with adverse weather at the inception of their Mediterranean cruise…

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Balloon in a Storm. Fall Into a Garden. the Occupants Unhurt. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 19 April 1910 · page 5

Mr. Maitland's balloon, with a lady passenger, ascended at the crystal Place on Saturday. When at a height of 2000ft a…

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Land of Fire and Flood

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 April 1910 · page 6

Man is a weak and feeble animal, but he has brains—albeit not usually as much as might be wished (writes "Tohunga" in the Auckland. "Herald"),…

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Floods in Servia. Great Damage Done. Twelve Fatalities Reported. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 April 1910 · page 5

Serious floods have occurred :at Kragujevacs and in other flourishing parts of Servia. Railway communication with Sofla,…

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Across England. on a Farman Biplane. Stopped by a Gale. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 25 April 1910 · page 5

Mr. White, the aeronaut, started on a journey from London to Manchester at five minutes past ten o'clock this morning…

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Aerial Navigation. Damage by the Gale. Successful French Journey. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 April 1910 · page 5

It is expected that M. Paulhan and Mr. White will both aeroplane from Manchester on Wednesday. Their object will be to reach…

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Flood Mitigation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 May 1910 · page 6

At the request of the East Maitland Municipal Council Mr. Percy Allan, district engineer, visited Maitland yesterday, to advise the council relative to certain…

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A Khartoum Sand Storm

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 May 1910 · page 15

The hubboobs (or sand storms) would be interesting if they were not distinctly disagreeable. The premonition is a stilling sensation of…

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The Date of the Flood

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 May 1910 · page 14

Professor Herman Hilprecht has just made public his translation of some remarkable cuneiform tablets discovered in what was the library of the great temple…

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Steamer in a Gale

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 May 1910 · page 4

The steamer Fifeshire, which reached Wellington last week, had a sensational experience. The Fifeshire left Auckland on Saturday, April 23, and ran into a…

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Torpedo Storm Trials

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 May 1910 · page 7

The navel correspondent of the "Borsenzeitung" gives the following account of the storm, trials of the newly, commissioned German torpedo boats which…

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Aviator's Death. Struck by a Cyclone London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 16 May 1910 · page 5

M. Hauvette Michelin, while flying an aeroplane at Lyons, in France, was struck by a cyclone. He fell to the ground, and was…

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Storms in England. Four Persons Killed. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 23 May 1910 · page 5

Great thunderstorms have occurred in the midlands and south-west of England. Four men and children were killed…

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Halley's Comet. Lecture by Mr. Gale

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 June 1910 · page 6

In the Masonic Hall, Wolfe-street, last night, Mr. W. F. Gale, F.R.A.S. delivered a lecture entitled, "Halley's Comet and other Vagra[?]ts of the Heavens." The…

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Storm Off Bombay. Five Natives Drowned. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 June 1910 · page 5

A sudden storm at Bomaby engulfed thirteen native cargo beats in the harbour. Five sailors were drowned…

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Rain and Storms

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 June 1910 · page 4

More rain fell yesterday, at Newcastle. It set in early in the morning, and continued in showers throughout the day. Several times in the forenoon there were…

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Storms on the Coast. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 June 1910 · page 4

Stormy conditions were reported by the signal stations from all parts of the New South Wales coast to-day. Strong westerly winds, veering in some places…

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Ulimaroa in a Gale. Auckland

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 June 1910 · page 4

The steamer Ulimaroa arrived at the Bluff this morning from Tasmania. A cyclonic storm was encountered after leaving Hobart, during which…

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Flood Waters. Municipal Conference

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 June 1910 · page 7

A conference of representatives of Merewether, Hamilton, and Adamstown Municipal Councils was held on Tuesday night in the Adamstown Council…

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