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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1910

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Storm in the Harbour

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

Mr. Todd, the manager of the Sydney Ferries, interviewed to-night, said he could not remember such a hard blow, with such confusing and high seas in…

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Effects of the Storm. Telegrams Delayed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 19 July 1910 · page 6

In consequence of yesterday's heavy gales, there was great interruption on the telegraph lines. The lines between Sydney and…

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Yesterday's Gale. Terrific Squalls. Seventy Miles an Hour

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

The weather yesterday was the most stormy experienced in Newcastle for a long time. The wind averaged from 40 to 50 miles…

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The Storm in Sydney. Houses Unroofed. Great Damage Done. Sydney

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

One of the severest storms ever export[?]ced in Sydney occurred this afternoon, and while it lasted traffic was absolutely disorganised in all parts of the…

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The Great Gale. Conditions Moderated

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 July 1910 · page 5

At Newcastle yesterday the weather was much calmer than on the previous day. The wind was from the north-west, but towards noon it changed to the south, and there…

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Effects of the Storm. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 July 1910 · page 5

The gale which raged all day yesterday died down about midnight. A remarkable calm followed. The clouds drifted away, and the stars came out. But the lull lasted…

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Our Sydney Letter. the Great Storm.—a Hurricane Recalling the Nemesis Gale.—scenes and Incidents.—the Young Girl Who Has to Face the Elements.—reports From the Suburbs.—yesterday's Continuation. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 July 1910 · page 4

The storm king rode in all his fury on Monday. Not since the day the Nemesis was lost have we had such a time. Anyone who saw that fearful…

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Storms in Europe. Great Damage Done. Many People Killed. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 July 1910 · page 4

Enormous damage has been dons by a hurricane, accompanied by lightning and torrents of rain, West and South Germany, especially in the…

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Spanish Socialism. Attack on the Ex-premier. Storm in Parliament. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 July 1910 · page 4

Senor Iglesias, a Socialist Deputy, during a recent debate in the Spanish Chamber of Deputies concerning the repression of the Barcelona riots,…

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The Raworth Floodboat

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 August 1910 · page 6

In connection with the trouble that has occurred between the Tarro Shire Council and the residents of Narrowgui with reference to the floodboat that is to serve…

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Storm at Albany. Albany

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 August 1910 · page 5

The roughest weather experienced at Albany for yearn occurred on Sunday night. Terrific squalls came from the…

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Flood in the Caucasus. Village Destroyed. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 August 1910 · page 5

The Village of Bushghenink, in the Caucasus, has boon overwhelmed by a flood. The disaster occurred at midnight…

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Floods in Japan. Great Loss of Life. Much Property Damaged. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 15 August 1910 · page 5

Floods in Japan have washed away towns and villages, and there have been many deaths. Railways have been interrupted…

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Japanese Floods. Great Loss of Life. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 16 August 1910 · page 5

The floods at Tokio, in Japan, are subsiding. Three hundred and eighty-five people are known to be dead, and 500 are…

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The Japanese Floods. Effects of the Disaster. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 August 1910 · page 5

Official estimates state that 112 persons were drowned in the floods in Japan, and that 150,000 houses were flooded, and 3900 destroyed…

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Flood Adventures

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

Six young Swiss girls had a terrifying [?]operlence on the 17th July, while returning from Lavey-les-Bains in an hotel omnious to St. Maurice…

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Deluge of Rain. Destruction of a Town. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 September 1910 · page 5

Forty-eight hours heavy rain caused the River Temes, in Hungary, to burst an embankment, and a great part of the town of Temesvar was…

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Cyclone in Hungary. Great Damage Done. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 September 1910 · page 5

A cyclone in Hugary wrecked 250 houses in Toemoorke. It destroyed a church and carried big trees for a distance of half a…

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Serious Floods. in Austria and Japan. Austrian Houses Collapse. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 September 1910 · page 5

Continual downpours of rain in central and northern Austria have caused heavy floods in many districts. Hundreds of houses collapsed,…

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Cyclone in Italy. Warships in Collision. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 September 1910 · page 5

A cyclone occurred yesterday in the Gulf of Taranto, Italy. Several Italian warships dragged their anchors, and some came into…

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