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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1911

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Gale on Queensland Coast. Shipping Disorganised. Mackay

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 March 1911 · page 5

Cyclonic weather prevailed yesterday, the force of the gale during the whole day resulting in the disorganisation of shipping…

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Gale in the North. Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 March 1911 · page 5

The steamer Yougala arrived to-day from Cairns, via ports. Captain Knight reports the vessel left Cairns on the 1st of March, and experienced strong head…

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Barque Glenogil in a Storm

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 March 1911 · page 4

The barque Glenogil, which arrived at Newcastle on Saturday, after a sixty days' passage from Pisagua, lost several sails during rough weather. Captain…

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Kumano Maru in a Gale

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 March 1911 · page 4

The Japanese mail steamer Kumano Maru arrived in Sydney on Wednesday from Hongkong and Japan. She left Yokohama on February 4, and called at the usual ports on…

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Otterburn in a Storm

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 March 1911 · page 4

The British steamer Otterburn, which arrived at Fremantle from New York on Tuesday afternoon, on route to Newcastle and Brisbane, met with a sensational experience…

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The Yongala in a Gale

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 March 1911 · page 4

The Adelaide Company's steamer Yon-gala arrived in Sydney on Thursday evening, after a rough passage from Cairns. Captain Knight reports having left Cairns…

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Floods in California. Great Damage Done. Vancouver

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 March 1911 · page 5

The lower portion of the city of Santa Barbara, in California, has been flooded. Santa Barbara is a seaport, 260…

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Cyclone at Cairns. Great Damage Done. Cairns

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 March 1911 · page 5

A terrific cyclone raged at Cairns from one o'clock yesterday afternoon until daylight this morning. The damage done by the hurricane is…

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The Cairns Cyclone. Damage at Port Douglas. Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 20 March 1911 · page 5

The Weather Bureau has been advised that the tropical disturbance which visited the Cairns district so suddenly Thursday with such disastrous effect has…

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The Cairns Cyclone. Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 March 1911 · page 5

The Postal Department has received advice from the Cairns district that Friday's cyclone caused further landslips and washaways on the railway between Cairns…

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Gale Off Melbourne. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 March 1911 · page 5

The gales on Saturday night and yesterday, did much damage to boats belonging to members of the Brighton and St. Kilda Clubs. No fewer than ten…

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Gale Off Queensland. Storm at Ayr. Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 March 1911 · page 5

A heavy south-easterly gale is raging along the Queensland coast, causing number of vessels to take shelter. The v.s, Cooma has taken shelter at…

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Griqualand Thunderstorms

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 March 1911 · page 9

A Cape correspondent writing to the "English Mechanic" of his experiences in East Griquland, says:—We used to have grand thunderstorms, up there, and one…

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Welsh Mining Troubles. Colliery Flooded. Strikers Aid in Rescue. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 27 March 1911 · page 5

The troubles in South Wales continue unabated. The miners on strike at Clydach Vale fired a slaughterhouse, dragged…

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Floods and Sun Spots

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 March 1911 · page 6

By geographers floods are attributed to the destruction of the forests; astronomers have attributed them to comets; meteorologists assert that they are due to…

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Storm in Philadelphia. Much Damage Done. Philadelphia

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 March 1911 · page 5

An electrical storm, accompanied by cyclonic wind, has occurred in Philadelphia. Many public and private buildings…

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Another Cyclone. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 March 1911 · page 5

At one o'clock this afternoon the Weather Bureau issued on ocean forecast to the effect that a tropical cyclone was imminent on the North Queensland coast…

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Storms in Queensland. Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 April 1911 · page 5

The weather conditions at Herbulu, to the south of Cairns, this morning was even worse than yesterday, incessant rain and heavy cyclonic winds prevailing…

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Effects of the Gale. Shipping Mishaps

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 April 1911 · page 5

The weather yesterday was again stormy, a strong south-west gale blowing throughout the day and night. As a result of the storm several mishaps to shipping…

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Storms in Queensland. Torrential Rains. Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 3 April 1911 · page 5

The Deputy Postmaster-General yesterday received a telegram from the postal authorities at Cairns, stating that the cyclonic conditions which have prevailed…

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