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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1911

146 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 8

Storm in London. Extraordinary Squall. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 31 July 1911 · page 5

An extraordinary storm was experienced in London yesterday afternoon, the result of a sudden squall. The wind reached a velocity of 54…

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"A Storm in a Tea-cup." Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 August 1911 · page 5

Mr. John Miller, member for Bathurst, this morning handed to the Liberal Whip, for transmission to Mr. Wade and the proper authorities, his resignation of his…

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Storms and a Wreck

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 August 1911 · page 3

The past week has been remarkable for a severe storm, flooded rivers, and a wreck, attended with loss of life. The town of Blenheim has been practically…

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Rudderless in a Storm

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 August 1911 · page 4

The "Hydrographic Bulletin" for May 31, which is issued under the authority of the secretary of the United States navy, contains the following report by…

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Floods in Nicaragua. New York

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 August 1911 · page 5

Floods in Nicaragua are reported as the worst known for over a generation. There have been fifty deaths already…

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Floods in China. Half a Million Homeless. Shanghai

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 August 1911 · page 5

Floods in the province of Anhui have destroyed 235,000 acres of rice. Half a million people have been rendered homeless…

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Cyclone in Canada. a Remarkable Escape. Winnipeg

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 August 1911 · page 5

A cyclone has devastated the district of High River, Alberta. A "shack" occupied by a woman and a child was lifted up and carried for…

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Our Sydney Letter. That Most Discreditable' Scene.—where There's a Will-is a Way.—the Usual August Storm.—a Question of Nerves in Speculation.—numbering Houses and Streets.—so Many, Many Laws. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 August 1911 · page 4

Can men of a naturally more or less sour disposition be blamed for not voting? One of them or any of them might say—"They kiss the baby at…

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Floods in Switzerland. Several Lives Lost. Berne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 August 1911 · page 5

Serious floods have occurred in the valley of Massino, in Switzerland, where the torrent destroyed eight farmhouses…

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Storm in America. Damage in Charleston. the City Inundated. Savannah

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 August 1911 · page 5

A great storm is raging in the southern States of America. The water is higher on the Charleston seafront than it has been for…

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Two Sublimities. the Sea in Storm and Calm

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 September 1911 · page 9

Yesterday there was a strong west wind. I saw the sea in a storm, but to my mind the disturbance, however sublime, is far from equalling the sight…

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Storms in Switzerland. Lightning Fires Farms. Berne

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

There has been a deluge of rain at Lugano and Constance, and violent storms have caused great havoc in the Berne district, where lightning set…

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Heat Wave in England. Severe Thunderstorms. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 11 September 1911 · page 5

The heat wave has had practically an unbroken sequence since June. The temperature in London is 90 degrees in the shade…

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A Storm Brewing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 September 1911 · page 16

What am I to say about the children that were overlain? In this report twenty-nine cases are quoted. Do 1st us make a united effort to abolish this…

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After the Storm

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 September 1911 · page 4

Now that the Franco-German affair appears to have been settled, we may review the many messages, and set them out under two headings—authoritative…

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General Cable News. Storms in Italy. Rome

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 September 1911 · page 5

Violent storms have occurred at Bagnara, in Calabria. Twenty-five people were killed…

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Gale in the North Sea Many Wrecks Occasioned. Much Loss of Life. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 3 October 1911 · page 5

A gale which attained the Velocity of 60 miles an hour has occurred in the North Sea. There have been many wrecks and…

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The North Sea Gale. Further Disasters. Rescuing Crew Drowned. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 October 1911 · page 5

As a result of the gale in the North Sea, the steamer Edward Dawson went ashore at Flushing, and was subsequently burnt…

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Effects of a Gale. St. Petersburg

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 October 1911 · page 5

Ten grain lighters and 15 coal and cotton lighters have been other seriously damaged or sunk in a gale…

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Floods in America. Great Damage Done. Denver (Colorado)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 October 1911 · page 5

With telephone and telegraph communication crippled and 800 miles of railroad out of commission, only meagre reports have been received…

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