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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1911

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

Storms in Portugal. Damage by Floods. Lisbon

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 December 1911 · page 5

Serious rain storms and cyclones have occurred in Portugal, and the Tagus and other rivers have overflowed their banks…

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Storms in Europe. Several Shipwrecks. Much Loss of Life. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 25 December 1911 · page 5

It is feared that the White Rose, of Liverpool, has been lost off Plymouth with her eleven hands. Other wrecks are reported from the…

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The French Gales. Much Loss of Life. the Widowed and Fatherless. Paris

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 December 1911 · page 5

Great loss of the was occasioned by the gales on the French coast. Fifty-four fishermen were drowned, leaving 2 women of 75 children…

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Droughts and Floods

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 December 1911 · page 9

Old records inform us that, in September, 1831, the growth of wheat in the Hawkesbury district was at a standstill for the want of rain, and this…

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Floods in Ireland. Many Dwellings Abandoned. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 December 1911 · page 5

The River Shannon has risen 11ft above its normal level. There have been great inundations through the country side, and many…

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The Late Gales. Foundering of a Steamer. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 December 1911 · page 5

The steamer Lincairn, which has arrived in the Clyde, had on board seven of the crew of the English steamer Guillemot, who were picked up in the…

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