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Northern Rivers · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1911

193 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 7 of 10

Town Submerged. Floods in New Zealand. Auckland

Northern Star · Wednesday 26 July 1911 · page 5

There are reports of serious floods in New Zealand. Blenheim is partly under water, and many of the shops are inunderted and…

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New Zealand Floods. Waters Subsiding. Auckland

Northern Star · Thursday 27 July 1911 · page 5

The flood waters at Blenheim, N.Z., have subsided after attaining a-height of 6ft in the upper parts of the town. Dalgety's buildings were totally destroyed by…

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Disastrous Storm. Montreal

Northern Star · Friday 28 July 1911 · page 5

A severe wind storm swept, over the River St. Lawrence, and a score of boats are missing Several lives are known to to have been lost…

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New Zealand Floods. Children Spend Night in Train. Auckland

Northern Star · Friday 28 July 1911 · page 5

Much damage has been done by the floods in the Walrarapa and North Canterbury districts. At Rangiora the gasworks was…

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Floods in China. Pitiable Soenes. Peking

Northern Star · Saturday 29 July 1911 · page 9

There have been floods in the Yangtze valley, and the Ichang district is an inland sea. Thousands of acres of crops and many of…

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Extraordinary Storm. Damage in London. School Picnic Overw[?]elmed. London

Northern Star · Monday 31 July 1911 · page 5

An extraordinary storm occurred in London. A sudden squall of wind developed a velocity of fifty-four miles an hour, while…

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Nicaraguan Floods. New York

Northern Star · Monday 7 August 1911 · page 5

It is reported that as the result of fatalities caused by floods there are fifty dead in Nicaragua., The floods are the worst known in this generation…

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A Tweed Storm. Streets Flooded. Murwillumbah

Northern Star · Thursday 24 August 1911 · page 5

A very sharp thunderstorm lasting twenty minutes, with some heavy hail, broke over the town his afternoon. About an inch of rain fell and the streets were…

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A Local Cyclone

Northern Star · Friday 25 August 1911 · page 4

On Wednesday afternoon stormy conditions displayed themselves east of Lismore, and it appeared as though heavy rain was falling about Alstonville. In the evening…

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Gales on the Coast. Sydney

Northern Star · Friday 25 August 1911 · page 5

Heavy gales and rough seas continue along the coast and many vessels are sheltering…

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The, Weather. Heavy Rain at Lismore

Northern Star · Saturday 26 August 1911 · page 9

Light rainset in shortly before midnight on Thursday and continued at intervals up to 8 o'clock yesterday morning, when a heavy downpour was experienced Up to…

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Storm at Doonengerry

Northern Star · Wednesday 30 August 1911 · page 4

What is regarded by old residents to be one of the most severe hall storms seen in this centre for over 20 years, broke here about 11.30 a.m. on Monday. The hail,…

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Disastrous Storm. Street Traffic Suspended. Five Fatalities. Savannah

Northern Star · Wednesday 30 August 1911 · page 5

A great. storm is raging in the Southern States., The water is higher up on the Chariton sea: front than for twenty year, and the…

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Disastrous; Storm. Veassels Ashore, Charleston

Northern Star · Thursday 31 August 1911 · page 5

As the result on the severe storm, particulars of which were given in a previous message. six torpedo boats are ashore and a score of other vessels wrecked…

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After Toil and Storm. (All Rights Reserved.)

Mullumbimby Star · Thursday 31 August 1911 · page 6

Author of "Jonathan Wangham's Ward," "Grit Will Tell," "The Two Organists," &c. Many are the comfortable…

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Latest Cablegrams Heavy Swiss Storms. Berne

Northern Star · Tuesday 5 September 1911 · page 5

A deluge of rain at Lugano and Constance: with violent storms, caused great havoc in the Berne district. The lightning fired several farms There…

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Floods in China

Mullumbimby Star · Thursday 7 September 1911 · page 4

An accurate estimate of the flood victims at Shanghai is impossible. Some estimates say 100,000 perished. For 1000 miles on the river desolation…

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Storm at Wollongbar

Northern Star · Saturday 9 September 1911 · page 4

On Thursday afternoon a very severe thunder storm passed over the district. The centre of the storm passed directly over Wollonghar. Lightning and thunder…

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Flooding a Bank

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 9 September 1911 · page 3

Like the Bank of England the Bank of France is now guarded every night by soldiers, who do sentry duty outside the building, a watch being…

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Latest Wires Sydney, Wednesday The Captain Cook in a Gale

Mullumbimby Star · Thursday 14 September 1911 · page 4

The Government steamer Captain Cook arrived at Eden after an exciting trip. The steamer met a violent gale…

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