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Northern Rivers · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1911

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Through the Storm. Pilod Steamer Seeks Refuse. Sydney

Northern Star · Thursday 14 September 1911 · page 5

The pilot steamer Captain Cook, which has been conveving the party inspecting the State lighthouses, but into Eden last night having edperienced a heavy sale off…

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Violent Thunderstorm. Sydney

Northern Star · Monday 18 September 1911 · page 5

A violent thunderstorm passed over Kurri Kurri to-day. The King's Hall, which is in course of construction, was wrecked…

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Steamer in a Storm. Sydney

Northern Star · Wednesday 20 September 1911 · page 5

The steamer, Nera encountered heavyweather between Noumea and Sydney, and sustained a good deal of damage…

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Perilous Experience. New Zealand Gales. Auckland

Northern Star · Thursday 21 September 1911 · page 5

There have been heavy gales accompanied by rain, flooding all parts of New Zealand. Much damage has already been done and shipping seriously interrupted…

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Storm

Mullumbimby Star · Thursday 28 September 1911 · page 6

Storm and thick rain without, Storm and darkness within; The wrathful form of Nature Matching the struggle with Sin !…

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Storms and Landslides. Rome

Northern Star · Friday 29 September 1911 · page 5

Following on violent storms a landslide occurred at Bagnaracalabra, and so far reports show that twenty-five persons have been killed…

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Terrific Storm. Holses Destroyed. Sydney

Northern Star · Friday 29 September 1911 · page 5

A terrific storm, accompanied by a cloud burst, took place at Marong, near Bendigo, yesterday. Although the disturbance had a path less than five chains…

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Storm in Sydney. Sydney, Friday

Northern Star · Saturday 30 September 1911 · page 9

Further welcome rains have fallen in many parts of the State. A terrific storm passed over the city this afternoon, when twelve points of rain fell…

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Dam Bursts. Two Towns Flooded. Great Loss of Life. Kancouver

Northern Star · Monday 2 October 1911 · page 5

News has been received that the town of Austin,in Pennsylvania has been almost obliterated by the barsting of a dam belonging to the Bayliss Pulp paper…

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Violent Gale. Disasters to Shipping. London

Northern Star · Tuesday 3 October 1911 · page 5

Blowing with a velocity of sixty miles an hour a gale in the North Sea caused many wrecks and considerable loss of life amongst the fishing smacks, particularly at Lowestoft…

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Effects of the Gale. Antwerp

Northern Star · Wednesday 4 October 1911 · page 5

As the result of the heavy gale reported yesterday, eighty river craft have been wrecked in the East Scheldt, and the entire fishing fleet at bluinishe is missing…

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Terrific Storm

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 6 October 1911 · page 7

DETAILS of the terrific storm, accompanied by a cloud burst, which occurred at Marong, near Bendigo (Vic.), last week, show that the…

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Italy and Turkey. If Islam Rose. the Storm Centres. General Massacre Feared. Secret Agitation

Northern Star · Wednesday 11 October 1911 · page 6

The possibility of a Holy War, resulting from the present international situation. as mentioned in the cables, was referredto by Mr. Chas. J. Judah, of Redfern, a…

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Latest Cablegrams Damaged by Gale. St. Petersburg

Northern Star · Thursday 12 October 1911 · page 5

Ten grain lighters and fifteen coal and cotton barges have been seriously damaged or sunk by a severe gale…

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Floods in America. Heavy Loss of Life Feared. Denver (Colorado)

Northern Star · Thursday 12 October 1911 · page 5

With the telephone and telegraph crippled and three hundred miles of railroad out of commission only nieagre reports have been received from the flood-swept districts of…

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Terrific Thunderstorm

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 14 October 1911 · page 6

A fearful thunderstorm took place at Bombala at 8 o'clock the other night. For over an hour the storm raged, the thunder…

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By Floodand Field. Adventures in the Northern Territory

Northern Star · Monday 23 October 1911 · page 2

Mr. Alfred Searcy's valuable book on the Northern. Territory, entitled "In Australian Tropics," has had a very wide sale, and has been favourably reviewed in many…

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Flooded. Twelve Miners Drowned. Hibernia (Now Jersey)

Northern Star · Monday 23 October 1911 · page 5

A blast destroyed, the partition between two shafts in the iron mines of the Wharton Steel Company. The water flooded the workings, and twelve men were drowned,…

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Floods and Gales. Trouble in New Zealand. Auckland

Northern Star · Thursday 26 October 1911 · page 5

Fearful weather is being experienced on the west coast of New Zealand: Extensive damage has been dore by gales and rain, and portions of Greymobuth are…

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Fire on Warships. Magazines Flooded. London, Friday Afternoon

Northern Star · Monday 30 October 1911 · page 5

The correspondent of Reuter at Touion states that short circuits of the electric power caused fires near the magazines on the warships Diderot. Justice and a…

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