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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1911

19 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers

Local News. Heavy Storm

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 7 January 1911 · page 2

A VERY heavy storm passed over the eastern portion of the district on Wednesday afternoon. The strength of it was confined to the inward slopes of the coast range, taking a belt of country from…

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A Sea Storm. "Clangour and Boom and Roar." !

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 21 January 1911 · page 3

Many have sung of the terrors of Storm : I will make me a song of its beauty, its graces of hue and form…

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Flood Damages

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 21 January 1911 · page 2

The late rains, although the heaviest we have had for years, have done no great damage to the roads in the district or interfered at all with traffic. The Araluen-Moruya road has suffered the most…

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In a Storm Off Chili. a New South Wales Lad's Fight for Life

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 10 February 1911 · page 4

Mr. Eric Cox—son of Mrs. J. Cox, of Grafton, has been having another exciting time. As we stated early in the year, although still little more than a…

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Heavy Thunderstorms

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 11 March 1911 · page 2

Two of the most violent thunderstorms visited Braidwood this week that have been experienced for a long while. On Tuesday afternoon heavy masses of clouds rolled over the heavens, which…

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Another Thunderstorm

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 15 March 1911 · page 2

AFTER a close muggy morning on Monday we were visited with another thunder storm in the afternoon accompanied by heavy gain, which after partially taking up after tea came down again with…

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Grilled by Lightning Result of a Storm

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 16 May 1911 · page 3

A terrific, rain and thunderstorm raged in New York on the night of Sept. 15, till early the next morning. Wind blew furiously at the rate of about eighty miles…

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No More Floods

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 21 June 1911 · page 3

Absorbing, flood water by storage wells is a plan French engineers are considering. Much damage was formerly done by inundations…

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Big Floods in Victoria

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 24 June 1911 · page 5

The town of Seymour in Victoria yesterday experienced the bi[?]s [?] years. The [?] were [?]…

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MONDAY. (Before Mr. Jno. Gale, J.P.)

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 18 July 1911 · page 2

Accused was Again before the court yesterday when Mr. E. E. Morgan watched the proceedings on his behalf. Senior-sergeant Wood said he had been…

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Flooding a Bank

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 18 August 1911 · page 6

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

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Violent Thunderstorm

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 24 November 1911 · page 2

A terrific thunderstorm visited Queanbeyan shortly after two o'clock this afternoon, and wrought considerable damage throughout the town. The main streets…

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Violent Thunderstorm at Queanbeyan

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 29 November 1911 · page 2

A TERRIFIC thunderstorm visited Queanbeyan shortly after 2 o'clock on Friday afternoon, and wrought considerable damage throughout the cown. The main streets were all under…

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Belgian Floods. Escapes in Boats

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 5 December 1911 · page 3

On 28th February the Belgian correspondent of the London "Express" wrote: Disastrous floods continue to be reported from all parts of Belgium, and…

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Queen's Tour Among Floods. Through Inundated Villages

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 12 December 1911 · page 3

The correspondent of the "Daily Mall" telegraphed from Flushing on 23rd March:- Queen Withelmina and the Prince…

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Storm Detector

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 19 December 1911 · page 6

In their effort to aid the vineyards, French meteorologists have lately brought out apparatus for accurately forecasting and registering…

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Scientific Notes. "Wireless" Warning of a Storm

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 19 December 1911 · page 6

Even the swift fury of an Atlantic storm can now be robbed of half its terrors by means of wireless telegraphy. How this was achieved in…

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Peace After the Storm. Mr. Willis Among Friends

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 23 December 1911 · page 1

After the riotous adjournment of the Legislative Assembly on Monday night, and when the hooting of the Speaker by the opposition had…

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Terrific Storm. COROWA

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 30 December 1911 · page 2

On Christmas Day a storm of remarkable severity prevailed, rain, thunder, and heavy wind being experienced…

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