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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1914

35 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 1 of 2

Police Court. Monday, February 2, 1914. (Before Mr. John Gale, J.p.) Alleged Insufficient Lawful Means of Support

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 3 February 1914 · page 2

John Johnson, who was arrested on Saturday night, was charged with the above offence. Edward Leslie Grinham, police…

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LONDON. Monday. FLOODS

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 4 February 1914 · page 2

Great floods have occurred in Dakia, (Brazil). Several villages were swept away, many lives being lost…

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Heavy Gales

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 25 February 1914 · page 3

The British coast has been swept by heavy gales, and many wrecks have been reported. The lifeboat crew and rocket brigades saved 50…

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Items of Interest Caught in a Gale

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 27 February 1914 · page 3

Yet another loss in the dreaded Bay of Biscay is reported. The luckless vessel was the Danish steamer Ekliptika, bound from the Tyne to Cagilari,…

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To-day's Police. (Before Messrs. J. Gale and Chas. T. Campbell, J's.P.)

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 13 March 1914 · page 2

Frederick Fleming was charged with being deemed to be insane and not under proper control. Constable McNeeley stated: About…

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Terrific Gale on Moroccan Coast

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 17 March 1914 · page 2

A terrific gale is reported to be raging on the African coast, and 17 vessels are ashore near Melilla, on the north coast of Morocco. Several warships are in…

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The Storm Is Brewing

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 17 March 1914 · page 4

According to reports the London newspapers are alarmed at the aspect of affairs in regard to tho manner in which the storm is brewing in Great Britain…

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Police Court. Monday, March 16, 1914. (Before Nesets. J[?]. Gale and Chas. T. Campbell, J's. P) D[?]

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 17 March 1914 · page 2

Frederick Fleming, remanded from Friday, 13th instant. in a charge of doing deemed to be instate and not under proper control, again appeared…

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Hurricane and Floods

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 20 March 1914 · page 4

Retuer's St. Petersburg correspondent reports that a hurricane in the Kuban province caused the Sea of Azoff to rise nine feet and inundate the towns of…

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Heavy Storm This Morning

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 24 March 1914 · page 2

THE splendid rains which set in towards the end of last week, and have been continuing intermittently ever since, culminated in a heavy downpour this…

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Friday Night's Storm

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 31 March 1914 · page 2

The warmth and humidity of Friday last culminated in a heavy thunderstorm which broke o[?]r the town a few minutes before ten o'clock at 'night. The rain…

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Police Court. Monday, 30Th March, 1914. (Before Messrs. John Gale and R. Moore, J's.P.) Alleged Sly Grog Selling

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 31 March 1914 · page 2

EDWARD BCCKLEY was charged for that he did on Sunday, 22nd instant, at the Cotter River, in the Federal Territory, sell one bottle of rum, he not being the…

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Queanbeyan Police Court. Monday, March 30, 1914. (Before Messrs. John Gale and R. Moore, J's.P.) Alleged Sly Grog Selling

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 31 March 1914 · page 2

Edward Buckley was charged with that he did on Sunday, 22nd instant, at the Cotter River, in the Federal Territory, sell one bottle of run, he not being the…

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Storm in Toowoomba District

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 8 April 1914 · page 4

There was a terrific hurricance in the Toowoomba district, on Thursday. The storm was not serious in the town of Toowoomba, but the outlying district suffered…

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The Storm-centre of the Ages

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 17 April 1914 · page 1

The Ulster campaign is another [?] that the Bible is the cyclonic centre [?] the ages. Around this ancient and [?] spired volume the storms which [?]…

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Terrible Cyclone

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 5 June 1914 · page 1

A cyclone devastated the Tokelau Islands, which lie away out in the Pacific, to the north of Somoa, some time ago,…

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Storm Swept Coast

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 19 June 1914 · page 3

A gale of considerable fury raged ill Sydney, along the coastline and over a considerable part of the Slate on Tuesday. The wind swept with…

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Anniversary of the Great Flood

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 10 July 1914 · page 2

TUESDAY, 23rd June, was the 62nd anniversary of the great flood which swept through the Riverina district and destroyed the original town of…

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Police Court. (Before Messrs. J. Gale and J. Keeffe Js.P.)

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 8 September 1914 · page 2

JOHN RYAN, an old offender as regards excessive drinking, was, on his own plea, yesterday morning convicted of being drunk in…

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Queanbeyan Police Court. (Before Messrs. J. Gale and J. Keeffe Js.P.)

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 8 September 1914 · page 3

JOHN RYAN, an old offender as regards excessive drinking, was, on his own plea, yesterday morning convicted of being drunk in…

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