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Floods & storms, 1911

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The Weather. Rain and Hail. Floods Anticipated. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 30 May 1911 · page 2

Heavy rain, accompanied by hail, is falling in Victoria. There are indications of floods in many parts. Bitterly cold weather prevailed in…

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Storms in England. Follow Tropical Heat. Streets and Railways Flooded. Seven People Killed by Lightning. Exciting Scene at a Menagerie. London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 2 June 1911 · page 2

The tropical heat experienced during the last few days culminated in a series of violent thunderstorms in some of the counties, which flooded…

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Damage by Floods

Daily Advertiser · Monday 5 June 1911 · page 2

Floods have done enormous damage in Hungary. Fifteen hundred homes in Budapest, the capital, are inundated…

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Storms in Europe. Court Struck by Lightning Flood in England. London

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 6 June 1911 · page 2

The law court building at Evreux, France, was destroyed by lightning. A thunderstorm at Birmingham flooded a culvert, and four…

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Wagga Hospital. Flood Water in the Septic Tank. Expenditure Without Permission

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 8 June 1911 · page 2

The regular monthly meeting of the Wagga Public Hospital Committee was held last night in the M.P. and A.A. offices…

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Storms in Victoria. Floods in Country Districts. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 10 June 1911 · page 4

Hurricane conditions prevailed in Victoria throughout last night. Considerable damage was done at Warrnambool. Heavy seas were running,…

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Great Storm. New York

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 13 June 1911 · page 2

As a result of a terrific storm that raged intermittently in the city and the environs for two days, five persons were killed…

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Yarra in Flood

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 14 June 1911 · page 2

THE River Yarra at Melbourne has overflowed its banks and many low-lying parts are under water…

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Floods in Gippsland. Enormous Damage Wrought. Winter Feed Crops Ruined. the Yarra Rises 20 Feet. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 14 June 1911 · page 3

The continued heavy rains have caused very serious floods in Gippsland. Hundreds of acres in the centre of the Moe Swamp are covered with…

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Electrical Storm. Seventy-five Casualties at New York. New York

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 15 June 1911 · page 2

Another severe electrical storm has been experienced in New York. Many persons have been killed and injured and the total number of victims is…

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Mexico Shaken. Another Shock Opens New Crater. Floods Cause Twenty Deaths. Mexico City

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 15 June 1911 · page 2

Another severe earthquake shock occurred in Mexico to-day, which opened a new crater in the volcano of Colima. Both craters are now…

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Big Storm

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 16 June 1911 · page 2

A large swinging mill at Brestia, near Rome, was destroyed by a storm and hundreds of women employed therein are unaccounted for…

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Disastrous Storm. Many Lives Lost. Paris

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 17 June 1911 · page 4

Much havoc has been done among shipping by a storm at Trieste yesterday. Many lives were lost and numbers injured. It is feared that 40…

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Storms in England. Hail Stones an Inch in Diameter. Killed by Lightning. London

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 20 June 1911 · page 2

Yesterday and to-day, following the abnormally hot weather, which has been experienced recently, terrific thunderstorms swept over…

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Record Flood

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Saturday 24 June 1911 · page 2

The town of Seymour, Victoria, yesterday experienced the biggest flood for 20 years. The principal thoroughfares are…

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No More Floods

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 27 June 1911 · page 5

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

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Great Cyclone. the Valparaiso Disaster. 200 Lives Lost. Valparaiso

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 28 June 1911 · page 2

In the great cyclone a few days ago the returns show that 200 persons were killed and injured. Iquique was inundated and vessels and…

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Floods in Europe. Thousands Homeless. £4,000,000 Damage. Vienna

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 6 July 1911 · page 2

Devastating floods have occurred is Southern Bulgaria. The inhabitants are Seeing to the mountains, and thousands of persons have been…

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The Great Heat. Ice Famine in America. Crowd Storm Refrigerating Office. New York

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 15 July 1911 · page 4

The excessive demand for ice has caused the price to be advanced 300 per cent Companies are refusing to sell except to recognised dealers. One…

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Noah's Flood "Explained."

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 19 July 1911 · page 3

Rev. J. O. Willcocks, brother to Sir William Willcocks, whom, as Adviser on Irrigation to the Turkish Government, he accompanied to…

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