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Floods & storms, 1911

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Floods in New Zealand. Shops, Houses and Railways Submerged. Wellington

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 26 July 1911 · page 2

Serious floods are occurring in New Zealand. Blenheim is partly under water. Many shops are inundated and houses submerged to a depth of…

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The Air Race. Good Times Established. Flying Through Storms. London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 27 July 1911 · page 2

Continuing the race over a distance of 1000 miles for the LOndon "Daily Mail" £1000 prize Beaumont lent Edinburgh at 3.10 yesterday morning…

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New Zealand Floods. Town Under Six Feet of Water. Train Service Stopped. Fire English Put Out of Working Order. Auckland

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 27 July 1911 · page 2

The flood waters at Blenheim, New Zealand, subsided after attaining a depth of 6 feet in the upper parts of the town. Dalgety's building were…

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Floods in New Zealand Towns Inundated. Train Services Suspended. Auckland

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 27 July 1911 · page 2

The floods at Blenheim are subsiding after attaining a depth of six feet in the upper parts of the town. The curious issues of flooding, and the complete…

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Floods In China. Many Villages Destroyed. London

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 29 July 1911 · page 4

Destructive Hoods have occurred in the Yang-tse Valley, of China. Many villages have been destroyed and pitiful scenes were witnessed in the…

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Floods in China Huge Inland Sea. Pekin

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 29 July 1911 · page 2

Severe floods have occurred in the Yangtze-kiang valley and Ichang district. An inland sea has been formed, covering thousands of acres. The crops…

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Sensational Storm. Temperature Drops 65 Degrees. Large Hailstones. London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 31 July 1911 · page 2

An extraordinary storm occurred in London. There was a sudden squall of wind with a velocity of fifty-four miles an hour. An inch of rain fell…

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Storm at Sea. American Ship Disabled. a Terrible Voyage. Working for Life. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 3 August 1911 · page 2

The American four-masted schooner E[?], bound from Puget Sound to Port Adelaide, was towed into Sydney harbor this morning in a crippled…

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Disaster at the Fleece Mine. One Man Killed—another Injured. by a Flood of Water

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 4 August 1911 · page 2

AT about 6.45 p.m. on Thursday week, an accident happened at the Keep-it-Dark (late Golden Fleece) Mine, Wyalong, which resulted in the death…

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Terrible Floods. Scores of People Drowned London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 7 August 1911 · page 2

Terrible floods have occurred in Nicaragua. They are the worst for a generation. Fifty dead have already been taken from the flood…

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After Toil and Storm. (All Rights Reserved.)

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 8 August 1911 · page 6

Many are the comfortable bachelor quarters to be found in the quieter yet not unhandsome by-ways running out of Piccadilly, but there…

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Terrific Storms. Teared Loss of Whaling Vessels. Copenhagen

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 10 August 1911 · page 2

The Danish Government steamer, God-Thbea, has returned to Davis Straits with 18 of the crew of the wrecked whaler, Greiling. It is feared…

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Floods in China. Haw a Million Homeless. Rice Fields Devastated. Shanghai

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 17 August 1911 · page 2

Floods in the province of Anhui, China, have destroyed 235,000 acres of rice. Half a million people are homs-less…

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Floods in China. Enormous Damage to Rice Crops. Shanghai

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 17 August 1911 · page 2

Floods in the Anhur district destroyed 235,000 acres of rice. Half a million people arc homeless…

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Cyclone in Canada. Log Cabin As Airship. Mother and Child's Miraculous Escape. Montreal

Daily Advertiser · Friday 18 August 1911 · page 2

A terrific cyclone has devastated the district of High River, Canada. A log cabin occupied by a woman and child was lifted up by the cyclone and…

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Disastrous Floods

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 18 August 1911 · page 5

Disastrous floods have occurred in the valley of the Arhui river (China). Half a million people are homeless…

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Heavy Rain

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 23 August 1911 · page 3

Heavy rain continued throughout last night, with no signs of abating…

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The Weather. Continued Heavy Rain. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 24 August 1911 · page 2

Heavy rain is still falling in the city and suburbs. A welcome downfall is reported in many parts of the country…

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Disastrous Floods. Farm Houses Destroyed. Many Lives Lost. Paris

Daily Advertiser · Monday 28 August 1911 · page 2

Serious, floods have occurred in the Valley of the Marrino, Switzerland. A torrent rushing, down from the mountains destroyed eight farm…

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Great Storm. in Southern United States. City Inundated. Six Fatalities Reported. Havanah

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 30 August 1911 · page 2

A great storm is raging in the Southern States of America. He water is higher on the Charlton sea front than it has been for 20 years. The…

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