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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1900

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A Cyclone Blowing

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 30 October 1900 · page 5

A storm which at times reached cyclonic fury has been raging for the past three days. It was accompanied this afternoon by a heavy downpour of rain. Shipping has been completely…

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Storm at Newfoundland 700 Lives Lost

Evening News · Tuesday 30 October 1900 · page 5

LONDON, October 29, 1.35 p.m.—During a storm which followed upon the Galveston disaster, 700 fisher folk on the coast of Newfoundland perished…

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A Fearful Storm. 700 Fisher Folk Lost. LONDON, October 29, 1.35 p.m

The Australian Star · Tuesday 30 October 1900 · page 4

A storm which followed closely upon the Galveston tornado wrought dreadful destruction further north. It is reported that no less than 700 Newfoundland fisher-folk…

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Floods on the Tyne. a Train Swept Away. LONDON, October 29, 1.35 p.m

The Australian Star · Tuesday 30 October 1900 · page 4

Heavy weather is being experienced in the northern counties. Severe gales and floods are reported from the Tyne. A train was derailed. The passengers were rescued in…

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Gales and Floods. London, Oct. 29

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 31 October 1900 · page 7

Severe gales and floods have occurred in England. In the Tyne Valley a train was derailed. The passengers were rescued in boats…

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Disastrous Storm. London, Oct. 29

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 31 October 1900 · page 7

Seven hundred Newfoundland fisher folk perished in a storm following on the disaster at Galveaton, Texas…

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The Galveston Storm. Newfoundland Fisheries Devastated. 700 Fisher Folic Perish

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 31 October 1900 · page 7

LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--The storm which wrecked Galveston followed the Gulf Stream up the American coast, and worked havoc at the Newfoundland fishing banks…

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General Cable News. Flood in the Tyne Valley

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 31 October 1900 · page 7

LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--There have been severe gales in the north of England, and a flood In the valley of tho Tyne. A mail train was derailed by the flood waters, and the passengers…

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Newcastle. a Canadian Barque in a Gale. Returns to Port Partially Dismasted

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 November 1900 · page 6

The Canadian barque Mary A. Troop, a woodeen vessel of 1118 tons, which left Newcastle for Acapulco, West Coast of South America, on Thursday last, with a cargo of coal, returned to…

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H.m.s. Mildura in a Storm

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 6 November 1900 · page 4

H.M.S. Mildura had a rough time during for island cruise with Lord Ranfurly on board. The bad weather was met soon after leaving Wellington. She cleared the Wellington Heads early in…

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The Sport of a Gale

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 7 November 1900 · page 8

Captain Strickland, of the Victorian pilot service had an exciting experience whilst taking the ship Lochgarry out to sea last week. On Monday last the Lochgarry was taken in tow by…

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Wharf Labour Troubles. Strike at Flood's Wharf

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 November 1900 · page 9

The trouble which arose in connection with the compensation to be paid to the wharf labourers on the Port Jackson on account of time lost during a storm last Friday is still unsettled. It is stated on…

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Extensive Cyclone. Rockhampton

The Australian Star · Thursday 8 November 1900 · page 5

A terrific cyclone, accompanied by thunder and ball, broke over the town on Wednesday afternoon. It raised waves 6ft. high in the Fitzroy River; it unroofed the Congregational…

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Severe Storm at Rockhampton. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 8 November 1900 · page 5

A very severe storm was experienced at Rockhampton this afternoon, lasting three-quarters of an hour. The wind blew with hurricane force. Many buildings in different parts of the town were…

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Parramatta and District. a Heavy Hail Storm

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 8 November 1900 · page 3

The threatening weather of the last few days culminated on Tuesday night in a thunderstorm, which broke over Central Cumberland between 9 and 10 o'clock, and continued for some time. The…

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Cyclone at Rockhampton. Extensive Damage Caused. Waves in the Fitzroy River

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 8 November 1900 · page 5

ROCKCHAMPTON, "Wednesday.--A cyclone broke over the town this afternoon, and a good dear of damage was caused. The spire of the Catholic Cathedral was struck by lightning arid…

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Storm Water at Coogee

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 9 November 1900 · page 8

The urgent necessity of the construction of a stormwater sewer at Little Coogee was yesterday impressed upon the Minister for Public Works by a deputation of representatives of the…

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Queensland. Storm at Rockhampton. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 November 1900 · page 7

A very severe storm was experienced at Rockhampton yesterday afternoon, lasting three-quarters of an hour. The wind blew with hurricane force. Many buildings in different parts of the town were…

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Storm at Forster. Effect ef Lightning. FORSTER

The Australian Star · Monday 12 November 1900 · page 5

The telephone line from Tuncurry to Krambach, through Fallford and Nablac, was opened on Saturday, A heavy thunderstorm passed over here on…

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The Work of Southern Gales

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 November 1900 · page 5

The captain of the steamer Corio, which arrived to-day from Newcastle, reports that on Saturday the French barque Dollfur was sighted dismasted, 22 miles west-south-west of Cape Otway. and the…

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