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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1901

570 stories in Sydney's papers · page 29 of 29

A Destructive Hail Storm

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 23 December 1901 · page 5

Particulars regarding the damage done last week by the hail storm which swept across the country show that in the Murtoa district the losses are estimated at over £4000. Nearly 1000…

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Last Night's Storm. Boating Parties in Trouble

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 23 December 1901 · page 6

Various rumors were current last night of disasters on the harbor, as the result of the storm which occurred shortly before 10 o'clock, but so far as could be ascertained, no fatalities…

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A Severe Storm

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 December 1901 · page 7

WOLUMLA, Monday.--A terrific storm burst over the district yesterday evening, causing considerable damage to corn crops and orchards, between 7 and 8 o'clock. The wind blow with…

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Damage by English Storms

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 25 December 1901 · page 5

LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--The damage to the telegraph wires by the recent snowstorms in England is estimated at £250,000…

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After the Storm

People · Saturday 28 December 1901 · page 2

From the deep gloom around the sea Sends forth a fierce and everlasting cry;…

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Storm Water Carriers

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 28 December 1901 · page 11

The last heavy rains having flooded several parts of Waverley, the Water and Sewerage Board, at the request of the local borough council, have just completed, at a cost of about £1000,…

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More Hot Weather. to Be Followed by Thunderstorms. Mr. Russell's Forecast for 48 Hours

Sunday Times · Sunday 29 December 1901 · page 7

At 1 p.m. yesterday, Mr. H. C. Russell, Government Astronomer, issued the following forecast for the ensuing 48 hours:—Hot, dusty, northerly winds, veering to…

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Storm at Ballarat

Evening News · Monday 30 December 1901 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Saturday.— An exceptional thunderstorm passed over Ballarat this morning. About half-past 10 o'clock a thunderbolt Sell in the heart of the city, and caused some alarm. A…

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London. the Great Gale. Coasts Strewn with Wreckage. Over a Hundred Lives Lost

Evening News · Tuesday 31 December 1901 · page 8

The severe storm which arrived on our coasts from off the Atlantic early on Tuesday morning was Still blowing in many parts of the country yesterday, and the central area of the storm had…

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New York Swept by a Storm. Account of the Damage Done

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 31 December 1901 · page 7

The New York correspondent of the San Francisco "Chronicle" wired that journal on November 24:— "A heavy north-east gale has been raging along the coast for the past 24 hours. The storm set in at…

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Rain and Thunderstorms

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 31 December 1901 · page 5

Winton reports that during last week numbers of scattered storms with rainfalls ranging from half an inch to 2½ inches are reported from various stations in the district. A violent storm on the Leswalt…

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