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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1901

570 stories in Sydney's papers · page 4 of 29

Storm at New Caledonia. a Disastrous Hurricane. NOUMEA

The Australian Star · Tuesday 29 January 1901 · page 5

Great devastation has been caused throughout the country by a hurricane, with which the island was swept on the 22nd and 23rd inst. On the east coast the storm was the…

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Storm in England

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 30 January 1901 · page 7

LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--A hurricane has demolished the staffs bearing the Royal Standard over the Houses of Parliament and Windsor Castle. Miner wrecks and fatalities on the coast…

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Flooded Out at Ingleburn

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 30 January 1901 · page 2

The thunderstorm last week did a great deal of damage to the low land round Ingleburn. Very heavy rain fell, and the accumulating waters washed down about fifty panels of new…

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The Recent Storm

The Australian Star · Thursday 31 January 1901 · page 7

The engineer of the Water and Sewerage Board reported, in reply to a communication received from Messrs. Biddell Bros. claiming compensation for damage done by flood water…

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The Recent Storm. Business People's Claims

Evening News · Thursday 31 January 1901 · page 3

A communication having been received by the Metropolitan Board of Water Supply and Sewerage from Messrs. Biddell Brothers claiming compensation on account of the flooding of their…

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The Recent Rainfall. City Storm Water Drainage. Denial of Liability

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 1 February 1901 · page 8

Two city firms, one at Darling Harbor, the other occupying buildings in a main city thoroughfare, on Wednesday claimed compensation from the Water and Sewerage Board for damage…

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A Perilous Experience. The Emily Reed in a Gale

The Australian Star · Monday 4 February 1901 · page 5

With some of her masts and spars gone, rind otherwise looking as if she had had a rough time of it with the elements, the ship Emily Reed put into Port Jackson yesterday…

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Dismasted in a Gale. Stormy Experience of the Family Reed

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 February 1901 · page 4

The ship Emily Reed, which left Newcastle on January 18 bound for Honolulu, put back to Port Jackson yesterday looking a bad wreck aloft-- the result of a stormy experience in the Tasman…

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Dismasted in a Storm. the Emily Reed Arrives in Disteess. the Vessel in a Crippled Condition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 February 1901 · page 5

Yesterday the fine American ship Emily Reed hove in sight unexpectedly at South Head, and was reported as being partially dismasted. The ship left Newcastle 16 dats agi for Honolulu, and was within…

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Disastrous Storms on the Pacific Coast. Shipwrecks and Loss of Life

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 February 1901 · page 5

By the R.M.S. Miowera last night news was received from Vancouver that terrific gales had swept the Pacific coast, playing havoc with shipping and causing loss of life. The steamer…

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P. and O. Liner in a Gale

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 8 February 1901 · page 4

Among the vessels to suffer from the violence of the gales which raged round the coasts of Great Britain last, week end, and caused an infinity of mischief to shipping was (writes our…

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High Stakes. (Commenced on December 12.) Chapter Xlii.-before the Deluge

Evening News · Friday 8 February 1901 · page 7

She paused an instant as the two men started and fixed amazed looks upon her face, but these were as instantly withdrawn, and Kathryn hurried on…

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Heat Wave in Victoria. Bush Fires in the Country. Big Storm at Night

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 8 February 1901 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Thursday. -- Melbourne has been scorched up to-day by an Insufferable heat, a heat which lose and buffeted one in the face like a breath from an unquenchable fire. A…

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The Recent Storm

Evening News · Saturday 9 February 1901 · page 6

The City Council is in receipt of about twenty claims for compensation for damage caused by the recent phenomenal rainfall. These claims will be considered at a meeting of the council, and…

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Disastrous Bush Fires. Ravages in Victoria. Fanned by the Gale. Settlers Narrowly Escape. Four Boys Burned to Death. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 February 1901 · page 9

Further particulars to hand of the wind and dus[?] storm last evening show that considerable damage was done. The fruit gardens in particular suffered. Many tons of fruit were striped off the trees…

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A Rain Storm Approaching

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 11 February 1901 · page 4

Dull and unsettled conditions were general over the colony on Saturday aud yesterday, due, Mr. Russell explained, to an approaching disturbance. A monsoonal storm of no ordinary…

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Heavy Rain at Broken Hill

Evening News · Thursday 14 February 1901 · page 6

BROKEN HILL, Wednesday Afternoon.-Rain was still falling steadily at 1 p.m. At noon all the tributary creeks were running bankers into the Stephen's Creek reservoir. The Proprietary…

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The Gale in the Harbor

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 14 February 1901 · page 4

During the southerly gale yesterday afternoon the barque Snow and Burgess, which in lying in Waterview Bay, after undergoing an overhaul at Mort's Dock, dragged her anchors, and was in…

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The Storm at Noumea

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 14 February 1901 · page 6

Passengers by the Armand Behic, when seen yesterday regarding the hurricane at New Caledonia, stated that the storm was one of the worst experienced there. It swept along the…

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The Storm at Dalmain. Effect on the Shipping

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 14 February 1901 · page 7

Dining the southerly gale yesterday afternoon the three-masted ship Snow and Burgess, of the timber trading line from San Francisco, [?]ying in Waterview Bay, Balmain, after undergoing an overhaul at…

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