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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1901

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Storms in Sight

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 12 March 1901 · page 7

Speaking of the conditions last evening, Mr. Russell, stated that cool and unsettled weather, with showers on the coast and highlands, would prevail for the next 48 hours. More useful rains may also be expected in…

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Flood at Gympie. the Mines Threatened. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 March 1901 · page 5

Owing to the heavy rain, over 13 inches having been recorded at Gympie, the rise in the Mary River is the most sensational on record. The river rose 43ft. 10in. in 24 hours, and remained at…

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Queensland Floods. Brisbane

The Australian Star · Tuesday 12 March 1901 · page 2

The Railway Department has received telegrams stating that the heavy rains which fell on Sunday submerged the rails on the Gymple line to the depth of 4ft. The trains…

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Heavy Rain at Gympie

Evening News · Wednesday 13 March 1901 · page 6

BRISBANE, Tuesday.-A sensational rise has occurred in the Mary River at Gympie. The water rose 43ft 10 in from dead level in the past twenty-four hours. During that time 13in of…

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Queensland. Flood at Gympie. the Mines Threatened. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 March 1901 · page 7

Owing to the heavy rain, over 13 inches having been recorded at Gympie, the rise in the Mary River is the most s[?]usational on record. The river rose 43ft. 10[?] in 24 hours, and remained at…

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Parliamentary Reform Association. the Coming Storm

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 15 March 1901 · page 3

The level of civic life has sunk very low, and, the citizen is of no account. We are tending towards the American system of "machine…

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Storm at the Heads

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 16 March 1901 · page 9

Our South Head correspondent telegraphed, last evening:--"A heavy gale set in at dusk, and it is still blowing hard, with a rough sea. Several steamers put back for shelter, including the…

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Gale on the Coast. Shipping Sheltering

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 16 March 1901 · page 9

Stormy weather developed on the coast yesterday, and down south a heavy south-east gale was raging. The gale was accompanied by rainy and squally weather and a rough sea. Owing to…

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Section K—apiculture. Judge: Mr Albert Gale

Nepean Times · Saturday 16 March 1901 · page 3

Honey, six lib sections. A J Plunkett 1, Mrs E Granger 2 Large frame of honey, A J Plunkett 1 (good exhibit)…

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Disastrous Gale at Mauritius

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 18 March 1901 · page 4

News was received by the mail on Saturday to the effect that the B.I. steamer Muttra and the M.M. liner Irrawaddy were driven ashore at Mauritius during the gale which wrecked the…

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The Titus in a Gale

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 21 March 1901 · page 4

Advice was received yesterday that the steamer Titus, of Messrs. Burns, Philp, and Co.'s line, had a stormy experience on the run hence to the Islands. The Titus arrived at Tchio, New…

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The Regent Rain Storm

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 21 March 1901 · page 7

A chart was issued from the Observatory yesterday showing the total falls, as a result of the rain storm from March 13 to March 18, inclusive. Except in a few places the falls were marked by great irregularity, but still…

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Flood in the Brisbane River

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 March 1901 · page 7

Steady rain fell at Brisbane all yesterday and to-day. Heavy rains at the head of the Brisbane River caused a rise in the river of [?]n. Ram fell at Woodford and Mount Brisbane yesterday, and…

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300 Vessels Storm-bound

Evening News · Saturday 23 March 1901 · page 6

LONDON, March 21, 7.5 p.m.—Owing to the rough weather, three hundred vessels are stormbound at the mouth of the Thames…

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Storm in the English Channel. Three Hundred Vessels Sheltering

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 23 March 1901 · page 9

LONDON, Thursday Afternoon.--A great storm is raging in the English Channel. Three hundred vessels are stormbound at the mouth of the Thames…

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A Terrible Cyclone

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 28 March 1901 · page 7

As stated last night, Captain M'Gibbon, of the steamer Surrey, spoke of Thursday and Friday's storm as the most fearful ho had ever faced. In a letter to M'Hwraith, M'Eacharn…

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Further Testimony As to the Gale

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 28 March 1901 · page 7

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.--Apropos of the supposed loss of tho steamer Federal near Gabo on the 21st inst., Captain Woodward, of the fourmasted ship Dunfermline, which arrived, at…

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The Barque Hawaiian Isles. Safe in Newcastle. Terrific Gale in the Straits

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 April 1901 · page 4

The American four-masted barque Hawaiian Isles, which left Melbourne for Newcastle on the 21st Inst., and as to whose safety there had been some fear, arrived at her port of destination…

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Another Rain Storm

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 April 1901 · page 6

One or two coastal stations reported showery weather at 9 a.m. yesterday, but at 3 p.m. the advices showed that line weather prevailed all over the State. An extensive monsoonal change…

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An Incident of the Storm

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 April 1901 · page 7

During the storm at Camperdown yesterday afternoon lightning struck the overhead tramway wire, and entered the Camperdown post-office, disconnecting the telephone bureau. The damage…

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