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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1901

570 stories in Sydney's papers · page 7 of 29

Parramatta and District. a Heavy Storm

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 April 1901 · page 8

A heavy thunderstorm passed over Parramatta and part of the fruit country yesterday afternoon, one of the features in connection with which was the fall in some localities of about an inch…

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Our Fiji Letter. the Storm at Levuka. Suva, March 26

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 April 1901 · page 8

Since I last wrote complete accounts have been recerved, from all parts of the group with reference to the disastrous storm which struck Levuka on the night of the 13th instant. Appacently it was not one…

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Storm in South Australia. Seventeen Boats Wrecked. Good Rains in the State

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 April 1901 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Wednesday.--Rain is reported to have fallen during the pest 24 hours at all the stations in this State south of Farina. In the far north, from Carrie ton to Farina, only light…

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Delay in the Return of the Queensland Writ. the Result of Floods. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 April 1901 · page 8

It is now feared that seven of Queensland's representatives in the Federal Legislature will be unable to take their seats in the Houses in the first few days of the opening of Parliament. Badourie, on the South…

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A Heavy Thunderstorm

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 April 1901 · page 4

Sydney was yesterday afternoon visited by a severe thunderstorm, one of the heaviest experienced for some time. It burst over the city between 3 and 4 o'clock, coming up from the…

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Damage by the Storm

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 April 1901 · page 6

In some [?] the thunderstorm, of Wednesday afternoon was accompanied by a heavy fall of hail, which did considerable damage to the fruit crop. The worst effects are reported from…

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Parramatta District. Destructive Storm

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 April 1901 · page 7

The storm of Wednesday afternoon did more damage than at first was reported. At Carlingford there was some hail, but not enough to de much damage. Of course the summer fruit crop had…

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Effects of a Flood

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 April 1901 · page 4

BRISBANE, Thursday.--The difficulty in connection with the voting for the Federal electors at Bedourie, in the Gregory North district, which has been isolated by floods, has not yet been…

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Storm at Fiji. Numerous Wrecks. Damage to Buildings

The Australian Star · Saturday 6 April 1901 · page 6

The hurricane at Levuka on the night of March 13 has never been equalled during the memory of the oldest European resident. The weather for the previous few days had been…

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Damage by the Storm. Hail and Lightning in the Orchards

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 6 April 1901 · page 4

A terrible hailstorm accompanied with high wind, passed over part of the district on Wednesday afternoon, and though, fortunately it was only partial in its incidence, ut its worst it…

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The Fruit Industry. the Crops and the Date Storm. Preserved Passionfruit for London. Planting Currant Grapes. a New Peach Tree Disease

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 April 1901 · page 12

In all parts of the fruit country, except those visited by the hailstorm on Wednesday, the coming crops look remarkably well, and previous remarks as to the prospects of the season do not…

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The Late Storm

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 April 1901 · page 3

The fruitgrowers in the Baulkham Hills and Kellyville districts are now able to better ostimate the damage caused by the halistorm of Wednesday last. In the strip which it traversed fully [?]…

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Storm in the Fruit Country

Evening News · Monday 8 April 1901 · page 8

Fuller details of the damage done in the fruit growing centres by the severe storm on Wednesday evening are just coming in. The storm was heavy hail, accompanied by a terrific gale of wind,…

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Floods in Canada. Railway Traffic Suspended

Evening News · Wednesday 10 April 1901 · page 5

LONDON, April 9, 2.23 p.m.—Great floods have occurred in Canada. The floes broke the bridge over the Goodwood River, at Richmond, and traffic on the Grand…

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Floods in Canada. Ice Floes Suspend Traffic. LONDON, April 9

The Australian Star · Wednesday 10 April 1901 · page 4

There has been great floods in Canada, caused by the breaking-up of the Ice, and ice-floes have so damaged the Richmond Bridge that the traffic on the Grand Trunk Railway has…

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Floods in Canada. London, April 9

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 April 1901 · page 5

Great floods have occurred in Canada, [?]efloes broke the Richmond Bridge and traffic on the Grand Trunk Railway line was suspended…

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Floods in Canada. Railway Traffic Suspended

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 11 April 1901 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--Great floods have occurred in floods broke the bridge over the Goodwood River at Richmond, and traffic on the Grand…

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A Disastrous Storm

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 12 April 1901 · page 3

The extent of the damage done to orchards in the Central Cumberland districts by the late storm is only now becoming manifest. Authorities upon the matter say that the damage can be…

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The Council and the Water and Sewerage Board. the Street Flooding Question. "A Plague-ridden Mayor." Council's Representation on the Board

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 12 April 1901 · page 3

The remarks of the Mayor (Dr. Graham) anent the decision of the Water and Sewerage Board to inquire into the consumption of water for the purpose of street watering, were freely…

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The Federal Gale

The Australian Star · Monday 15 April 1901 · page 5

Writing to Messrs. Gerber. Michaut and Co., of Sydney, the owners of the barque Otago, Captain Champion, the master of the vessel, gives a detailed account of her…

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