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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1902

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A Remarkable Storm

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 21 June 1902 · page 4

Writing to THE ARGUS this week, Mr. A. A. Johnston, of George's Hall, George's River, Upper Bankstown, reports that although 27 points of rain were registered at…

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Floods in New Zealand

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 June 1902 · page 10

Heavy rains followed by floods have been experienced recently in New Zealand. The following telegrams appear in the New Zealand " Herald " of the 14th instant:—…

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Last Night's Boxing. Truscott Whips Dillon-negro Barnes' Cyclone Act

Sunday Times · Sunday 22 June 1902 · page 3

A great crowd filled the Golden Gate Athletic Hall last night, and every individual of those hundreds wended his way homewards more than satisfied with the show…

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The Chillagoe in a Gale

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 June 1902 · page 8

The Chillagoe, of the Howard Smith line, arrived in port yesterday. Captain Fi[?]th reports having left Port P[?] at 12.30 p.m. on the 17th instant passed Cape Otway on 19th at 8.30 a.m., and arrived at Syndey at 6.30 last…

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Gale on the Coast. Rough Weather in the Tasman Sea. Scattered Rain

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 23 June 1902 · page 6

The storm which has been over Tasmania during the past five days has extended over the Tas- man Sea, and heavy weather was reported in the south yesterday. Moruya, Green Capo, and Gabo…

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The Mallison Mystery. Contents: Book —The Joggle of Fate. I. How the New Life Opened. Ii. "The Flower of the Forest." Iii. the Tangled "Web. Iv. Misunderstood. V. " Criss-cross the Lines Run." Vi. the Spreading of a Snare. Vii.after the Opera.viii. How Arkwright Was Told. Ix. a Game of Cross Purposes. X. "Fire That Is Closest Kept. Burns Most of All." Xi. How Faith Was Shattered. Xii "Adrift As a Leaf in a Storm." Xiii. the Third Ending of the Tragedy. Book Iv.—the Lust of Hate. I. "Unmask. Unmask. the Hour Is HERE—Reuter.!" Ii. a Flank Movement. Iii. "Oh. Fair Delilah!" Iv. "The Poison of Asps." V. My. Lady Scores a Point. Vi. the Fly on the "Wheel. Book V.—the Mills of God. I. the Awakening. Ii. "Fiat Lux." Iii "Fortune Brings in Some Boats That Are Not Steered:" Iv. My Lady's Grand Coup. V. a Flaw in the Arrangements. Vi. a New Enigma. Vii. "For, Oh, the Lees Are Bitter, Bitter!" Viii. "Lead. Kindly Ltght!" Ix. Out of the Crooked Ways. X. the Final Ending the Tragedy. Xi. After the Tale Was Told. Book the Third. the Juggle of Fate. Chapter L—how the New Life Opened

Evening News · Monday 23 June 1902 · page 7

"And this Is Paris, Hugh?" "This is Paris; yes. my darling," returned Sir Hugh, as he walked over to his wife's side; and brushing back the curtains of the window where she stood, looked' down with…

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The Storm in the South

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 June 1902 · page 4

The storm which has been raging over Tasmania for some days past, and the fringe of which has been felt on this coast, subsided yesterday. Byron Bay, Woolgoolga, Manning Heads, and Seal…

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Caught in the Gale. Ketch Zelma Knocked About. Seaman Lost Overboard

Evening News · Tuesday 24 June 1902 · page 3

PORT MACQUARIE, Monday Afternoon.—The ketch Zelma arrived here this forenoon. The captain reports the loss of a man overboard off Seal Bocks at 7.30 last night. The sea at the…

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Floods From the Domain

The Australian Star · Tuesday 24 June 1902 · page 5

The City Council is in receipt of a notification that the Minister for Words has approved of a sum of money being noted for the next loan estimates to construct an auxiliary stormwater channel along Sir John You[?]g…

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Newcastle. Water and Sewerage Board. Flood Prevention Proposals. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 June 1902 · page 8

A meeting of the Hunter District Water Supply and Sewerage Board was held to-day, the president (Mr. W. J. Millner) occupying the chair. The Wallsend Council wrote asking that the water mains might be extended to…

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Newcastle. Flood Mitigation and the Water Supply

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 25 June 1902 · page 8

A matter to be considered in connection with any scheme for the mitigation of floods in the Hunter Valley is the effect an interference with existing conditions will have on the water…

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Gundagai Flood Anniversary. Gundagai

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 June 1902 · page 5

To-day is the 50th anniversary of the Gundagai flood, on which date the old township of Gundagai, that was built on the river flat, was entirely washed away and 81 of the inhabitants were drowned. Very…

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"A Terrible" Cyclone

Evening News · Saturday 28 June 1902 · page 2

The Constantino (Algeria) correspondent of a Paris paper gravely states that in the coarse of a. "terrible" cyclone at Bougie a shower of rats and mice fell over the district for the space of…

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Flood in a Draper's Shop

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 July 1902 · page 5

A water tap burst in the shop of Messrs, Court Brothers, Queen-street, Auckland, and a torrent of water poured through, causing damage to the stock of haberdashery amounting to about £4000…

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The Mallison Mystery Book Iii—the Juggle of Fate. Chapter Xii.—"adrift As a Leaf in the Storm."

Evening News · Wednesday 2 July 1902 · page 7

"Tell me if I am awake or dreaming?" she said, in a dazed sort of way as, by George's orders, the vehicle swung round and rushed back in the direction of the…

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Train Wrecked by a Cyclone. Thirteen Passengers Killed

Evening News · Friday 4 July 1902 · page 5

LONDON, July 3, 3.25 p.m.—As a train was rounding a curve at Rampurhat, India, it was struck by a cyclone, and wrecked. Thirteen passengers were killed and fifteen…

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Cyclone Wrecks a Train. An Indian Disaster, LONDON, July 3, 3.20 p.m

The Australian Star · Friday 4 July 1902 · page 4

During a cyclone at Rampurhat, in [?] a train while rounding a curve was derailed and completely wrecked. Thirteen persons were killed, and 15 others…

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Flood Prevention at Waterloo

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 July 1902 · page 3

Many persons predict heavy floods after the break-up of the present draught., Mr. George Anderson, M.L.A. for Waterloo, has for some time past been working in the direction of making…

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General Cable News. Train Wrecked by a Cyclone

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 July 1902 · page 9

LONDON, Thursday Afternoon.--A cyclone wrecked a train when rounding a curve at Rampurhat, India. In the accident. 13 people were killed and 15 injured…

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The Track of the Goldseekers. [Copyright.] Story of the Australian Alps. Chapter Xxiii. a Storm

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 5 July 1902 · page 4

Towards daylight the atmosphere became very cold, and foster kept a strong fire burning. He had just thrown on an armful of…

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