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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1904

832 stories in Sydney's papers · page 4 of 42

Pittsburg Floods. Rivers Subsiding. LONDON

The Australian Star · Wednesday 27 January 1904 · page 4

The rivers in the Pittsburg district (U.S.), where such disastrous floods occurred the other day, are reported to be subsiding…

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Heavy Rains. a South African Storm. Phenomenal Deluge. London

The Australian Star · Thursday 28 January 1904 · page 4

A terrible rainstorm is reported from Bowlers' Park, Cape Colony. The Leeseyton River rose 30ft in 48 minutes and such was the force with which the…

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Out on the Deep. a Newcastle Ship's Rough Experience. Beset by Many Gales

The Australian Star · Thursday 28 January 1904 · page 6

Ships bound from Newcastle to America during the last few months have been experiencing unusually stormy and long passages…

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The Floods in America. Rivers Now Subsiding

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 28 January 1904 · page 5

LONDON. Tuesday Afternoon.--The rivers in the Pittsburg (U.S.A.) district which, besides throwing 25,000 persons out of work, flooded buildings and demolished bridges, are subsiding…

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The Flood in Pennsylvania. London, Jan. 26

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 28 January 1904 · page 7

The rivers in the Pittsburg district, Pennsylvania, are subsiding. [A cablegram was published on Monday to the effect that the Alleghany River,…

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A Storm

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 29 January 1904 · page 12

It had been a hot sultry, summer's day. The mirage had been dazzling all day on the plain, and the haze had been dancing since early morning. All…

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Cape Colony. Terrific Storm. an Extraordinary Flood. London, Jan. 27

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 29 January 1904 · page 5

A terrible rainstorm occurred at Bowker's Park, on the Port Elizabeth railway, Cape Colon[?]. At Lesseytou, a village about two miles distant, and…

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Severe Storm

Evening News · Tuesday 2 February 1904 · page 5

UNGARIE, Tuesday.—Very heavy rain, accompanied by thunder and lightning, lasting two hours passed over here yesterday. when 101 points of rain tell. Near Hiawatha. the storm…

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Extraordinary Storm at Durban. the Town Flooded. Much Damage Caused

Evening News · Tuesday 2 February 1904 · page 8

Between 4 and 5 o'clock on Tuesday, December 23, Duhan, Natal, was visited by a thunderstorm of such severity as has not been experienced for a very long period. There were in…

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The Sea After a Gale

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 3 February 1904 · page 29

Few people, comparatively, have ever seen the effect on the sea of a powerful gale continued without intermission for three or four days and nights; and to those who havo not, I believe it…

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Great Floods in the Thames Valley. Tidal Wave in the Channel

Evening News · Thursday 4 February 1904 · page 4

LONDON, February 3, 2.20 p.m.—Many days' successive rain bare caused a great flood in the Thames Valley. A tidal wave has swept the south and…

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The Bloemfontein Flood. the Relief Fund. London, Feb. 3

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 February 1904 · page 7

The fund initialed in Bloomfontein to relieve distress caused by the flooding of the town due to the bursting of a service reservoir has been closed, at £25,000…

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Bloemfontein Floods

The Australian Star · Thursday 4 February 1904 · page 3

The fund initiated in Bloemfontein to relieve distress caused by the flooding of the town due to the bursting of a service reservoir has been closed at £25,000…

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Great Flood. In the Thames Valley. Disastrous Tidal Wave. London

The Australian Star · Thursday 4 February 1904 · page 4

As a result of many successive days' rain a great flood has occurred in the Thames Valley. The south and south-west coast of England…

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General Cable News. Bloemfontein Flood Fund

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 February 1904 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.--The fund opened in connection with the recent disastrous flood at Bloemfontein has closed. The sum of £25,000 was subscribed for the relief of the sufferers…

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Heavy Rain in England. Thames Valley in Flood. a Tidal Wave Does Damage

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 February 1904 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--Many successive days of rain in the south of England have caused a great flood in the Thames Valley…

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Heavy Rain's in England Tidal Wave on the South Coast. London, Feb. 3

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 February 1904 · page 5

Rain has fallen in England on many successive days, and there is a great flood in the Valley of the Thames. The south and south-west coast of…

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The Cricket Match. Heavy Rain in Melbourne

Evening News · Saturday 6 February 1904 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Saturday, 10.15 a.m.—Heavy rain fell last night This morning it was still showery, but there were some prospects of it clearing…

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Auburn Tho Calm Before the Storm

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 6 February 1904 · page 2

There were about 17 ratepayers, all told, at the Auburn Council Chambers. The Returning-officer (Alderman Dyer) read the notice appointing him to the…

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The Flood in the Thames Valley. Many Cattle Drowned

Evening News · Saturday 6 February 1904 · page 4

LONDON, February 6. 3 p.m.—The flood in the Thames Valley is the highest since 1894, and the river is 8 feet above the normal level. At Datchet (2 miles from Windsor) thousands…

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