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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1905

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American Mail News. Cloud Burst in Mexico. Floods and Crashing Buildings. Awful Loss of Life

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 8 August 1905 · page 6

AUCKLAND, Monday.--American files brought by the R.M.S. Sierra, which arrived from San Francisco to-day, contain the following. A despatch from Guanjuato, Mexico, on July 3,…

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Disastrous Deluge in India. Ten Thousand Homeless

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 August 1905 · page 9

LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--The absence of rain is causing great anxiety for the crops in the Punjab (India). The monsoonal rainfall was practically…

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Terrific Storm at Formosa

Evening News · Wednesday 9 August 1905 · page 3

Advices by the steamer Chingtu to-day state that a terrific storm has been experienced in Formosa. Investigations made show that 3643 dwellings were completely, and 3552 partially,…

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The Murray Again in Flood. Highest Since 1804

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 August 1905 · page 10

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--The Murray is again in flood, and has now reached a height of 28ft., which is the highest recorded since 1891. The waters have spread over a good portion of…

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Disastrous Storm at Formosa

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 10 August 1905 · page 5

A terrific typhoon which swept over Formosa last month caused considerable damage. A report received yesterday by the steamer Chingtu states that 3642 dwellings were…

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The Tasman Sea. Ships in Heavy Gales. Arrival of the Moana

The Australian Star · Friday 11 August 1905 · page 4

The Union line steamship Moana arrived from Auckland early to-day, having been 3 days 17 hours on the run across. She fortunately escaped any bad weather, but…

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Gales on N.Z. Coast. Steamers' Cargo Shifted. Arrival of the Moana

Evening News · Friday 11 August 1905 · page 3

The Union Company's steamer Moana arrived at Sydney to-day from Auckland after a fine weather passage of 3 1/2 days. The passenger list is as follows:—Misses Edmonds, Banks,…

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The Ventura in the Gales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 August 1905 · page 12

Particulars of the rough voyage of the R.M.S. Ventura from Sydney to Auckland, en route to San Francisco, reached Sydney last night by the R.M.S. Sierra. It appears that the Ventura had an exceptionally…

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Gales in the Tasman Sea. Mailboat's Rough Experience. a Vessel Driven Ashore

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 August 1905 · page 9

Violent gales in the Tasman Sea and off the New Zealand coast last week played havoc with shipping. The steamer Moana yesterday brought news that the R.M.S. Ventura, on route…

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Call Rights Reserved.) Starve Crow Farm. Chapter XVII.—The Edge of the Storm

The World's News · Saturday 12 August 1905 · page 24

It was daylight when she awoke; but it had not been daylight long. Yet some one was knocking: and knocking loudly at the door of her bedroom. She rose on her elbow, and…

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A Flooded Station

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 12 August 1905 · page 4

"The Argus" had a letter the other day from a station not far from Germanton. The writer stated that they were having a big food—the biggest since 1870…

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Southerly Gales and Rough Seas

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 August 1905 · page 8

The weather chart issued from the Observatory on Saturday shows that during the 24 hours ended at 9 a.m. cloudy and unsettled conditions prevailed more or less generally,…

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The Coming Storm

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 18 August 1905 · page 3

Last Wednesday night Mr. Alfred Alien read a paper at the Friend's Institute, Devonshire-street, on "The Higher Criticism." There was a good…

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In the Hurricane Belt. Effects of the Storm at the Marshall Group. Tidal Wave at Jaluit. Over 100 Lives Lost

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 August 1905 · page 5

The hurricane which swept over the Marshall Group last month appears to have been more disastrous in its effects than was at first anticipated…

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Mitigation of Floods. West Maitland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 August 1905 · page 12

In the Council Chamber at Morpeth tonight, delegates representing East and West Maitland, Morpeth, Raymond Torrace, Miller's Forest, Raworth, Largs, and Woodville,…

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To Fight the Hunter Valley Floods

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 19 August 1905 · page 9

WEST MAITLAND, Friday.--Delegates from East and West Maitland, Morpeth, Raymond Terraco, Miller's Forest, Raworth, Largs, and Woodville met in conference in the…

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Gales and Snowstorms

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 22 August 1905 · page 5

Exceptionally cold weather is being experienced in various parts of the State, and snowstorms are numerous, heavy falls having occurred in some towns for the first time in their…

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After the Storm. Waverley Aldermen Exchange Courtesies

Evening News · Wednesday 23 August 1905 · page 6

Ratepayers attended the Waverley Council Chambers in fairly large numbers last night, thinking that perchance there would be a repetition of the trouble which caused an early…

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Channel Fleet in a Storm. Destroyers Damaged

Evening News · Friday 25 August 1905 · page 4

LONDON, Thursday, 2.35 p.m.—The Channel Fleet, when leaving Esbjerg, on the west coast of Jutland (Denmark), was struck by a storm. Three torpedo-boat…

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A Storm-centre of Mutiny; the Russian Battleship Kniaz Potemkin in Odessa Harbour

The Australian Star · Friday 25 August 1905 · page 1

The Kniaz. Potemkin the crew of which mutinied because of the shooting of one of their number by an officer, is one of the finest and best armoured vessels remaining to the Russian navy. She was launched in 1900, and is of 12,500 tons displacement. She carries 600 men. Her chief armament consists of four 12in. Obuchoff guns, 16 6in. quick-firers, 14 3in. quick-firers, and 20 1-pounder quick-firers. She has five torpedo-tubes, three of which are submerged. Her armour is Krupp. the crow incited the…

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