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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1905

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Flood of Industrial Litigation

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 12 December 1905 · page 4

Judge Heydon is as hopeful of sweeping out Coogee Bay with a mop as be is of being able to repress the swelling tide of litigation in the Arbitration Court. "It rests with the people…

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Destructive Storm

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 13 December 1905 · page 2

The recent eyclouic storm caught Cabramatta and Canly Vale badly. At Mr. Wise's place, a 200-gallon tank was lifted bodily into the air and carried by…

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The Lands Commission. Eighty-second Day. More Pastoral Evidence. When the Flood Waters Rise

Evening News · Thursday 14 December 1905 · page 4

The Lands Commission. Mr. Justice Owen, sat again this moraine, at the Lands Department, Bridge and Loftus streets, city, when further evidence was furnished on behalf of the…

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Heavy Thunderstorm

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 December 1905 · page 8

A thunderstorm passed over the city last evening, travelling from the north-east. It was accompanied by heavy thunder, vivid lightning, and a smart shower of rain. Th…

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Remarkable Storm at Hurstville. Fall of Ice at Kogarah

Evening News · Saturday 16 December 1905 · page 4

A remarkable hailstorm passed over the Kogarah district last night. For about five minutes pieces of ice as large as marbles fell. Hurstville's share was a thunderstorm, which…

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Heat in the Country. 106 Degrees at Bourke. Thunderstorms and Rain

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 16 December 1905 · page 8

The heat wave continued over inland districts yesterday, and at Bourke the temperature went up to 106 degrees. Walgett reported 97 degrees, Wileannia 96, Albury 91, Wagga 92, and…

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Damage by Storms

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 18 December 1905 · page 6

BELLINGER HEADS, Sunday.--A severe thunderstorm, accompanied by a terrific, downpour of hail passed over the district yesterday, 1in. of rain being registered in a quarter of an hour. The hailstones, which were about…

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A Cyclonic Storm. Bellinger Heads

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 December 1905 · page 8

The heaviest thunderstorm within the recollection of the oldest residents passed over the district this afternoon. Hailstones in same places as large as pigeons' eggs created…

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Series of Thunderstorms. Some Useful Rains

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 December 1905 · page 8

During the 24 hours ended at 9 o'clock on Saturday morning mnny useful rains, chiefly the result of thunderstorms, were experienced over the north-eastern quarter of the State,…

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Queensland Sporting Notes. Destructive Thunderstorm at Eagle Farm

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 20 December 1905 · page 1597

On the Thursday before Cup day (Saturday last) torrents of rain fell during a thunderstorm, accompanied by a cyclonic wind. The rain came down with hardly a break for some six hours, and the fall recorded was…

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A Death-dealing Cyclone

The World's News · Saturday 23 December 1905 · page 10

By a cyclone which swept over Kiowa County, Oklahoma, 32 people were killed at the little township of Mountain View, and over 100 were seriously Injured. The town was absolutely…

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New Form of Spelling Bee. Takes England by Storm

The World's News · Saturday 23 December 1905 · page 18

Now that winter has set in in earnest in England, it appears that the progressive spelling bee. which has been out of sight and out of mind for many years, has made its appearance…

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The Storm

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 24 December 1905 · page 7

All night the Milky Way had cast Its plumy stars upon the world, Which in their madness, chaos-born O'er moor and mountain swept and swirled…

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Caught in the Storm a Goldfield Reminiscence

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 24 December 1905 · page 12

Saturday was the great day for all hands going to town. The miners generally knocked off work at 12 or[?] o'clock, and by 2 Shortland (the "capital" of the Thames gold…

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Where Extremes Meet. Drought and Flood in New Guinea. Return of the John Williams

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 25 December 1905 · page 4

Having finished an extended island cruise, the mission yacht John Williams returned to Sydney on Saturday morning, with a twelve months' record of 30,000 miles island travel to…

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Thunderstorm on the Coast

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 25 December 1905 · page 5

Rain, the result of thunderstorms was reported on Saturday at Bundarra, Tabulam, Woolgoolga, the Tweed River, Byron Bay, Ballina, and Grafton. Last night Woolgoolga and…

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In the Gale

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 27 December 1905 · page 5

What though the gale Bends every [?]all And starts the another dragging? Stone hearts are they…

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Fierce Storm in North Queensland. Roman Catholic Church Wrecked. Foresters' Hall Blown Down. One Man Injured. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 December 1905 · page 7

An exceptionally fierce storm struck Croydon this afternoon. The railway goods shed was unroofed, two hotels collapsed, four others were damaged, the Foresters' Hall and…

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Disastrous Storms. in the Bay of Biscay

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 29 December 1905 · page 3

Fearful weather was experienced in the Bay of Biscay on 12th to 14th of last month, and resulted in several shipping disasters. The steamer Bavaria (1114 tons, built 1889, and…

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The Heat Wave Inland Reduction in Temperatures. Thunder and Hail Storms

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 29 December 1905 · page 7

After the consistently high thermometer readings of the past fortnight there was yesterday a welcome reduction in the temperatures in the interior, although at some…

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