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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1907

683 stories in Sydney's papers · page 12 of 35

Current News. Gales on the River

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 30 March 1907 · page 4

The brothers Gale, of "Meadowbank, were out for a sail with a party in one of their boats on Saturday afternoon. Altogether there…

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From the Gilbert Islands. Titus Encounters a Cyclone

Evening News · Monday 1 April 1907 · page 3

The Island mail steamer Titus entered Sydney Heads ar 5 o'clock this morning from the Gilbert and Ellice Inlands. Having completed a most successful trading cruise, she was full…

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The Titus From the Islands. a Cyclone Encountered

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 April 1907 · page 8

The steamer Titus, of Messrs. Burns, Philp, and Company's line, returned to Sydney yesterday from the Islands. The Titus cruised through the Gilbert and Ellice Islands, and brings a cargo…

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Rufe Turner Knocked Out by "Cyclone" Thompson. Vancouver, February 25

Referee · Wednesday 3 April 1907 · page 7

Mistah Rufus Turner, the ebony punch-ologist of this city, got his all-night, according to a dispatch from Marysville, California, received on Saturday…

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Another Warm Day. Thunderstorms Expected

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 April 1907 · page 9

Still another warm day was experienced in the city yesterday, the temperature rising to 81.9 degrees. The hot spell has now continued since Friday last, and is very unusual for this…

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Shipping Casualties. Caught in a Cyclone. Ship on Her Beam Ends

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 April 1907 · page 9

A perilous experience in a cyclone fell to the lot of the French ship Rancagua, on her passage from Iquique to Sydney. The Rancagua arrived yesterday, and anchored off Double Bay…

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The Battle of Brooklyn. Daring Attempt to Storm the Railway at Midnight

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 6 April 1907 · page 6

The usually quiet village of Brooklyn presented a strikingly animated appearance on Sunday last, as a detachment of the Australian Rifles, under Major…

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Cyclone at Bairnsdale. Buildings Unroofed. Storm's Erratic Course. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 April 1907 · page 7

A cyclone struck u small portion of the cast end of Bairnsdale at a quartor-past [?] o clock this afternoon, and in a second or two did a great amount of damage. It crossed the…

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Cyclone Causes £,1000 Damage

Evening News · Monday 8 April 1907 · page 4

A cyclone struck the eastern end of the town of Bairnsdale, Victoria, on Saturday afternoon, and caused a good deal of damage to business places and private residences. The cyclone was…

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Chiltonford in a Gale

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 April 1907 · page 8

While the four-masted barque Chiltonford was on her way here in ballast from Callao she encountered a terrific tempest on the 28th ult, and owing to the ballast shifting was thrown on her beam ends…

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Barquentine in a Gale

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 8 April 1907 · page 5

The barquentine Silver Cloud, from Mercury Bay (N.Z.), encountered a severe gale veering from the north-cast to south-west, and lasting tor 24 hours. The vessel, however, sustained no…

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Effect of the Storm

Evening News · Monday 8 April 1907 · page 3

A peculiar circumstance happened on Sunday afternoon as a result of the sudden rainstorm. In Paddington, insteam of the drains in several houses, carrying of the storm…

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Cyclone in Victoria. Extensive Damage at Bairnsdale. Many Buildings Unroofed. Man Blown Fifty Yards

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 8 April 1907 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--The eastern end of the town of Bairnsdale was struck by a cyclone on Saturday afternoon, and business places and private residences were damaged to the extent…

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Two-minute Chats with Busy People on Matters of Passing Interest Yesterday's Storm

The Australian Star · Monday 8 April 1907 · page 1

Mr. Noble, Acting Meteorologist, informed, a "Star" reporter this morning that yesterday's storm brought rain practically generally over the coastal parts and the…

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Storm at Ryde. Some Exciting Experiences

Evening News · Tuesday 9 April 1907 · page 4

A severe thunderstorm swept over the Hyde district on Sunday afternoon. Its duration was short—ten minutes, or a quarter of an hour, at the outside—but the copious downpour…

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A Heavy Gale

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 10 April 1907 · page 9

ADELAIDE, Tuesday.--Captain F. Nelson, of the barque Manurewa, which arrived from Kaipara, with New Zealand timber on Monday, reported that on Friday morning, when the vessel…

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The Storm

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 10 April 1907 · page 2

A beavy thunderstorm swept over the district on Sunday afternoon. It came up suddenly, and stopped as suddenly, its duration being only about ten minutes…

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Motoring in Tasmania Crossing a Flooded Creek

The Australian Star · Thursday 11 April 1907 · page 6

Mr. John Gibbs, vice-president of the Automobile Club of Australia, has just returned after an extensive motor trip through Tasmania. Mir. Gibbs's big 24 h.p. motor was…

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Heavy Rain in Northern Suburbs

Evening News · Saturday 13 April 1907 · page 2

Although very little rain accompanied the storm which passed over the city at about 4 o'clock on Friday afternoon, some of the suburbs were visited by a very heavy downpour,…

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Thunderstorm at Sydney. Heavy Rain in the Suburbs

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 13 April 1907 · page 8

A thunderstorm broke over Sydney and suburbs yesterday afternoon, which caused heavy rain in some of the suburbs. In the city the rain was light, and amounted only to 4 points. But on…

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