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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1907

683 stories in Sydney's papers · page 27 of 35

Storms on the North Coast. Casino

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 October 1907 · page 8

A severe windstorm passed over Casino on Sunday afternoon. It uprooted trees and did damage to buildings in course of erection. There was no rain…

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Wimmera in a Gale. Loss of Stud Sheep and Fruit

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 October 1907 · page 7

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Thursday.--Messrs. Huddart Parker and Co.'s steamer Wimmera, which arrived to-day from Sydney, had a very turbulent passage, her decks being practically…

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Wreck of a Barque. in a Terrific Storm. Three Men Drowned. a Fearful Struggle for Life

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 October 1907 · page 8

HOBART, Thursday.--Following on the already long list of disastrous wrecks that have occurred on the west coast, in the vicinity of Port Davey, comes another of an equally…

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Train Falls Into a River. Bridge Swept Away by Flood

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 October 1907 · page 7

LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--Floods destroyed a railway bridge on the line between Guardiola Baga and Manresa, Spain, and a goods train was precipitated into the…

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To Prevent Flooding

The Arrow · Saturday 19 October 1907 · page 16

A well-known rector, having a parishioner of great fluency of speech, and also somewhat addicted to profanity, considered it his duty to talk to the man about his…

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Floods Cause Train Wreck

Sunday Times · Sunday 20 October 1907 · page 12

Floods destroyed a railway bridge between Berga and Maurcsa, in Barcelona, Spain, and a goods train was precipitated into the river, 11 pereons being drowned…

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Floods Cause Havoc to Vineyards

Sunday Times · Sunday 20 October 1907 · page 12

During the recent floods in the South of France seven people who took refuge on the roof of a house near Perpignan were eventually drowned. It will take some years to repair the havoc in…

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The Century in a Gale

Evening News · Monday 21 October 1907 · page 3

FREMANTLE, Monday.—The steamer Century, which arrived from Newcastle and Melbourne yesterday morning, had a fearful passage across the great Australian right. A…

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The Pierre Antonine in a Gale

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 October 1907 · page 8

The barque Pierre Antonine, bound from London to San Francisco, put into port on Saturday far the purpose of repairing some damage which was caused during a gale. The vessel sailed from London on…

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Britannia in a Gale

Evening News · Tuesday 22 October 1907 · page 3

FREMANTLE, Tuesday.—The R.M.S. Britannia arrived at 6.30 this morning from Adelaide twenty and a alf hours late. She had a fearful passage, with succession, of strong…

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Wimmera in a Gale

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 October 1907 · page 8

captain Wylie, on arrival at Wellington on October 10, stated that the voyage across from Sydney was the roughest the Wimmera had made. The passengers included many old travellers, who had never…

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Shenandoah's Last Cruise Eventful. Constant Storms from the Horn to Melbourne

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 26 October 1907 · page 6

The hand of late seems to be reaching out after the last of the American Big Four under the Stars and Stripes, the…

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Telegraphic Delays. Is the Condenser System to Blame? an Official Statement. Bush Feres and Gales Responsible

Evening News · Saturday 26 October 1907 · page 8

It has been suggested that most of the telegraphic delays recently complained of in New South Wales are due to the condenser system now in operation in connection with the…

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Arctic Airship. Thrilling Experiences in a Storm. Driven Back on to a Glacier

The World's News · Saturday 26 October 1907 · page 16

THE members of the Wellman Folar expetition on their arrival at Tromso, having abandoned for the present their…

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Thunderstorms Expected. Rising Temperatures

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 26 October 1907 · page 18

Thundery conditions over northern areas may be expected, according to the Acting Government Meteorologist's forecast for to-day; otherwise fine weather with generally rising…

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Special City. "Evening News" Office. 45 P.m. the Much-needed Rain a Few Thunderstorms. Light Showers in Southwest

Evening News · Tuesday 29 October 1907 · page 5

Sydney Observatory Forecast.—A tendency for thunder on parts of coast and northern tablelands, but otherwise fine, and temperature rising inland. Fresh to strong and squally winds,…

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Rural Matters in New Zealand. Shortage in Grass and Food. Droughts and Floods

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 October 1907 · page 3

Mr. F. H. Laing, a New Zealand resident, who arrived from Auckland by the Zealandia on Friday, on route for Victoria and Tasmania, on business in connection with the…

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Young Folks Hoppity's Exploits. V. Through the Flood

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 30 October 1907 · page 1150

For months the blazing sun had glared relentlessly down upon the gasping earth fill the creeks dried up, leaving but a few waterholes here and there hidden away in the…

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The Flood Gates

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 30 October 1907 · page 2

On Monday last a child belonging to Mr. P. Guerin, of George-street, Parramatta, had a narrow escape from drowning. The youngster was playing at the…

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After the Storm

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 31 October 1907 · page 3

Manly aldermen have been so accustomed to receiving dictatorial communications of late that a sudden turn of the tide at Tuesday's meeting had the effect of staggering the company. A letter signed by the different sporting…

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