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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1909

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Destructive Cyclone. in Eastern Bengal. River Craft Sunk. London, Oct. 19

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 October 1909 · page 9

A cyclone wrecked Goalanda, situated on the Ganges, at the confluence of the Brahmaputra and other Eastern Bengal stations…

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Moroccan Storm Centre. Spaniards' Poor Progress. Government's Resignation Impending. London, Wednesday, 3.35 p.m

The Star · Thursday 21 October 1909 · page 1

Latest reports from Morocco are to the effect that the Spanish, troops are making but little progress at Melilla, notwithstanding that the force has been increased to [?]…

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Yongala in Gales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 October 1909 · page 8

Captain William Knight, commander of the Adelaide S.S. Company's passenger steamer Yongala, which arrived here yesterday from Melbourne, reports having experienced a strong south-west gale with high seas as…

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Cyclone

The World's News · Saturday 23 October 1909 · page 18

Scordia, a town in the district of Catania, with a population of 9000, was recently the scene of a disastrous cyclone. A severe thunderstorm…

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Rough Seas. Gale on the Coast

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 23 October 1909 · page 13

Rough conditions prevailed along the coast yesterday. The wind in places was blowing with the force of a gale, setting up heavy seas. Several coasting vessels were delayed. The…

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Shipping Suffers. Eugene Pergeline in the Storm. Hobart

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 October 1909 · page 14

The large French barque Eugene Pergeline, which made Storm Buy on Monday last, but was blown out to sea again, arrived here last evening, and anchored in the roadstead. She…

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Destructive Cyclone

Sunday Times · Sunday 24 October 1909 · page 12

A cyclone wrecked Goalanda, situated on the Ganges, at the confluence of the Brahmaputra and other Eastern Bengal stations. Many river steamers were sunk, and a great…

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A Southerly Gale

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 October 1909 · page 8

A severe southerly gale has been experienced in the South Island, especially at Timaru, where the wind attained hurricane force. A heavy snowstorm was experienced…

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Gales in the Tasman Sea. Maheno's Rough Trip

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 26 October 1909 · page 8

AUCKLAND, Monday.--The Union S.S. Co.'s turbine steamer Maheno arrived here on Sunday from Sydney, after a stormy passage. Gales of terrific force and tremendous seas were met…

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Aerial Triumphs. Latham's Wonderful Flight. in a Forty-miles Gale. First Woman Aeroplanist

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 26 October 1909 · page 7

LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--Lieutenant Latham made an extraordinary flight at Blackpool on Saturday. The wind was blowing 40 miles an hour. With an…

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The Weather. Overcast and Threatening. Showery in the S.e. Corner. Possibility of Thunderstorms

The Star · Tuesday 26 October 1909 · page 6

Since 9 a.m.. yesterday light to moderate rain has fallen on the south coast, and highlands, and on the northern plains and slopes. In N.S.W. this morning the…

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Hot and Sultry. Thunderstorms Probable

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 26 October 1909 · page 4

Hot and sultry conditions prevailed in the city yesterday. Hay, with 3 points, and Cape Hawke, with 2 points, were the only two stations to report rain…

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Storms in the Country. Over Two Inches of Rain at Mudgee

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 27 October 1909 · page 10

At 9 o'clock yesterday morning light to moderate rain, associated with some thunder was reported on the south coast and tablelands, the south-western slopes, and at a few places…

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Severe Thunderstorms. Heavy Downpour in the City. Dwelling Struck by Lightning

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 October 1909 · page 10

A thunderstorm of exceptional scverity passed over the city and suburbs yesterday afternoon and resulted in some amount of damage. During the morning close and…

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Shops Flooded

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 October 1909 · page 10

MURWILLUMBALL.—A sharp thunderstorm broke over the town on Tuesday, 148 points falling in about an hour. The water-tables were unable to carry off the water quickly enough, and several business places were…

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Violent Thunderstorm in the City. 47 Points of Rain Recorded

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 27 October 1909 · page 10

The sultry conditions which prevailed in the, city during the past two days culminated yesterday in a violent thunderstorm. By noon thunder clouds were observed in the…

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Terrific Storm at Tamworth

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 28 October 1909 · page 4

TAMWORTH, Wednesday.--A severe thunderstorm, accompanied by vivid lightning, passed over Tamworth a little after 7 o'clock last night. A terrific clap of thunder shook the…

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Washed Overboard in a Gale. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 28 October 1909 · page 10

News has been received from Straits Island of the drowning of a member of the crew of the fishing cutter Shamrock last Wednesday. During a gale at 9.30 p.m. the cutter broached…

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Severe Storm at Mudgee. Considerable Damage on the Railway

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 28 October 1909 · page 8

MUDGEE, Wednesday.--Yesterday afternoon the heaviest storm ever, experienced in Mudgee occurred. At 2 o'clock the rain started to teem down, and continued for nearly an hour. Two…

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Trouble at the Quarter Sessions. the Calm After the Storm

The Star · Thursday 28 October 1909 · page 6

The stormy conditions which prevailed at Sydney Quarter Sessions on Friday last, when one gentleman learned in the law threatened to pull the nose of another…

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