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Floods & storms, 1910

1,565 stories in Sydney's papers · page 19 of 79

Parisian Floods

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 2 February 1910 · page 7

We in Australia know only too well what misery and devastation may be caused by sudden floods; but our history is happily free from anything approaching the experience of…

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Paris Submerged by Floods

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 2 February 1910 · page 27

TERRIBLE floods were experienced in France last week, and the damage is estimated at over £40,000,000. It is estimated that in Paris 100,000 workmen have been rendered idle, and 80,000 people in the city and suburbs are homeless. In the early stages of the flood hundreds of thousands of…

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Flood Damage in the North-west

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 2 February 1910 · page 26

NOW that the flood waters have subsided for the most part in the districts between Tamworth ana Inverell, and…

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The Price of Milk. South Coast Suppliers' Protest. Flood of Milk Suggested

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 2 February 1910 · page 12

A largely-attended meeting of the Dapto branch of the South Coast and West Camden Milk Suppliers' Association was held on Saturday night to consider the present condition of…

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The Flood in Moree. Town Resumes Its Normal Appearance. an Aftermath of Smells. Moree

The Star · Wednesday 2 February 1910 · page 5

Excellent progress has been made by the local municipal council, assisted by the Works Department, in cleaning up the debris and making the streets trafficable. The town…

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The Paris Flood. Sensational Incidents. Bluejackets and Apaches. Pillagers Having a Bad Time. London, Tuesday, 4.30 p.m

The Star · Wednesday 2 February 1910 · page 1

The latest sensation provided by the Paris floods is an exciting encounter that French bluejackets had with some Apaches. The Apaches, of whom there was a whole…

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The Floods in Queensland. Railways Blocked

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 February 1910 · page 10

BRISBANE, Tuesday.--The Railway Commissioner has received a wire from the traffic manager at Townsville, stating that the trains on the Ayr tramline have been cancelled, as the…

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After the Floods. Damage to Roads and Bridges. Departmental Repairs Who Will Pay?

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 February 1910 · page 10

The Minister for Works mentioned yesterday that officers of his department were busy in the flooded districts of the north-west repairing roads and bridges which had been destroyed or…

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Floods in the Country

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 2 February 1910 · page 50

The floods which have lately caused so much destruction over hundreds of miles of country in the north and north-western parts of New South Wales, are still affecting a wide area of…

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Floods in France

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 2 February 1910 · page 50

Terrible floods in France are reported as a result of persistent heavy fains and falls of snow in that country. Fully half the territory was under water, and enormous damage…

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Church in the Cyclone

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 February 1910 · page 7

Among the losses sustained by the recent cyclone at Brewarrina the Church of England congregation have suffered heavily. This far western parish is under…

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Ulimaroa in a Gale

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 February 1910 · page 6

WELLINGTON, Wednesday.--The steamer Ulimaroa, which arrived at 8 o'clock to-night from Sydney, experienced a heavy southerly gale immediately after clearing the Australian…

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Brewarrina Storm. Damage Estimated at £10,000. Relief of the Distressed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 February 1910 · page 7

The Acting Premier stated yesterday that the latest report the Government had from Brewarrina was that the river was up 33ft, and was still rising. Everything was safe at the…

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The Floods

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 3 February 1910 · page 24

Latest reports regarding the floods state that the river Darling is rising very fast. The river has reached 22 feet 9 inches, but can stand a further rise of 15 feet before…

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Late Cable News. Received To-day. The French Floods. Looters in Paris. Two "Apaches" Shot. Entire Seine Valley Flooded. Rouen Suburbs Inundated

Evening News · Thursday 3 February 1910 · page 4

LONDON, Wednesday Evening.—Marines encountered a party of brigands pillaging a house at Asnieres, a suburb of Paris, and fired upon them. The brigands returned a brisk fire, and…

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Floods in the Northwest. Roads Impassaale. Five Tons of Mails

Evening News · Thursday 3 February 1910 · page 5

WALGETT, Thursday.—The Barwon and Namoi Rivers are both still falling slowly, but thousands of acres of country are still submerged. All the roads are impassable, and…

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The Paris Floods. Dealing with Apaches. Suppressing Thieving. London, Feb. 1

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 February 1910 · page 7

A party of French bluejackets pursued a boatload of Paris Apaches, who were robbing at Alfortville. Shots were exchanged, and the fugitive boat was sunk. Two…

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Mails Delayed by Flood

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 February 1910 · page 10

The Deputy Postmaster-General reports that a train carrying mails left Narrabri on Monday morning arrived it Wee Waa at about noon, and returned to Narrabri in the evening,…

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The Floods. on the Hawkesbury. Residents Becoming Alarmed. Richmond

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 February 1910 · page 7

Owing to constant showers local residents, particularly on the low-lying flats surrounding the Hawkesbury River, have fears that, should such continue much longer, a big flood…

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French Floods Relief Fund. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 February 1910 · page 6

Sir,—I have the honour to inform you th[?] a fund has been suited in Sydney for the relief of the unfortunate victim, of the [?] paralle[?]ed floods which have brought ru[?]…

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