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Floods & storms, 1910

1,565 stories in Sydney's papers · page 26 of 79

Gales in Britain. Train Over an Embankment

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 21 February 1910 · page 7

LONDON, Saturday.--Heavy gales have been raging in Great Britain and Ireland, the wind attaining, in some places, a velocity of over 70 miles an hour…

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Gales in United Kingdom. Irish Train Blown Over. Passengers' Narrow Escape. London, Feb. 19

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 February 1910 · page 9

Heavy gales have swept over Great Britain and Ireland, the wind attaining a velocity of over 70 miles an hour in some places. Much damage was done at…

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Floods in France. London, Sunday, 3.30 p.m

The Star · Monday 21 February 1910 · page 1

The River Seine is now falling…

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Gales in Britain. Vessel Wrecked, Crew Browned. Spectators Unable to Help

Evening News · Tuesday 22 February 1910 · page 4

LONDON, Monday Evening.—During the gale in St. George Channel, a three-masted vessel was wrecked on the Pembrokeshire coast. Spectators watched a boat full of people rowing shorewards…

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Flood Time

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 22 February 1910 · page 8

Dear "Planets,"—I have no excuse to make for not writing to you before, only that I have been very busy. I do not suppose, you will take that…

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French Floods Relief Fund. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 February 1910 · page 8

Sir,—The appeal made to the people of New South Wales for the relief of the unfortunate victims of the disastrous French floods has— thanks to the kind and generous help of the…

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French Floods Relief Fund. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 22 February 1910 · page 5

Sir,--The appeal made to the people of New South Wales for the relief of the unfortunate victims of tho disastrous French floods has, thanks to the kind and generous help of the press, not been unheeded, as…

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The Brewarrina Storm

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 23 February 1910 · page 8

Mr. Meehan, M.L.A., saw the Minister for Public Instruction yesterday with regard to the damage occasioned at Brewarrina by the storm a few weeks ago. It was pointed out that…

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The Gale in Britain. 100 Miles an Hour

Evening News · Wednesday 23 February 1910 · page 6

LONDON, Tuesday Evening.—The official record shows that the sale in Great Britain on Sunday attained a velocity of 100 miles an hour…

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A Heavy Gale. 100 Miles an Hour. London, Tuesday, 4.50 p.m

The Star · Wednesday 23 February 1910 · page 1

The official record of Sunday's gale shows that in Britain it attained a velocity of 100 miles an hour…

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French Floods Relief Fund

Evening News · Wednesday 23 February 1910 · page 3

Mr. Paul Chauleur, hon. treasurer French Floods Relief Fund, writes:—The appeal made to the people of New South Wales for the relief of the unfortnate victims of the disastrous…

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Flood in Queensland. Railways Interrupted

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 23 February 1910 · page 10

BRISBANE, Tuesday.--The Commissioner for Railways has received advice from Cairns to the effect that no trains have been run from Biboohra to Mount Molloy since February 14,…

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"Washed Away in the Flood."

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 23 February 1910 · page 2

"My advice, " said Alderman DeLow at Parramatta Council meeting, "was for the plumber to bore through the water main if he thought he could get away in…

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Gale at Norfolk Island

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 24 February 1910 · page 7

NORFOLK ISLAND, Wednesday.--A strong gale from the east has been raging, with an exceptionally low glass, for the last two days…

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Tambo in a Gale

Evening News · Thursday 24 February 1910 · page 5

The steamer Tambo, of Messrs. Burns, Philp. island mail line, arrived at Sydney this morning from the New Hebrides, via Norfolk and Lord Howe Islands, in charge of Captain…

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After the Storm

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 24 February 1910 · page 10

Mr. Meehan, M.L.A., is determined that it will not be for want of effort on his part [?]f New South Wales (through the Government) does not come to the rescue of the…

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The Otranto in a Gale

Evening News · Thursday 24 February 1910 · page 6

FREMANTLE, Thursday.—The R.M.S. Otranto, which arrived from London last evening, has nearly 800 passengers the majority of whom are for New South Wales During the run across…

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"Storm in a Teacup." Mr. Cann on Election Methods

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 24 February 1910 · page 6

LITHGOW, Wednesday.--In proposing a [?] of thanks to Mr. W. M. Hughes at Lithgow on Saturday. Mr. George Cann, Labor candidate for Nepean, said he never struck such peculiar…

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Floods in France. Sydney's Aid to Sufferers

Evening News · Thursday 24 February 1910 · page 4

The Consul-General for France M. Frandin, has written to the Lord Mayor, stating that the organisers of the French Flood Relief Fund have decided to supplement the public…

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The French Floods. Paris Devastated. 30,000 People Homeless. Damage Estimated at Forty Millions. Invasion of Rats. London (via Fremantle), Jan. 28

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 24 February 1910 · page 7

Paris has been suffering from a flood of unparalleled magnitude, and is still in the throe[?] thereof. Can you imagine the gay city isolated from its outer suburbs and ruthlessly cut off…

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