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Floods & storms, 1910

1,565 stories in Sydney's papers · page 28 of 79

Late Cable News. Received To-day. Rain and Gales. Seine Again Rising

Evening News · Monday 28 February 1910 · page 4

LONDON, Sunday Evening.—There is terrible weather on the coast of England, and a gale tore up trees. Torrential rains have fallen in Paris for two…

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York-street Premises Flooded

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 28 February 1910 · page 11

The premises of Messrs. Forsyth, Son, and Co., leather merchants, in York-street, were flooded early on Saturday morning by water which escaped from a faulty cistern on one of…

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Light Showers and Thunderstorms

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 28 February 1910 · page 8

Light to moderate showers have been recorded on the South Coast and at a couple of stations on the southern highlands. Thundershowers were also recorded at two isolated…

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Floods in Europe. Heavy Rain in Paris. the Seine Again Rising. London, Feb. 27

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 March 1910 · page 7

Torrential rains have occurred the past two days in Paris, and the Seine is rising at the rate of a foot daily. The vault in Notre Dame Cathedral,…

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Flood Losses at Nabbari

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 1 March 1910 · page 3

Writing on the effects of the flood in the Narrabri district a correspondent says:—"A likely estimate of loss of sheep in the district 40 miles above…

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The Paris Floods. Pitiful Scenes. Ready Way with Marauders. London, Feb. 4 (via Fremantle)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 March 1910 · page 9

Paris, during the present week, has been weltering under foul, yellow slime a muddy lake spread from the Boulevard Haussmann. The streets became canals, and courtyards…

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The Paris Floods. Desolation and Death. Estimated Loss, £60,000,000. Two Hundred Thousand People Homeless. Interesting Incidents of the Visitation

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 March 1910 · page 9

PERTH, Tuesday.--When the mail by the R.M.S. Mongolia left Marseilles the great Paris floods, of which cable messages indicate a recrudescence; were receding, and what they had…

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Thunderstorms in the Country. Southerly Change on the Coast

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 March 1910 · page 7

Tho welcome southerly change forecasted for yesterday carae along in due course, striking the city at an early hour. During tho morning ; the wind came in violent gusts, the .greatest…

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Fresh Gale at the Heads

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 March 1910 · page 20

Late last night a fresh easterly gale was reported, from South Head. During the week southerly winds have been experienced along the coast, and heavy seas resulted at places…

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The Last of Her. "The Fury of the Gale."

The Star · Saturday 5 March 1910 · page 6

We had weathered the Western Islands, and entered latitudes where the prudent mariner shortens sail and keeps a wary eye on the barometer. For the seafarer may…

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Heavy Coastal Rain. Over an Inch in Places

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 March 1910 · page 17

The rain which feil in the State yesterday was confined chiefly to the coast and parts of the highlands, the heaviest falls being 116 points at Kempsey and 110 points at Casino. In the far…

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Floods Disaster Relief

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 March 1910 · page 13

The executive committee of the N.S.W. Public Disaster Relief Fund beg to acknowledge, with thanks, the receipt of the following contributions towards alleviating the distress occasioned by the recent floods in…

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Moree Floods. Distribution of Relief Fund

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 March 1910 · page 15

MOREE, Friday.--The number of cases relieved by the Moree Flood Relief Fund totals 134; about 30 applications were refused. The sum of £340 was subscribed, and there is a…

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Deluge of Rain at Bro[?]nhil Broken Hill. Saturday Night

Sunday Times · Sunday 6 March 1910 · page 7

A perfect deluge of rain started late to-night. The rain which fell on Friday night, registering 102 points at Broken Hill, and…

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The Awful Floods in France. Boats in the Streets of Paris. Pathetic Scenes. Paris, January 29

Sunday Times · Sunday 6 March 1910 · page 20

Never in the history of Paris has the city been overwhelmed with such a terrible disaster as the flooding of the Seine, which has caused enormous damage and…

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Floods in Europe

Sunday Times · Sunday 6 March 1910 · page 12

Torrential rains have occurred the past two days in Paris, and the Seine rose at the rate of a foot daily. The vault in Notre Dame Cathedral, where 16…

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French Floods Fund

Sunday Times · Sunday 6 March 1910 · page 12

The fund raised by the Lord Mayor at the Mansion House for the relief of Bufferers by the floods in France has been closed at £64,500…

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Rain in South Australia. Heavy Gales. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 March 1910 · page 8

January and February were the driest months on record in the history of South Australia, but March will probably establish a record in the opposite direction. During the…

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Adelaide Express Held Up. Flood in the Wimmera. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 March 1910 · page 7

The Adelaide express was hold up at Stawell from 11 o'clock till quarter to 12 o'clock to-night owing to the heavy floods in the Wimmera at Glenorchy Bridge. The…

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General Rains. Over Four States. Many Torrential Falls. Flood Rains Expected

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 March 1910 · page 7

The monsoonal rainstorm which has been operating for the past two or three days proved to be one of the most extensive disturbances on record, and covered the eastern…

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