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Floods & storms, 1910

1,565 stories in Sydney's papers · page 31 of 79

Flood at North Steyne. Scene at Narrabeen Lake

The Star · Tuesday 15 March 1910 · page 4

Manly and district have had more than their share of rain during the past few days, and between Saturday morning and Sunday morning 4¼ Inches of rain fell between…

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Floods at Goraki. Ferry Punts Stopped. Coraki

The Star · Tuesday 15 March 1910 · page 6

It is raining heavily here to-day, and the flood waters are still rising. All the ferry punts have stopped running, and the passenger and cream boats are working under…

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North-west Floods. Heavy Rain at Warialda

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 16 March 1910 · page 10

WARIALDA, Tuesday. -- All the watercourses are now in jood. Up to noon four and a half inches of rain had fallen. Railway traffic is blocked on the Moree to Inverell line, and the…

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The Paris Floods. the Seine Falls Twenty Feet

Evening News · Wednesday 16 March 1910 · page 6

LONDON, Tuesday Evening.-The Seine at Paris has fallen. 20ft, and the steamboats have resumed running on the river…

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Macintyre River in High Flood

Evening News · Wednesday 16 March 1910 · page 6

WARIALDA. Wednesday Morning.—The weather cleared up this morning, much to the relief of many residents, who feared a repetition of the disastrous floods of January lust. Since…

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Drowned in Flooded Creek. Lismore

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 March 1910 · page 11

On Friday, Herbert Stead, aged 22, was drowned. He was crossing Repentance Creek, conveying cream, with a horse and springcart, which were swept off the ford. The…

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Floods Disaster Relief

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 March 1910 · page 13

Amounts already acknowledged...£5251 15 [?] ugustus Vialoux, J.P... Further subscriptions from the readers of the "Farmer and Settler," as follows:—…

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Flood in the Gwydir Expected. Warialda

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 March 1910 · page 10

Warialda Creek has risen considerably and is not crossable. Vehicles that went to meet trains this morning cannot recross the creek. Trains from Mor[?]e and Inverell are delayed owing to washaways on the…

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Rain in the North-west. Another Flood Feared. Trains Blocked

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 March 1910 · page 10

Up till 9 a.m. yesterday, according to railway reports, 5 inches of rain had fallen at Moree since Saturday, and 4½ inches at Delungra—between Moree and Inverell. The…

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Comets That Have Heralded Floods

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 16 March 1910 · page 56

The floods in France in this year of two great comets add another example to be many recorded coincidences of such events. When Hailey's comet occupied much the…

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Floods in the North. the Position Again Serious. Moree

The Star · Wednesday 16 March 1910 · page 6

The Moree district has again been visited by an exceptionally heavy rainfall, and fear has been felt for a repetition of the late floods. A telegram from Boggabllla, on the…

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More Heavy Rain. Yesterday Morning's Records

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 17 March 1910 · page 4

Further heavy showers have fallen in the city and along the coast. The conditions are still unsettled. Heavy rain has fallen on the North Coast, the…

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Sydney Water Supply. Heavy Rain on Catchment Area

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 17 March 1910 · page 5

At yesterday's meeting of the Water and Sewerage Board, the engineer-in-chief submitted diagram, showing the height of water in Prospect Reservoir, as well as the quantity…

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On Her Beam Ends. Barque in a Cyclone. the Ballast Shifts

Evening News · Thursday 17 March 1910 · page 3

The British barque Pharos, which arrived at Sydney this morning from Antofagasta, South America, is still in command of Captain Tonkin, a well-known mariner tracing to Australia. The…

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The Pope and the French Floods

The Catholic Press · Thursday 17 March 1910 · page 4

The laconic telegram of "The Times," announcing a subscription from the Pope for the relief of the Paris victims, calls for supplementary details, writes a home…

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John Flood Memorial Fund

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 17 March 1910 · page 21

We understand that the committee of the John Flood Memorial intends closing the fund on April 10th. Those desirous of contributing will oblige by sending in their…

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Delayed Mails. North-western Floods

Evening News · Thursday 17 March 1910 · page 5

Advice has been received by the Postmaster -General that, owing to the heavy rains washaways in the north-western, districts, the Inverell-Glen Innes coach, which was blocked…

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Floods in the North. Big Rise in the Gwydir. Fears Entertained at Moree

Evening News · Thursday 17 March 1910 · page 3

MORER, Wednesday Afternoon.-Extraordinary rain has fallen throughout the district since Monday morning, and the rivers are already in flood. A wire from Boggabilla, of the Queens…

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Piccadilly at night! Glare of are lamps, glitter of jewels, laughter of lewdness! Into the blinding light that flooded the pavement outside the Rlylera Restaurant there ARRIVALS-- March 10

The Star · Thursday 17 March 1910 · page 7

Prometheus, H.M.S., from Melbourne, 7.30 p.m. March 17. Tuncurry, sir., 114 tons, Captain O'Bleorne, from Cape Hawke, 4.40 a.m. Allen Taylor and Co., agents…

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North-west Floods. Railway Line Damaged

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 17 March 1910 · page 4

Owing to the heavy rains, floods have again occurred in the north-west. Advices received yesterday state that the water is as high over the line between Moree an Inverell as in January,…

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