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Floods & storms, 1910

1,565 stories in Sydney's papers · page 53 of 79

The Gale at Clifton. Houses Unroofed. Roads Blocked by Landslips

Evening News · Wednesday 20 July 1910 · page 6

CLIFTON, Wednesday.—The record gale on Sunday and Monday apparently cleared off and disappeared to the north-east, accompanied by lightning and thunder from the south-west,…

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Returned to Port. the Hobart in the Gale. Under Water All Night

The Sun · Wednesday 20 July 1910 · page 5

The Melbourne S.S. Co.'s steamer Hobart put to sea yesterday at 3.30 p.m., bound for Melbourne. The "glass" was then rising steadily, and Captain Miller thought that fair…

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Storm and the Vegetable Market. Extraordinary Prices Ruling. Many Gardens Washed Away

The Sun · Wednesday 20 July 1910 · page 5

The great storm which swept ever Sydney and the suburbs, during the past few days has done a vast amount of damage to the vegetable producing gardens. Many of the…

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The Storm at Newtown. Buildings Unroofed. Hoardings Swept Away. a Brick Wall Blown Down

Evening News · Wednesday 20 July 1910 · page 9

Newtown did not escape the violence of the storm on Monday; in fact, many residents and business people suffered severely. The wind blew with hurricane force, and the rain, which…

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At Pneumonia-lane. How the Winds Blew. Gale Incidents in Castlereagh- Street. a Happy Time for Small Boys

The Sun · Wednesday 20 July 1910 · page 4

Whistiel Whishll Bangill And the beautiful. wory-handled silk-covored, 17s 6d gamp that you took out of somebody else's hall- stand last winter has left you. circling in…

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The Storm. Western Line Clear. Harbor Service Reorganised. Effect in the Country. How the Shipping Fared. Experiences in the Harbor

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 20 July 1910 · page 12

The wind and rain were nearly as violent yesterday as on Monday, and according to the Weather Bureau, we are to have more again today. The damage done in the suburbs turns out…

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Bathurst Isolated. Rail and Telegraphic Communication Interrupted. Big Flood in Vale Creek. Mail Trains Fourteen Hours Late

Evening News · Wednesday 20 July 1910 · page 8

BATHURST, Wednesday.—The town has been isolated for the greater part of two days, owing to the breakdown in telegraphic and railway communication through the snow and stormy…

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Hawkesbury River Flood. Many Acres Submerged. Roads and Bridges Under Water. Villages Cut Off. Over Six Inches of Rain

Evening News · Wednesday 20 July 1910 · page 6

WINDSOR, Wednesday Morning.—The tempestuous weather ceased about dusk last night, and the flood waters began to recede. But through the night, the river, being fed by…

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The Nepean Flood. Relieved by Cataract Dam

Evening News · Wednesday 20 July 1910 · page 7

CAMDEN, Wednesday.—A little over 7 inches of rain has fallen, flooding Nepean River and submerging bridges. The flood soon went down again, allowing the tram to cross over the…

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Flood in India. London, July 18

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 July 1910 · page 9

Flood waters have caused breaches for three miles on the Assam railway line, North-east British india, and ten bridges have been destroyed…

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Floods at Windsor. Vegetable Growers Suffer. Windsor

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 July 1910 · page 10

After a few hours' cessation, rain again set in, and fell continuously up till 9 o'clock this morning. A total of 560 points has been registered at Windsor…

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Floods at Windsor. the Damage Immense. Windsor

The Sun · Wednesday 20 July 1910 · page 5

The river, race pearly 23 foil altogether, but is now recording. It is still nearly. two feet over the Windsor bridge, and several feet over the Richmond bridge. All traffic…

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Rivers in Flood. Camden Cut Off Nepean Over Its Banks

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 20 July 1910 · page 12

CAMDEN, Tuesday. -- Following the heavy rains of Sunday night and Monday, the storm broke in full force on Monday night. Such velocity of wind mid constant downpouring of…

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The Gale

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 21 July 1910 · page 6

The fact that one of the worst gales ever known on our coast has just blown itself out without a single shipping disaster, so far as is known, serves as a…

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The Storm

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 21 July 1910 · page 8
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NEW SOUTH WALES: "Well, I wanted a little rain, but--."…

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After the Storm

The Sun · Thursday 21 July 1910 · page 7

The postal authorities intimate that a telegram, dated the 18th instant, has been received from the postmaster, Sunny Corner, to the effect that owing to the roads being…

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Previous Gales. WIND 153 Miles an Hour

Evening News · Thursday 21 July 1910 · page 2

Many people who had personal experience of the gale in Sydney on Monday and Tuesday are of opinion that the wind was the strongest ever experienced. But according to the official…

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Storm's Damage in City Parks

Evening News · Thursday 21 July 1910 · page 5

As a result of the storm in Sydney, seven large trees of various kinds in the Domain, were uprooted and many others bad limbs knocked off. The Domain was bestrewn with…

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The Storm at Lavender Bay

Evening News · Thursday 21 July 1910 · page 8

Mr. H. E. M'Donald, owner of the Neptune Motor, Boat, end Slip Company, stated this morning that, in connection with the storm damage at Lavender Bay on Monday, the motor…

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