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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1910

1,565 stories in Sydney's papers · page 55 of 79

After the Storm. Estimating the Damage. Widespread Devastation. Some Trying Experiences

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 July 1910 · page 5

MOUNT VICTORIA, Thursday.--The snow is still from six inches to a foot deep. The weatheir is everywhere mild and fine. The view from the pulpit Rock. Mount Piddington, and…

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Southern Harbor Works. the Storm at Port Kembla. Good Effect on New Breakwater

Evening News · Friday 22 July 1910 · page 7

When engineers are building an ocean breakwater they rather welcome the coming of a storm and its accompanying heavy sea—if the work has been faithfully carried out it does it…

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Floods in the Hawkesbury. Reports Exaggerated. Windsor

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 July 1910 · page 8

Some of the reports with regard to the Hawkesbury floods were much exaggerated. It was one of the mildest on record, and the water kept well within the river banks. The…

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Unique Flood. Sudden Bish in the Shoal-haven. Waters Dammed by Sand Bar

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 July 1910 · page 6

On Monday and Tuesday inst the lower Shoalhaven valley experienced a remarkable flooding. Heavy rain commenced to fall on Monday afternoon, and within a comparatively short…

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Storms and Floods. Hundreds Killed in Germany

The World's News · Saturday 23 July 1910 · page 3

GERMANY was visited by terrific storms on Sunday, June 12, hundreds of lives being lost. The Rhine district suffered very heavily. Here the centre of the deluge…

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Storm Swept Suburbs

The St George Call · Saturday 23 July 1910 · page 5

The district came in for a big share of Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday's deluge, and the damage will run into thousands of pounds…

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The Recent Storm

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 23 July 1910 · page 13

When the Legislative Assembly meets on Tuesday next Mr. E. M. Clark proposes asking the State Treasurer: -- (1). Is it a fact that, during the storm on July 18 last, several narrow…

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Casualties. a Victim of the Gale

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 July 1910 · page 14

An Inquest was held yesterday afternoon into the circumstances attending the death of John Clements, 60, a fisherman. His body was discovered on the rocks near his camp at Taylor…

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Flying in a Gale. Mr. Grahame-white's Thrillihg Trip

The World's News · Saturday 23 July 1910 · page 17

AN extraordinary battle with the wind, which, for sheer skill and daring equalled, and in some respects excelled, Mr. Latham's memorable struggle at…

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A Great Storm. Strange Sights in Sydney

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 23 July 1910 · page 4

The storm which swept over Sydney on Monday reached its greatest fury towards 5 o'clock, and there were many strange sights and…

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Tiles Off! the Storm and the Plumber

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 July 1910 · page 5

The first intimation we had of the damage done was a masculine voice calling over the fence, "The tiles are blowing off your roof, missus." In the midst of the…

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Storm in Western Australia. Damage to Property. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 July 1910 · page 13

Stormy conditions prevailed yesterday on the coast. The barometer fell to 29.34. the lowest reading for years, and a strong westerly gale caused a rise of six feet in the river at…

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Flood at Burragorang Valley. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 July 1910 · page 14

Floods are reported from Burragorang Valley, where over 7 inches of rain fell. The Wollondilly River rose over 9ft, and trees and logs were washed down, while cattle and…

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Storm and Flood

Sunday Times · Sunday 24 July 1910 · page 12

A tropical disturbance which developed on Sunday night on the North Coast and an anticyclone responsible for gales and downpours over the State. The centre of the bolsterous weather…

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Cyclone's Havoc. Violent Storm in Italy. Milan

The Sun · Monday 25 July 1910 · page 1

The north-west district of the province of Lombardy has been swept by a terrific cyclone. The storm was responsible for much loss…

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Saroona Cyclone. Fifty People Killed

Evening News · Monday 25 July 1910 · page 7

LONDON, Sunday Night.—The cyclone in the Saronna regions killed 50 people and Injured hundreds. The Humbert Memorial Chanel at Monza was damaged, and many factory…

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The Obra in a Gale

Evening News · Monday 25 July 1910 · page 5

FREMANTLE, Monday.—The officers of the British-India liner Obra, which arrived from Calcutta yesterday, reported exceedingly rough weather on the passage. On leaving…

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In the Recent Gale. Rough Trip of the Wonga Fell

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 25 July 1910 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--There were some exciting experiences on board the steamer Wonga Fell on her voyage from Sydney to Melbourne on Monday last. Captain Campbell said the…

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After the Storm. Jewellery Found on the Beaches

The Sun · Monday 25 July 1910 · page 4

Sufficient jewellery has been lost on the various beaches round Sydney to open a city jewellery establishment. Little, If any, is ever found under ordinary circumstances, but last…

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The Late Gale. Wonga Fell's Experiences. "Worse Seas on Record." Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 July 1910 · page 10

In the terrific storms which swept the coast of New South Wales during the early part of the week the steamer Wonga Fell underwent a particularly trying experience. At one…

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