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Floods & storms, 1910

1,565 stories in Sydney's papers · page 64 of 79

Barque From New York. the Puritan in a Storm

The Sun · Saturday 1 October 1910 · page 10

The four-masted barque Puritan, of 2283 tons, Captain Chapman, arrived at Sydney this morning from New York. She was 103 days on the voyage, and brings a full cargo…

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Storms in the Sun. Astronomer's Prediction. Vancouver, Oct. 1

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 October 1910 · page 9

The astronomer at Santa Clara College, California, announces that there will occur on the sun's disc this week rapidly disintegrating sun spot upheavals…

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Boisterous Day in the City. Gale on the Coast. Rain in the North

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 3 October 1910 · page 4

Boisterous conditions prevailed in the city yesterday. The wind came in violent squalls from the north-west, and enveloped the city in clouds of dust Along the coast the wind…

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Disastrous Floods in Japan

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 3 October 1910 · page 12

In a report received by the Minister for Agriculture from the Commercial Commissioner for New South Wales in the East (Mr. J. B. Suttor), particulars are given of a phenomenal…

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Gale at Adelaide

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 October 1910 · page 10

ADELAIDE, Monday.--During a gale which raged on Sunday the bucket-dredger No. 5, stationed at the outer harbor, dragged her moorings, and came perilously near taking the…

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Gale on the Coast

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 October 1910 · page 10

Squally westerly weather again prevailed in the city yesterday, the wind reaching a velocity of 50 miles an hour. On the coast the wind reached the force of a gale. Ulladulla reported…

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Heavy Storm at Roma. Extensive Damage. Roma (Q.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 October 1910 · page 9

A heavy storm occurred at Roma last night. The damage done runs into many thousands of pounds. The wheat crops and vineyards alike suffered from fierce winds and heavy…

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An American Invasion Fine Bunch of Boxers by the Zealandia Billy Papke, Ray Bronson, and Cyclone Thompson

Referee · Wednesday 5 October 1910 · page 8

No finer bunch of upholstered fist fighters than the contingent of Americans—Billy Papke, Ray Bronson. Cyclone Johnny Thompson, and Jimmy Clabby—sent…

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The July Gale. an Unroofed House at Mosman. Claim Foe Damage to Property

Evening News · Thursday 6 October 1910 · page 5

The big gale which occurred in Sydney and suburbs on July 18 last was responsible for an action before Judge Backhouse in the Sydney District Court this morning, when Horace…

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DISTRICT. (Before Judge Backhouse.) Blown Across in the Gale

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 October 1910 · page 4

Damage caused to a house at Mosman in the severe storm of July 18 was the occasion of a suit instituted by Harold George Lamb, Bradley's Head, Mosman, against Miss Edith…

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Magnetic Storms

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 October 1910 · page 5

An American observer prophesied specially active sunspot phenomena for the past week, and weather conditions have indicated that he was right. Storms on the sun do not…

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Dangerous Places in a Storm

The Sun · Saturday 8 October 1910 · page 12

As a rule the safest place for protection in a thunderstorm is inside a building provided with a perfect lightning conductor. In an ordinary dwelling house, unguarded…

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Floods in United States. Five States Affected. Vancouver, Oct, 7

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 October 1910 · page 15

Rainstorms have flooded the country extending from Eastern Texas across Northern Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessce, and Kentucky. This area is…

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Floods in the States. Trains at a Standstill

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 October 1910 · page 13

VANCOUVER, Friday.--Heavy and persistent rainstorms have flooded a strip of country extending from Eastern Texas, across Northern Louisiana, Mississippi,…

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Gale at Adelaide

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 10 October 1910 · page 12

ADELAIDE, Sunday.-- Extraordinary weather experienced to-day, the wind at times blowing with the force of a gale, and Antarctic cold prevailed. Rain fell intermittently, often accompanied by large hailstones…

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Storm-beaten Vessel. Gleaner's Protracted Voyage

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 10 October 1910 · page 12

A stirring adventure with galea in the Pacific fell to the lot of the American barquentine Gleaner, which yesterday towed into Port Jackson. The vessel is laden with lumber from San Francisco and Eureka. She…

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Gales and Snow. Boisterous Conditions General. Big Drop in Temperatures

Evening News · Monday 10 October 1910 · page 6

The weather conditions in New South Wales during the past 24 hours have not been lacking in variety. It has teen warm and cold. A gale has been raging on the south coast, there…

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Gale on the Coast. Rough Seas

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 12 October 1910 · page 9

A southerly to south-west gale was raging along the coast yesterday. Gabo reported a strong gale, with fierce rain, squalls, and high seas. Jervis Bay had a fresh southerly gale,…

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Damages by Flooding of Premises

Evening News · Wednesday 12 October 1910 · page 4

In the early part of the year, owing to a rainstorm, a number of buildings in the vicinity of Athlone-place. Wattle, Bucklaad, Engine, and Thomas streets, Ultimo-read. and a at…

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A Graphic and Stirring Word Picture of the Terrible Cyclone in Fiji I.

The Catholic Press · Thursday 13 October 1910 · page 4

The following circular letter from the Right Rev. Dr. Vidal, S.M., has been issued to all the missionaries and religious of the Vicariate Apostolic of Fiji, regarding the…

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