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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1910

1,565 stories in Sydney's papers · page 69 of 79

Gale in the Channel. London

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 13 November 1910 · page 1

A violent storm has swept over the English Channel. Several wrecks are reported. Some small craft, with twenty fishermen aboard, are missing…

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700 Sheep Lost in Storm

Sunday Times · Sunday 13 November 1910 · page 13

A Goorangoola correspondent, Singleton district, reports the loss of nearly 700 sheep on Ravensworth Estate. During the cold snap the sheep were paddocked…

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Welsh Coal Strike. Men Block Water Supply. Mine Almost Flooded. London, Friday Afternoon

Sunday Times · Sunday 13 November 1910 · page 7

The strikers at Llwynypia, Wales, partially blocked the water supply, thus causing a stoppage of the pumps, and in consequence the mine was…

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Another Mine Flooded Labor to Be Imported. London, Saturday Morning

Sunday Times · Sunday 13 November 1910 · page 7

The machinery at Tony Fair Mines, where a strike has been proceeding since September, came to a sudden standstill yesterday, due to the strikers…

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Dust Storm at Cobar. Cobar

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 November 1910 · page 13

[?] occurred on Friday afternoon. [?] minutes the town was in semi-darkness, and [?] premises were compelled to light lamps. [?] storm was in progess heavy rain began to…

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The Seine in Flood. Paris Again Suffering

Evening News · Monday 14 November 1910 · page 6

PARIS, Sunday Evening.—Floods are general in the basin of the Seine. Water has invaded the Quai d'Auteuil, Paris, und the sewers are ever-flooding the Rue Felicien David…

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Welsh Coal Strike. Two Pits Flooded. Free Labour Imported. Miners Threaten Murder. London, Nov. 11

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 November 1910 · page 9

Strikers partially blocked the water supply at Llwynpia, causing the stoppage of the pumps, and the mine was almost flooded before this could be remedied…

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The Flood Tide

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 14 November 1910 · page 7

VANCOUVER, Saturday.--From April to July last 155,518 immigrants arrived in Canada, and 54,699 in the United Slates. The July record was 25,000 immigrants…

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From Bad to Worse. Welsh Strike Complications. Flooding the Mines. a Death and Threatened Bloodshed

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 14 November 1910 · page 7

LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--The strikers in South Wales to-day partially blocked the water supply at the Llwynypta Colliery, causing a stoppage of the pumps, and the…

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The Floods in Paris

Evening News · Tuesday 15 November 1910 · page 6

PARIS Monday Evening.—The cellars of the Prefecture of Police and the Palace of Justice, and the subterranean' passage of the Gare d'Austertitz, Paris, are flooded, and there is…

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The Seine in Flood. Damage in Paris. Paris, Nov. 13

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 November 1910 · page 7

Floods ave general in the basin of the Seine River. The water has invaded the Quai d'Aut[?]uil, Paris, and, backing up the sewers, has overflooded into the Rue…

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Floods in Paris. the Military Take Precautions

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 15 November 1910 · page 7

PARIS, Sunday Afternoon. -- Floods are general in the basin of the Seine. Water has invaded the Qual d'Auteuil, Paris, and the sewers are over-flooding the Rue…

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Remarkable Storms At Broken Hill

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 16 November 1910 · page 33

REMARKABLE storms occurred at Broken Hill lately. A local paper thus describes the phenomenon of a true Barrier duststorm coming between two tropical rainstorms:—…

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"Cyclone" Thompson's Explanation. (To the Editor.)

Referee · Wednesday 16 November 1910 · page 7

Sir,—Kimlly give me space to explain my position regarding the making of weights here, and place me right before the public. Regarding my match with Mr. Unholz. I wish to…

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Cyclone Johnny Thompson Wins Fierce for Four Rounds. Weight Beats Unholz

Referee · Wednesday 16 November 1910 · page 7

A large crowd watched Cyclone Johnny Thompson and Rudie Unholz fight four fast rounds at the Stadium on Wednesday last. They fought another round and the…

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The Stadium. "Cyclone" Thompson V. Unholz, "The Tornado." a Dreary, One-sided, Unscientific Display. a Sort of Billy-Butting Battle. Unholz Displays Splendid Pluck, but is Settled in the Sixth

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 16 November 1910 · page 6

The "Cyclone" and the "Tornado" met at the Sydney Stadium last Wednesday night. "Cyclone" and "Tornado"!!! Y[?] Gods, they were more like a pair of…

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The Paris Floods. Asnieres Under Water. Paris, Nov. 15

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 November 1910 · page 9

The suburb of Asnieres is flooded. One hundred inhabitants have been taken from their homes in boats…

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Floods in Fiji. Suva, Nov, 9

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 November 1910 · page 9

Consequent upon the very heavy and continuous rain that has been experienced here during the last fortnight the rivers are in flood, and it is believed that several banana…

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The Seine Rising Prospect of Another Flood. Paris

The Sun · Wednesday 16 November 1910 · page 1

The Seine rose to the 15ft. level to-day. A great volume of water is heading towards Paris, and the people are alarmed at the prospect of another disastrous flood…

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A Colliery Raided. Flooding Intended

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 November 1910 · page 9

Strikers in the Rhondda Valley persuaded the enginemen and stokers of the Britannie Colliery to abandon their machines. The manager and officials…

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