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Floods & storms, 1910

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The Temora Storm. Phenomenal Rainfall

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 1 December 1910 · page 3

TEMORA, Wednesday.--The storm waters are subsiding. Much damage has been done. Many sheds were unroofed, and the streets in places are a foot deep in silt. Small dwellings in the top of the town were flooded and…

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Stop-Press News Killed in the Storm

The Sun · Thursday 1 December 1910 · page 6

During the gale at about non to-day a sensational accident happened in Belmore-street, Ryde. The roof was blown off a house, and Harvey Fulcher, 15, was killed by the flying…

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Broome Cyclone. Great Loss of Life. Extensive Damage. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 December 1910 · page 10

Telegrams from Broome state that the repairing of the damage caused by the recent cyclone is proceding rapidly since the Federal Minister gave permission for the…

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Storm on the Volga. Great Loss of Life

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 1 December 1910 · page 7

ST. PETERSBURG, Tuesday Afternoon.--Ten vessels foundered with their crews during a storm at Astrakhan. A landing-stage was also destroyed, and…

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Disastrous Storm. Ten Vessels Founder. St. Petersburg, Nov. 29

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 December 1910 · page 9

During a storm in the Astrakhan Government ten vessels on the Volga foundered with their crews. A landing stage was also destroyed, and…

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Latest Edition. "Evening News" Office, 4.30 p.m. (A Portion of This Afternoon's News Will, Be Found on Pages 5 AND 10 of This Issue.] Violent Storm in the City. Heavy Rain. Ninety Points in Twenty Minutes

Evening News · Thursday 1 December 1910 · page 7

Commonwealth Bureau Forecast for New South Wales, issued at noon to-day, for the next 24 hours:—Warn and sultry, with further showers and thunderstorms in the eastern half…

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Essence of Parliament. the Calm After the Storm. an Evening's Talk About Nothing. Government Applies the "Gag." an Early Morning "Count-out."

Evening News · Thursday 1 December 1910 · page 4

There was last night a sort of simmering down, process in the political cauldron. For the past fortnight Parliament has been in a similarly superheated condition to that of the…

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Thunderstorms. Good Falls of Rain

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 December 1910 · page 7

Further light to heavy rain, mostly the result of [?] and in some cases ha[?] have [?]allen over the south cast qu[?] of the State on the central-western plains, and at one or two places…

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Severe Storms

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 December 1910 · page 8

CAMDEN.—Thunderstorms passed over the district during Wednesday evening and Thursday, 96 points of rain being registered. CAMPBELLTOWN.—There has been a useful fall of…

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Storm at Temora

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 2 December 1910 · page 6

A terrific storm struck Temora on Tuesday. Nearly an inch and a half of lain fell, in half-an-hour; and altogether there was a fall of something…

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The Temora Storm. Losses Aggregate £1000

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 2 December 1910 · page 4

TEMORA, Thursday.--Reports received from the district show that the recent storm caused serious losses. Mr. F. Thiel, on the Mirrool road, had his entire crop destroyed by the…

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Damaged by the Storm. Kempsey

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 December 1910 · page 8

During a severe thunderstorm this afternoon, a strong gust of wind blew the Presbyterian Church at Frederickton off the blocks, The organ was overturned, and the windows…

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Storms in the Country. 251 Points of Rain at Marsdens

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 2 December 1910 · page 6

Between lines joining Goodooga, Sydney, Gabo, Carrathool, and Hungerford, further thunderstorms were reported yesterday morning, the storms being accompanied by good rains. The…

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Short, Sharp Storm. the City Deluged. Phenomenal Downpour

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 2 December 1910 · page 6

Monsoonal and Antarctic influences have been responsible for a series of thunderstorms, with beneficial rainfall, in many districts of New South Wales…

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Storm in the City. Fatality at Ryde. Boy Killed; Father Injured. Damage in the Suburbs

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 December 1910 · page 7

Shortly after noon yesterday banked-up clouds broke over the city, and brought down a deluge of rain, which thoroughly cleansed the gutters, but unfortunately the storm was…

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Floods in France. Shocking Murder. Towns Inundated. Many Workers Idle. Destroying Identity

Evening News · Friday 2 December 1910 · page 8

PARIS, Thursday Evening.—The past month was the wettest November in France for 200 years. At Nantes 3000 workers were rendered idle PARIS, Thursday Evening.—A gruesome crime has been committed near Angers, the body of a man, supposed to have been a foreign banker, having been found horribly mutilated…

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Storm in Victoria

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 December 1910 · page 17

MELBOURNE, Thursday. -- Exceptionally severe storms have been experienced in several parts of Victoria. Korumburra had a violent visitation. An electric wire was struck by lightning, and many private houses and…

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The Storm. Boy Killed at Ryde. Crops Cut Up by Hail. Houses Unroofed

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 3 December 1910 · page 6

The heavy storm on Thursday was responsible for a fatal accident to a lad named Harvey James Foulcher, second son of Mr. Wm. Foulcher, a well known…

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Floods in France

Evening News · Saturday 3 December 1910 · page 5

PARIS. Friday Evening.—All the rivers in the Best district have overflowed, and Morlaix, Guingamp, and Lannion are flooded…

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Floods in France. People Trapped at Angers. Paris, Dec. 1

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 December 1910 · page 15

November was the wettest month in France for the past 200 years. There are 3000 workers in Nantes idle through floods…

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