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Floods & storms, 1910

1,565 stories in Sydney's papers · page 78 of 79

Big Gale at Bega. Bega

The Sun · Saturday 24 December 1910 · page 10

During Thursday and yesterday a big gale was blowing at Boga, telegraph lines being down in all directions. Late on Thursday evening a spark from a…

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Gale at the Heads. Coasters in Trouble

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 24 December 1910 · page 14

During the westerly gale at the Heads yesterday morning two coasters got into difficulties. The schooner Alma Doepel, while attempting to enter Harbor, was carried close to the…

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Destructive. Storm. Birds Killed by Hail. Crops Torn to Ribbons. Yass

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 December 1910 · page 11

A hailstorm that passed over the Hall and Jeir districts, near Yass, did a great deal of damage. The track of the storm was only a…

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A Stricken Land. Flood, Famine, and Pestilence. Appalling Conditions in China. Pekin

The Sun · Saturday 24 December 1910 · page 1

The famine that followed the devastating flood in the Anhul, or Ngan-Livel, province has brought about an appalling situation. About 2,500,000 people are affected…

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Cyclone" Thompson Again. to Meet Tim Iand

Sunday Times · Sunday 25 December 1910 · page 10

The unbeaten Sydney middle-weight, Tim Land will endeavor, at the Stadium, on Wednesday next to stop "Cyclone" Johnny Thompson's triumphal march in Australia. Land has…

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Floods in Britain

Sunday Times · Sunday 25 December 1910 · page 14

Further particulars regarding the floods in the United Kingdom allow that the damage at illtracombe, Devonshire, where the sea invaded the shops on the promenade is estimated at £15,000…

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Betting on the Flood. the Odds Noah Took. Some Sidelights on Ancient History

The Sun : Sunday Edition · Sunday 25 December 1910 · page 17

Recently some copies of some old publications have fallen into our hands, (it matters not how, except that we came by them honestly), writes "Popular Electricity."…

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A Heavy Cyclone. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 December 1910 · page 7

A terrific cyclone did considerable damage a few miles out of Toora on Thursday night. One farmer lost 50 sheep and one horse. A dairyman had four cors kllled, and his…

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Thunderstorm in the City

Evening News · Tuesday 27 December 1910 · page 6

The oppressive weather conditions of Boxing Day were, relieved during the afternoon by a sharp thunderstorm, which passed over the city and. suburbs at about naif past 3. It…

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Sharp Thunderstorm. Scatters Picnic Parties

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 December 1910 · page 6

Though the temperature during yesterday, was not exceptionally high it was enough, combined with the humidity, to make the conditions oppressive. Gusty winds varied from…

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Unsettled Conditions. Thunderstorm in the City

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 27 December 1910 · page 5

During the past 36 hours the pressure systems have made a very rapid easterly progress, and now a very extensive depression, which was at 9 a.m. on Saturday just showing on the west…

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Cyclone Thompon and Tim Land

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 December 1910 · page 8

More than ordinary interest centres in the contest between Cyclone Johnay Thompson, of America, and Tim Land, of Bondi, inasmuch as Thompson, for the first time since he arrived in Australia, will be…

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Southerly Change. Gale at Jervis Bay

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 28 December 1910 · page 6

A welcome southerly change appeared on the south coast during the evening, the wind blowing with the force of a fresh gale at Jervis Bay at [?].30 p.m. The change reached the city…

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The Hottest Day. Southerly Gale at Night

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 December 1910 · page 7

The heat wave, which swept over New South Wales duiing the past two days, resulted in some record temperatures Aestcidny was the hottest day in Sydney for this year. The…

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Tim Land v. "Cyclone" Thompson. a Great Fight Predicted

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 28 December 1910 · page 6

Tim Land is to be asked an extremely knotty question to-night, when he is to go up against "Cyclone" Johnny Thompson at the Stadium. Tim has won…

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To—night's Contest at the Stadium "Cyclone" Thompson and Tim Land

Referee · Wednesday 28 December 1910 · page 7

The ? Sydney middle—weight Tim Land, will endeavor, at the Stadium to—night, to stop "Cyclone" Johnny Thompson's winning run in Australia…

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The Din of the Elements. Pyrmont Residents Disturbed. Effect of Last Nights Gale

The Sun · Wednesday 28 December 1910 · page 4

Crash! bang! crash! People living in the vicinity of the City Council's lighting station, Pyrmont, were startled last night by hearing noises as…

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The Heat Wave. High Temperatures in City and Country. Last Night's Southerly Gale

Evening News · Wednesday 28 December 1910 · page 16

A heat wave, the most intense that has been recorded for over twelve months, passed over the city yesterday. From early morning till 1.30 p.m. the thermometer rose rapidly, the…

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Explosion of Benzine. Italian Street Flooded. Six People Killed. Rome, Dec. 27

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 December 1910 · page 7

A keg of benzine fell from a cart in Catania, in the south. The explosion which followed lighted six other kegs, and the burning liquid flooding the street set fire…

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Yacht Iy the Gale

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 29 December 1910 · page 6

Some anxiety was experienced yesterday in Sydney for tho safety of the yacht Bul-Bul, which was reported overdue from Broken Bay. The-yacht, it seems, met the full force of the…

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