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Floods & storms, 1911

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Frenzied Nature. Floods in Scotland. Glasgow Suffers Severely

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 February 1911 · page 7

LONDON, Sunday. -- Serious floods have occurred at Glasgow as the result of persistent rains. The River Clyde has overflowed and the traffic is suspended while the trains…

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The Moree Flood. Exciting Time Along the River

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 February 1911 · page 5

MOREE, Monday. -- Few people, even in Moree, realise how near the town was last week to a repetition of the great flood of January 13, 1910. All but 12½ inches of rain fell in the…

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The Weather. Heavy Rain on North Coast

Evening News · Wednesday 22 February 1911 · page 9

The rain records in New South Wales for the 24 hours ended 9 o'clock this morning were—Annidale 7 points Blackhealth 105. Bvron Bay 91. Caselies [?] Caeino 724 Clarence Heade 139 Camden Haven [?]…

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Rough Seas. Gale on the North Coast

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 22 February 1911 · page 10

The conditions on the north coast yesterday were exceptionally rough. A strong south-east gale, with rain squalls, prevailed between the Nambucca River and Tweed River. Rough seas…

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Flood in the Nambucca

Evening News · Wednesday 22 February 1911 · page 9

BOWRAVILLE, Wednesday.—Heavy rain fell throughout the district during the last three days. The Nambucca River is running a barker, and all bridges are submerged. The…

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Flooded Tram Lines. a Nasty Place at Coogee

The Sun · Wednesday 22 February 1911 · page 2

At last night's meeting of the Randwick Council attention was called by a letter received from the office of the Railway Commissioners, to the condition of the road on…

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Queensland Floods. Seventeen Inches Over Rails

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 22 February 1911 · page 12

BRISBANE, Tuesday.--The Commissioner for Railways has received a telegram, stating that the Longreach mail train left Comet 10 hours late. The river was 17in. over the rails. Mails…

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A Roof in a Gale. Flying Through Space

The Sun · Thursday 23 February 1911 · page 8

Argument was concluded in the Full Court this afternoon in the appeal arising out of a Metropolitan District. Court action, in October last, brought by Annie Elizabeth Lamb…

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Short of Coal. Steamer Boveric in a Gale. Timber Cargo Burned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 February 1911 · page 9

By the arrival yesterday of the steamer Boveric from San Francisco, via ports, additional particulars were obtained of the sensational voyage which that vessel had prior…

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A Narrow Escape. Swept Away in a Flood. Casino

The Sun · Thursday 23 February 1911 · page 7

Robert Andrews, a young man, employed by a dairy farmer at the Channon, had driven to town yesterday with a load of pigs, and in the afternoon was returning when he…

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Dorrigo Isolated. Rivers Uncrossable. Deluge of Rain

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 24 February 1911 · page 7

DORRIGO, Thursday.--A deluge of rain foil last night. 410 points being recorded in 24 hours. The mail from Bellingen was unable to cross the river…

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The Waratah. Result of the Inquiry. "Capsised in a Gale." Some Pointed Comments. London, Feb. 22

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 February 1911 · page 7

Mr. John Dickinson, metropolitan magistrate, who—with Admiral Davis and Commander Lyon. R.N.R., and Professor Welsh, as nautical assessors—conducted the Board…

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Law Report. in Banco. (Before the Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Cohen, and Mr. Justice Gordon.) the Result of a Gale. Lamb v Phillips

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 February 1911 · page 4

Mr. Carlos, instructed by Mr. A. J. Reynolds, appeared for the defendant in support of the appeal; and Mr. Boyce, instructed by Messrs. H. T. Morgan and Morgan, for the…

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An Abnormal Season Flood Losses in Queensland. Rain All Over the Eastern States. the Week's Rainfall in N.S.W.

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 24 February 1911 · page 8

The ramlall throughout N.S.W. for the week ended Tuesday last was cousiderably less than for any other week since the year beginning of the year,…

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The Queensland Floods. Sensational Experiences of scitlors

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 24 February 1911 · page 8

Some graphic details of the extent and effects of the floods in Queensland are contained in a letter received in Brisbane from Donaldson…

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White Men's Vengeance. Crowd Storm a Prison and Drag Three Men to Execution

The Arrow · Saturday 25 February 1911 · page 3

DESPATCHES from Shelbyville, Kentucky, give vivid details of infuriated whites storming a prison, lynching three negroes, and behaving generally in a way…

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Floods at Dorrigo. Producers in Difficulties. Dorrigo, Saturday Night

Sunday Times · Sunday 26 February 1911 · page 7

All rivers and creeks are running bankers. D. S. Way was washed down the Beilsdown whilst crossing in a sulky with cream, but was rescued. This…

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Celtic Race in a Gale

Evening News · Monday 27 February 1911 · page 8

LONDON. Saturday.— The ship Celtic Race, from Liverpool February 11 to Sydney. after being battered by a gale for a fortnight, reached Milford Haven. Wales, escorted by the…

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Storm in Wellington. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 February 1911 · page 10

A heavy south-easterly gale was experienced yesterday Dining the night an unusually, prolonged downpour fell, which caused floods in many of the low lying parts, and some…

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