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Floods & storms, 1911

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Beg a River in Flood

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 March 1911 · page 10

BEGA, Tuesday.--Heavy rain has again set in. As the result of a thunderstorm yesterday. 223 points were registered to 9 a.m. to-day, and it is still raining. The river rose rapidly yesterday…

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Floods in Victoria. Traveller Swept Away

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 March 1911 · page 10

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--As the result of heavy rain the Mitchell River at Bairnsdaie is rising fast, and floods are expected. Charles Bruckner left the town at 6 o'clock…

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Sydney's Storm Waters

Evening News · Thursday 16 March 1911 · page 4

The Water [?] agreed to a report by the Engineer-iniChief, [?] the scheme for providing for [?] from the new fruit markets area in Sydney. The…

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Floods Stop Mail Train. Launceston

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 March 1911 · page 7

Flood waters appeared in another locality yesterday. During Monday night heavy rain fell in the lower Midlands, causing surface water to cover the railway line at Antil Ponds…

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Cylonic Storms

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 March 1911 · page 6

On Monday last several centres in Now South Wales were visited by terrific storms of wind and rain. At Adelong hail and rain fell ill torrents…

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Cyclonic Storm Developing. in North of Queensland

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 March 1911 · page 7

BRISBANE, Thursday.--The Weather Bureau reports that a cyclonic storm is developing along the north coast, causing flood rains and gales on the coast north from the Tropic…

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Floods in the South Coast

Evening News · Friday 17 March 1911 · page 6

Severe floods have been experienced during the past few days at Eden. Bombals. and Tilba This At Eden on Wednesday practically the whole of the Kinb River farms were under…

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The Phenomenal Season March Rains, Floods and Cloudbursts

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 March 1911 · page 6

The rain did not cease with February, but has extended well into the present month, and for the week ending Tuesday last, the. record from many…

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Floods in Tasmania. Rabbiters Take Refuge In Trees

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 March 1911 · page 6

Phenomenal rainfall visited Tasmania last week. In Launceston nearly four inches fell in twenty-four hours, close on three inches being registered…

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Floods. Kiah River Farms Submerged

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 March 1911 · page 8

EDEN, Thursday.--Yesterday practically the whole of the Kiah River farms were under water. The maize crops will he ruined. Pumpkins and corn stalks are strewn on the beaches of Twofold Bay…

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Bombala Isolated. Surrounding Country Flooded

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 March 1911 · page 8

BOMBALA, Thursday. --For. the last two days Bombala, has been almost isolated, owing to the flooded state of the country. No Sydney or Delegate mails have arrived. This is the…

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Flood Rains and Gales

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 March 1911 · page 15

More flood rains are forecasted in Western Queensland, and coastal gales in the Great Australian Right. The stormy weather is exnected to reach Gabo before Monday…

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Disastrous Cyclone. Great Damage at Cairns. Many, Buildings Wrecked. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 March 1911 · page 15

A terrific cyclone struck Cairns on Thursday morning, accompanied by torrential rain. The wind, which was blowing freshly, increased in force at 9 o'clock, but as the…

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Cyclone at Port Douglas

Evening News · Monday 20 March 1911 · page 4

A disastrous cyclone swept over Port Douglas and Mossman (Q.) on Thursday. resulting in the almost complete destruction of the two towns. The Roman Catholic and Australian…

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The Port Douglas Cyclone

The Sun · Monday 20 March 1911 · page 3

Further news of the cyclone which recently raged at Port Douglas shows that two men lost their lives. Timothy J. O'Brien was killed while assisting his mother and…

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Storm in Melbourne. Yachts Damaged

Evening News · Monday 20 March 1911 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Monday.—Yarly men [?] in remember saturday and Sunday as a gale and a [?]…

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News of the Night. Gale in Melbourne

The Sun · Monday 20 March 1911 · page 3

Melbourne was visited by a wintry gale, yesterday, and maritime people declared that the conditions in the bay were the worst they had known for years. Tremendous seas…

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Wintry Weather in Melbourne Gale on the Bay

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 20 March 1911 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--A marked change weather conditions of quite a wintry type too place on Saturday and continued to-day. It was cold and boisterous and further heavy rains…

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Devastating Cyclone. Two Northern Towns Suffer. a People Homeless

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 20 March 1911 · page 7

BRISBANE. Saturday.-- The Deputy-Post-master-General received a message from Port . Douglas stating that a terrific cyclone commenced shortly before 4 p.m. on March 16, and…

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The Storm Moves On. Good Rains Anticipated

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 20 March 1911 · page 7

BRISBANE, Sunday.--The Weather Bureau advises that the tropical disturbance which visited the Cairns district so suddenly on Thursday with such disastrous effect has moved almost…

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