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Floods & storms, 1911

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Floods in Buenos Ayres. Buenos Ayres, April 14

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 April 1911 · page 13

In consequence of a heavy rainstorm several quarters of the city have been Hooded. Numerous buildings collapsed, and two…

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Floods in Buenos Ayres. Numerous Buildings Collapse

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 15 April 1911 · page 13

BUENOS AYRES, Thursday Afternoon.--Owing to a heavy rainstorm several quarters of the city are flooded. Numerous buildings collapsed, and two persons were killed and 50…

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Deluge at Bathurst. Low-lying Land Inundated

Evening News · Monday 17 April 1911 · page 7

BATHURST, Monday.—Steady rain fell last night, aggregating 13 points. A few miles beyond George's Plains there was a [?] and rain came down in torrents Vale Creek…

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Dry Spell Broken. Heavy Rain in the City. Sixty Points Recorded

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 17 April 1911 · page 7

The spell of fine dry weather was broken yesterday, when heavy rain set in in the city. The rainstorm came up with a shifty wind to the south-east, and light showers at first were…

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Show City in the Wet. Jumps and Splashes, Shows and Showers. Australian Horsewomen Are Game. High Jumping in Heavy Rain

The Sun · Monday 17 April 1911 · page 7

Show City wore a now but not unrefreshing aspect this morning. Twenty-four, hours continuous downpour had made, the difference. Also, the excessive…

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Floods in the Country. Railway Washaway. Traffic Suspended Near Molong

Evening News · Monday 17 April 1911 · page 7

MOLONG, Monday.—Heavy rainfall yesterday evening 124 points being registered, and so far as can be ascertained, the fail has [?] It was very heavy between Molong and…

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Flooded Out

Evening News · Monday 17 April 1911 · page 5

The heavy rain on Sunday night [?] campers at some of the resorts and numbers [?] returned to the [?]…

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Severe Storm. Dairyman Drowned. Wellington

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 April 1911 · page 16

A terrific storm was experienced in Dripstone and Neurea last night, and an estimate ot the fall of rain is from seven to 12 inches in a few hours. A huge body of water…

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Cup Day. Racing in Heavy Rain. Moorilla Wins the Big Event. Triumph of a Rank Outsider

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 April 1911 · page 7

Cup Day at Randwick yesterday was cheerless, dispiriting. Leaden skies wept copiously, the ground was sodden, the track cut up by the hoofs of the racers, the vehicle road furrowed in…

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The Show. Seventh Day of the Exhibition. Some Effects of the Storm

The Sun · Tuesday 18 April 1911 · page 7

The big show at Moore Park reached its seventh day to-day, the weather being beautifully cool and bright after the rain. The parade rink was still damp and the turf…

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The "Hundred Days " Awful Story of the Sea. Death, Storm, and Insanity. Restrained Maniac Attacked by Rats. the Barquentine James Johnson From Newcastle. Honolulu, March 26

The Sun · Tuesday 18 April 1911 · page 3

Lying sullenly at the anchorage, a dead, heavy weight in the sea, with long grass and barnacles on her paintless sides, her sails patched and badly furled, her running gear…

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Drowned in Flooded River

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 April 1911 · page 6

WELLINGTON, Monday.--Early this morning a man named Hansen, husband of Nurse Hanson, of Wellington, Was attempting to cross the Bell River, swollen by last night's heavy…

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Rush of Storm-water. Molong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 April 1911 · page 9

Owing to the storm on Sunday night the water washed clean over the Gegra railway platform. 4ft high, and shifted by its force two 400-gallon water tanks on the platform…

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The New Hebrides. an Island Storm. Vila, April 19

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 April 1911 · page 9

We are progressing rapidly, thanks to me two protecting Powers, for both Great Britain and France are expending large sums to put our house in order. The town is gradually…

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Storm Beaten Vessel. the James Johnson at Honolulu. Death of the Captain

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 19 April 1911 · page 9

The Pacific mail steamer Persia arrived at Honolulu on March 23, with the intimation that the barquentine James Johnson had reached Kauaui, 93 miles from Honolulu, short of…

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To the Antarctic. Terra Nova in a Gale. Baling with Buckets. Thrilling Experiences Narrated. (Copyright.) H. Off Glacier Tongue, Ross isle, 24/1/11

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 April 1911 · page 9

Wednesday, November 30, was our first day out of sight of land. Shore-going suits were either sent back to Lyttelton from Port Chalmers or stowed away in tin trunks on board…

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Living on Goat Flesh. Sufferers from Floods. Worse to Come

Globe · Wednesday 19 April 1911 · page 2

The Deputy Mayor of Brisbane has received a letter from the chairman of the Douglas Shire Council, which states that it is impossible to exaggerate the damage done by the recent cyclone…

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Gales and Rough Seas

The Sun · Thursday 20 April 1911 · page 11

Reports received at 9 a.m. to-day from the various coastal stations, are as follows:-- Tweed Heads: Wind S.W., hazy, tea high Richmond River Heads: Wind S.W., light, cloudy,…

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The Molong Storm

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 20 April 1911 · page 4

[?] to Sunday's storm are filtering in. At Garra, some eight miles out, over din were recorded, which did considerable damage to the newly–ploughed fields…

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Gales on the Coast. Bleak and Wintry

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 20 April 1911 · page 4

Bleak, wintry conditions prevailed in the city yesterday. The wind was squally from the southward, some of the puffs reaching the force of a gale…

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