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Floods & storms, 1911

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Floods at Buenos Ayres. Part of the Town Under Water

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 28 April 1911 · page 7

BUENOS AYRES (Argentine), Wednesday Afternoon.--Torrential rains which have lately fallen caused an overflow of the Rlachuelo, one of the two channels leading from the estuary…

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Ketch Warrigal in a Gale. Mainmast Snaps Off

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 29 April 1911 · page 21

MELBOURNE, Friday.--The ketch Warrigal had au exciting experience on the run from Wynyard (Tas.) to Melbourne. She left Wynyard on Wednesday morning, loaded with timber and…

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Herbert Flood

The International Socialist · Saturday 29 April 1911 · page 3

MELBOURNE Branch reports the death of comrade Herbert Flood—youngest son of Mrs. A. Flood, of Bristol, Eng., whose efforts on behalf of the editor of this paper…

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Cairns Flood. Railway Traffic Resumed. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 29 April 1911 · page 13

Since Monday the Cairn, line has been carrying traffic, but there remained one place beyond No. 11 tunnel over which goods had to be transferred. The line was sufficiently…

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Floods in Argentina. Buenos Ayres, April 27

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 29 April 1911 · page 13

The flood water in the southern part of Buenos Ayres is sub[?]ding. Eight bodies have been recovered…

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The Buenos Ayres Floods. Now Subsiding. Serious Loss of Life

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 29 April 1911 · page 13

BUENOS AYRES, Thursday Afternoon.--The floods which occurred in the south portion of the city owing to [?] recent, torrential rains, causing an overflow of the Riachuelo, one of the…

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The Big Flood. What Happened in the Forties

Truth · Sunday 30 April 1911 · page 11

I Till now relate several incidents which happened in 1840, at the time of the big flood. When Kate Walsh was about three months old, one night Mrs. Walsh…

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"Cyclone "Thompson Outpointed. Hugo Kelly Proves Too Good Ten Rounds of Savage Fighting. New York

The Sun · Monday 1 May 1911 · page 1

Hugo Kelly, one of the claimants for the world's middleweight championship, uppercut "Cyclone" Johnny Thompson through ten rounds of savage fighting at Racine…

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Buenos Ayres Floods

Evening News · Monday 1 May 1911 · page 8

BUENOS AYRES, Sunday Evening.—The floods in the city have subsided…

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Moldavia in Cyclone

Globe · Wednesday 3 May 1911 · page 3

The R.M.S. Moldavia, selling homeward from Fremantle on April 3. had a terrible passage to Colombo. The steamer ran into a cyclone, which struck her with such force that the…

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Gale on North Coast. Shipping Held Up

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 May 1911 · page 12

BALLINA, Tuesday.--The southerly gale on the coast has again held up shipping. At present the steamers Brundah, Ramornie, and Canonbar are waiting tor a favorable…

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Beekeeping. Improved Floors for Beehives. Albert Gale

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 3 May 1911 · page 15

Wooden floors to beehives are perishable. No matter how well made, they are always liable to warp and expand or contract. Hardwood, if not in one piece, always opens. The…

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Cyclone Thompson Beaten Easily. Out—pointed by Hugo Kelly

Referee · Wednesday 3 May 1911 · page 7

The lift In reputation "Cyclone" Johnny Thompson got through defeating Billy Papke at the Stadium some weeks ago did not. remain with him long, but it paved the way to the…

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Storm-tossed in Yawl of Nine Tons. Vessel Turned Right Over. Perilous Experience

Globe · Wednesday 3 May 1911 · page 2

The tiny yawl Pandora, of only nine tons, is slowly heating her way round the world. She was at the Falkland Islands in February. and has completed a journey of more than…

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Protection From Flood. Imbankment at Tamworth

Evening News · Wednesday 3 May 1911 · page 7

TOMWORTH, Wednesday. The question of prosecutor Tamworth from in [?] visited from i the River [?]…

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Aviating in a Gale

Evening News · Friday 5 May 1911 · page 3

Owing to a fresh north-east wind blowing at [?] of Racecourse yesterday afternoon. Aviator Hammond was un[?]able to make a flight on his [?] at the preacr[?]bed time. Believing that…

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Alter the Storm

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 May 1911 · page 8

BRISBANE, Thursday.--The revised estimate of the cost of repairing the Cairns railway, damaged by the recent rains, places the amount a: about £25,000. The original estimate was…

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Steamer Whakatane in a Gale. Steering Gear Breaks Down

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 May 1911 · page 7

WELLINGTON (N.Z.) Thursday.-- The Tyser steamer Whakatane was roughly handled in a heavy gale between East Cape aud Auckland. The steering gear brake down at mignight on…

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Providing Against Floods

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 May 1911 · page 4

TAMWORTH, Thursday,-- The municipal council has decided to expend.£200 in hailding an embankment from Lyes hill to O'Councill street, on the eastern side of the peal River, a…

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Disastrous Cyclone

The World's News · Saturday 6 May 1911 · page 19

Full particulars have only just come to hand or the terrible cyclone which devastated Viareggio, in Italy, and…

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