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Floods & storms, 1911

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Victorian Floods. Rescue Parties Out

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 27 June 1911 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Monday.--Kaarimba and Kotupua residents are now in the middle of the Goulburn flood waters. The water has extended almost to the…

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Storms of Hurricane Fury

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 28 June 1911 · page 12

Storms of hurricane fury, accompanied by mountainous sens, made things extremely lively for the crew of the barque Casablanca. The vessel arrived yesterday morning after one of…

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Fishermen in a Gale. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 June 1911 · page 17

Two fishermen had a sensational experience at Portland on Saturday. When sailing in a broken sea near the St. Lawrence rock their boat dropped heavily from the top of a…

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Victorian Floods. Levee Scheme Proposed

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 28 June 1911 · page 14

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Advices received by the Public Works Department show that the floods caused by the breaking of levees on the Goulburn River are the heaviest experienced…

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The Victorian Floods

Globe · Wednesday 28 June 1911 · page 3

The floods in the Seymour district (Vic.) are the most severe since 1890…

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Jumped Out of a Sulky. The Victorian Floods the Coulburn Valley Inundated

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 30 June 1911 · page 8

While Mrs. Linda Wallis, daughter of Mr. Henry Withers, of Bingara, N.S.W., was driving home in a sulky from clutch on Sunday evening the The Victorian floods have now subsided somewhat after doing much damage throughout the State. Right up to Sunday last the water continued…

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Holland's Threat. Flooding the Country Against Invasion

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 1 July 1911 · page 8

We have been talking, my Dutch acquaintance and I, over our coffee and figures, of all sorts of remote po-sibilities [?] H. Hamilton Fyfe from The…

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Storm-tossed Barque. Five Weeks Battling Against Gales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 July 1911 · page 10

The barque Claudina, bound to Newcastle from Callao, put into Port Jackson on Saturday for docking. She went into quarantine to be fumigated, and will, it is expected, be…

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Battling with Gales. Barque's Trying Passage. Sails Blown to Ribbons

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 3 July 1911 · page 11

A fierce battle with violent south-west and westerly gales fell to the lot of the Peruvian barque Claudina, which entered the Heads on Saturday from Calla[?]. The vessel was 88 days…

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Chapter Vii. Storm-stayed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 July 1911 · page 6

The weather was not the only thing that troubled Vane us he stumbled on through the mist. Any unathletic tourist from the cities could have gone up without much difficulty by…

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Disastrous Storm. Spectators of English Derby Killed on way Home by Lighting, Serious Floods and Fires

Globe · Wednesday 5 July 1911 · page 7

London and several other parts of England were visited last month by a severe thunderstorm, accompanied in most cases by very heavy rainfall. The death-roll was unusually…

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Moroccan Storm Centre. Aggressive Spanish Move. More Advanced Positions Occupied. Madrid

The Sun · Wednesday 5 July 1911 · page 1

Since the arrival of the German gunboat Panther at the Moroccan port of Agadir, Spanish troops are reported to have been aggressively occupying more advanced…

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Floods in Bulgaria. Immense Damage. Inhabitants Flee to the Mountains a Premier's Energy. Mr. M'gowen's Jaunts

Evening News · Wednesday 5 July 1911 · page 10

SOFIA, Tuesday Evening.— Devastating floods have occurred in Southern Bulgaria, and the inhabitants are fleeing to the mountains. Crops and dwellings have everywhere been LONDON, Tuesday Evening.-Mr. [?] M'Gowen, Premier of New South Wales, is going to Sheffield on Thursday. He will atterwards spend three days at Manchester, and…

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Floods in Quebec

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 July 1911 · page 9

QUEBEC, Tuesday.--After a sweltering heatwave, a terrific rainstorm was experienced hero yesterday. The streets were flooded, and business was,…

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Floods in Bulgaria. Sofia, July 4

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 July 1911 · page 9

Devastating floods have occurred in Southern Bulgaria, whre the inhabitants are fleeing to the mountains. Crops and dwellings have been…

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Devastating Floods. in Southern Bulgaria. Inhabitants Fleeing to the Mountains. Damage Estimated at £4,000,000

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 July 1911 · page 8

SOFIA, Tuesday.--Devastating floods prevail in Southern Bulgaria. The inhabitants of inundated villages are fleeing to the mountains for safety…

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An Overdue Barque. the Gabriele D'ali. No News Since the Cyclone

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 July 1911 · page 9

The whereabouts of the four-masted barque Gabriele d'Ali, which left Valparaiso 92 days ago, is being commented upon in shipping circles. She left the West Coast on April 6…

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Floods in Quebec

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 7 July 1911 · page 6

After a sweltering heatwave, a terrific rainstorm was experienced at Quebec, Canada, on Monday. The streets were flooded, and business was…

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Great Storm

The World's News · Saturday 8 July 1911 · page 17

In the village of Castello Alfero, near Asti (north of Italy), a terrible storm was experienced last month. It caused great…

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After the Storm

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 8 July 1911 · page 5

I learn as the years roll onward And I leave the past [?] That much I had co[?] sorrow But proves that [?] kind;…

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