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Floods & storms, 1911

1,348 stories in Sydney's papers · page 44 of 68

The Recent Gale. Japanese Mail Steamer Delayed

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 27 July 1911 · page 4

The Japanese mail liner Nikko Maru, which was due here yesterday morning from Japan, Hongkong, and Manila via ports, did not put in an appearance until shortly after 9 o'clock last…

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Moana in the Gale. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 27 July 1911 · page 9

The Union Company's steamer Moana, from Sydney, arrived at [?] o'clock to-night. She experienced southerly gales and heavy head sea from heads to heads…

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Gales in the Tasman Sea. a Schooner Wrecked. Captain Drowned, Cook Missing

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 27 July 1911 · page 7

WELLINGTON, Wednesday.--The gale is abating. Incoming ships report turbulent experiences. Wireless messages from the steamer…

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In From Japan. Mailboats in Big Storms. Reach Sydney a Day Late

The Sun · Thursday 27 July 1911 · page 1

Amongst the arrivals at Sydney this morning were the Japanese mallboat Nikko Maru and the Eh and A. mail liner Eastern, both from Japan, via ports. The Nikko…

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An Atlantic Summer Gale. the Wind Swept St. Lawrence. a Motor-boat Adventure

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 27 July 1911 · page 7

MONTREAL, Wednesday.--A wind storm is sweeping over the St. Lawrence. A score of boats are missing, and it is known that several lives have been lost…

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The Boer Irreconcilable. a Storm of Criticism. a Fisher-laurier Reference

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 27 July 1911 · page 7

PRETORIA, Wednesday.--The "Volksstem," referring to the Fisher interview as it appears in the "Review of Reviews," declares that "The 'Volksstem' experienced a storm of…

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Gales in New Zealand. Several Lives Lost. Wreck of the Belle Flower. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 27 July 1911 · page 9

The ketch Lizzie Taylor, on arival at Wellington from Timaru, reported on Sunday, that while in a terrific gale one of the crew, Brusla, was washed overboard and drowned…

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Floods in New Zealand. Rangiora Gasworks Inundated. Children's Trying Experience

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 27 July 1911 · page 4

WELLLINGTON, Wednesday.--Much damage has been done by floods in Wairarapa and North Canterbury. At Rangiora, the gasworks were inundated,…

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The Protector. (All Rights Reserved.) Chapter Xx. the Flood

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 27 July 1911 · page 4

When he reached the blast lamp, which was raised on a tall tripod, Vane stood with his back to the pulsating blaze while he grasped the details of a somewhat impressive scene…

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Damage by Floods

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 27 July 1911 · page 13

The flood waters at Blenheim are receding. Considerable damage was done. The railway service was suspended, Dalgety's premises were destroyed by fire, the flood preventing the…

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Crippled in the Gale. Schooner Dismasted. Jubilee in Tow of the Wollowra

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 28 July 1911 · page 10

The schooner Jubilee, a vessel of 92 tons, which has been looked for here during the past week, turned up off the Manning River yesterday afternoon in a dismasted condition, in two of…

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Flood Waters

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 28 July 1911 · page 1

Maitland writes:—A. and B. have adjoining holdings. There is a water course on B.'s portion of the fence. Can A. compel B. to erect a flood-gate…

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Mine Suddenly Flooded. a Workman Drowned. Strange Accident at Wyalong

Evening News · Friday 28 July 1911 · page 7

WYALONG, Friday.—An accident occurred at the Golden Flerce Mine last night. when, as the result of flooding, a miner named George Burton, a married man, [?] With two…

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Flooded Out. Many Chinese Villages. People Homeless and Destitute

Evening News · Friday 28 July 1911 · page 8

PEKIN, Thursday Evening,—Disastrous floods have occurred in the Yangtse Valley, and the change district is an inland sea. Thousands of seres of crops and many…

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Schoolgirls in Cyclone

Evening News · Saturday 29 July 1911 · page 14

Twelve [?] and a teacher were caught in a [?] on June on the summer of Mount [?] in the Jura Alps above[?] and had an[?] experience…

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Dismasted in the Gale. Schooner Jubilee. Escape From Perilous Position. Towed Into Port Jackson

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

The Adelalde Company's steamer Wollowra, with the schooner Jubilee in tow, which was reported passing the Manning Heads at 2.45 p.m. on Thursday, arrived in Port Jackson…

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Deaths at the Derby, Frightful Storm After the Race. Many Persons Killed

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 29 July 1911 · page 10

On last Derby Day one of the most destructive thunder-storms within recollection passed over London and the Home Counties of…

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Flood and Typhoon. in China and Japan. Many Villages Destroyed. Serious Shipping Disasters

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 29 July 1911 · page 13

PEKING, Thursday.--Terrible floods have occurred in the Yangtze Valley. The Ichang district is an inland sea, owing to the backing up of the flood waters…

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Floods in China. Villages Swept Away. Peking, July 27

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

Heavy floods have occurred in the Yangtze Valley,' and tho Ichang district is an inland sea. Thousands of acres of crops aud many…

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Dirigible in a Storm

Sunday Times · Sunday 30 July 1911 · page 19

The dirigible balloon Ruenberg, built on the Siemen's system, made its first ascent last month from Jonis, near Krefeld, where it is stationed. Shortly after ascending, the…

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