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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1911

1,348 stories in Sydney's papers · page 45 of 68

600 Children in Peril. Storm Causes 65 Degrees Fall in Temperature. Half-inch Hailstones. London, Saturday Morning

Sunday Times · Sunday 30 July 1911 · page 7

An extraordinary storm was experienced in London yesterday afternoon, the result of a sudden squall. The wind reached a velocity of 54 miles…

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Great New York Storm. Panic at a Charity Fair. Boy Scouts to the Rescue. New York, June 23

Sunday Times · Sunday 30 July 1911 · page 21

A tropical storm unprecedented in fury for this latitude, paralysed the transportation of New York and wrought enormous damage, leaving the city and suburbs in a sorry state…

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Berlud and Beer. "A Frightful Scene." Kent-street in Flood

Truth · Sunday 30 July 1911 · page 10

On the 25th inst. Kent-street was in flood as a result of the blood and been spilt in the neighborhood. For[?]unately no live were lost, for [?] any lifeboat crow…

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Extraordinary Storm. a Hail Squall in London. Tubes Flooded Traffic Suspended

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 31 July 1911 · page 10

LONDON, Saturday.-- An extraordinary storm was experienced yesterday in London. During a sudden hall-squall the wind attained a velocity of 54 miles. An inch of rain fell in…

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Remarkable Storm. Exciting Scenes in London. Traffic Suspended. Panic Among Children. London, July 29

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 31 July 1911 · page 9

An extraordinary storm has occurred in London. A sudden squall came up, the wind reaching a velocity of 54 miles an hour,…

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Newcastle. in a Gale

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 August 1911 · page 8

The French ship Amirai Cecille arrived in Newcastle yesterday morning, after a voyage from Bristol (England) of 107 days. Off the English coast rough weather was met with, and…

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Victorian Floods

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 August 1911 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Monday.--Ooutside communication with residents on the north side of Moe was cut off to-day in consequence of the flooded state of the country, due to heavy rain…

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Overdue and Leaking. the Espada Safe. Timber Ship's Eventful Voyage. Five Months at Sea. Puts Into Sydney for Repairs. Story of Fights Against Storms

The Sun · Wednesday 2 August 1911 · page 8

With her sails in rags, her crew worn out, and leaking and battered, the long overdue American four-masted schooner Espuda reached Sydney Harbor this morning, in…

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A Wyalong Mine Flooded

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 2 August 1911 · page 51

Our Wyalong correspondent wires: -- An accident occurred at the Golden Fleece Mine on the night of July 27, when, as the result of flooding, a miner named George Burton, a…

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Damage by Floods

Globe · Wednesday 2 August 1911 · page 3

Considerable damage was done by the recent floods in New Zealand. The railway service was suspended. Dalgetys' premises at Wellington were destroyed by fire, the flood…

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Story of the Sea. Storm-beaten Schooner. Seeks Shelter in Sydney Harbor. Crippled in Pacific Storms

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 August 1911 · page 9

Battered by Pacific storms, partly crippled, and almost waterlogged, and with sails' more or loss torn, was the serious plight of the American four-masted schooner Espada, which…

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Manly Water Main Bursts. West Esplanade Flooded. Stone Coping Washed Away

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 August 1911 · page 10

Great excltement prevailed at Manly last night owing to the bursting of a large water main in the West Esplnnade, Manly, at a spot nearly opposite Earlscourt, late last…

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Storm Marvel in England. Wonderful Change

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 5 August 1911 · page 3

The following [?] [?] press [?] changes [?] World London [?]…

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Floods in Nicaragua. Heavy Death Roll

Evening News · Saturday 5 August 1911 · page 5

NEW YORK, Friday Evening.—Terrible floods have occurred in Nicaragua, the worst for a generation. Fifty dead have already been [?] from the…

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"High Morality." Mr. Justice Gordon Raises a Storm

Truth · Sunday 6 August 1911 · page 1

Quite a storm in a teacup has been raised in Melbourne by an alleged "deliverance" of Mr. Justice Gordon in the Divorce Court, Sydney, on July 30, in…

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Disastrous Floods. Fifty People Perish. New York

Sunday Times · Sunday 6 August 1911 · page 7

Floods in Nicaragua are reported as the worst known for over a generation. There have been fifty deaths already…

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Lashed to the Wheel. Ship in a Gale

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 August 1911 · page 8

MELBOURNCE, Sunday.--The German ship Olinda, which arrived to-day from Hamburg, had some exciting experiences. A hurricane stripped of her every sail set,…

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Tied to the Wheel. in a Heavy Gale. German Ship's Experiences. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 August 1911 · page 9

The German ship Olinda had a similar, though less serious, experience to that which befell the French barque Neuilly, which put into port a few days ago in a leaking…

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Floods in Nicaragua. New York, Aug. 4

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 August 1911 · page 9

Heavy floods are reported to have occurred in Nicaragua. They are described as the worst for a generation. Fifty people have been drowned…

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Floods in Nicaragua. the Worst in a Generation. Fifty People Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 August 1911 · page 7

NEW YORK, Friday Evening.--Floods, the worst experienced in the memory of the present generation, are being experienced in Nicaragua…

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