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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1911

1,348 stories in Sydney's papers · page 47 of 68

Liverpool As Storm-centre. "Down Tools'' Ordered. Barricades and Entanglements

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 16 August 1911 · page 9

LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--Further rioting bus occurred at Liverpool and Birkenhead. Tom Mann is daily addressing the strikers…

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After the Storm

Evening News · Thursday 17 August 1911 · page 7

MUDGEK. Thursday Afternoon.— Mr. Boeby has gone home after all, so have all the other politicians. But one is no pleased as Mr. beeby. because he was threstaned with being…

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News of the World by Our Independent Cable Service. Calm After the Storm. Strike Conditions Improving. Railway Men's Threatened Callout. London

The Sun · Thursday 17 August 1911 · page 1

The conditions in and around London continue to improve, Everywhere to-day is the calm that follows the storm. The union pickets are actively endeavoring…

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John Flood Memorial

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 17 August 1911 · page 24

Representations were recently made (says the Gympie "Times") to the committee in Brisbane which has charge of arrangements in connection with the itinerary of the Home…

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Disastrous Floods. Shanghat, Aug. 16

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 August 1911 · page 9

Floods in the Anhuii River have destroyed 235,000 acres [?] rice crops, and rendered 500,000 persons homeless…

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Wreck of the Fifeshike. in 19 Feet of Water. Vessel Completely Flooded. Prospect of Salving Unfavorable

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 17 August 1911 · page 7

ADEN, Tuesday Evening.—The Fifeshire is lying hard and fast on a sand and coral reef in 19ft. of water, and broadside against a heavy ocean swell…

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Floods in China. 500,000 Persons Homeless

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 17 August 1911 · page 6

SHANGHAI, Wednesday.—Devastating floods are reported from the Anhui province. It is estimated that 235,000 acres of rice crop have been destro[?]ed and 500,000 persons…

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Death of Peter Flood. a Noted Aboriginal

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 17 August 1911 · page 6

BREWARRINA, Wednesday.—Peter Flood, a full-blooded aboriginal, aged about 86, died to- day at the Brewarrina District Hospital, of pneumonia. .Deceased was one of the…

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Destructive Cyclone. District Devastated. W[?]nipeg, Aug. 16

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 August 1911 · page 9

A cyclone has devastated the district of High River, in Alberta. A shack, occupied by a woman and child, was carried 100 yards. The [?]oor…

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Moroccan Storm Clouds. Gathering Again. Germany's Exorbitant Demands. Almost Hopeless Deadlock. London

The Sun · Friday 18 August 1911 · page 1

Paris and Berlin telegrams indicate that an almost hopeless deadlock has been brought about in the Moroccan negotiations, owing to the exorbitant demands made by…

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Boat Picked Up. the Fifeshire Wreck. Gale-driven for Five Days. No Passengers Aboard. London, Aug. 17

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 August 1911 · page 9

The steamer Ardandearg, from Calcutta, picked up one of the Fifeshire's boats in command of Chief Officer R. Woods, and containing the following…

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Compulsory Soldiering for Boys. A Rising Storm on the Political Horizon

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 19 August 1911 · page 1

There are indication that a storm is developing in Australian house hold against the system of compulsory soldiering ordered for…

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Latest Cable News. Civil War in England. Position Grows More Acute. Royal Commission to Be Appointed. "Hunger-Maddened Men and Women." Storm warehouses for food.—Thousands of Babies starving.—Military Guard the Railways. LONDON

Truth · Sunday 20 August 1911 · page 4

A general railway strike has occurred. As each train arrived at its destination the men on board quitted work. The baggage men declined to handle any…

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500,000 Persons Homeless Through Floods

Sunday Times · Sunday 20 August 1911 · page 14

[?] are reported from the A[?] pro[?], in [?]. Is is estimated that 235,000 acres of rice crop have been destroyed, and 500,000 persons fendered homeless…

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Heavy Rain in the City

Evening News · Monday 21 August 1911 · page 10

A series of sharp showers fell early on Saturday morning in the city and suburbs, but by 9 a.m., when 22 points had been registered, there was a cessation. The sky remained heavy…

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Long-distance Cycle Race. Heavy Rain Causes Postponement

Evening News · Monday 21 August 1911 · page 7

A 75 miles bicycle road race was to have been held to-morrow, from Mount Victoria to Sydney, but after receiving advices from the mountains this morning, stating that there has been…

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Up in a Cyclone. Marvellous Escape, From Death. Vancouver

The Sun · Monday 21 August 1911 · page 1

A cyclone in the Black Diamond district of Alberta lapped up a rough bush shade. The only occupants of the dwelling at the time were a woman and her child. They had…

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Heavy Rain in Sydney Over Three Inches Since Saturday. To-day's Forecast

Evening News · Tuesday 22 August 1911 · page 3

commonwealth Burr[?]u Forecast for New South Wales issued at [?] to-day for the next 24 hours. Cloudy and unsettled generally, with showers and thunder, chiefly over the…

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Potato Auction Sales. Heavy Rain Hampers Operations. in [?]Quate Railway Facilities

The Sun · Wednesday 23 August 1911 · page 4

Her potato auction sales at Darling Harbor this morning were nothing but a force. Owing to the heavy…

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" Cyclone" Thompson Outpointed. the World's Middle-weight Cham. Pionship

Referee · Wednesday 23 August 1911 · page 7

A cablegram received in Sydney, dated New York, Saturday last, told of the defeat the night before of "Cyclone" Johnny Thompson by Frank Klaus in a 1O rounds bout…

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