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Floods & storms, 1911

1,348 stories in Sydney's papers · page 48 of 68

More Rain. Storm Area Tending Eastward Sydney 91, Delegate 84 Points

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 23 August 1911 · page 16

Very little alteration occurred in the distribution of the cloudy, threatening weather which has prevailed during the past two of three days. Yesterday morning it was cloudy…

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At the Storm-centre. Sympathy Strikes at Liverpool. Railway and Transport Workers

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 23 August 1911 · page 9

LONDON, Tuesday Morning.--The rall- waymen at Liverpool resolved not to resume work unless the tramway-men, who struck in sympathy with them, were reinstated…

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Storm Developments. Gales, Heavy Rains, and Rough Seas

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 24 August 1911 · page 5

During the afternoon the monsoonal disturbance developed a centre of cyclonic nature, barometers falling on the northern part of the coast and rising in the south, thus causing a…

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Steamer in a Gale

Evening News · Thursday 24 August 1911 · page 7

The Adelaide Company's steamer Wollowra, with 62 passengers, arrived at Sydney this morning from Cairns via ports. Captain H. Brissenden reports having experienced fine…

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Gales and Rough Seas. Heavy Weather on the Coast

Evening News · Thursday 24 August 1911 · page 6

Between Cabo Island on the south coast of New South Wales and Bellinger Heads on the north coast, gales and rough seas were reported this morning. The wind blew mostly from the…

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The Storm. Monsoonal Rains General. Heavy Downpour in City and Suburbs

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 24 August 1911 · page 5

City streets and low lying lands in the suburbs were in a state of flood yesterday as the outcome of the continuation of the monsoonal rain storm. It rained steadily all the…

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"A Debasing Flood of Borrowed Gold."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 24 August 1911 · page 11

The fruits of their laches, the "Review" considers, are found in the increasing sycophancy of the colonial attitude towards much that is least admirable in modern civilisation and…

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Still Unsettled. Heavy Rain on the Coast. To-day's Forecast

Evening News · Friday 25 August 1911 · page 7

Commonwealth Bureau forecast for New South Wales, issued at noon to-day for the next 24 hours:—Showery weather contracting to the coast and north-east districts; cool…

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Gales and Rough Seas. on N.s.w. Coast

Evening News · Friday 25 August 1911 · page 6

The weather conditions on the New South Wales coast this morning were a little worse than yesterday. Rough seas, strong winds, and gales being reported from almost every port…

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In the Grip of the Storm. Gales and Rough Seas on the Coast. Steamers Return to Port for Shelter. Further Heavy Rains

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 25 August 1911 · page 12

Gales from the sonta-east to east-south-east swept the coastline yesterday, attended by heavy rainsqualls and rough seas. The stormy weather severely tested the seagoing qualities…

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Destruction of Zeppelin Airship. Motor Explosion in a Storm. Entirely Consumed by Fire

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 26 August 1911 · page 8

Count Ze[?] great airship, Zeppelin No.4 was completely wrecked this after noon (says a Berlin message of August 5). Travelling all day yesterday the vessel…

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Track of a Torrent. Floods in Switzerland. Loss of Life

Evening News · Saturday 26 August 1911 · page 8

BERNE, Friday Evening.—Serious floods have occurred in the Valley of the Massine, Switzerland. A torrent rushing down from the mountains…

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Floods in Switzerland. Many Lives Lost. Berne, Friday Afternoon

Sunday Times · Sunday 27 August 1911 · page 7

Serious floods have occurred in the valley of Massino, where the torrent destroyed eight farm-houses. Nine were killed and two reported missing,…

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Gales on the Coast

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 28 August 1911 · page 11

JONES ISLAND, Saturday.—Exceptionally severe weather has been experienced here since Wednesday night, when light rain began to fall. As the night advanced a gain from the east and I south-east raged,…

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Floods in Switzerland. Widespread Damage. Berne, Aug. 25

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 August 1911 · page 9

Serious floods have occurred in the valley of the Massino. A torrent destroyed eight farmhouses. Nine people were killed and two are…

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In the Track of the Flood. Disasters in Switzerland. Loss of Life and Property

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 28 August 1911 · page 7

BERNE, Friday Evening.—Serious floods have occurred in the valley of the Massino, Switzerland. A torrent swept away eight farm houses, nine of the occupants being. drowned, while two…

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A Week of Heavy Rain the Northern Wheat Belt Benefited

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 29 August 1911 · page 7

The extensive rainstorm which prevailed in New South Wales from the 19th to the 26th inclusive, should prove of considerable benefit to the…

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In Terrific Gales. Barque Port Caledonia. Sail-training Youths Aboard

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 August 1911 · page 15

The four-masted barque Port Caledonia (2246 tons), which arrived yesterday from Liverpool, after a passage of 133 days, had terrille Aveather at different periods. Soon…

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Barque's Trying Passage. Stripped of Canvas in a Cyclone

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 30 August 1911 · page 10

After a stormy passage, the four-masted barque Port Caledonia, from Liverpool, with a general cargo, reached Fort Jackson yesterday. The barque encountered heavy weather at the…

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The Labor Troubles. Calm After the Storm

Evening News · Wednesday 30 August 1911 · page 10

LIVERPOOL. Tuesday Evening.-Work is proceeding in normal fashion, and the military have been withdrawn. LONDON, Tuesday.-A section of the South…

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