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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1912

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Great Floods. Suffering in America. the Mississippi Valley. Thrilling Experiences. Marooned on Treetops. St. Louis, April 5

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 April 1912 · page 9

The death list owing to the floods is growing. Ten people are known to have been drowned. The Mississippi River is still increasing in…

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In Old Kentucky. Flooded Mississippi. Serious Loss of Life. Widespread Havoc

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 8 April 1912 · page 9

HICKMAN (KENTUCKY), Saturday.--The flood waters in the neighborhood of the town resulting from the overflowing of the Mississippi cover an area 10 miles wide and 50 miles…

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Cyclonic Storm

The Sun · Tuesday 9 April 1912 · page 2

Innesfall (Q.) was visited by a cyclonic storm on Sunday afternoon. A rainfall of 20½ inches was recorded…

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The West Australian Cyclone

Evening News · Tuesday 9 April 1912 · page 9

Mr. C. L. Wragge writes: —I should never dream of entering into any controversy with Mr. Hunt, or any of his [?] and sit their criticlam of me matters nothing. They were…

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Room for a Quarter Million. Growth of the Richmond and Tweed. the Five Main Factors. Storm of Dairy Settlement

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 9 April 1912 · page 10

There is just one part of New South Wales whose growth in the last ten years doesn't look small and foolish beside the growth of the metropolitan area. That part is right up in…

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Cyclone at Innisfail. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 April 1912 · page 19

A Cairns wire states that telegraphic communication with Innisfail was impossible again to-day. All lines are down. On the arrival of the steamer Palmer from…

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Gale on the Coast. Heavy Showers

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 10 April 1912 · page 10

The wind reached the force of a gale from the south-south-east on the coast yesterday. The change brought up rain, heavy showers falling in the city last night. Up to 9 p.m. 28…

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Twenty Inches of Rain. Heavy Storm. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 April 1912 · page 18

The Postmaster at Townsville yesterday morning received a wire from Corduroy Station, near Cardwell, conveying news of a blow at Innisfail on Sunday. The message was…

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The Floods in America

Evening News · Wednesday 10 April 1912 · page 5

MEMPHIS. Tuesday Evening.—The danger of further floods caused by the Misslaslppl bursting its founds is lengening, and the river is reported to he falling rapidly…

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Floods in New Zealand. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 April 1912 · page 19

Heavy rain has fallen in the Walrarapa district. Greytown is flooded, but the stock has been saved…

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American Floods. the Crisis. Damage Estimated at £2,000,000. MEMPHIS (Tenn.), April 9

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 April 1912 · page 19

A crisis has now been reached in connection with the flood on the Mississippi. It the dykes in Arkansas, Mississippl State and Northern Louisiania hold for another day…

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Flood Havoc. Damage, £2,000,000. a Critical Stage

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 10 April 1912 · page 9

MEMPHIS (TENNESSEE), Tuesday.--A crisis has been reached in the floods in the Mississippi. If the dykes in Arkansas, Mississippi State; and Northern Louisiana hold for another…

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Floods in New Zealand

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 10 April 1912 · page 9

WELLINGTON, Tuesday.--There have been heavy floods at Wairarapa, near Greytown. The roads were submerged, and crops and orchards seriously damaged…

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Cyclonic Storm at Innisfail

Evening News · Thursday 11 April 1912 · page 12

A cyclonic disturbance occurred at Innisfail (Q), on Saturday, lasting from 4 o'clock in the afternoon till 11 at night. At 6 o'clock the storm was at its height, terrific lighting…

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Phenomenal Hains. Total, 41.50 Inches. Cyclonic Storm Property Damaged. Innisfail (Q.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 April 1912 · page 9

A cyclonic disturbance prevailed here on Saturday. It commenced about 4 o'clock in the afternoon, the wind increasing in violence, with torrents of rain. At 6 o'clock the storm…

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Do Bees Follow the Queen? Some Peculiar Notions. a Bushman Contrav arts Mr. Gale arts Mr. Opinions

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 12 April 1912 · page 13

Mr. A. H. Hammond, of Byron Bay, writes:—I notice that someone has asked you the question—"Do bee follow the queen?" Certainly they…

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Floods in New Zealand

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 12 April 1912 · page 2

There have been heavy floods at Wairarapa, near Greytown (N.Z.). The roads were submerged, and crops and orchards seriously damaged…

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Worse Than Flood. Fever Follows. Mississippi Inundation

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 13 April 1912 · page 13

MEMPHIS (TENNESSEE), Friday.--Reports everywhere indicate the subsidence of the floods. A serious feature is an outbreak of fever…

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Caught in a Gale

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 April 1912 · page 10

The French three-masted barque Admiral Halgan, bound from Poro, New Caledonia, to Glasgow, with a cargo of 8003 tons of nickel ore, encountered heavy gales on the New Zealand coast, which caused the cargo…

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In a Hurricane. Barque Yuba's Great Fight. Worst Storm in 30 Years. Captain Hansen's Graphic Story

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 15 April 1912 · page 9

ADELAIDE, Sunday.--An unexpected arrival at the Semaphore anchorage on Saturday morning was the Norwegian barque Yuba. She left Port Victoria, wheat laden, for the United…

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