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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1912

1,269 stories in Sydney's papers · page 22 of 64

More Floods in America

Evening News · Monday 22 April 1912 · page 8

JACKSON (Missought). Saturday. —The river dykes breks near B wish yesterday, and a heavy volumns of water swept over the country, Many persons word drowned. One…

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Disastrous Floods. Two Hundred Deaths Reported. Jackson (Missouri), April 20

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 April 1912 · page 10

The river dykes broke near Beulah yesterday, and a heavy volume of water swept over the country. Many persons were drowned. One report sets the number of dead down…

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Two Hundred Drowned. American Flood Victims. New York

The Sun · Monday 22 April 1912 · page 7

Latest reports regarding the Hoods in Mississippi state that 200 persons have been drowned in Bolivar county, Six thousand refugees are camped at…

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Possibly, Floods! What the Forecast Says

The Sun · Monday 22 April 1912 · page 8

"Many heavy, and possibly flood downfalls are likely." That is the warning note issued in to-day's official forecast of weather for New South Wales. The bulletin commences by predicting strong galea and…

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Great Floods. More Country Swept. a Terrible Rumor

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 22 April 1912 · page 10

JACKSON (MISSOURI), Sunday.--The river dykes broke near Beulah yesterday, and a heavy volume of water swept over the country. Many persons were drowned…

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Storm-swept

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 23 April 1912 · page 9

The Manly ferry steamer-Kuring-gai punching into a heavy sea while making a run across the Heads in the height of the storm yesterday. The spray flew over the top deck as the photograph shows. A vivid picture of the heaving swell sweeping through the entrance to the harbor. The photograph was taken from the lower deck of a ferry steamer, and shows the height at which the seas raced through the narrow neck…

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Culwulla in the Storm

The Sun · Tuesday 23 April 1912 · page 2

Fears were felt that the Sydney yacht Culwulla III., which is sailing to Brisbane, might have come to harm in the gale which rased along the coast yesterday. She…

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In the Gale. the Arawatta's Experience

The Sun · Tuesday 23 April 1912 · page 4

Captain Kerr, superintendent of the Sydney Sailors' Home, was a passenger from Melbourne by the A.U.S.N. Co.'s steamer Arawatta, which arrived at Sydney late…

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Gale at Port Stephens. Steamers Seek Shelter

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 23 April 1912 · page 8

PORT STEPHENS, Monday.--The steamer Mokau,bound north, passed Port Stephens lighthouse at. 6 a.m. yesterday. She suddenly [?] her course and anchored under Cabbage…

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A Fierce Storm. City Rain and Wind Swept Gales on the South Coast. Some Big Rainfall Totals. 327 Points in the City

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 23 April 1912 · page 7

Bleak winds, a driving rain, with an occasional but very occasional [?], a day typical of the worst of Australian winters. Raincoats, umbrellas, and all the…

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Violent Storm. Cyclonic Gusts. Fifty-five Miles an Hour. Damage in the Suburbs

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 April 1912 · page 9

A fierce southerly gale, accompanied with blinding rain squalls, blew throughout yesterday. The wind at times reached hurricane force, and many suburban residents who had…

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Railway Subways Flooded

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 April 1912 · page 9

Considerable inconvenience was caused to railway travellers during the height of the storm by the flooding of several of the subways at the suburban stations. Travellers in…

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Hazel Craig in a Gale

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 April 1912 · page 20

The barque Hazel Craig, which arrived yesterday from Kaipara with a cargo of 400,000ft of white pine, encountered the full force of the southerly gales which raged during the past two days. She left Kaipara…

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Caught in a Cyclone. Island Steamer's Rough Time the Cabins Flooded

The Sun · Thursday 25 April 1912 · page 7

After a wild experience in stormy weather in the South Seas the steamer Kulambangra, owned by Levers Plantations, Ltd., arrived at Sydney to-day. She put into…

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Clarice Barker's Death. the Storm Channel Tragedy. Looking for the Missing Men. William Gilchrist's Statement. Anonymous Letters to Police

The Sun · Thursday 25 April 1912 · page 1

Notwithstanding the active work of the Newtown police in connection with the tragedy of last Sunday morning, when the body of Clarice Alta Barker, was found in…

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Arrival of the Aldenham. Cyclone Encountered

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 26 April 1912 · page 10

The E. and A. mail steamer Aldenham returnee to Sydney last evening from the East. She came direct from Manila, taking the outside course, and on arrival anchored off Watson's…

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Overdue Dredge. No News of the Manchester. Gales on the Tasman Sea

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 26 April 1912 · page 9

No tidings have so far been received of the overdue dredge Manchester, and her non-appearance is causing considerable anxiety. in shinning circles. To-day she will he 20 days…

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In a Cyclone. Steamer Aldenham Awash. Hove to in Mountainous Seas

The Sun · Friday 26 April 1912 · page 6

One of those dreaded storms of the Eastern seas, a cyclone, was encountered by the E. and A. liner Aldenham, which berthed at Circular Quay this morning, after her…

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Gale in the Gardens. Flowers Damaged

Evening News · Saturday 27 April 1912 · page 10

Mr. J. H. Maiden, director of the Botanic Gardens writes:-"The gale of last Sunday night did an enormous amount of damage in the Botanic Garden to follage plants and to…

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Botanic Gardens. Great Damage by Storm

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 April 1912 · page 13

The Director of the Botanic Gardens Mr. J. H. Maiden, writes:— "The gale of last Sunday night did an enormous amount of damage in the Botanic Gardens to foliage…

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