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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1912

1,269 stories in Sydney's papers · page 28 of 64

Storm Track. Tornadoes in the States. Missouri and Ohio Suffer

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 19 June 1912 · page 9

ST. LOUIS, Monday Evening.--Terrible tornadoes have raged over Central Missouri and Ohio, leaving in their track death and disaster. Twenty-eight persons are known to have lost…

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Mersey's Capable Surgeon. Operates in a Gale

Evening News · Thursday 20 June 1912 · page 9

LONDON. Wednesday Evening.—While the While Star Company's training ship Meracy was off Cape Horn she encountered a stiff gale. In spite, however, of the extra difficulty successfully…

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Storm Warnings. Wireless Weather Service. American Scientists Scheme. London

The Sun · Friday 21 June 1912 · page 7

The plans of Professor Moore, Chief of the United States Weather Bureau, for the establishment of an international weather service In the North Atlantic, have been…

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Floods in Queensland. Brisbane

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 21 June 1912 · page 13

The Commissioner for Railways for received advice that the Comet River has subsided, and through truffle on the Central railway has been resumed…

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Dared Death for a Dog. How a Retriever Was Rescued During a Fierce Storm

The Arrow · Saturday 22 June 1912 · page 3

Three residents of Hastings (Eng.)—Messrs. Albert Henry Pitt, William Francis Brown, and Albert Edward Dyer—were presented last month with Our Dumb Friends' League's bronze medal…

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Terrific Gales—big Death List

Sunday Times · Sunday 23 June 1912 · page 16

Twenty-eight people have been killed and many injured by tornadoes in Central Missouri and Ohio. Hund[?]ls of dwellings were unroofed. The steeple of the Roman Catholic Church at…

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Heavy Rain in Victoria

Evening News · Monday 24 June 1912 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Monday.—Heavy and [?]al rains fell over the greater portion of the State last night and this morning, completely terminating the droughty spell…

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Heavy Rain in Queensland

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 24 June 1912 · page 7

BRISBANE, Sunday.--Rain has been falling ill Brisbane throughout the afternoon and tonight. The downpour was heavy at limes, with every indication of continuing…

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Polo. Countess of Dudley Cup. Play in Heavy Rain

Evening News · Monday 24 June 1912 · page 5

The polo con[?]ts for the counters of Dudley Cup commenced this morning at Kensington [?]acecourse in anything but promising weather and condition. The rain overnight had made…

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Ware Cyclone. Mr. Hints Warning

Evening News · Monday 24 June 1912 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Monday.—Mr. Hunt, Commonwealth M[?]gist, satted to-day that an intense cyclone had formed at the southern end of the mo[?]l depre[?]ston which has passed…

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Calm After Storm. June 22

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 June 1912 · page 7

The proceedings at the Republican Convention yesterday were quieter, almost dull. The regular Republicans asserted their control of the voting on the motions dealing…

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Big Steamer Ashope. on New Zealand Coast. Beaten by the Gale

Evening News · Monday 24 June 1912 · page 4

AUCKLAND, Monday.—The Tyser steamer star of Canada. One of the largest ve[?]is of her type trading between London. Australia, and New zealand ports, has gone ashore near…

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Rough Time Ahead. Storms and Gales. Commonwealth Meteorologist's Views. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 June 1912 · page 10

In the Western districts, particularly towards the north, very heavy falls of rain have been recorded in many parts, the Mallee being well favoured…

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In the Gale. Levuka's Experience. a Wireless Test

The Sun · Tuesday 25 June 1912 · page 6

One of the vessels caught in the hard northeast gale which blew on Sunday and yesterday was the A.U.S.N. Co.'s 'Fiji steamer Levuka. She was roughly handled by the…

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Gales on the Coast. North-east Blow and Rough Sea. Fleet of Steamers Delayed

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 25 June 1912 · page 7

North-cast gales, moderate in force, attended by rain squalls swept the coast line yesterday. The gale was raging at the Tweed, Byron Bay, Manning River, Seal Rocks, Newcastle,…

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Bountiful Rain. Eastern Australia Drenched. Big Falls in New South Wales. Storms Promised Over South Coast

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 25 June 1912 · page 7

Though meteorological reports suggest storms at sea, the other side of the picture presages more bountiful rain for the man on the land, whose heart has been rejoiced during the…

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Foe Heroism. the King's Medals. Bravery in Flre and Flood. Hobart

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 June 1912 · page 8

On Saturday the Governor presented the King's medals to Sergeant Rooke and Constable Christian. Rooke earned the medal by his conduct…

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Queensland Gales. R.M.S. Ophir in Trouble. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 June 1912 · page 18

Owing to rough and dirty weather the Orient liner R.M.S. Ophir arrived in Moreton Bay yesterday morning too late to catch the morning tide. Consequently the vessel anchored at the…

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Cyclone Shoots Dope Barry Made Langford and McVEA Look Like Novices

Referee · Wednesday 26 June 1912 · page 8

Johnny Thompson lias been "shooting dope" with a vengeance regarding his latest trip to Australia. Since he returned home the "Cyclone" told a Vancouver interviewer that he…

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Storm Passed Off. Yesterday's Rain Records. Heavy on the Coast

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 26 June 1912 · page 10

The big cyclonic disturbance mentioned on Monday as being centrally situated to the south of Adelaide, has since then relaxed considerably in its intensity, and moved in a…

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