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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1912

1,269 stories in Sydney's papers · page 37 of 64

The Corio Safe. Makes Port This Morning. Hove-to in the Gale

The Sun · Saturday 27 July 1912 · page 9

The Huddart, Parker cargo steamer Corio, which was two days overdue at Sydney on a direct trip from Adelaide, made port safely this morning, and hauled alongside the…

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Heavy Rainfall. 528 Points in Five Days. Rivers and Creeks Swollen. Lowlands Flooded. Mud Everywhere

Nepean Times · Saturday 27 July 1912 · page 3

It is very comforting to know that the steady downpours of rain following the recent drought have now become general all over the State…

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Floods in Country

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 July 1912 · page 18

WINDSOR.—The showery weather has been continuous since Sunday, and the ganges have registered up to 4in up to noon to-day. The bridge at North Richmond was sumerged by 7 a.m., and a few hours…

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Mining Disaster. Bursting of a Reservoir. Five Collieries Flooded. Union Town (Penn.), July 25

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 July 1912 · page 15

Further details regarding the inrush of water down the shaft of the Frick coal mine in consequenco of the bursting of the Evans station reservoir state that 60 people have…

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Saved by Telephone. a Town Overwhelmed. Dramatic Story of a Flood. Vancouver, July 25

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 July 1912 · page 15

A dramatic story connected with a storm in West Virginia comes from the town of Duraba... A clerk, while working at some quarries…

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Flood and Fire. Disasters in America and Canada. Women's Frantic Efforts

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 July 1912 · page 13

UNION TOWN (Pennsylvania), Thursday Evening. -- Sixty persons have lost their lives through floods in the small towns stricken by the cloud burst and through the Evans…

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Hawkesbury in Flood. Bailsman's Experience

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 July 1912 · page 14

WINDSOR, Friday. -- At 3 p.m. to-day the Hawkesbury River was 24ft. above its normal level, and 2ft, over the Windsor Bridge. South Creek is a banker, and all the farms on the…

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Recent Gale—two Ketches Safe

Sunday Times · Sunday 28 July 1912 · page 15

After having been unheard of for 13 days, the ketch Curlew, owned by Messrs. Pike and Co., and bound from Sydney to the Bellinger River, put in at Trial Bay on Tuesday. She encountered the full force of the recent…

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300-Mile Flight in a Gale

Sunday Times · Sunday 28 July 1912 · page 21

M. Roland Garros, whose marvellous [?]ght of 300 miles in a full gale of wind last month was regarded as haying marked a fresh step in the progress of flying, was declared the winner…

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Corio in a Gale. Hove-to for Twenty Hours. No Process Under Full Steam

Sunday Times · Sunday 28 July 1912 · page 7

The Corio, one of Huddart Parker's cargo steamers, arrived in Sydney at daylight yesterday, being over two days overdue on a voyage from Adelaide. She encountered terrific gales,…

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The Hawkesbury Floods. No News Owing Communication Being Cut Off

Sunday Times · Sunday 28 July 1912 · page 7

There were somewhat anxious inquiries yes-yesterday as to the state of the Hawkesbury River, a flood being feared, the latest news on Friday being that there was every appearance…

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Coalmine Flooded by Reservoir

Sunday Times · Sunday 28 July 1912 · page 15

Fourteen miners were drowned through water rushing into the main shaft of the Frick coalmine at Union Town (Penn., U.S.A.). The disaster was due to the unexpected bursting of the…

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Forty Miners Drowned. by Floods in Pennsylvania. New York

Truth · Sunday 28 July 1912 · page 2

Forty miners were caught in the floodwaters at the Superba Mines, at Brans station, three miles from Uniontown, Dear Philadelphia, and it is believed that all of…

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Big Floods in the Hawkesbury District

The Sun · Sunday 28 July 1912 · page 1

CROSSING THE MAIN ROAD AT WINDSOR BY BOAT. THE ONLY OTHER MODE OF TRAVELING…

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Flood in America. Seventy Lives Lost. Widespread Devastation. UNIONTOWN (Pennsylvania)

The Sun · Sunday 28 July 1912 · page 4

Cloudbursts have flooded the streams in the surrounding districts with disastrous results. Hundreds, of families have had to desert…

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Widespread Rain. Rivers in Flood

The Sun · Sunday 28 July 1912 · page 4

The rain still continues to sweep the coast, and the forecast issued yesterday predicts unsettled conditions with more rain and some thunder over the eastern part of the States…

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Hawkesbury Floods. Miles of Water. Settlers' Heavy Losses. Furniture Being Removed

The Sun · Sunday 28 July 1912 · page 4

It is a good many years since the Hawkesbury has seen such a flood as that just experienced. On Friday the river broke over its banks, and yesterday was still rising…

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The Recent Gales. Belated Steamer Corio Arrives Storm Experience

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 29 July 1912 · page 15

Nearly three days overdue, the cargo steamer Corlo, of Huddart, Parker, and Company's line, steamed into port on Saturday morning, after a tempestuous voyage from Adelaide. In…

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Corio Weathers a Storm. Fearful Time at Sea

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 July 1912 · page 9

Anxiety as to the safety of the Huddart, Parker cargo steamer Corio was set at rest by her arrival practically undamaged in Port Jackson at 7.30 on Saturday morning…

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The Hawkesbury River Flood

Evening News · Monday 29 July 1912 · page 5

THE BRIDGE OVER THE HAWKESBURY RIVER. AT RICHMOND. On Saturday it was five feet under water, and it is now covered with drift wood and other rubbish washed down by the flood. WINDSOR BRIDGE,…

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