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Floods & storms, 1912

1,269 stories in Sydney's papers · page 39 of 64

Floods in Hunter Valley. Water Receding

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 31 July 1912 · page 7

WEST MAITLAND, Tuesday. -- Occasional heavy showers fell last night, but there was a marked improvement in the weather to- day. There is now every appearance of a clearance…

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The Hawkesbury Flood

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 31 July 1912 · page 18

The heavy floods in the Hawkesbury district caused a great'' amount of damage, and many people suffered from the loss of crops and the water finding its way into their houses. It…

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Floods in the Country. the Hawkesbury

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 31 July 1912 · page 13

The almost continuous rain which has fallen this month has had a disastrous effect on the low-lying country in tho Hawkesbury district…

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The Quinlanders and the Deluge

Evening News · Thursday 1 August 1912 · page 12

The incessant rain has made the members of the Quinian Opera Company think that instead of being landed at sunny Sydney, they have been side-tracked to Portland, Oregon, where…

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Love Laughs at The Storm

Co-operator · Thursday 1 August 1912 · page 1

There’s something grand about the intrepid courage, the…

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The Hawkesbury Flood

Evening News · Thursday 1 August 1912 · page 9

RITCHMOND, Thursday.—The flood waters have now reached to such an extent that only silt and debris are to be seen. In short, normal conditions prevails. It the rain has not…

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Richmond Floods. Richmond

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 August 1912 · page 7

Some farmers have sustained losses by the surface soil of newly-ploughed ground being carried away. In some instances, however, by reason of the flood water not lying for…

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Flooded Mines. Attempts to Recover Bodies. Union Town (Pa.), July 31

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 August 1912 · page 10

After 60 hours' continuous labour a gang of workmen cut into the Lamont mines, but did not find any trace of John Scanlon and John Bolchek the miners who were caught by the…

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Lismore Expects a Flood

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 1 August 1912 · page 8

LISMORE, Wednesday.--Rain fell continuously throughout yesterday, clearing up at an early hour this morning. Eighty-five points had been registered up to 9 a.m. to-day. There are…

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The Hunter Flood

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 1 August 1912 · page 8

WEST MAITLAND, Wednesday.--Over a week's continuously showery weather was succeeded to-day by bright sunshine. The change has given much relief, as it would have taken…

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The Season on the Clarence Effects of the Gale and Rains

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 August 1912 · page 5

GRAFTON.—The recent gale on the coast was responsible for phenomenal[?] high tides in the Clarence, with the result that where the banks were low the…

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Floods Delay Shearing

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 2 August 1912 · page 6

Word is to hand (says the "Nyagan Observer") that almost all the stations in the creek country. viz., the Culgoa, the Bree and the Bokhara reivers. and…

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The Coming Deluge

People · Saturday 3 August 1912 · page 2

"Money is perhaps the mightiest engine to which man can lend an intelligent guidance. Unheard, unfelt, unseen, it has the power to so…

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Zealandia for Flood's Wharf

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 August 1912 · page 16

The R.M.S. Zealandia, from Vancouver, via ports, is due to arrive to-morrow, and will berth at Flood's Wharf, Circular Quay, probably in the forenoon…

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The Soil. Saltwater Floods. Rich Lands Damaged. Preventable Losses. Some Inexpensive Precautions

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 August 1912 · page 8

From all the low-lying districts adjacent to the coastal rivers, more especially those situated within 10 miles or so of the ocean, come reports of the damage done to grazing and…

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Channel Swimmer in a Gale

Sunday Times · Sunday 4 August 1912 · page 22

The first Channel swim of the present year narrowly escaped ending in disaster, Jabez Wolffe and his attendant party being caught in a stiff westerly gale on June 23. The tugboat was…

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Recovering Bodies From Flooded Mine

Sunday Times · Sunday 4 August 1912 · page 15

Alter 50 hours' continuous labor a gang of workmen cut into the Lamont mines at Union Town (U.S.A.), but did not find any trace of John Scanion and John Bolehek, the miners who were caught by the flood in…

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Floods in America. Nevada Visitation

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 August 1912 · page 9

RENO (Nevada) Friday Evening.--Traffic and telegraphic communication is interrupted by floods in Western Nevada. The visitation is attributed to cloud-bursts…

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Unseasonable Weather. Cold and Floods in Britain. London, Aug. 4

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 August 1912 · page 9

The present is the coldest August that has been experienced for half a century. The Grampian Mountains, in Scotland, are covered with snow, and a party of haymakers…

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