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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1912

1,269 stories in Sydney's papers · page 42 of 64

The Floods in England. an Island City. Inundated Homes

Evening News · Wednesday 28 August 1912 · page 7

LONDON Tuesday Night—Nor[?] The food is the gr[?] of a century [?]…

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Flood at Canowindra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 August 1912 · page 18

CANOWINDRA.—Heavy rains are causing a flood in the river, which is higher than for years. A seve[?] flood is anticipated…

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Floods in England. Trains Held Up. Wheat Fields Ruined. London, Aug. 27

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 August 1912 · page 17

More rain has fallen during the current month than in any August within living memory. Severe floods have occurred in Wales, and several children were drowned…

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Country Under Water. Macquarie in Flood. Bathurst

The Sun · Wednesday 28 August 1912 · page 7

The heavy rains of the post two days have been the means of placing a larger area of land around the districts under water than has been the case for a great number of…

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Floods at Bathurst. Escapes From Drowning

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 28 August 1912 · page 18

BATHURST. Tuesday.--Over two inches of rain have fallen in Bathurst during the last two days. To-night the Vale Crook overflowed its banks at Orton Park, and inundated…

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Gales in Victoria

Evening News · Thursday 29 August 1912 · page 3

MELBOURNE. Thursday.— A traffic slae raged throughout Moe district yesterday, almost causius a suspension of business. Towards nightfall a heavy rain set in…

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The Grenfell Cyclone. Grenfell

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 29 August 1912 · page 12

The council is employing about 20 men carting away debris and putting dangerous portions of the streets in order. Carpenters and bricklayers are at a premium, so owners are…

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The Grenfell Cyclone. Mayor's Thanks to Government

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 29 August 1912 · page 7

On Tuesday morning, the Mayor of Grenfell wired to the Government appealing for a grant of £200 to combat the damage done by the cyclone, the previous evening…

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Late Cable News. Received To-day. Disastrous Floods. Norwich Isolated. a City in Darkness. Dangerous Rescue Work. Eight Thousand Homeless

Evening News · Thursday 29 August 1912 · page 8

LONDON,Wednesday Evening— The good water is now bating at Norwich but business is in a condition of chance. No fewer than 8000 persons have been…

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Disastrous Floods. Heavy Rains in England. Norwich Isolated. Thousands Homeless. London, Aug. 27

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 29 August 1912 · page 9

Owing to the continuous rain, Norwich re[?]bles an island city. Railway and telegraph communications are interrupted…

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For the Man on the Land in the North-west. Round About Gunnedah. Floods, and Drought

The Sun · Thursday 29 August 1912 · page 11

Possibly one of the richest tracts of land for general farming in the State is round about Gunnedah, in the north-west, about 300 miles from Sydney. At Werris Creek,…

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Norwich Isolated. Tremendous Floods. City in Darkness

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 29 August 1912 · page 7

LONDON, Tuesday Evening.--Norwich resembles just now an island city, being practically surrounded by flood water. The railway and telegraph lines are interrupted, and…

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A Mosman Cyclone

Evening News · Friday 30 August 1912 · page 5

The blow which vi[?]lted Sydney about noon on Thursday seems to have been con[?]ned to only a narrow strip. In Sydney itself it was not taken seriously, but at Mu[?]grave-street…

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Cyclone at Grenfell

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 30 August 1912 · page 6

On Monday evening last a terrible cyclone struck Grenfell. In the town great damage was done, and although no loss of life occurred, several people…

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A Cyclone at Grenfell

The Land · Friday 30 August 1912 · page 6

Last Monday evening the residents of Grenfell had a very rough experience indeed, in the nature of a cyclone. It burst upon the…

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In a Gale. Maheno's Rough Trip

The Sun · Friday 30 August 1912 · page 7

The Union Company's steamer Maheno which arrived at Sydney this afternoon from Auckland, New Zealand, experienced some bad weather yesterday. The vessel left…

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Cloudburst at Bethungra. Phenomenal, Storm

Evening News · Friday 30 August 1912 · page 5

JUNEE Friday —A [?] curred in one of Mr [?] The Forest B[?] O'clock in the afternoon [?]…

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The Grenfell Cyclone. Saving the Trees. Grenfell

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 30 August 1912 · page 9

Aldeiman Rheuben is in charge of a gang of men, who are lopping all tree blown out of the ground by the cyclone, and replanting the same.It is thought that the…

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Severe Gale. Cooma Meets a Blow. Intense Cold

Evening News · Friday 30 August 1912 · page 6

With over 200 passengers on board from Greenland ports the Howard Smith steamer Cooms arrived at Sydney early this morning. A large number of the passengers were tourists,…

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The Grenfell Cyclone. Clearing Away the Debris. Damage Not Extensive

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 30 August 1912 · page 10

GRENFELL, Thursday.--The debris left by the late cyclone is now being cleared away. Except for the northern and western portion of the town visited by the storm, where some…

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