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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1912

1,269 stories in Sydney's papers · page 63 of 64

Storm Battered. Narrung in Trouble. Hold Full of Water. Wireless Call for Help. London, Friday Morning

Evening News · Friday 27 December 1912 · page 4

The P. and O. Branch liner Narrung left London for South Africa and Australian ports on December 24. The vessel has a full cargo as well as a large number of passengers for…

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Correspondence the Course of Thunderstorms

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 27 December 1912 · page 4

"Observant" writes:—"In your issue of the 29th November I notice a correspondent asking why thunderstorms always travel over the same ground;…

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Hot and Thundery. Heavy Rain at Places

The Sun · Saturday 28 December 1912 · page 9

Except in southern districts, which were appreciably cooler, the weather throughout the State yesterday was hot and thundery, and the temperatures, especially in the…

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Violent Storm

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 28 December 1912 · page 6

A violent storm of wind, rain and hail burst over the Liverpool district on Monday evening, the full force of which appears to which have been felt chiefly about…

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Storm and Stress. Britain Gale-swept. Battleship in Trouble. Shipping Damaged. Lifeboat Rescues. London

Evening News · Saturday 28 December 1912 · page 8

The gales which have been raging for two days increased in violence yesterday. Much low country in Leleestershire has been submerged. As inch and a half of rain fall…

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Storm at B0mbala. Washaway Beyond Cooma

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 28 December 1912 · page 9

BOMBALA, Friday.--A heavy thunderstorm broke yesterday afternoon, an inch and a half of rain falling. The lightning was particularly vivid, several telegraph poles and trees being…

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Australasian News in Brief Disastrous Dust Storm

Globe · Saturday 28 December 1912 · page 3

A severe cyclonic storm swept over the town of Browarrian (N.S.W.) recently. A blinding dust storm raged for several hours and many building suffered considerable damage…

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Current News The Storm in the Orchards

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 28 December 1912 · page 6

Mr. S. Fagun informs us that the wind storm of Wednesday last did more harm than they knew, for a great deal of immature fruit was blown off the trees. At…

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Six Inches in Three Hours. Storm at Orange

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 28 December 1912 · page 8

ORANGE, Friday.-- A terrific storm passed the district on Christmas Eve. Considerable damage was done. At Heifer s a bridge was washed away by flood water. Fences…

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The English Gale. Moldavia Strikes It. a Lascar Drowned. London, Friday Night

Evening News · Saturday 28 December 1912 · page 11

The P. and O. liner Moldavis homeward bound from Australia did not succeed in avoiding the fierce gales which have blown over the English Channel…

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Violent Weather. Gales in Britain. Havoc Among Shiphng. Narrung Calls for Aid. London, Dec. 27

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 December 1912 · page 13

The gales which have been raging for two days increased in violence yesterday. Much low country in Leicestershire has been submerged. An inch and a half of rain fell in…

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Storm-swept England. Moldavia's Rough Trip. Towns Isolated. Many Ships Overdue. London, Friday, 8.35 p.m

The Sun · Saturday 28 December 1912 · page 8

The terrific storms and gales continue to prevail throughout the British Isles, and tremendous seas are running in the Atlantic and the English Channel…

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Terrific Thunderstorm. Inches of Rain in a Few Minutes

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 28 December 1912 · page 9

GOULBURN, Friday.--There were terrific thunderstorms nil round the district last evening, accompanied in many places with torrential rain and hailstones as large as hen eggs…

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Gales in England—airman's Desperate Plight

Sunday Times · Sunday 29 December 1912 · page 14

Gales have been raging in many districts in England. The chimney of a factory in Lincoln collapsed and crashed into a smithy, injuring lour wo[?]men. Mr. Petre, an airman, was killed on Tuesday, while flying…

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Storm-swept England. Gale Attains Enormous Velocity in the North. Lifeboat to the Rescue. London, Friday Night

Sunday Times · Sunday 29 December 1912 · page 7

The terrific gale which has swept the length and breadth of the Kingdom registered a velocity of 97 miles per hour at Paisley. The lifeboat crew at Penzance rescued 27 of…

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Blayney Fight. Thirty Speakers at Work. Deluge of Oratory. Machine or No Machine? BATHURST

The Sun · Sunday 29 December 1912 · page 4

To-day interest in the Blayney election has reached its highest level. Speakers are at every point urging the claims of the three candidates. Throughout the…

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Storm-swept England. Moldavia's Rough Trip. Towns Isolated. Many Ships Overdue. LONDON

The Sun · Sunday 29 December 1912 · page 5

The terrific storms and gales continue to prevail throughout the British Isles, and tremendous seas are running in the Atlantic and the English Channel…

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In a Gale. Barque's Rough Time. Midshipman Washed Overboard

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 30 December 1912 · page 8

ADELAIDE, Sunday.--The British four-masted barque Howth, from London, which arrived at Port Adelaide to-day after a voyage occupying 117 days, met with a terrific gale in intitude…

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Fury of the Gale. a Steamer Founders. Many Ships Buffetted

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 30 December 1912 · page 7

LONDON, Sunday.--The violence of the recent gale in the Channel is shown by the experiences of other vessels. The Danish steamer Volmer foundered with the…

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Narrung in Deadly Peril. Graphic Stories of the Storm. the Vessel on Her Beam Ends. Passengers' Trying Experienced Terrific Gale Causes General Havoc. LONDON, Sunday Evening

Evening News · Monday 30 December 1912 · page 8

Some graphic stories have been told of the experien[?]ss of the P. and O. Branch liner Narrung in the gale in the Channel. One of the accounts states that two monster…

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