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Floods & storms, 1912

1,269 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 64

Four Storms at Uralla

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 10 February 1912 · page 14

URALLA, Friday. -- Four heavy storms passed over the district, beginning at 7 o'clock last night, and resulting in the heaviest fall of rain known here for 20 years. At 5 a.m. to-day the…

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Remarkable Voyage. a Succession of Gales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 February 1912 · page 19

Th barquentine Laura, now in Sydney Harbour, from Kalpara, had fine weather to Lord Howe Island, but from there her passage was fraught with great difficulty. She encountored…

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Violent Storm at Liverpool

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 10 February 1912 · page 14

LIVERPOOL, Friday. -- The excessive heat experienced yesterday forenoon culminated in a violent thunderstorm early in the afternoon, which lasted a few hours, during which period…

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Horrors of Storm and Flood. Corpses Floating in Tagus

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 10 February 1912 · page 13

LISBON, Thursday Evening. -- The Government has voted £20,000 towards the relief funds for sufferers by the recent storms and floods in Andalusia…

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Rain and Gales. Further Falls. Heavy on Coast

Evening News · Saturday 10 February 1912 · page 11

The rain which fell in New South Wales during yesterday and last night was practically confined to the coast where some good falls occurred nearly five inches being…

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Gulgong Storm-swept. Terrific Fall of Hail. Gulgong

The Sun · Saturday 10 February 1912 · page 6

A terrific hailstorm passed over here on Thursday night at about 8 o'clock. The hailstones were of enormous size, and penetrated iron and slate roofs, besides breaking all the…

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Storm-swept Coast. Steamer Returns to Port. Bad Weather Signals at Flagstaff

Evening News · Saturday 10 February 1912 · page 11

The weather conditions on the New South Wales coast this morning showed no improvement and sales and rough seas still ruled. The whole coast line was storm-swept and…

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Breezes From the Bushland Glim[?] of Australian From Within by [?]W. Coo[?]on. Won Through Fire and Storm (Continued.)

The Sun · Saturday 10 February 1912 · page 12

The wind was now become a gale, before which boat after boat came racing in for shelter, rigging adrift and flapping crazily, come half-swamped by the big white-topped…

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Capture of a Criminal. in a Queensland Flood

The World's News · Saturday 10 February 1912 · page 10

HAT there is "a pleasure in the pathless woods" may be conceded to the poet, with the reservation that no pleasure can…

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Floods in Portugal. Government Assistance. Lisbon, Feb. 8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 February 1912 · page 17

The Government has voted £20,000 for the relief of sufferers by the floods. Corpses, merchandise, furniture, and debris are floating down the Tagus…

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On the Mountains. Bush Fires and Thunderstorms

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 10 February 1912 · page 15

KATOOMBA, Friday. -- Extensive hush fires have been burning at several of the Blue Mountain townships during the past week but pricipally between Lawson and Wentworth Falls,…

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Honest Taxpayer. Mr. Spiller Testifies. His Faith in Human Nature. Deluge of Returns

Evening News · Monday 12 February 1912 · page 5

When Diogenes flashed his fruitiest lantern through the streets of Athens, in search of an honest man, his trouble was that he had picked the wrong locality. He should have come to…

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Severe Storm at Gulgong. £1000 Worth of Damage Done

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 12 February 1912 · page 14

GULGONG, Saturday.--A terrific hailstorm passed over here on Thursday night, at about 9 o'clock. The hall- stones were of enormous size, and penetrated iron and state roofs, besides breaking all the windows exposed…

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Conditions in N.s.w. Light to Heavy Scattered Rain

The Sun · Monday 12 February 1912 · page 8

Chiefly cloudy along the coast, and at scattered places on the highlands and in the south-west, and showery at one or two places on the seaboard, elsewhere fine and clear…

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In the Storm Track. Damage It Mudgee District. Orchards Denuded

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 12 February 1912 · page 11

MUDGEE, Saturday.--Further reports received to-day show that the damage done by the hailstorm on Thursday night was extensive. The storm travelled from Gulgong to Canadian,…

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Floods in Spain. Torrential Rain. Thousands Out of Work

Evening News · Monday 12 February 1912 · page 8

MADRID, Sunday Evening.—King Alfonso of Spain met with a great ovation while touring through the flooded districts of Andalusia. The floods at Seville have thrown no fewer…

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Flood at Armidale. Armidale

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 February 1912 · page 8

Heavy weather continues. The ereek over[?] flowed its banks on Saturday, and the water is higher than for many[?]years. Lowlying places are submerged. Considerable damage…

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Violent Thunderstorms. Over a Big Part of the State. Good Coastal Rains. Nambucca 496 Points

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 February 1912 · page 10

Further thunderstorms, with light to heavy rains, have been recorded in the north-eastern districts, and light to moderate showers on the South Coast. Nambucca reports 496…

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Devastating Floods. Havoc in Portugal. Lisbon

The Sun · Monday 12 February 1912 · page 8

The floods by which a large part of Portugal have been devastated show little sign of subsiding. In one district alone the damage will run…

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Heavy Rain. Over Most of the State

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 February 1912 · page 12

During the past two days heavy rains were registered on the central and southern coast and parts of the Hunter, Manning, and Blue Mountains. Light to moderate showers were…

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