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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1913

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Boy's Loss of Memory. Result of Thunderstorm. Albury

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 January 1913 · page 19

A boy named Johnson was driving some cows to mustering yards at Walwa, Upper Murray. After a thunderstorm he was found wandering about in a stupefied condition, being quite…

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The Week's Miscellany. Ocean Liner Strikes Terrible Gale-thrilling Story

Sunday Times · Sunday 5 January 1913 · page 14

The P. and. O. steamer Naming, which ran into a gale after leaving England for Australia, necessitating her return to port, as reported in last issue of the "Sunday Times," on Saturday morning. Her bulwarks…

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Gales Sweep American Coast. Heavy Loss of Life Feared. New York, Friday Night

Sunday Times · Sunday 5 January 1913 · page 7

Heavy gales are sweeping the east coast of the United States. Newport has been inundated in sections. Many schooners have been lost, and…

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The Sea's Perils. Collision in a Gale. Twenty-two. Lives Lost

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 January 1913 · page 9

NEWPORT NEWS (Virginia), Saturday.--The American' steamer Julia Luckenbach (1977 tons) collided with the British steamer Indrakuala (6000 tons, gross) in Chesapeake Bay, during a…

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Gales and Wrecks. Steamers in Collision. Many Lives Lost. Vessel Founders. New York

Evening News · Monday 6 January 1913 · page 8

It is reported from Newport News that the wteamer Julia Luckenback has been sunk, as a result of a collision with the British steamer Indrakuala in Cheaspeake Bay…

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Storm at Sea. Ship on Beam Ends. Man Washed Overboard

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 January 1913 · page 9

The Norwegian ship Gunda, which arrived yesterday from Marseilles with a cargo of tiles, had an exciting time towards the end of her voyage…

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Struck by Cyclone. Ships Narrow Escape. Gunda on Her Beam Ends. Boats Washed Away and Decks Swept

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 January 1913 · page 8

Weather-beaten and with the loss of boats, and bearing other traces of the terrible ordeal she passed through off the coast, the Norwegian ship Gunda towed into Port Jackson yesterday…

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Salazie in a Cyclone. Passengers on Lonely Island Two Days Without Food. "Nearer My God to Thee." London. Sunday, 8.45 p.m

The Sun · Monday 6 January 1913 · page 8

The Messageries Maritimes steamer Salazie left Diego Suarez, Madagascar, on Thursday morning, bound for Marseilles. She had a number of passengers on board…

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Floods in England. 30 Hours' Continuous Rain. London, Sunday, 10.50 p.m

The Sun · Monday 6 January 1913 · page 8

Thirty hours' continuous rainfall has caused serious floods in Warwickshire. Miles of country are under water, houses are isolated, and roads are in such a state…

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Scattered, Heavy Rain. Showery at Places. Moderate Temperatures

The Sun · Tuesday 7 January 1913 · page 9

The very extensive low pressure over the northern parts of the continent, which was the cause of the heavy falls of rain in the Northern Territory, and parts of…

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Amusements. the Gale Benefit Matinee

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 January 1913 · page 10

Mrs. finir and little Sadie, the widow and child of the late Sam Gale a clever vandeville artist[?] lost his life in a tram accident last month, will be accorded a benifit at the National Amp[?] this…

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Fierce Storm at Windeyer

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 7 January 1913 · page 4

There was a cloud-burst at Windeyer, under the Bolga Mountain, recently, and considerable damage was done. Clarke's Creek became flooded in a…

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Cyclone on the Macleay. Extensive Damage. Kempsey

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 January 1913 · page 9

A cyclone struck the Macleay at the end of last week, at Dondingalong. Barns were unroofed and verandahs blown away. Dairies were wrecked at Yesabah. Considerable…

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Storm in Pacific. Vessels Blown Ashore

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 January 1913 · page 7

SAN DIEGO, Monday.--An immigration yacht and two fishing craft were blown ashore and dashed to fragments by the storm raging on the Pacific coast…

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Miraculous Escape. Sheltering From a Storm. Longreach (Q.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 January 1913 · page 9

Private advices received here give particulars of the miraculous escape from death of Mr. Alfred Hannay, who is engaged in sub-artes[?]an boring on Buckingham Downs. A strom…

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Flooded Picture Show

The Sun · Tuesday 7 January 1913 · page 5

A communication from the proprietors of the Strand Picture Show, Parramattaroad, Leichhardt, was read at the council meeting last night, stating that on Friday…

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The Gale Benefit Matinee

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 January 1913 · page 22

A densely crowded audience attend the matinee at th[?] National Amphitheatre yesterday in aid of the widow and child of the late Sum Gale, a clever vaudeville artist, accidentally killed in a tram…

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Storm at Windeyer

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 8 January 1913 · page 16

In connection with the big storm which recently occurred at Windeyer, near Mudgee, reports are still being received of the damage done by the cloud-burst under the Bogia…

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Weathered the Gale. S.S Ajana "All Well." London, Tuesday Evening

Evening News · Wednesday 8 January 1913 · page 10

The steamer Ajana, which had a [?]ting com the gale which knocked the Nurring bout, has passed T[?]ffe,a nd aigualled [?] well."…

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Oil on the Waters. Terrible Atlantic Storms. London, Tuesday, 9.50 p.m

The Sun · Wednesday 8 January 1913 · page 8

The Ascania, a German steamer, crossing the Atlantic Ocean from Canada, was compelled to heave-to for six hours owing to the violence of the seas Oil had to be used to…

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