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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1913

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Rain Almost General. Light to Heavy Falls. Gale on South Coast

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 28 March 1913 · page 7

Further light to heavy rain has been recorded generally, except on the north coast, and only scattered in the South-west. The rain was well distributed over the northern and eastern areas…

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Great Carnage. How Adrianople Fell. Two Allied Regiments Blown Up. Turkish Troops Decimated Mail-clad Soldiers Storm Forts. Sofia, Thursday Evening

Evening News · Friday 28 March 1913 · page 8

Detailed reports of the assault on Adrianople by the combined Servi[?] and Bulgarian troops state that herds of cattle were driven to the front to avert dangers from mines and [?]…

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Fearful Floods in Ohio River

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 28 March 1913 · page 3

Terrible loss of life and destruction of property have occurred in the valley of the Ohio River, United States, as the result of deludes and Hoods…

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Horror on Horror. Bad As Frisco. the Dayton Disaster. Floods, Fire, Blizzard. Fifteen Hundred Dead. Other Towns Suffer Severely. Dayton, Thursday Evening

Evening News · Friday 28 March 1913 · page 4

A renewal of the blizzard is adding to the borrows of the situation here. the fearful fire which destroyed a large section a Dayton is still raging, and several…

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Bomney Marsh Flooded

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 28 March 1913 · page 3

A London cable states:— "During the storm a seawall broke, and Romney Marsh was Wooded. The residents ran for their lives. losing…

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Double Disaster. Flood and Fire. Dayton, March 26

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 March 1913 · page 9

A huge ex-plosion has wrecked an additional portion of the city. People leaped from the burning roofs, only to perish in the flood waters. Two…

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Fire and Flood. Intense Suffering. Enormous Loss of Life. Columbus (Ohio), March 26

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 March 1913 · page 9

The area bound by Lake Erie, the Ohio River, the Indiana boundary, and the Pennsylvania boundary is suffering from flood. Two hundred thousand people are homeless,…

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Marooned Flood Victims. Pitiable Appeals to Be Rescued. New York

The Sun · Friday 28 March 1913 · page 9

Thousands of people are still marooned on the tops, of the roofs of houses, and all are making the most pitiable appeals to be saved. With the terrific currents running,…

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Full to the Brim. Dayton's Cup of Sorrow. Flood's Big Toll. 7000 Dead--500,000 Homeless. £20,000,000 Damage. New York

The Sun · Friday 28 March 1913 · page 9

In my judgment there has never been each a tragedy in the history of the Republic. In these words Governor Cox, of Ohio, sums…

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The Deluge at Dayton (Ohio)

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 29 March 1913 · page 15

Dayton, the scene of the recent phenomenal floods, is the capital of Montgomery County in the State of Ohio. It is situated on the left or cast bank of the Miami, at the mouth of the…

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Severe Storm

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 29 March 1913 · page 9

PERTH, Friday.--Port Hodland reports a severe storm from the north-west, with 8in. of rain in 24 hours. The State steamer West Australian has been unable to leave port…

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Storm Damage at Redfern

Evening News · Saturday 29 March 1913 · page 16

The heavy storm of a few weeks ago was the cause of a number of residents of Redfern claiming from the local coun[?] some compensation for damage [?] by their property…

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Liner's See-saw on a Wave. Nevel Experience of a Cunarder in Atlantic Storm. Test of Stability

The World's News · Saturday 29 March 1913 · page 6

AMAGNIFICENT triumph ever mountainous Atlantic s[?], during a gale which blew at the rate of a hundred miles an hour, was the thrilling…

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Floods Subsiding. Fires Extinguished. Dayton, Later

Evening News · Saturday 29 March 1913 · page 2

The floods are now subsiding. A thousand militiamen are controlling the relief to sufferers to an adequate manner, and numbers of looters have been arrested…

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Flood and Tornado. Further Disasters. Help From the President. Indianopolis

Evening News · Saturday 29 March 1913 · page 2

Continuous reports of the disasters through floods are arriving. Sixteen are reported to have been drowned at Homesville, where thirty persons have taken…

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Towns Flooded. Distressing Scenes. President Appeals for Help. Dayton, March 28

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 29 March 1913 · page 19

A renewal of the blizzard is adding to the horrors of the disaster caused by flood and fire. The fearful fire which has destroyed a large…

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New Zealand. Heavy Floods. 10 Inches in 22 Hours. Wellington

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 29 March 1913 · page 20

Stormy weather prevails, with heavy rains in the south. Lumsden, Otago, is flooded. The Oreti River is the highest since 1878. The Cold Lakes traffic is blocked by railway…

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Ohio Flood Losses. Appalling Devastation. May Exceed 'Frisco Earthquake Losses. New York

The Sun · Saturday 29 March 1913 · page 1

The Governor of Ohio to-day telegraphed the following statement from Columbus:-- The consensus of opinion is that the loss of property in Ohio will exceed that of…

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American Floods. Tragic Sidelights. Rescued at Revolver's Point. London

The Sun · Saturday 29 March 1913 · page 8

The flood in Dayton has perceptibly subsided. In one of the local churches, that of the United Brethren, the bodies were found of…

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Damage by Flood and Fire. Latest Estimates. New York

The Sun · Saturday 29 March 1913 · page 1

According to the latest estimates the value of the property destroyed by fire in Dayton will not exceed £300,000. The damage by the flood to business houses…

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