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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1913

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More Floods in Ohio. Tornado Upsets Train. London

The Sun · Saturday 5 April 1913 · page 8

Additional rains have caused further floods in the Ohio Valley. A tornado swept along the valley of the Missouri last night. A goods train at a…

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Floods in the Dominion

Globe · Saturday 5 April 1913 · page 3

Floods in the lower half of the South Island of New Zealand have done considerable damage. Washaways have caused suspension of traffic on several railway lines…

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The Scutari Scare. New Storm Centre. King Nicholas Emphatic. LONDON

The Sun · Sunday 6 April 1913 · page 5

King Nicholas of Montenegro in an interview yesterday, stated that modern conditions demanded industry and agriculture as necessities for national success, and the time…

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SHEISMS. The Wowser State From Which Men Flee—Perspiring Politicians Perorate and Prevaricate—"Bewtchus" Bruce Smith Ladies Out Advice to the "Ladies" The [?] [?] Lissome Lily-white Legs—Stranded Strangers and a Flooded-out Circus—Municipal Police as Chasers of Sylphs With Stilettos

Truth · Sunday 6 April 1913 · page 8

(By "JOHN SMITH'S SISTER.") The bray of the politician is loud in the land, and in a few weeks Woman will be called upon to make her "X" for her country's good—or otherwise. Cynies have said…

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More Floods in Ohio. Tornado Upsets Train. Water Pouring Into Towns. LONDON

The Sun · Sunday 6 April 1913 · page 5

Additional rates have caused further floods in the Ohio Valley. A tornado swept along the valley of the Missouri last night. A goods train at a…

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Cyclonic Storm. Heavy Rain in the City

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 April 1913 · page 12

The disturbance which at 9 a.m. on Saturday was shown on the Central Queensland coast, centred at about Mackay, has since then worked about 600 miles southward, being at…

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Heavy Rain on the Mountains. Katoomba

Evening News · Monday 7 April 1913 · page 7

Ph[?] rainfall [?] recorded in the [?] Thursday evening [?] first [?]…

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Storm-swept. Cyclonic Disturbance. Heavy Downpour in the City. Easterly Gales Raging

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 April 1913 · page 11

Streets of the city and suburbs were storm swept yesterday. A cyclonic disturbance developed on Saturday night, and increased, in fury yesterday. Incessant rain fell and deluged…

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More Heavy Rain Expected. Rough Off the Coast

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 April 1913 · page 11

"The rainstorm," remarked the officer in charge at the Weather Bureau last night, "has so far affected the northern border districts and north-eastern quarter of the State, and…

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How the Storm Approached

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 April 1913 · page 11

The disturbance at 9 a.m. on Saturday was shown on the Central Queensland coast, centred at about Mackay. Since then it worked about 666 miles southward, being at 9 a.m…

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Cyclonic Storm. Heavy General Rains. 10 Inches at Katoomba. Further Falls Expected

The Sun · Monday 7 April 1913 · page 4

The steady and persistent rain which commenced to fall in the metropolitan district on Saturday night, and continued incessantly during Sunday and early this morning, is the…

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Storm Centre in the North. Heavy Seas Sweep Bar Harbors. Fleet Run for Shelter

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 April 1913 · page 11

Off the northern coast, where the storm centre was reported, heavy seas were sweeping the bar harbor entrances. At Seal Rocks a strong easterly gale was raging. A fleet of coasters…

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American Floods. Mining Industry Impeded. Chicago

Evening News · Monday 7 April 1913 · page 8

Floods are threatening the coal mines in the Harrisburg district, and five thousand miners are idle. The Federal Government is considering the…

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Unlocking the Lakes Narrabeen Threatened by Flood. Fishermen Disappointed

Evening News · Monday 7 April 1913 · page 9

In spite of the strong north-cast wind and driving rain which prevailed on Saturday the beach at North Narrabeen was the scene of much activity. About [?] workers and a…

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Floods in America. Chicago, April 5

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 April 1913 · page 10

Floods are threatening the coal mines in the Harrisburg district, and five thousand miners are idle. The Federal Government is considering the…

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Wolli Creek Overflows. Houses at Tempe Flooded

The Sun · Monday 7 April 1913 · page 4

As usual, when big rains come, Wolli Creek, where it flows through Arncliffe and Bexley, overflowed its banks on Sunday, and spread for a short distance on cither side, damaging…

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Floods in Harrisburg (U.s.a.). 5000 Miners Idle

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 April 1913 · page 7

CHICAGO, Sunday.--Floods are threatening the coal mines at Harrisburg, and 5000 miners are idle. The Federal Government is considering the…

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Flats Flooded

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 April 1913 · page 11

At Cook's River the flats wore flooded, but there is little, likelihood of a flood, as the flow at high tide hardly exceeds the banks of the river…

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Further Heavy Rain

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 8 April 1913 · page 12

The wind veered to the south in the city late last evening, and further heavy rain fell. Shortly after 11 o'clock there was a terrifie downpour, and the streets of the city were for…

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Gales in New Zealand

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 April 1913 · page 6

WELLINGTON (N.Z.).—Heavy southerly gales have been experienced in most paris of New Zealand. The weather is almost unseasonably cold. Coastal shipping suffered considerably, and experienced much…

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