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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1913

1,447 stories in Sydney's papers · page 32 of 73

American Flood Pictures

Sunday Times · Sunday 11 May 1913 · page 2

To-morrow the first cinematograph pictures of the disastrous floods in the United States which have reached Australia will be shown at the Crystal Palace…

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The Ohio Floods. Pictures Already in Sydney

The Sun · Sunday 11 May 1913 · page 13

The recent floods on the Ohio River, U.S., which caused such awful loss of life and destruction of property, afforded the biograph camera brigade a great opportunity. Floods…

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Strong Gale. High Seas

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 May 1913 · page 10

A high pressure is now centred over Bass Strait, and shows a series of monsoonal depressions in its northern isobars, which extend over the eastern portion of New…

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Great Storms. Vessel Wrecked in Dominion. Trojan at Auckland. Barque's Rough Voyage. Auckland (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 May 1913 · page 9

Mr. Clement Wragge's predicted disturbance, Trojan, struck Auckland on Saturday night. Violent thunder, lightning, and hail prevailed throughout the night, and minor damage…

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Useless for the Bellinger. Proposed Flood Gates

Evening News · Monday 12 May 1913 · page 10

Mr. E. M. De Burgh, of the Public Works Department was further examined this afternoon, before that Public Works Committee as to the expediency of carrying out a scheme of…

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Ohio Flood Pictures

Evening News · Monday 12 May 1913 · page 7

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Thames Flood Threatened. London, Sunday, 8.20 p.m

The Sun · Monday 12 May 1913 · page 8

The Thames is running strongly between its banks, and floods are feared in parts. Persons have been cautioned against going bo[?]ting…

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Devastating Cyclone

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 May 1913 · page 6

French files from Noumea bring the news of a devastating cyclone that swept over the French colony of Reunion in the Indian Ocean on March 3 and 4…

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To-day's Forecast. More Rain and Gales

Evening News · Tuesday 13 May 1913 · page 4

Commonwealth Weather Bureau forecast for New South Wales, issues at noon to-day for the next 24 hours:—General rain more especla[?] over north-eastern half; heavy falls, some…

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Battleship New Zealand. Weathers Big Gale. Enthusiasm in the Dominion. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sun · Tuesday 13 May 1913 · page 5

The battleship New Zealand, the Dominion's gift to the British Navy, arrived at Lyttleton this morning amidst an extraordinary scene of enthusiasm. She was…

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Cyclone in France. Havoc in the Vineyards. Airmen Dashed to the Ground. London, Monday, 8.25 p.m

The Sun · Tuesday 13 May 1913 · page 8

Tremendous damage has seen done by a cyclone in the French department of Marne, the great champagne region of France. The storm was accompanied by a fall of…

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Heroic Biograph Operators How the Flood Pictures Were Taken

Evening News · Tuesday 13 May 1913 · page 5

The current American mall brings thrilling acc[?] of the sheer unwerving between of the men of the biograph [?] brigade who took the extraordinary [?] of living pictures of the awful deva[?]tion of…

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Droughts, Floods, and Storms

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 14 May 1913 · page 25

The vicissitudes in stock-breeding can only be thoroughly grasped by those who have spent a great many years at the game, and no one leading a city or town life can…

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Storm Signals Up. Easterly Gales Raging. Heavy Seas in the North

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 14 May 1913 · page 9

Easterly gales between Jervis Bay and Rockhampton were predicted by Mr. Hunt, the Commonwealth Meteorologist, yesterday, and the storm signals were hoisted as a warning to…

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Long Passages. Vessels Delayed by Storms

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 May 1913 · page 13

Three sailing vessels arrived in Sydney yesterday, after experiencing very heavy weather off the coast. Two of the vessels put up remarkably long voyages owing to contrary…

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"A Severe Dusting." Battleship in a Gale

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 14 May 1913 · page 9

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Tuesday.--The battleship New Zealand encountered a terrific gale en route from Auckland to Lyttelton on Sunday. A passenger states that the vessel behaved…

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Gales on the Coast. Fierce Squalls and Rough Sea

Evening News · Wednesday 14 May 1913 · page 8

"An easterly gale in like a cat, it has nine lives." This information did not emanate from the Meteorological Department, but was…

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Gale and Rain. Torrential Downpour in City and Suburbs. Fears of Floods in the Country

Evening News · Wednesday 14 May 1913 · page 8

Sydney has been wrapped in its macintosh, sheltering under its umbrella, and trying to keep its feet dry in goloshes for 12 days out of the first 14, and there is every prospect…

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Gale in New Zealand. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 May 1913 · page 13

Wintry weather continues in many parts of New Zealand. Canterbury reports a very heavy fall of snow in the back country. The position is very bad for some settlers. Over…

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Monsoonal Storms. Persistent Rain. Heavy Falls in the North

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 May 1913 · page 11

The centre of the high pressure has moved further south, and has thus allowed the monsoonal tendencies, which were over the eastern State on Monday, to intensify considerably…

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