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Floods & storms, 1913

1,447 stories in Sydney's papers · page 55 of 73

Victoria Meets a Gale

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 August 1913 · page 20

Messrs. Huddart Parker's, Ltd., steamer Victoria, which was expected to arrive here at noon yesterday from New Zealand, did not anchor off Chowder Bay until about 9.30 p.m. last night. Captain H. J. Kell…

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Disastrous Cyclone. Rome, Aug. 21

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 August 1913 · page 19

A cyclone has destroyed all the vines in the Milan district. Aug. 22. The storm devastated the whole of the…

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Heavy Snowfall. on the Southern Highlands Gales Along the Coast

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 August 1913 · page 17

The extensive high pressure, gaining in energy, has worked a little north-eastward, and still assures cold weather, with squally south-west winds generally, excepting in the…

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A Dam of Desolation The Brobdingnagian Burrinjuck Blunder. No Married Men with Children Need Apply. The Flood-Doomed City of Burrinjuck: Habitations of the Married People Built Below the Water-line. a City Inviting Fire and Awaiting Flood. Is This How the Government Provides Homes for "Bone and Sinew " and Their Families? What Should Burrinjuck be—a Mauselcus, or a Garden City ?

Truth · Sunday 24 August 1913 · page 7

Burrinjuck' is a wonder; and its magnitude inspires the patriotism of the Australian breast. While this is so, and the overpowering need for water…

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Gale on South Coast

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 25 August 1913 · page 11

On the coast yesterday it was cloudy- generally, south from Kiama, with, very strong winds, reaching a: fresh gale force at Moruya Some showers were reported South of Eden…

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Storm-swept Messina. Violent Hurricane. London. Monday. 1.35 a.m

The Sun · Monday 25 August 1913 · page 9

A Rome telegram reports that a hurricane of unusual severity has swept over Messina. Streets were flooded, and many families were rescued from roofless houses, their lives…

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Island Storms. Makambo's Rough Trip. Cyclone and Cales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 August 1913 · page 9

The Burns Philp island steamet Makambo, which arrived from the New Hebrides last evening, has passed through severe gales and cyclonic storms since she took her departure…

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Gales at the Islands. Makambo Has Rough Trip

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 26 August 1913 · page 11

Gales of terrific fury beset the steamer Makambo, of Burns, Philp's line, during her Island cruise. She returned to Sydney last evening, and anchored in Watson's Bay for…

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Encountered Cyclone. Germania's Eventful Trip. Tremendous Seas. Loss of a Schooner

The Sun · Tuesday 26 August 1913 · page 7

The German steamer Germarila, which arrived at Sydney this morning from the Marshall and Caroline Islands, encountered terrific weather for days during the passage to…

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Barque in a Gale. Clan Macfarlane Disabled. Auckland (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 August 1913 · page 9

The Russian barque Clan Macfarlane, bound from New Caledonia to Hamburg, was towed into port to-day disabled. The vessel encountered tempestuous weather, portions of…

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New Zealand Floods. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 August 1913 · page 10

Southern advices state that floods are still causing trouble in Otago Central, and traffic is entirely suspended…

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Settling the North. Land Board Bungle. Settlers on Flooded Blocks. Melbourne

The Sun · Tuesday 26 August 1913 · page 4

The immediate trouble before Mr. Glynn at the External Affaire Department is the incapacity of some of the officers appointed by the last administration to the Northern…

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Typhoon's Toll Devastating Storm in Japan. Scores Killed and Great Damage Tokio

The Sun · Saturday 30 August 1913 · page 3

Widespread ruin has been wrought in Japan by a typhoon, that has been raging for several days. Scores 'of people have been killed and…

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Mind in Chaos. a Teacher's Troubles. "In a Fearful Predica-ment. " School Flooded Out

Evening News · Saturday 30 August 1913 · page 11

When there are not sufficient children to affrant the establishment of a school, the Education Department pays a suburbly of £3 a year for ech pupil up to a maximum of £60…

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Flood Waters. a Comprehensive Scheme. (From Our Special Reporter.) Singleton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 August 1913 · page 19

The Premier received three deputations at East Mainland and West Maitland, on the subject of flood prevention. Major Nicholson, M.L.A., was at the head of the deputations…

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The Flood Nightmare. Maitland Sufferers. Premier in the District

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 30 August 1913 · page 15

WEST MAITLAND, Friday. -- The Premier, accompanied by Mr. Davis, Director-General of Public Works, and Major Nicholson, M.L.A., visited West Maitland this afternoon in order…

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The Burrinjuck Blunder. National Works v. National Suicide. More About the Flood-Doomed City of Burrinjuck Why "The Empty Cradle" Remains Empty. The Imposition and Extortion of which the Workers are Victims

Truth · Sunday 31 August 1913 · page 12

It is not unlikely that, while perusing the morning paper, you will hit on the report of a Minister's utterance on Burinjuck whilst he is discussing the…

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"Flooded Out." School Teacher's Dilemma. Why Return was Delayed

The Sun · Sunday 31 August 1913 · page 5

The plight of a country schoolmistress in [?]ood-time "four inches above the ankles, and drenched almost through," was told by the Minister for Education (Mr. Carmichael),…

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Violent Storms in France. Cloud-burst at Biarritz. Paris

The Sun · Monday 1 September 1913 · page 9

A cloudburst of exceptional violence occurred yesterday in Biarritz, the most frequented of all the fashionable watering-places in France…

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Flood Protection. Tamworth

Evening News · Monday 1 September 1913 · page 1

Periodically something is said by somebody about protecting the town of Tamworth from flood waters, but notwithstanding the grave danger from the Peel River when in flood, the…

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