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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1913

1,447 stories in Sydney's papers · page 57 of 73

Perils of the Air. Caught in a Gale Naval Airship Wrecked. Thirteen" Passengers Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 11 September 1913 · page 9

BERLIN, Tuesday Evening.--A naval airship, No. 1, was caught in a sudden gale, hurled out- to sea, and wrecked about 18 miles to the northward of Heligoland…

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Due to the Gale. Official Report

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 12 September 1913 · page 9

BERLIN, Thursday.--The official account attributes the disaster to airship L1 to the violence of the gale. The vessel struck the water nose-foremost, and broke amidships in several…

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"Upon the Clouds." Fate of Airship L1. Caught in a Sudden Gale. Like Rats in a Trap

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 12 September 1913 · page 9

BERLIN, Wed. Evening.--The airship L No. 1 was manoeuvring, with two aeroplanes when the storm was sighted bearing down upon them. The aeroplanes quickly fell, but the airship…

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Mr. H. A. Flood

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 12 September 1913 · page 14

The leading men of the town and the district met at Moree last week to do [?] to Mr. H. A. Flood, the district Stock Inspector on the eve of…

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Wilbur Hill's Record Jump. an Adventure with a Cyclone

Sunday Times · Sunday 14 September 1913 · page 5

Wilbur Hill, who is appearing at the Tivoli Theatre these days with Miss Willette Whitaker, had a narrow escape on one occasion from i being turned into an aeroplane or pulped up…

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A Record Storm. the Great Blow Fo '76. When the Dandenong Was Lost. Wind that Travelled 153 Miles an Hour

The Sun · Sunday 14 September 1913 · page 12

Not many would have remembered that Wednesday last was the 37th anniversary of the Dandenong gale, the fiercest storm by which any part of Australia has ever been…

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Cyclonic Storm Off the Heads Four Men and a Boat Fishing Craft Lifted Out of the Water the Occupants Rescued by an Out-ward-bound Vessel

Sunday Times · Sunday 14 September 1913 · page 9

Four fishermen off Watson's Bay had a sensational experience off South Reef near South Head, yesterday afternoon. At 10 minutes past 2 o'clock there was a thunderstorm, and the…

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Waverley Council Sued. Claim for [?]500. Damage by Storm Waters

The Sun · Monday 15 September 1913 · page 6

The Chief Justice (Sir William Cullen) and a jury of four, in Banco to-day were asked to determine a claim for £500 damages against the Waverley Council…

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Cyclonic Squall. Thunderstorm in the City. 16 Points of Rain

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 15 September 1913 · page 12

A sharp storm, cyclonic in character, passed over Sydney on Saturday afternoon. The weather had been more or less unsettled during tho morning, and towards afternoon a heavy…

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Distant Indications of Thunderstorm

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 16 September 1913 · page 12

The first experiments of studying atmospheric discharges were made some twenty years ago by Professor Popoff, of the Military Academy of…

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Thunderstorms in the Country. Further Good Rains

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 16 September 1913 · page 14

The greater part of the south-eastern. States is still under the influence of Antarctic low pressure, and further good rains, associated with thunderstorms, have been received over a…

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Damage by Storm Water. Waverley Council Sued. Settlement Effected

The Sun · Wednesday 17 September 1913 · page 8

A settlement was this morning arrived at in the Banco Court, before the Chief Justice (Sir William Cullen) and a jury of four, in the claim for £500 damages by William…

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Union Tourists. the First "Test." Football in a Gale. Invercargill, September 10

Evening News · Wednesday 17 September 1913 · page 7

On the morning of September 6, the Australia Rugby team was accorded a reception by the prime Minister of New Zealand (Mr. Massey) at the Parliament Buildings, at 10 o'clock…

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Storms in England. Newcastle-on-tyne Inundated. London, Tuesday, 11.50 p.m

The Sun · Wednesday 17 September 1913 · page 8

A heavy rainstorm occurred to-day in Newcastle-on-Tyne. The water in the streets was many feet in depth, and traffic was completely…

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Tonquin Flooded. Half the Colony Under Water London, Tuesday, 8.35 p.m

The Sun · Wednesday 17 September 1913 · page 8

Terrible floods are reported from Tonquin, in the north-eastern part of French Indo[?]China. Fully half the colony is under 5ft. of water,…

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Electrical Storm. Six-master Comes Through Safely. Everett G. Griggs

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 September 1913 · page 9

The six-masted barquentine, Everett G. Griggs, arrived from Tacoma and anchored in Watson's Bay at 10 o'clock last night, after a voyage of 69 days. Captain Sterling…

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Claims for Flooding

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 18 September 1913 · page 4

A number of claims for compensation in connection with the flooding of certain city areas were before the Finance Committee of the City Council yesterday afternoon. It was…

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Storm at Barraba. Darraba

Evening News · Friday 19 September 1913 · page 9

A storm, accomp[?]ed by very heavy thunder and ever lighting, occurred here last night. At points being registered. The rain will do immense good to the growing crops which…

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Gale at Clifton

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 September 1913 · page 15

CLIFTON, Friday.--To-day the weather was very botsterous, and a strong. north-westerly gale raged. Shipping passing north hugged the shore as closely as possible, in order to obtain shelter from the high cliffs…

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Struck by Lightning Sensational Tragedy. Four Women in a Storm. Paris, Friday Evening

Evening News · Saturday 20 September 1913 · page 1

A heavy thunderstorm. attended by heavy rain. was experienced in Paris to-day. accompanied by vivid lightning. When the storm was at its height, four…

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