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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1913

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A Hot Christmas. Thunderstorms and Rain. Two Inches at Condobolin and Bungendore

Evening News · Friday 26 December 1913 · page 5

4 On Christmas Day hot conditions continued to rule throughout. New South Wales, and thunderstorms were experienced overa widespread area…

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Severe Storms. Cyclone at Sea. Mooltans Lively Experience

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 December 1913 · page 9

Passengers by the P. and O. R.M.S. Mooltan, which arrived yesterday morning from London, tell of a lively experience in a storm on the run round the coast from Melbourne…

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Cyclone Inland Many Homesteads Damaged. Forbes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 December 1913 · page 13

Thundery weather prevailed throughout the whole of Christmas eve, and until the morning of the 25th. The lightning was very vivid at times. Two…

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Storm at Sea. Mooltan in Heavy Weather

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 December 1913 · page 13

The P. and O. Company's R.M.S. Mooltan, which arrived yesterday from London, via ports, encountered a sudden storm of a cyclonic nature on the run up from…

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Airman's Duel with Gale Blown Backwards by 80-Mile Wind

Globe · Saturday 27 December 1913 · page 9

A wonderful feat of airmanship has been accomplished by Captain Longeroft, of the Royal Flying Corps (Eng.), who at Dysart, on the Firth of Forth, in a biplane flew in the…

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Freak Flying. Daring Aviators. Loop the Loop in a Gale. Big Crowd Thrilled. London, Friday Evening

Evening News · Saturday 27 December 1913 · page 1

Spectators of the flying at Hendon to-day had some sensational feats to watch. The heroce for the moment were M. Hamel and M. Chanteloup, whose daring and ability…

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New York Storm. Ten Men Missing. a Town Completely Inundated. New York, Friday Evening

Evening News · Saturday 27 December 1913 · page 5

A terrific gale, accompanied by [?]…

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Huge Sea. Indarra's Cabins Flooded. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 December 1913 · page 13

An exciting adventure betel the 10,000-ton coastal passenger liner Indarra on Christmas morning. She was struck by a huge sea, which thundering over the starboard side,…

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Air Gymnastics British Flyers Loop the Loop in Howling Gales. Touch and Go. London, Friday Night

Sunday Times · Sunday 28 December 1913 · page 9

Two sensational air feats were performed by British airmen to-day. Gustav Hamel, in a Chantloup machine, looped the loop and performed other air tricks at Hendon in a gale…

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Storm Sweeps American Coast. Severe Damage Done. Loss of Life New York, Friday Night

Sunday Times · Sunday 28 December 1913 · page 9

Terrific rain and wind storms are raging along the coast of New York and New Jersey. Two barges broke away from their moorings near the Fork River…

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Violent Storms. on the United States Coast. Floods and Gales. New York, Dec. 26

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 December 1913 · page 7

Terrific rain and wind storms are raging along the coast of New York and New Jersey. Two barges broke away from their…

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Country Storm. Live Stock Killed. Grenfell

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 December 1913 · page 7

A very destructive wind and hailstorm affected some parts ot the Grenfell district early Christmas morning. Most of the houses in its course were…

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Storm North of Townsville. Shipping Warned. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 December 1913 · page 7

The following special weather advice was issued by the Brisbane Bureau at 10.30 o'clock to-night:—"During the last day or two meteorological conditions in the far north of…

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Hot and Oppressive. Temperatures Rising. Storm at Tweed Heads

The Sun · Monday 29 December 1913 · page 9

The weather appears to be taking on a warm and oppressive character. At 9 o'clock this morning the temperature in the city had reached 76.4deg., or nearly as high…

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Conquest of the Air. Adventurous Aviators. Loop-the-loop in a Gale

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 29 December 1913 · page 7

LONDON, Friday.--M. Hamel and M. Chantloup, two French aviators, looped-the-loop, and performed other air tricks, at Hendon, in a gale blowing at the rate of 60 miles an hour…

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Aeronautics. Air Tricks in a Gale. Looping the Loop. London. Dec. 28

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 December 1913 · page 7

M. Hamel, and M. Chanteloup, the wellknown French airmen, looped the loop and performed other air tricks at Hendon to day during a gale, which was blowing with…

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Storms in New Jersey. Eleven Drowned. Houses Swept Into Sea. London, Monday Morning

The Sun · Monday 29 December 1913 · page 9

Terrible havoc has been wrought on the coast of New Jersey, U.S.A., by violent storms. Eleven persons have been drowned. At Seabright, the fishermen's homes were…

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The Weather. Warming Up Again. Thunderstorm at Tweed Heads

Evening News · Monday 29 December 1913 · page 5

The conditions throughout New South Wales during the past 48 hours have been warm, and for the most part the maximum temperatures were in the nineties, while one or two places…

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Floods and Windstorms. From New York to New Jersey

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 29 December 1913 · page 7

NEW YORK, Friday.--Terrific rain and windstorms are raging along the coast from New York to Now Jersey. Two barges broke away from their moorings near the Forked River,…

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Storm Kills Stock

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 30 December 1913 · page 4

A destructive storm of wind and hail visited parts of the Grenfell district on Christina:- morning. Houses were unroofed and trees blown down, and all…

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