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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1913

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Storm at Trangie. Much Damage Done. Narrow Escapes Reported

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 February 1913 · page 10

TRANGIE, Friday.--The storm on Tuesday blew a hurricane, and a deluge of rain set in. At the public school a large portion of lend wan torn from the roof and…

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Aeroplane in a Gale

Sunday Times · Sunday 2 February 1913 · page 21

During a gale last month a flight-from Hendon to Brooklands (Eng.) was made by M. Pierre Verrier, who was attempting to deliver a Manrice Farman biplane to the Royal Aircraft…

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Queensland Cyclone Tremendous Floods—hundreds of Houses Submerged. Townsville, Saturday Night

Sunday Times · Sunday 2 February 1913 · page 10

Cairns advices received at 5.50 this afternoon state that the Wyandra is safe and. is leaving for Townsville to-night. The steamer Palmer was towed into the…

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Still on the Reef. Effects of Northern Cyclone. BRISBANE

The Sun · Sunday 2 February 1913 · page 5

No news is available regarding the northern cyclone, the telegraph lines still being down. The A.U.S.N. Co. believe the steamers…

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The Great Gale. Cairns Storm-swept. Shipping Suffers. Innamincka Passengers Rescued. Cairns

Evening News · Monday 3 February 1913 · page 2

Heavy wind and rain on Wednesday was followed on Thursday by a terrific wind. For 26 hours continuous rain fell. The places damaged were the Presbyterian and English…

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The Cyclone. Extensive Damage. Large Area Inundated. Cairns

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 February 1913 · page 9

The cyclon[?] storm which has been raging for the past five days has caused considerable damage. So far no loss of life has occurred, although…

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Yesterday's Storm. Eight Points of Rain in City

The Sun · Monday 3 February 1913 · page 8

Unpleasant, unsettled, and sultry weather was experienced in city districts on Sunday morning, and at noon the temperature, which was fairly high throughout, had reached [?]23…

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The Storm-smashed Liner. Narrung's Awful Ordeal. Women's Calm Heroism. London, January 2

The Sun · Monday 3 February 1913 · page 1

Cheery and chirpy the Christmas ship Narrung, with 248 emigrants aboard-- mostly women-- left London on Christmas Eve, via the Cape, for Sydney. Battered and broken…

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Australian Gas. 154th Half-yearly Report. Weathered Six Months' Storm. Directors' Salaries Increased. Disloyal Employees

Evening News · Monday 3 February 1913 · page 7

The 154th half-yearly meeting of the Australian Gaslight Company was held to-day at the Royal Exchange, Bridge-street, city. Mr. George J. Cohen chairman of the company, presided…

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Erratic Storm. Peculiar Weather Out-break. Patchy Falls of Rain. Great Heat in the Country

Evening News · Monday 3 February 1913 · page 7

Muff[?]ied peals of thunder and vivid flasher of lightning is the sea'-wastera sky, [?]ded what promised to be a particularly heavy storm shortly before noon on Sunday, but which…

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Floods and Washaways. Rain in Queensland

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 3 February 1913 · page 9

BRISBANE, Sunday.--The Railway, Department has received telegrams from Cooktown stating, that excedingly heavy rains have been experienced in that district during the past…

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The Weather. Thunderstorm in the City

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 3 February 1913 · page 14

The weather in the city yesterday was very unsettled. In the first part of the morning it was hot and sultry, and at 9 a.m. the temperature was 74.7. The maximum temperature was…

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The Cyclone. Damage to Railways Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 February 1913 · page 10

The Railway Department has received advices from the north stating that the heavy rain that accompanied the cyclone was responsible for considerable damage to railway…

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Cyclone at Nyngan. Hotel Roof Carried Away. Nyngan

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 February 1913 · page 9

A terrific windstorm blew over Nyngan on Sunday afternoon. It struck Lee's Railway Hotel with tremendous force, stripping the roof off the building, and tore the posts off the…

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Balcony Blown Over. a Sportive Storm. [?] NYNGAN

Evening News · Tuesday 4 February 1913 · page 3

A balcony at lees Hotel has been destroyed by a windstorm. The storm was so violent that the balcony was lifted clean front the hotel, taken into the…

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Johnstone River in Flood. Houses Washed Away. Townsville

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 February 1913 · page 9

A passenger by the Lass o' Gowrle reports an awful flood in the Johnstone River. He says he counted the bodies of 17 horses and two houses floating down the stream…

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Cool Change. Thunderstorms and Rain

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 February 1913 · page 11

The combined low pressure and monsoonal disturbance which resulted in scattered thunderstorms in the north, and central parts of New South Wales during Sunday has moved…

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North Queensland Deluge. Families Homeless

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 February 1913 · page 6

BRISBANE, Tuesday.--The Commissioner for Railways today received a wire from the District Engineer at Cairns saying that temporary men, employed in clearing landslips on…

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Flood in the North. Effects of Cyclone. Brisbane

The Sun · Wednesday 5 February 1913 · page 7

Delayed telegraphic advices from Cairns state that in connection with the Mareeb[?] cyclone unprecedented floods are being experienced. The river broke over its banks…

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The Cyclone. Latest Reports. Cane Crops Suffer. Search for Schooner. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 February 1913 · page 14

Reports from Innisfail describe a record flood for the district as having occurred as the result of the recent disturbance. The rains and gale continued without ceasing, and…

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