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Floods & storms, 1914

1,087 stories in Sydney's papers · page 11 of 55

Violent Gales. Enormous Havoc in France. London, Monday Morning

The Sun · Monday 23 February 1914 · page 9

Enormous damage has been done by the violent weather that has been prevailing in Southern France. The scaffolding of some sheds that are…

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The Mexico Wreck. Lifeboat Crew Perish. Seven Corpses Washed Ashore. Storm Drives Tug Back. London, Sunday Night

Evening News · Monday 23 February 1914 · page 5

Further [?] of the week of Nor[?]…

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Gales Moderating. on the North Coast

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 February 1914 · page 11

The boisterous weather which has prevailed along the North Coast now shows signs of abating. Gales and rough seas have been the cause of great inconvenience to coastal shipping…

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A Californian Deluge. I[?]s Areas Under water

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 24 February 1914 · page 3

What it said to be the worst rainstorm in the history of california occurred on Wednesday, and the damage resulting is estimated at over…

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Blown Off the Rails. Train in a Storm. London, Tuesday Morning

The Sun · Tuesday 24 February 1914 · page 8

While an express train was emerging from a tunnel close to Berne, Switzerland, yesterday, a violent windstorm blew two of the carriages off the rails…

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Brought Breaking Deluge at Parkes. Other Falls Retorted

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 25 February 1914 · page 9

PARKES. Tuesday.--To-day rain commenced to fall and in an hour and twenty minutes 172 points were registered. The rain is still falling. The low-lying places arc Hooded, and…

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The Dreaded Bay. Danish Steamer Founders. Caught in a Gale. Ten Lives Lost. Paris, Tuesday Evening

Evening News · Wednesday 25 February 1914 · page 1

Yet another loss in the Created Bay of Biscay is reported. The tucklers vessel was the Danish steamer [?] bound from the Tyne to Cagliari…

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SAILING. The wind on Saturday last was light E.N.E., the tide being strong flood. the State Championship. a Battle of the Giants. "Billy" Duncan Wins in Nimrod

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 25 February 1914 · page 5

Webby has the luck of a Chinaman. Won the championship of the Sydney Club because Mavis carried away, then roped in the squadron race owing to a…

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The Parramatta River The State of the Water. Masses of Dead Eels and Fish at the Flood Gates. a Call to Action

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 25 February 1914 · page 2

That the state of the Parramatta River below the dam and nearly all the way down to Homebush should be considered by the authorities a matter of grave…

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Morinda in Gale. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 February 1914 · page 10

Messrs. Burns, Philp's steamer Morinda arrived at Pinkenba this morning, and it was reported that she met with heavy weather prior to reaching Port Moresby. The wind blew…

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Disastrous Storm. Shipwrecked Crew's Terrible Experience

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 27 February 1914 · page 3

A terrible storm raged on the British seaboard last week-end, and many vessels were wrecked, more than fifty lives being saved by lifeboat crews…

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Our Book Column 'The Gathering Storm." Chapter II

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 27 February 1914 · page 2

When you come to study what is called history, you are almost driven to be as emphatic in your denunciation of it as this "Rifleman" is, for he says:…

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Floods in Qeensland. Train Blocked. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 February 1914 · page 4

Heavy rain has fallen in South-western Queensland. Flood waters covered the Westem line, near Mungallala, on Wednesday, and the goods train from Roma to Charleville was…

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Czar's Family Under Spell of Vagrant Monk. Alexandria, Distracted by Son's Illness, Suffers Rasputin to Rule Household. Storms at Empress's Maid Until Emperor Begs Her Not to Leave the Palace

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 28 February 1914 · page 6

Reports from Yalta, St. Petersburg, where the Imperial Family are staying, say the famous vagrant monk Rasputin is entire master of…

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A Flood. Two Men Drowned. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 February 1914 · page 22

As, the result of floods in Julla Greek, near Marn bel, in the Lower North, two men were drowned to-day. J. G. Reuther and Richards were crossing…

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1914 a Year of Disaster According to Prominent Prophets Floods, Earthquakes, Assassinations and Revolutions

Sunday Times · Sunday 1 March 1914 · page 14

If the prophets speak truly, 1914 will go down in history as one of the most disastrous, years on record. There are to be floods in England and France ; earthquakes in Europe…

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In the Eastern Suburbs. Heavy Rain and Crashing Thunder Vivid Electrical Display

Evening News · Monday 2 March 1914 · page 1

After a succession of rainy days in Sydney, Sunday broke fine, but the atmosphere was heavy with [?] and in the morning there was as much as 85 per cent of humidity…

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Balkan Rumbles. a Storm Threatening. Turkey and the Aegeans. Army Corps to Morilise. London, Sunday Evening

Evening News · Monday 2 March 1914 · page 6

The [?] correspondent of the London "Daily Chronicle" states that Laver Bey has ordered the test [?] of three army corps in Asia Minor…

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Ball of Fire. Sensation in Paddington Church. Congregation Startled. Effect of List Right's Thunderstorm. Rector Goes on Preaching

Evening News · Monday 2 March 1914 · page 1

The devotions of the large congregation which [?] church of England [?] last night, were disturbed ina stating [?]…

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Southerly Change. Heavy Coastal Rain

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 March 1914 · page 8

The low pressure has moved eastward, to that its centre now lies over the South Island of Now Zealand, resulting in westerly gales there. A tropical depression exists over West…

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