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Floods & storms, 1914

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Another City Storm. Half an Inch of Rain

Evening News · Friday 6 March 1914 · page 5

Early this afternoon another storm, similar to that which occured in the early hours of the morning, broke over the City. Fine weather prevailed through the morning, but…

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Storms in the City. 58 Points of Rain. Coastal Rain Continues

The Sun · Friday 6 March 1914 · page 11

New South Wales Forecast—Warm to sultry, northly winds, scattered thunder storms, partial to the northeast…

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Flood Rains. Between Grafton and Kempsey

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 6 March 1914 · page 3

Within twenty-four hours, rain to the extent of over seven inches fell in the Bellinger, district, and heavy fails were, recorded at other centres lying…

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Floods in Queensland

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 March 1914 · page 14

BRISBANE, Thursday.--The Railway Department received advice today that flood waters at Dirranbandi are a mile and a half wide and over the line. It was stated that the ballast…

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Heavy Rain in the City. Showers on Coast and Highlands

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 March 1914 · page 17

Fifty points of rain were recorded in the city yesterday morning, as the result of a heavy rainstorm. It commenced at half-past three o'clock, and later developed into a heavy…

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Kaiser in a Storm. London

The Sun · Saturday 7 March 1914 · page 8

The Kaiser yesterday boarded a battleship, with the intention of paying a visit to Heligoland, in the North-Sea. The weather. was very rough, and the…

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The Weather. Thunderstorms and Rain. Two Inches at Port Macquarie

Evening News · Monday 9 March 1914 · page 10

Monsoonal Influences which operated on Saturday extended their influence over the whole of New South Wales on Sunday, and thunderstorms resulted in nearly all parts of the…

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Heavy Rain. Queensland Benefits Greatly. Good Local Falls

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 March 1914 · page 10

On the Pacific coast of Queensland exceptionally heavy rains have fallen, 39 stations recording upwards from one inch. At Yeppon a torrontial downpour occurred, being…

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Railway Washaways. Storm at Adelaide. Adelaide

The Sun · Tuesday 10 March 1914 · page 7

Thunderstorms last night in parts of the State caused washaways on the railways. Six chains of the railway to Broken Hill were left swinging near Mannahill. One train just…

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The Weather. Worth Coast Rain. Thunderstorm at Wentworth

Evening News · Tuesday 10 March 1914 · page 4

Further rainfall wet recorded in the north-eastern districts of New South Wales yesterday, and again the North Coast received the bulk of 11. The largest amounts were…

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Terrific Thunderstorm. Two Inches of Fain Recorded

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 March 1914 · page 11

WENTWORTH, Monday.--A terrific thunderstorm passed over Wentworth yesterday afternoon--the most violent experienced here for many years. The rain fell in torrents,…

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Mine Flooded

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 March 1914 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Monday.--In consequence of the heavy inrush of wafer, due to local floods and to their pump breaking down, the workings of the Corolla Company's Rosebud mine, in the…

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Cyclone and Tidal Wave. Madagascar Suffers. Sixteen Persons Drowned. Paris, Wednesday Evening

Evening News · Thursday 12 March 1914 · page 6

News has been received here of a cyclone which struck Madagascar on March 3. Skipping suffered severely, and several vessels were wrecked…

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Heavy Rains in Britain. Vast Areas Flooded. London, Thursday Morning

The Sun · Thursday 12 March 1914 · page 9

As a result of heavy rains that have fallen thousands, of acres in the Thames and Medway valleys are under water. Through the collapse of a retaining-wall in…

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A Great Gale. on African Coast. Seventeen Ships Ashore. Madrid, Friday Morning

Evening News · Friday 13 March 1914 · page 7

A terrific gale is raging on the coast of Africa. Seventeen vessels are ashore near Melilla, on the north coast of Morocco, and the…

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Terrific Gale. on Moroccan Coast. Seventeen Vessels Ashore. Madrid, March 13

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 March 1914 · page 21

A torrifie gale is reported to be raging on the African coast, and 17 vessels are ashore near Melilla, on the norht coast of Morocce. Several warships are in great danger…

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Hurricane in the South Seas. Ventura in the Storm. Report by Wireless

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 14 March 1914 · page 13

SUVA, Friday.--The American mail steamer Ventura, bound from Sydney to San Francisco, reported by wireless at 11 a.m. to-day, when 240 miles east of Suva, that she had been…

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Sport Interupted. Heavy Rain at Newcastle. Newcastle, Saturday Night

Sunday Times · Sunday 15 March 1914 · page 10

Heavy rain fell to-day, and made it necessary to postpone all the bowling matches on the City and suburban greens, also the district senior cricket final and the swimming races…

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Violent Gales. Damage in British Isles. London, Sunday Evening

Evening News · Monday 16 March 1914 · page 5

Violent sales have been raging in the south and west of the British isles. At Queenstown, in ireland, a hundred houses were unroofed by the force of the wind…

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Storms at Sea. Disastrous Shipwrecks. Loss of the Cobequid

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 March 1914 · page 13

The winter has been very severe over a great portion of the United States--wet. stormy, and cold. On both the Pacific and Atlantic coasts there have been many accidents to shipping,…

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