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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1914

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Drowned While Asleep. Floods in Kuban Province. London

Evening News · Monday 16 March 1914 · page 1

Remer St petersburg [?]dent reports the lusslea in the kn[?] provin[?] to list nine feet abd [?] the toans of sian[?] and[?]…

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Hurricane and Floods. Great Loss of Life. London, March 15

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 March 1914 · page 9

Reuter's St. Petersburg correspondent reports that a hurricane in the Kuban province caused the Sea of Azoff to rise nine foot and inundate the towns of Stanitza and…

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Many Persons Drowned. Floods in Russia

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 March 1914 · page 10

LONDON, Sunday.--A Router message -from St. Petersburg states that a hurricane in Kuban Province caused the Sea of Azoff to rise 9ft, and inundate Stanilza and Achtyrskaja, 1000…

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Waves Like Mountains English Channel Gales. London, Tuesday Morning

The Sun · Tuesday 17 March 1914 · page 8

Terrible gales, accompanied by heavy storms of rain, are visiting the English Channel. The Channel steamers are unable to cross…

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Violent Gales. in Southern Britain. Shipping Casualties. London, March 16

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 March 1914 · page 9

Violent gales are raging in the west and south of England and Ireland. One hundred houses have boen unroofed in Queenstown. The Swedish barque Trifolium, coal laden,…

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Operator in a Storm. Big Liner's Steadiness. London, Tuesday Morning

The Sun · Tuesday 17 March 1914 · page 7

A boat belonging to the Atlantic liner Imperator, was picked up yesterday off the, Lizard. The discovery created some anxiety until a…

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Wild Weather. Experienced in Europe. Shipping in Peril Several Districts Flooded. Channel Service Suspended. London, Monday Evening

Evening News · Tuesday 17 March 1914 · page 1

The violent gales on the [?] to rage with [?] The Belgian steamer [?] off Peutre Head and [?]…

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Overwhelmed. Hundreds Perm in Flood. Scenes in Caucasia. Corpses Piled High on Wrbckage St. Petersdurg, Monday Evening

Evening News · Tuesday 17 March 1914 · page 6

[?] are now to hand of the [?] and flood in the distriot waters by the Kubas River, Northern Cancasla, and those unfold a tale of horror…

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The Weather. a Cool Change. Several Thunderstorms

Evening News · Tuesday 17 March 1914 · page 4

The mon[?] conditions contracted narthwards yesterday, and the high pressure system moved a[?]tward. The change has brought about an almost general change at wist to the…

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Hurricane and Floods. Great loss of Life in Southern Russia

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 17 March 1914 · page 3

A fierce hurricane swept through the province of Kuban, in Northern Caucasin, on Friday, causing great loss of life and immense destruction to…

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Gales and Floods. in England and Europe. British Coast Storm Swept. Fear in Paris

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 March 1914 · page 9

LONDON, Monday.--Violent gales continue on the British coast. The Belgian steamer Bucarest is flying distress signals off Pentro Head, and the lifeboats have been launched and the…

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Violent Gales. Shipping Casualties. Havoc on the Continent. London, March 16

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 March 1914 · page 13

Violent gales continue on the British coasts. The weather is of the wildest character in the Channel, and the Newhavcn-Dicppe service has been suspended…

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Cyclone in Russia. Three Thousand Victims. Unique Storm. London, Thursday Morning

The Sun · Thursday 19 March 1914 · page 9

In the great cyclone that swept the Sea of Azov in Russia, the town of Rostov-on-the-Don contributed 3200 victims, and 400 houses in the fishing quarter were swept away. Fears…

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Toll of a Storm. the Floods in Russia. St. Petersburg, Wednesday Evening

Evening News · Thursday 19 March 1914 · page 1

It is now estimated that the victims through be terrible strom which resulted in the flooding of the Kuban district of Russia total about two thousand…

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Heavy Rain. Southerly Change Sets In

Evening News · Friday 20 March 1914 · page 1

[?]ter a hot [?] and a sultry evening, a southerly change [?] Sydney at 3.16 its greatest velo[?]ity at the find has 40 miles an hour…

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Two Thousand Lives Lost. in Russian Storms

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 20 March 1914 · page 10

ST. PETERSBURG, Wednesday.--The victims of the fierce gales in the Kuban district, Caucasia, which raged for ten hours on Friday night last, and devastated many villages,…

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A Downpour. Heavy Rain in the City. Streets Flooded

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 March 1914 · page 24

Exciting scenes were witnessed in Sydney late last night, following on the tremendous downpour of rain that occurred shortly after 11 o'clock. Thousands of people—many of…

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The Budget Storm

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 March 1914 · page 14

MR. HOLMAN: "This is nothing to what I expected, and thanks to the anchor I'll weather it comfortably."…

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Atlantic Storms. Imperator Loses Four Boats

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 March 1914 · page 13

VANCOUVER, Thursday. -- The liner Imperator, which has arrived at New York, reports meeting terrific gales, during which four of her lifeboats were, carried away. The vessel was…

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Gale on the Coast. Rough Seas

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 March 1914 · page 17

A heavy south-east gale set la along the coast yesterday. The full force of the storm was felt at Moruya, where rough seas were reported. Jervis Day also reported S.E. gale and rough sea…

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