Parramatta Flooded. Buildings Destroyed. Many Exciting Experiences. Parramatta
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 March 1914 · page 9
To-day almost saw a repetition of Friday night's rain. During the forenoon about 3½in fell in two hours and three-quarters, with the result that many places, especially in the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Nepean in Flood
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 March 1914 · page 10
The rainstorm on Friday night and early on Saturday morning swept the country between Penrith and Parramatta. All the low-lying land was flooded, and many farms and gardens…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Floods Near Campbelltown. Campbelltown
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 March 1914 · page 10
Exceptionally heavy rain has fallen here since Friday; in fact, it was the most constant that has been experienced in the district for the last nine months. Up to this evening…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Flooded Parramatta. Exciting Scenes. Many Naerow Escapes. Heavy Damage Caused
The Sun · Tuesday 24 March 1914 · page 1
"I have been living in Parramatta for 26 years, and I have never seen anything like, it before," said Alderman Graham, Mayor of Parramatta, this morning. "The whole…
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The Sun · Tuesday 24 March 1914 · page 1
Trainees in camp at Liverpool, instituting a new style of uniform for the Australian Military Forces…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wet But Cheerful. Trainees in Camp. Liverpool Flooded. "Shadow Soup."
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 March 1914 · page 7
It has fallen to the lot of the 10th Infantry Brigade to experience, under canvas one of the wettest, if not the wettest, period that Liverpool has known for many a year…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →In Parramatta. an Unprecedented Flood
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 March 1914 · page 7
The flood waters caused by Friday night's storm had scarcely began to subside at Parramatta when the rain storm took a new lease of life. Rain fell in torrents throughout Sunday,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →In the Country. Wombat District Flooded
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 March 1914 · page 8
YOUNG, Monday.--A devastating storm swept over the south-eastern portion of the district to-day, causing widespread loss to the farmers. The Wombat district got the full force of the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →In Jeopardy. Mitchell Library Treasures. Lack of Proper Drainage. Basement Flooded by Heavy Rain
Evening News · Wednesday 25 March 1914 · page 9
The r[?]e which [?] over Sydney some three weeks ago banked up a lot of water to that portion of ground adjoining the Mitchell L[?] on which somewhere in the dim and…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Notes on the Storm
The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 25 March 1914 · page 3
One of the sights in Church-street was to see large dogs swimming down the street following their masters. Seven miles of fencing were down at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Other Features of the Storm
The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 25 March 1914 · page 2
All day on Saturday, and during that night and Sunday, workmen toiled to get the debris away which had collected on the top side of the tram bridge and the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sydney Water Supply. Storm Causes Big Increase
Evening News · Wednesday 25 March 1914 · page 4
The Additional points of rainfull reported yesterday at the Water and Sewerage Board's stations were as follows:—Broughton's Pass, 447 points: Cataract Reacrvoir, 568;…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Country Storms. Lightning in the West. Several People Struck. Bathurst
Evening News · Wednesday 25 March 1914 · page 9
An electrical display followed the storm yesterday and was responsible for several persons being struck by [?] and mere or less seriously injured. All had narrow…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Melbourne Gun Club "Calrossie" 49 Kills Out of 53 in Gale of Wind
Referee · Wednesday 25 March 1914 · page 14
Rather a remarkable performance was accomplished at the M.G.C.'s meeting on Friday. The occasion was the third contest for what is known as the Members' Doubles, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →The Great Storm. a Cloud Burst Hits New South Wales. The Central Coast Districts Flooded. A Man Drowned at Parramatta North. Serious Loss.—roads Ruined.—bridges Swept Away.—families Rendered Homeless—houses and Furniture Destroyed
The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 25 March 1914 · page 2
Old hands talk about the great storm of 25 years ago, when Mr. George Stone's house, near the southern end of the Parramatta dam, was swept away; old hands…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →South Coast Flood. Phenomenal Rainfall Twenty-six Inches in Five Days. Families Swamped Out. Many People Homeless. Refuge in a Signal-box. Wollongong
Evening News · Wednesday 25 March 1914 · page 1
One of the most disastrous afternoon experienced in the history of [?] broke over the District om Monday night [?] an [?] of amount of damage, which in a [?] extent…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sick Room Flooded. Sad Case at Paddington
Evening News · Wednesday 25 March 1914 · page 1
After a letter had been read from a ratepayer, at the last meeting of the Paddington Council, meeting of the damage in Little…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Parramatta Flood
Evening News · Wednesday 25 March 1914 · page 4
TEN [?]MACZ TO TOLL-RAE EXID[?]. MARTIN'S COTTAGE, WITH THE END WARNED OUT, AND PINCNIN'S HOUSE, FOUR CHILDREN WEEK RESCUED. NORTH ROCKS BRIDGE, THE SCENE OF THE DROWNING ACCIDENT…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rain Continues. Heavy Falls in the Country Floods and Washaways
Evening News · Wednesday 25 March 1914 · page 7
During the past 24 hours rain has fallen generally in New South Wales cast of the River Darling and here and there has extended late the dry districts of the west; but…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Damage By,flood. Bridges Washed Away. Fire-ball at Bybe Losses Around Hornsby
The Sun · Wednesday 25 March 1914 · page 9
The heavy storms have done considerably over £1000- worth- of damage to the roods; and bridges in Hornsby shire. The bridge on Murray road the main, route to the wireless…
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