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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1914

1,087 stories in Sydney's papers · page 2 of 55

Floods at Darwin

Evening News · Thursday 8 January 1914 · page 4

Since Saturday night some unusually heavy floods and rough weather have occurred in the neighborhood of Darwin, in the Northern Terrltory. Trees were uprooted by…

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Darwin Floods. Twenty Inches of Rain at Brocks Creek. Settlers Endangered. Darwin (S.a)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 8 January 1914 · page 9

Unusually heavy weather has been experienced since Saturday night last, and the telegraph line between hero and Katherine was in places under water yesterday, the line…

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Communication with Darwin. Interrupted by Floods

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 8 January 1914 · page 8

ADELAIDE. Wednesday.--Direct communication was restored with Darwin at 7.20 a.m. today. The telegraph service had been interrupted by heavy floods in the Northern Territory…

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Storm Bound

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 9 January 1914 · page 9

BLACKHEATH, Thursday.--During last week a party of five women and children had an unpleasant experience while doing the round trip between Neate's Glen and Wall's Cave. During…

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Floods in the Territory

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 9 January 1914 · page 6

Settlers in the Northern Territory have been seriously concerned over the recent dry spell, and reports had come through that the stock on holdings up…

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"Barracking" Psychology of the Art. Brain-storms and Imitativeness

The Sun · Saturday 10 January 1914 · page 10

One cannot dismiss the more than ordinary display at the recent cricket match with words of mere regret (writes T. D. Chataway in the "Argus"). The barracker, whether…

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Wrecked by Cyclone. Destruction at Tamworth. Houses and Crops Ruined. Tamworth

Evening News · Saturday 10 January 1914 · page 8

Damage to the extent of many thousands of pounds has been wrought by a cyclone which, accompanied by heavy hall and rain which fell in torrents, swept across the southern part of…

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A Cyclone. Havoc in Tamworth District. Wind's Appalling Force. Widespread Damage. Tamworth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 January 1914 · page 19

A terrifie storm visited the Tamworth district this afternoon, sweeping over the southern part of the town, and causing a great amount of damage…

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Sultry and Oppressive. Heat Slightly Reduced. Some Scattered Rain. Great Storm at Tamworth

The Sun · Saturday 10 January 1914 · page 8

New South Wales Forecast.-- Warm to hot, with northerly winds, veering to cool south west buster on the coast[?] isolated thunderstorms…

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Southwestern Orchards. Damaged by Drought and Floods. Stone Fruit Crop Ruined. Young

Evening News · Saturday 10 January 1914 · page 11

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The Cyclone. Hailstones As Large As Hen Eggs Pigs Whisked Away Like Rubber Balls. Tamworth Devastated and Partially Destroyed. Tamworth, Saturday Evening

Sunday Times · Sunday 11 January 1914 · page 9

Further details regarding the damage done by the cyclone are to hand. Mrs. Chapman, of Garryowen Dairy, was one of the heaviest losers, her residence and…

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Heavy Gales. Vessels in Trouble. Opera Company Delayed. Vancouver, Sunday Evening

Evening News · Monday 12 January 1914 · page 8

The schooner Crescent, laden with lumber from Massachusettes, U.S.A., for Newcastle, N.S.W., returned to port in a leaking condition. A storm has been raging in the North…

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The Cyclone. Houses Blown Away Scene of Havoc. Tamworth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 January 1914 · page 10

To-day a large number of people from all parts of the district viewed the destruction caused by Friday's cyclonic visitation at Nemingha. On Saturday and to-day the…

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Storms in Europe. Towns Inundated. 150 Peasants Buried. London, Monday Morning

The Sun · Monday 12 January 1914 · page 8

A great snowstorm has swept over Northwest, Russia. Railways and roadways have been obliterated, and 150 peasants have been buried in the snow…

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Fought During a Storm. Stoke and Morey. Brisbane

Evening News · Monday 12 January 1914 · page 4

A boxing contest is a thunderstorm is a novelty in Brisbane, but over 2000 persons witnessed such a spectacle at Mr. Baker's Stadium, on Saturday night, when Harry Stone…

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Floods in Europe. Disastrous Dam-burst. Villages Under Water

Evening News · Monday 12 January 1914 · page 1

Kosslln's Dam, wh[?] is [?]etween [?]…

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Another Cyclone. Tamworth Suffers Again. Two Storms in One Day

Evening News · Tuesday 13 January 1914 · page 3

Following the terrific cyclone that devastated part of the country in the vicinity of Tamworth on Friday last, and did damage amounting [?] another disturbance visited the…

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Cyclone at Tamworth. a Devastating storm Ravages the District

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 13 January 1914 · page 4

A terriffic storm swept over the southern part of Tamworth on Friday afternoon, causing damage estimated at over £25,000. Houses were…

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Cyclone at Werris Creek. Werris Creek

The Sun · Tuesday 13 January 1914 · page 1

A wind storm of cyclonic force swept through the Worris Creek Gap yesterday afternoon, and unroofed the dwelling of Mr. Doyle. It also partially stripped the railway,…

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Damage of the Previous Storm

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 January 1914 · page 10

A trip through the area affected by the recent cyclonic storm in the Tamworth districts shows that it was extremely fortunate that the thickly populated portion of the town was not in…

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