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Floods & storms, 1914

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Storm in Toowoomba District

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 April 1914 · page 13

BRISBANE, Friday.--There was a terrific hurricane in the Toowoomba district last evening. The storm was not serious in the town of Toowoomba, but the outlying districts…

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Wrecked by the Storm

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 4 April 1914 · page 11

The Wrecked Cottages occupied by David Martin and Richard Bourke, on the banks of Hunt's Creek, Church-street, Parramatta North…

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Baulkham Hills Shire, and the Storm

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 4 April 1914 · page 6

The Baulkham Hills Shire got off lighter in Saturday's storm than did some districts. Murphy's bridge, out beyond Kenthurst, and a few other bridges, were…

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Cyclone. Great Disaster at Toowoomba. Enormous Damage Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 April 1914 · page 23

Word was received late to-night that a cyclone had swept over the Toowoomba district, leaving disaster in its wake…

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Newfoundland Storm. Unparalleled Blizzard. Fishing Villages Decimated. Urgent Calls for Help. London

The Sun · Saturday 4 April 1914 · page 8

Latest advices concerning the sealing tragedy in the Atlantic report that the steamer Newfoundland, which was stated to have sunk off Cape Race, is safe…

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Queensland Storm. Churches and School Destroyed. Damage Estimated at £10,000. BRISBANE, Saturday Afternoon

Evening News · Saturday 4 April 1914 · page 11

Further particulars of the cyclonic storm which swept over Southern Queenland on Friday, Cambooya and Helidon feeling the full force of it, show that the former township…

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Cyclone Strikes the Darling Downs Cambooya Wiped Out Brisbane, Saturday Night

Sunday Times · Sunday 5 April 1914 · page 9

Great damage was done by a cyclonic storm which, struck Cambooya and Helidon, on the Darling Downs, last Thursday evening. Cambooya was practically wiped out and the…

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Newfoundland Storm. Terrible Blizzard. Fishing Villages Decimated. LONDON

The Sun · Sunday 5 April 1914 · page 5

Latest advices concerning the sealing tragedy in the Atlantic report that the steamer Newfoundland, which was stated to have sunk off Cape Race, is safe…

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Political Women. Angry with Premiers. Will Storm Conference. MELBOURNE

The Sun · Sunday 5 April 1914 · page 4

Miss Vida Goldstein, leader of the Women's Political Association, stated yesterday that a demonstration had been arranged for Tuesday next at 4 p.m., consequent upon the…

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The Hurricane the Ventura "Some Sea Boat." Graphic Pen-picture of a Storm Gene Green's Discomfiture

Sunday Times · Sunday 5 April 1914 · page 18

The Sydney public on March 21 could turn its mind lo nothing beyond the ghastly railway accident at Exeter. For this reason the small paragraph tucked away at the foot of a column…

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The Queensland Cyclone. the Death List

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 April 1914 · page 9

IPSWICH, Sunday.--The death of Joseph Rudke (65) occurred during Thursday night's storm. Deceased, who was a well-known identity in the Galton district, had carted cream into the…

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Storm Reaches Ipswich. Ipswich

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 April 1914 · page 9

The cyclonic storm did damage in the mining district. At one mine a chimney stack was blown down, and in consequence there was no work to-day…

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Cyclone. Church Destroyed. Great Damage. Many Houses Blown Down Toowoomba (Q.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 April 1914 · page 9

A violent cyclone swept over a portion of the Darling Downs between Warwick and Helidon yesterday afternoon. The storm at Cambooya lasted about a…

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The Recent Storms. Claims by Ratepayers

The Sun · Tuesday 7 April 1914 · page 8

Claims in connection with the recent rain storm are falling thick upon northern suburbs councils. How widespread are the complaints of…

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Sunspots. Cause of Magnetic Storms Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 April 1914 · page 11

The Government Astronomer (Mr. G. F. Dodwell) remarked yesterday that the large sun spot referred to in a cablegram indicated that the sun's quiescent period is now…

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A Terrific Cyclone. Cheat Disaster on the Downs

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 7 April 1914 · page 4

A cyclone swept over the Darling Downs on Friday afternoon, leaving disaster in its wake. Terrific wind, which was accompanied by torrential…

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Floods Predicted. Weather Prophets Forecast Copious Rains

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 7 April 1914 · page 4

Two gentlemen well known in Queensland for their observations in connection with meteorological phenomena, forecast the fall of copious…

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Cyclone in Southern Queensland

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 8 April 1914 · page 58

Late on the night of April 3 a cyclone wrought terrible havoc in the neighborhood of Toowoomba (Q.). The towns of Cambooya and Helidon were the principal…

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Street Washed Away. Tremendous Seas. Gale in New Zealand. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sun · Wednesday 8 April 1914 · page 13

A terrific gale churned up tremendous seas in Hokitika. Harbor last night, and the sea encroached at one point to the extent of 70 feet…

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New Zealand Gale. Damage at Hokitika. Houses Washed to the Sea

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 April 1914 · page 9

WELLINGTON, N.Z., Wednesday.--A heavy gale and a furious sea caused much damage at Hokitika. At one point the sea encroached 70ft. on the land…

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