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Floods & storms, 1914

1,087 stories in Sydney's papers · page 28 of 55

Fearful Storm at Sea. London, Tuesday Morning

The Sun · Tuesday 9 June 1914 · page 9

Forty fishing boats have been lost in a violent storm on the northern coast of New Brunswick, and so far 20 deaths are reported…

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Dairy Farms for Gale. Desirable Property on the North Coast

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 9 June 1914 · page 2

An important sale of dairying farms ind grazing lands in the Avon Valley and on the Barrington River, N.S.W., that is to take place on the 23rd…

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Wind, Hail and Snow. New Brunswick Storm. Fishermen Frozen to Death. London, Tuesday Morning

The Sun · Tuesday 9 June 1914 · page 9

The storm by which the coast of New Brunswick was swept yesterday was a most furious one of wind, hall, and snow. It started without any warning, and…

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Eighteen Hours in Water. Plight of Shipwrecked Crew. Ketch Founders in Storm. Thursday Island

Evening News · Tuesday 9 June 1914 · page 8

The ketch Vida, Owned by Messrs, Carpenter and Sons, Limited, foundered at 1 o' clock on Saturday night, May 29 in a heavy wind and sea of Travers island…

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A Big Storm. Fishermen's Perils. Wrecks and Loss of Life. Disaster Off New Brunswick. Quebec, Monday Evening

Evening News · Tuesday 9 June 1914 · page 1

A big storm has been experienced on the northern coast of New Brunswick, with disastrous results. Forty fishing schooners are known to have…

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Heavy Rain Spoils Sport in Brisbane Cripps-king Match Postponed—nat Williams-morey Battle

Referee · Wednesday 10 June 1914 · page 9

If anything were wanted to give the Stadium management a spurt in the direction of erecting the proposed roof structure, it came along on Saturday in the shape of a continuous and…

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Storm Around Lighthouse Keepers' Trying Experience

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 10 June 1914 · page 9

WELLINGTON, N.Z., Tuesday. -- During a heavy gain in Foveaux Strait, lightning played havoc with the lighthouse on Dog Island. The head keeper, Murray, was on duty when…

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Forty Schooners Wrecked. a New Brunswick' Storm

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 10 June 1914 · page 10

QUEBEC, Monday. -- Forty schooners have been wrecked and twenty fishermen drowned as the result of a storm on the northern coast of New Brunswick. Eight bodies have been…

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Disastrous Storm. Forty Schooners Wrecked. Quebec, June 8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 June 1914 · page 14

Forty schooners have been wrecked and twenty fishermen drowned during a storm on the northern coast of New Brunswick. Eight bodies have been recovered, Miscou…

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Blaze on the Medic. Cargo Hold Flooded. London Wednesday Morning

Evening News · Wednesday 10 June 1914 · page 9

A sensation was cause in the docks at Liverpool late last night by an alarm of fire. The outbreak had occurred in one of the holds of the White Star liner Medic, and the…

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More Than 100 Killed. by Quebec Storm. Wind's Tremendous Velocity

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 11 June 1914 · page 10

ST. JOHN, New Brunswick, Wednesday Morning. -- More than 100 lives were lost during the storm which swept the Bay of Chaleur, Gulf of St. Lawrence, on Thursday and Friday or…

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Storm Warnings. How Meteorology Serves Farmers. Experiences in New Zealand. Linking Up Australasia

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 11 June 1914 · page 11

One of the most interesting developments of the New Zealand Meteorological Office within recent times has been the issue of storm warnings to the farmers occupying the high snowy…

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Violent Storm. Bay of Chaleurs Swept. Over 100 Lives Lost. St. John (New Brunswick), June 10

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 June 1914 · page 9

More than 100 lives have been lost as a result of a storm which swept over the Bay of Chaleurs, an inlet of tho Gulf of St. Lawrence, on Thursday and Friday last…

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Fires on Ships. Medic's Hold Flooded

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 11 June 1914 · page 10

LONDON, Tuesday. -- A fire broke out on the White Star liner Medic at Liverpool. The hold find to be flooded before the outbreak was controlled…

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Island Cyclone. Enormous Seas. Apia, May 30

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 June 1914 · page 9

The late terrille cyclone which devastated the Tokolau islands of Fakaofo and Nukunone and almost submerged them, appears to have travelled eastward, for we now have…

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Fierce Storm. Fishing Fleet Wiped Out. Government Ready to Assist

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 12 June 1914 · page 10

OTTAWA, Wednesday.--In the House of commons to-day Mr. Hazen, Minister of Marine, announced that the cyclone which struck New Brunswick had destroyed the fishing fleet and…

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Terrific Storm. Fishing Fleet Wiped Out. New Brunswick Disaster. Ottawa, June 10

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 June 1914 · page 9

Mr. J. D. Hazen (Minister of Marine) stated in the House of Commons that the storm which swept over the Boy of Chaleurs an Thursday and Friday last struck the New…

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The Aftermath of the Deluge. That Neglected Call. Parramatta Council Sued by Workman

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 13 June 1914 · page 4

At the Parramatta Small Debts Court on Wednesday, before Mr. M. H. Fitzhardinge, D.S.M., one of the most interesting cases was that, H. Smallman v…

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A Stygian Flood

Evening News · Saturday 13 June 1914 · page 6

(A century ago there was an accident eight persons were drowned in porter.) There in a tide in men's affairs. That leads to fortune unawares…

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Struck Dead. a June Thunderstorm. Six Persons Killed. London, Sunday Evening

Evening News · Monday 15 June 1914 · page 10

Six persons lost their lives to-day in a thunderstorm that burst over England with terrific fury. The victims two adults and four children,…

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