Cyclone at Tamworth. Considerable Damage Done. Vivid Lightning
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 January 1914 · page 10
TAMWORTH, Monday. -- Tamworth seems to be the centre of cyclonic activity just now. At 2.30 this afternoon a terrific wind struck the town just opposite the direction of a storm…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Floods in Europe. Brussels, Jan. 11
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 January 1914 · page 9
The river Senne has overflown its banks. Floods in the Mouse Valley have caused great damage, and stopped work at many factories and quarries…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Batic Floods. Inhabitants' Pitiable State. Houses Washed Away. London, Tuesday Morning
The Sun · Tuesday 13 January 1914 · page 5
The floods on the Baltic coast are subsiding. The inhabitants took refuge on the roofs of their houses for 30 hours. Others escaped…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Disastrous Floods. a Dam Bursts
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 January 1914 · page 9
BERLIN, Sunday Evening. -- Regarding the bursting of the Kosslins dam, and the overwhelming of the village of Damkerort, telescopes reveal only the roofs of houses. Troops…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Storms. Terrific Gales in Country. Big Flood Feared. Tamworth
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 January 1914 · page 13
Reports from all parts of the district show that the series of cyclonic storms just experienced was the worst on record. One and a half inches of rain fell in half…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Storm Fatality. Struck by Lightning
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 14 January 1914 · page 11
WARIALDA, Tuesday. -- During the storm yesterday John Barnes was struck dead, along with a dog, near Gravesend. The man, who was a traveller, was sitting beside a tree…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Cylonic Storm. Railway Trucks Blown About
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 14 January 1914 · page 10
BRISBANE, Tuesday. -- The Railway Department has received a wire from Yarron Vale stating that cyclonic storms occurred about midday to-day. Two waggons, standing at a…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Destructive Cyclone at Tamworth -- Some of the Places Damaged
Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 14 January 1914 · page 32
Cottage in Marcus-street, Tamworth, the roof of which was blown off, and the iron scattered in all directions…
Continued on Trove, page 32 →A Cyclone at Tamworth. (See illustrations on page 33.)
Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 14 January 1914 · page 55
Damage to the extent of many thousands of pounds has been wrought at Tamworth by a cyclone which, accompanied by heavy hail and rain which fell in torrents, swept, across the…
Continued on Trove, page 55 →A Fierce Gale. New Zealand Incidents. Several Narrow Escapes
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 14 January 1914 · page 10
WELLINGTON, Tuesday. -- A heavy gale at Invercarglli occasioned minor damage. There was a exciting occurrence at Dunedin to-day during the gale. The wall of an old…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Terrific Gales. Raging in America. Collision in Harbor. New York, Tuesday Evening
Evening News · Wednesday 14 January 1914 · page 10
North westerly gales have detained all shipping throughout the port. A snow flurry has made navigation impossible, and storms are sweeping down the whole eastern coast…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →After the Storms. Cool and Pleasant. Rain on the North Coast
Evening News · Wednesday 14 January 1914 · page 4
The stormy and [?] conditions which have been experienced during the past few days have contracted to the north-east leaving cool, pleasant weather with some rain on the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Severe Gales. Harbour Collision in New York. Panic-stricken Women Faint. New York, Jan. 12
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 January 1914 · page 13
North-westerly gales have detained all shipping throughout the port. A snow flurry has made navigation impossible…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Ship Ashore. Terrific Storm Raging. Vessel Believed to Be Lost. St John N.B. Tuesday Evening
Evening News · Wednesday 14 January 1914 · page 9
The Royal mail steamer Cobequid, bound from the West indies to Halifax. is ashore on Briar island. According to wireless reports, her position is highly dangerous…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Boxing Champions:: Gossip of the Ring. Stone's Defeat of Morey Battle in a Thunderstorm. Contests Wanted with Longer Notice. A Bantam Battle—Mick Dunn's Arrival. BRISBANE, January 12
Referee · Wednesday 14 January 1914 · page 7
Harry Stone obtained a verdict over Alf Morey at Baker's Brisbane Stadium on Saturday, night. Quite the most interesting feature of the bout lay in the fact that from tho eighth…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"Lull Before the Storm."
The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 15 January 1914 · page 7
JOHANNESBURG, Wednesday.—Yesterday was a dull day at Trades-hall, described by the miners' secretary as the full before the storm…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Revolving Storms. Various Forms of Tempest. Fallacies and Facts
Evening News · Thursday 15 January 1914 · page 11
"A sort of tornado, cyclone. and whirlwind combined." Thus a Tamworth resident concerning the recent violent "blow" in that district. This description so well exemplifies…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Worst Feared. Steamer Stranded in Storm. Wireless Messages Cease
The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 15 January 1914 · page 7
ST. JOHN, NEW BRUNSWICK. Tuesday.--The Royal mail steamer Cobequid, an route from the West Indies to Halifax. is ashore on Briar Island. A wireless message stated that…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Terrific Storm. Liner in Trouble. the Worst Feared. St. John (New Brunswick), Jan. 13
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 January 1914 · page 9
The Royal Mail steamer, Cobequid, while bound from the West Indies to Halifax, ran ashore on Briar Island. A wireless message reported he [?]sition to…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Rand Strikers. Calm Before the Storm. 70,000 Men Under Arms. General Strike Ordered. Capetown, Jan. 14
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 January 1914 · page 9
The Trades Federation has proclaimed [?] general strike. It announces that the strike order applies for the present only to the Transvaal and…
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