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Floods & storms, 1914

1,087 stories in Sydney's papers · page 34 of 55

The Gales. Mokau's Thrilling Escape. Alfred Fenning Still Missing. Aleda Wreckage. Byron Bay

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 June 1914 · page 19

The steamer Mokau, of the Corrigan fleet, which has been in the bay since Saturday disabled, had another rough experience last night…

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With Ae1 and Ae2. Last Stage of Journey. a Storm That Nearly Ended All

Globe · Saturday 27 June 1914 · page 3

Singapore is a very interesting place, being an island 27 miles long and 14 miles wide, and is separated from the Malay Peninsula by a small strait about, three-quarters of a mile…

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Floods' Great Havoc. South China Inundated. London

The Sun · Saturday 27 June 1914 · page 8

'Floods in South China have wrought immense damage. Hundreds of villages have been devastated, owing to breaks in the banks of the Pe-hiang…

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Anniversary of Great Flood

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 June 1914 · page 12

Yesterday was the 62nd anniversary of the great flood which swept through the Riverina district and destroyed the original town of Gundagai. The old town was built by the…

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Since the Flood

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 27 June 1914 · page 6

At Monday's meeting of the Parramatta Council, Alderman Marsden was anxious to find out what, money he and his colleagues would have to spend in…

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Marriage in Ulster. Women Storm Church. London

The Sun · Sunday 28 June 1914 · page 5

A mob of angry women caused a wild scene yesterday outside St. Columbia's Church, Omagh, during the wedding of an Ulster volunteer with a young woman who was…

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Floods in China Worst for Half a Century Canton, Saturday Noon

Sunday Times · Sunday 28 June 1914 · page 9

Tremendous floods have occurred in the PeKiang and Si-Kiang in the province of Kwang-tung (South China). Both rivers overflowed their banks in what…

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Heavy Rain on North Coast. Generally Unsettled

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 29 June 1914 · page 11

During Friday tho unsettled rainy conditions continued on the northern part of the coast, and as far southward as Sydney. For the most part the records were light and intermingled…

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Floods in America. Succession of Storms. Chicago, June 27

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 June 1914 · page 9

Large sections of Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Iowa have been devastated by the third violent storm that has been experienced within a week…

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Killed by the Storm

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 June 1914 · page 7

Mr. Fletcher also held an inquiry into the clicumstancea touching the death of Charlotte Annie Slade, who died as the result of injuries received through the collapse of the…

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Gales on the Coast Shipping Delayed. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 June 1914 · page 9

Reports from Cape Moreton yesterday were to the effect that a strong east-south-easterly wind was blowing, and that there was a considerable east-south-east sea running. The…

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The "Storm Centre." Speaker Johnson's Task

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 29 June 1914 · page 8

Mr. W. Elliot Johnson, Speaker of the Federal House of Representatives, returned to, Sydney yesterday. Mr. Johnson expressed himself as glad to be…

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Under Water for Miles. Three Storms Within a Week

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 29 June 1914 · page 7

CHICAGO, Saturday.--Large sections of Wisconsin, Minnesota, and lowa have been devastated by a third violent storm within a week. Water ran from two to four feet deep…

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Four Feet Deep. American Cities Flooded. Chicago

Evening News · Monday 29 June 1914 · page 1

Large sections of Wi[?] Min[?]ta, and i [?] have been devastated by violent storm which is the third experienced wi[?] a [?] Water ran from two to four feet deep in the…

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Floods in China. Canton, June 27

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 June 1914 · page 9

The Pelkiang and the Siklang overflowed their banks during the week, and there have resulted the worst floods that have been [?]perienced in China for half a century…

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Fires and Floods. the Salem Outbreak. Thousands Homeless. Speedy Relief Measures

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 29 June 1914 · page 7

SALEM, Massachusotts, Saturday.--Measures for the relief of those rendered homeless by the conflagration which swept over the Salem districts are proceeding rapidly. More than…

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Schooner in a Storm

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 30 June 1914 · page 11

BRISBANE, Monday.--The American four-masted schooner Coquitlam City, arrived to-day from Willapa Harbor (U.S.A.), with a cargo of 280,000ft. of timber…

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Splendid Rain Storm. Wide Area Covered

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 July 1914 · page 13

Combined monsoonal and Antarctic activity, expanding northward and eastward from the southern districts, has resulted in a splendid rain storm, which affected many places where…

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Ireland's Storm Centre. Eyes on Londonderry. R.I. Constabulary Resign. London

The Sun · Wednesday 1 July 1914 · page 7

Londonderry, with its mingling of eager Nationalists and Orangemen, is the one possible storm centre which the Irish authorities keep anxiously watching…

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Storm in the City. Heavy Rain Showers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 July 1914 · page 10

Shortly after 8 o'clock last night a heavy rain storm occurred in the city. The wind suddenly changed to the south, and blew at the rate of 30 miles an hour…

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