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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1914

1,087 stories in Sydney's papers · page 37 of 55

An Alpine Tunnel Flooded. Diligences Again on the Simp[?] Pass

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 14 July 1914 · page 4

Railway traffic through the Simplon tunnel was blocked for several days owing to the waters from n subterranean lake bursting into the cutting…

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Popular Mary Pickford. "Tess of the Storm Country" Extended

Evening News · Wednesday 15 July 1914 · page 3

[?] of the [?] her breast…

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Farmers and Women. "Not Much Better Than Blackfellows." Delegate Raises a Storm

Evening News · Wednesday 15 July 1914 · page 9

"There are men here among us who a are politicians, and some who aspire to be," said Mr. Manning, of Hlawaths, at the Farmers' and Settlers' Conference this morning. When…

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Gippsland Floods Feared

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 July 1914 · page 11

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--There is every indication of floods in Gippsland if the weather does not improve, as all the rivers and streams are running bankers, and are still rising. Heavy…

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At Harden. Exhibition in Heavy Rain. Murrumburrah

Evening News · Friday 17 July 1914 · page 7

M. Guitlaux arrived at Harden at 23 part 5 on Thursday afternoon. Over [?] people assembled in heavy rain to witness an exhibition by the aviator on the…

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Slightly Warmer. Poor Week-end Prospects. Heavy Rain in South-east

The Sun · Friday 17 July 1914 · page 9

New South Wales Forecast.--More rain over the south-east quarter and some heavy falls on the south coast, fine elsewhere; cool, many frosts and…

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Quicksand Floods Mine. Seven Men Perish

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 July 1914 · page 9

IRONDRIVER, Michigan, Wednesday.--Sliding sand caused a cave-in in the Balkan mine, and seven miners were Killed. The minora were drilling into the roof, when quicksands were…

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Cyclonic Disturbance. Gales in the South. Rough Seas

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 July 1914 · page 14

Heavy gales developed on the South Coast yesterday, and storm signals were hoisted at the General Post Office to warn shipping of the disturbance…

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On the Iron Road. Graphic Articles of Railway Adventure, in Great Britain and ABROAD. Held Up by Flood and Locusts

The World's News · Saturday 18 July 1914 · page 6

ADVENTURES ON THE RAILWAY in different parts of the world have been, and are still likely to be in the future —in the wilder parts of the…

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Short Story: "The Floodtide of Fortune."

Sunday Times · Sunday 19 July 1914 · page 6

When John Parkin Jones courted Miss Evelyn Spargo there was the usual discussion between the ,parents of the young lady as to his eligibility. Mr. Spargo objected that John Parkin…

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Mororo Meets Gales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 July 1914 · page 10

The scow Mororo, which arrived from Havelock (N.Z.) on Saturday, met strone gales during the run across. As the vessel approached the coast the weather became even more boisterous, and she was blown about…

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We Coastal Weather. Some Heavy Rain. Fine Inland

The Sun · Monday 20 July 1914 · page 11

The morning dawned fine in the city yesterday, but there were ominous and uncertain cloud indications in western and southern directions, and during the afternoon it…

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Terrific Gales. Schooner's Rough Experience

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 20 July 1914 · page 13

Terrific gales were met with by the schooner Maroro on her passage from Havelock, N.Z., to Sydney, and she arrived on Saturday after a bad buffetting. The little vessel was 24 days on the…

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Fighting the Storms. M. Guillaux's Narrative

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 July 1914 · page 9

"When I left Melbourne at 9.15 on Thursday morning the weather was beautiful," M. Guillaux said to a "Herald" reporter, as he divested himself of his dripping wet tricoloured…

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Wet Week-end. Heavy Coastal Rain. Change Expected

Evening News · Monday 20 July 1914 · page 5

Rain was felling generally on the [?] of New south wales this morning at one of two places inland, otherwise the weather are mained for and clear…

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The Suffragists. Mob Storms Meeting. Building Besieged. London, July 17

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 July 1914 · page 9

A mob armed with sticks and stones stormed a meeting of suffragists which was held in the Holland Park Rink. The crowd smashed the windows, but the men friends of the suffragists…

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The Weather. Heavy Rain on the Coast. Ballina Has Four Inches

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 July 1914 · page 7

During the 48 hours ended at 9 a.m. yesterday the unsettled showery and squally southerly weather persisted on the coastal distructs, but more consistently to the north of Sydney…

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Wrecks on Canadian Coast Great Storm in Nova Scotia London, Tuesday Morning

The Sun · Tuesday 21 July 1914 · page 7

A tremendous storm occurred yesterday at Halifax, in Nova Scotia. Several steamers are reported to have been wrecked, amongst the vessels lost being the…

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Land Settlement & Development Clarenza Flood Reserve. Protest Against Revocation

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 21 July 1914 · page 2

Mr. Turnbull, one of the signatories to a protest to the Minister for Lands against the proposed revocation of the Clarenza (Clarence River)…

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Place Theatre. "Test of the Storm Country.'

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 22 July 1914 · page 2

Under the direction of William Anderson the above unique photo-play is now being produced, and nightly the Place has been invaded. "Tess of the Storm Country." in…

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