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Floods & storms, 1914

1,087 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 55

The Storm. Two Inches in an Hour. Heavy Rain in Bathurst District

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 21 January 1914 · page 10

BATHURST, Tuesday.--One of the most disastrous hailstorms ever experienced in the' Bathurst district broke over Newbridge last night. For about an hour hall as large as…

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The Storm

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 21 January 1914 · page 2

Parramtta, or portion of Parramatta, had a fall of 70 points of rain on Sunday and Monday. Only 49 out of Monday evening's storm. A funeral coming from…

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A Cyclone. Inglewood (Q.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 21 January 1914 · page 14

A terrific cyclonic storm, the heaviest for many years, struck the town last week. For about an hour the wini blew with hurricane force, unroofing many sheds. Two hundred…

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Electrical Storm. Two Men Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 21 January 1914 · page 10

PENRITH, Tuesday.--A heavy thunderstorm, accompanied by lightning and also by strong wind, occurred hero last night, when 85 points of rain fell…

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Tourists Return. a Storm at Sea

Evening News · Wednesday 21 January 1914 · page 5

A party of tourists. who visited Norfolk Island under the Burna. Philp tour and travel sobeme returned to Sydney this morning by the steamer Makambo, after a delightful…

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Aviator Hart. Storm Damages His Biplane

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 21 January 1914 · page 9

During the storm on Monday night Aviator Hart's tent was blown down at Richmond, causing damage to his new Australian biplane. Several ribs and wires weer broken, and the…

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Fierce Gales. Damage in the Country. One Man Killed. Moree

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 21 January 1914 · page 13

A violent windstorm occurred about thr[?] miles from Moree. Charles Wilson, 70, who for fifty years has been a resident of the district, was…

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End of the Storms. Calm Main Restored, Five and Cool Weather Rules

Evening News · Wednesday 21 January 1914 · page 5

The displacement by a system of high pressure of the monsoonal conditions which have caused the unsettled weather through New South Wales during the past few days was…

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The Storm Over. South African Position. Union Secretary's Statement. Johannesburg. Tuesday Evening

Evening News · Wednesday 21 January 1914 · page 1

Mr. Mattboug, the general secretary of the South African [?] which the [?] Miners Association is the main unit, states, that the [?]…

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Thunderstorm at Sea

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 21 January 1914 · page 10

The Union Company's steamer Mooraki, which arrived here yesterday from New Zealand ports, ran into a violent thunderstorm on approaching this coast. The storm burst on Monday…

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Monsoonal Conditions. Light to Heavy Rain in Queensland

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 23 January 1914 · page 15

Monsoonal inclinations are still in evidence over tropical Australia, where some light to heavy rainfall has been received. Symptoms of a tropical disturbance were also in existence…

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Heavy Rain in the Far North. Nearly 14 Inches at Cooktown

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 24 January 1914 · page 17

The high pressure over southern Australia has worked north-eastward, and now occupies the south-eastern States. The immense tropical depression is still over tropical Australia, and,…

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A Coming Storm. Queensland. Forecast. Travelling Steadily South Wards

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 24 January 1914 · page 13

BRISBANE, Friday.--The Weather Bureau reports that torrential rains have fallen since yesterday between Cape Melville and Cardwell, also in the Mackay district. Cooktown, in 24…

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Battle Practice. the Fleet in Storm Bay. Flagships Fine Shooting. Submarines on the Move

Evening News · Saturday 24 January 1914 · page 11

After many weeks' strenuous preparation in the retirement of the out-of-the-way bays of South Australia and Tasmania, the Australian Fleet on Monday reached the consummation of…

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Cattle Injured by Storm. Newcastle, Saturday Night

Sunday Times · Sunday 25 January 1914 · page 10

When the steadier Kiltobranks arrived in the harbor this morning from Manila the Water Police had to shoot rive of the cattle aboard, as hte vessel had met with such bad weather off…

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Terrors of Lighthouse. Storm or Pibroch. MELBOURNE

The Sun · Sunday 25 January 1914 · page 12

Mr. G. C. Morrison, Victorian Public Service Commissioner, has returned from a visit to the eastern lights. He came away with much admiration for…

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A Pacific Cyclone. Hundred Houses Destroyed Auckland

Evening News · Monday 26 January 1914 · page 6

The steamer Dutmold, which has just arrived from Matatea island, near Tahiti. brings the pier at Matatea a burdred native houses…

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Floods. Railways Affected. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 January 1914 · page 9

A report received by the Railway Commissioner from the resident engineer on the Cloncurry to Mount Cuthbert line states that extensive flood damage has been caused on the…

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Cyclone at Malaleu Island

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 27 January 1914 · page 4

AUCKLAND. N.Z., Monday.--The steamer Detmold has arrived, and reports that a cyclone at Malaleu Island, 125 miles from Tahiti, on January 4 and 5: destroyed the pier…

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To-day's Storm. Damage at Waterloo. Five Houses Unroofed

Evening News · Tuesday 27 January 1914 · page 7

During the storm which passed over Sydney at noon to-day serious damage was done at Waterloo [?] the boisterous conditions lasted only a little while The wind blew…

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