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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1914

1,087 stories in Sydney's papers · page 8 of 55

Pacific Coast Storms. Sonoma Has Wild Time

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 February 1914 · page 11

Storms of terrific fury beset the American mail steamer Sonoma, after leaving San Francisco, but she put in an appearance at Sydney yesterday well up to time. The conditions were…

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Floods in the West. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 February 1914 · page 19

A police telegram from Broome states that record floods occurred at West Kimberley, that a great deal of damage has been done to station property, and that hundreds…

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Big Cloud-burst. Railway Line Flooded. Mall Train Held Up

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 February 1914 · page 10

A terrific cloudburst struck the town of Curlewis and its Immediate vicinity on Monday afternoon. A thunderstorm blew up-during the day, and…

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Heavy Rain

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 February 1914 · page 10

A telegram from Timaru states that extraordinary local rainfalls are reported from Walthao and Geraldine districts. A thunderstorm crossed the country, and huge voluems…

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Thundery Rains. Accompanied by Gales. Temperature Still Excessive

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 February 1914 · page 7

Due to slightly Increasing activity of the monsoonnl tendencies over northern Australia, additional scattered thundery rains have fallen in both Queensland and New South…

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Storm in Canterbury, N.z

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 5 February 1914 · page 12

WELLINGTON, Wednesday.--There has been a heavy storm in Canterbury, and the Fairlie district suffered considerably. Several chimneys wore cracked by lightning, and one river rose…

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A Thousand Perish. Floods in Brazil. Biojaneiro. Wednesday Evening

Evening News · Thursday 5 February 1914 · page 5

It is officially stated that the Babis floods have been responsible for a thousand deaths. Villages and towns were devastated, and practically all the crops severely damaged…

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Thunderstorms and Rain. Good Falls in the North

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 5 February 1914 · page 14

Due to slightly increasing activity of the monsoonal tendencies over northern Australia, additional scattered thundery rains have fallen in both Queensland and New South Wales…

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Railway Line Inundated. a Deluge at Cunnedah

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 6 February 1914 · page 3

A heavy thunderstorm, accompanied by a great downpour of rain, broke over Cunnedah on Monday, afternoon, and caused considerable damage…

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Severe Storm at Tamworth. Great Haves amongst Crops and Fruit Trees

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 6 February 1914 · page 3

One of the most severe rain find hail storms ever experienced at Tamworth occurred there on Tuesday evening, no lower than 114 points…

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Unionism on The Farm. Storm Centre Shifted to Chaffcutters. the Country Roused. Farmers Shoulder to Shoulder

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 6 February 1914 · page 8

The A.W.U. is taking up a stand in another field! It commenced in the harvest field—and failed. It moved on to the railway sidings—and…

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Foreign Cables. Floods in Brazil

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 6 February 1914 · page 3

Several villages in the State of Bahia. Brazil, have been swept away by floods. Many lives have been lost, and numbers of persons are…

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Floods in W.a

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 6 February 1914 · page 3

Heavy floods are reported to have occurred in West Kimberley (W.A.) with much damage to stations and stock. Hundreds of cattle in the Derby…

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Floods in Brazil. Rio De Janeiro, Feb. 4

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 February 1914 · page 9

It is officially stated that in the State of Bahia 1000 people have perished through tho recent floods. Many villages and towns have been…

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Storm Follows Heat. Rain in the City

Evening News · Saturday 7 February 1914 · page 9

Without any [?] in the temperatares the weather condition during the afternoon in the any were close and [?] Above a [?] a [?] worked up from a…

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School Girl Killed. a Disastrous Storm. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 February 1914 · page 24

A severe thunderstorm, accompanied by lightning, passed over Geelong this afternoon. Its effects were worst at Gheringhap, where a schoolgirl was killed, and her sister…

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Cooler To-day. City Weather Forecast. Yesterday's Heat and Storm

The Sun · Sunday 8 February 1914 · page 10

The forecast specially prepared for the "Sun" by Mr. Stewart Wilson, divisional meteorologist, of the weather conditions in the metropolitan area today is:…

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Floods in W.A. Cattle Carried Off by Stormwaters. Men Missing and Buildings Isolated Fremantle

Evening News · Monday 9 February 1914 · page 7

The rainfall at Proome so far this year is the [?] Great losses [?] reported from F[?] but there is no authenic information…

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Gathering Storm. Snarling Balkan States. Zabern and Australia. London, January 9

The Sun · Tuesday 10 February 1914 · page 6

The cloud which is no bigger than a man's hand 'is again gathering on the horizon of Eastern Europe. Diplomats are pleased because, like buzzards, international…

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The Weather. Meat and Thunderstorms. a Moderate Southerly

Evening News · Tuesday 10 February 1914 · page 4

The conditions throughout New South Wales yesterday agents proved to be of a not and enervating character, and the maximum temperatures were generally high…

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