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Floods & storms, 1914

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The Coming Federal Storm

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 February 1914 · page 8

The statement made by the Federal Attorney-General (Mr. Irvine) at the Lord Mayor's luncheon in Melbourne on Monday, that "he for one was not a man…

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Heat and Storm. Lightning at Mr. Cook's

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 11 February 1914 · page 3

Parramatta was warmer on Saturday than it has been for some time. At 9 a.m. the temperature was 89[?] at 11 [?]m. 103 degrees. at noon 105 degrees, at 1 p.m. 107…

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West Australian Floods. Heaviest Rain for 30 Years

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 February 1914 · page 7

PERTH, Tuesday. -- The Hoods in Kimberley, according to a telegram from Broome, have been very severe. The rainfall up to date was the heaviest for 30 years. Inland…

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Hot and Humid. More Thunderstorms Threaten

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 February 1914 · page 13

A monsoonal combined with an Antarctic, depression is still governing the weather conditions in New South Wales. The temperatures during yesterday were well in the hundreds…

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Olympic in a Gale. Big Liner Damaged. London, Thursday Morning

The Sun · Thursday 12 February 1914 · page 1

The White Star liner Olympic, while on the voyage from New York to Plymouth, encountered a heavy gale. One tremendous sea that struck the ship did a good deal of damage…

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Fierce Storm. Damage at Burringbar. Murwillumbah

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 February 1914 · page 9

A heavy wind storm, accompanied by light rain, passed over the town at about 7 o'clock on Wednesday night, but no damage was inflicted…

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Cyclonic Storm. Damage to Houses and Crops

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 February 1914 · page 11

MUKWILLUMBAH, Thursday.--A' violent storm of cyclonic force broke over the district last evening, doing considerable damage. At Burringbar stores and houses wore unroofed,…

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Disastrous Floods. Heaviest Rain for Thirty Years

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 13 February 1914 · page 3

Great floods have wrought much havoc in the Kimberley district, Western Australin, where the rainfall has been the heaviest for thirty years…

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Barque's Exciting Passage. Lobo in a Gale

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 14 February 1914 · page 13

WELLINGTON, Friday. The barque Lobo made a very rough passage from Port Huon to Duncdin. When near the Solanders moundations seas were experienced, and the crew had a…

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Gales on the Coast. Stormy English Weather. Australian Submarine Sweltering. London, Friday Evening

Evening News · Saturday 14 February 1914 · page 1

Hoary gales are raging on the English coast haring many vessels to for shelter to the [?] port. Several works, marked by loss of life, have…

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Sea Tragedies. Tempest's Heavy Toll. Gale on British Coast. Thrilling Disasters. London

The Sun · Saturday 14 February 1914 · page 8

The heavy weather that has prevailed on, the British coast was responsible for more than one thrilling sea tragedy. At 8 o'clock yesterday morning, when the…

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Tennis Talk North Sydney Singles Championship a Pleasure Deferres. a Tennis Battle Replaced by a Welcome Storm

Saturday Referee and the Arrow · Saturday 14 February 1914 · page 8

Every cloud." says the optimist, "has a silver lining and the crowd of enthusiasts that braved the intense heat and closeness of last Saturday to view the scheduled contest…

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Heavy Gales Raging

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 February 1914 · page 7

LONDON, Friday Evening.--Heavy gales are reported along the English coast, and some wrecks, with loss of life, have occurred. The second Australian submarine en route to…

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Weather Warning. Severe Gales Expected

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 February 1914 · page 7

BRISBANE, Sunday.--The Weather Bureau issued a special advice, stating that at 8 o'clock to-night, a dangerous disturbance existed midway between Torres Straits and Cooktown, the…

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Cyclonic Storm. Four Inches of Rain in 40 Minutes

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 February 1914 · page 6

BURRINGBAR, Saturday.--A severe storm passed over Burringbar last week. Roofs and verandahs were torn away, also the galvanised iron. The trees were uprooted everywhere…

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Fish Killed by Thunderstorm. Strange Happening at Port Hacking

Evening News · Monday 16 February 1914 · page 5

A statement published this morning that all the had in the National Park batcherles had [?] to a mysterious mortality was smilingly [?] by Mr. D. G. Stea[?], director of…

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The Hospitals. Wild Weather the Storm

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 17 February 1914 · page 10

Up to the present, the hospitals have not felt the pinch. Meat is supplied to the Sydney Hospital by contract, and the contractor has assured the authorities that everything is being done…

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The Dairy Industry. Gale of a Dorrico Herd. Seventy Milkers Averaged £8 108

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 17 February 1914 · page 6

Last week, at the auction sale of Mr. J. B. Noble's dairy herd at Dorrigo, held by Messrs. Scecombe, Narim, and Kirkland. milch and cows sold…

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Heavy Rain at Cairns. Brisbane, Tuesduy

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 February 1914 · page 14

The Railway Department has been advised that heavy rains have fallen in the Cairns district, and the water is about 6ft over Mulgrave Bridge, and rising. Traffic is suspended…

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The Soil Australian Produce in California. Flooding the Markets. "No Profit to the Consumer."

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 February 1914 · page 7

SAN FRANCISCO, January 21. -- Vast quantities of Australia produce have flooded the markets of San Francisco, Seattle, and Vancouver. The Union Steamship Company's steamer…

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