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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1915

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Cyclonic Storm. Heavy Rain. Damage in the Country

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 January 1915 · page 8

The cyclonic storm which developod from the extensive tropical disturbance, affected the coastal districts during Wednesday night. Its operations were responsible for further…

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Gale in the Tasman

Evening News · Friday 1 January 1915 · page 4

Light in moderate easterly winds and slight sets favored the John Company stearrer Maheno, which arrived at Sydney from Auckland this morning, during most of the…

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Storm at Penrith

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 1 January 1915 · page 2

PENRITH, Thursday.-- The storm last night was violent. It broke after 6 o'clock, and in a short time was a sea of water, 3ft. deep in places…

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Fierce Gale. Squalls and Heavy Seas

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 1 January 1915 · page 2

A howling gale--cyclonic in character--is [?]ging all along the coast. The gale developed from the extensive tropical disturbance which affected the coastal districts during Wednesday…

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England Swept by Storm. London

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 1 January 1915 · page 15

The wettest December on record culminated in a terrific gale, with snow and floods. Enormous seas broke on the coast, and did great damage. Cas-…

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Adrift in a Gale. Steamer's Plight Off the Coast

Evening News · Friday 1 January 1915 · page 4

With the schooner Cavan in town the steancy Altco left Sydney for Newcastle on Wednesday night, but immediately ran into heavy car. All night the two vessels hattred through the…

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"EYE - Witness's" Account. Fighting in Storm and Darkness. London

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 1 January 1915 · page 15

The Official Press Bureau has issued a further account by "Eye - Witness" of the fighting in Flanders. In a despatch dated December 24 he said: -…

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Streets Flooded. Penrith

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 January 1915 · page 8

The storm here last night in point of severity was about the most violent and disastrous Ponrith has known. The storm broke soon after 6 o'clock, and…

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Hawkesbury in Flood. 26 Feet Above Summer Level

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 1 January 1915 · page 2

WINDSOR,Thursday.--The heavy rain during the past few days all along the Hawkesbury watershed has caused a considerable rise in the river and its tributaries. South Creek, Cattai…

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Gale Slackening

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 January 1915 · page 10

The intensity of the cyclonic disturbance has lessened considerably, owing to a slump in barometric values at the centre of the great high pressure system over the southern parts…

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Wednesday's Storm

Nepean Times · Saturday 2 January 1915 · page 4

The last days of the old year (1914) will be memorable to Penrith, St. Marys, and Nepean District residents generally for another…

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Huge Hail Stones. Storm at Maryborough. Maryborough

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 January 1915 · page 12

A cyclonic storm which passed over the city this afternoon proved to be one of the most destructive experienced here. Most of the trees in the Grammar School grounds…

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Rescue in a Terrific Storm. London, Saturday Morning

Evening News · Saturday 2 January 1915 · page 1

Later details of the lose of H.M.S. Formidable stone that seventy members of the crew were [?] Two of this numbers were officers…

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Cyclists' Long Ride. Forty-eight Hours' Race. Gale Causes a Stop

Evening News · Saturday 2 January 1915 · page 6

Riders in the hours race at Sydney Sport Ground. Moree Park,had a rough time last night. The weather was stormy and by midnight the gale was so strong that the cyclists…

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Seventy Rescued. Men of H.M.S. Formidable. in a Terrific Storm. London, Saturday Morning

Evening News · Saturday 2 January 1915 · page 4

Later details of the [?] of H.M.S. Formidable show that seventy members of the crew were rescued. Two of this number were officers…

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The Germans Account for Another British Battleship H.M.S. Formidable Mid-channel Disaster to Formidable Fortunate Survivors ARE Rescued in Batches a Terrific Storm Hampers Work Cause of the Accident not yet Traced to Mine of Submarine Battleship's Pinnace Picked Up Melbourne, Saturday Night

Sunday Times · Sunday 3 January 1915 · page 1

The cabled news as to the sinking of H.M.S. Formidable in the English Channel through the agency of a submarine or a mine has been officially confirmed…

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Storms at Manildra

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 January 1915 · page 11

MANILDRA, Saturday.--One of the heaviest falls of rain experienced in this district for 40 years occurred last week. Fully 4in. fell in two or three hours. The first 2in. fell in 20…

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Marsina in the Gale

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 January 1915 · page 4

The steamer Marsina, of Burns, Philp., and Co.'s line, returned to Sydney yesterday from Papua, via Brisbane, and berthed at Federal wharf. She had a stormy trip from Brisbane,…

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South-west Gales. Light Coastal Rainfall

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 January 1915 · page 12

On Saturday winds of gale force were reported from Port Stephens, Kiama, Jervis Bay, Moruya, Eden, and Gabo. Kosciusko (on the S tablelands), also advised a SSW…

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