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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1915

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Storm at Cumnock. Cumnock

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

On Thursday afternoon there was an un[?]ally heavy storm. The rain-gauge registered 305 points, but became silted up with sand and was unable to record more…

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Propellers Fouled. Exciting Time in the Gale

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 January 1915 · page 8

The new coasting steamer Bodalla, which cleared the Heads at 6.15 p.m. on Friday for Nelligen, was towed into the harbor on Saturday morning in a disabled condition, after an…

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Gale in Fiji

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 5 January 1915 · page 15

A cable received from Suva during the Week advises that at Taviuni and Vanua Levu it is believed little damage has been done At Rewa nine Indians were…

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A Storm at Maryborough

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 5 January 1915 · page 7

A cyclonic storm, at Maryborough (Q.) on New Year's Day did much damage. Most of the trees in the Grammar School grounds were bent double. In what is…

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The Rain. Storms Subsided. Licht Falls Recorded

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 5 January 1915 · page 12

The conditions which have presided over this state for the last week, have now lessened their vigor, and only a comparatively few points of rain were…

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Gales Off the Coast. Schooner Columbia Arrives Seamen's Narrow Escape

The Sun · Tuesday 5 January 1915 · page 5

The American schooner Columbia arrived at Sydney to-day from Hastings Mills. The vessel has a big cargo of oregon on board, comprising 1,000,000ft., and left the Pacific…

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Storms in the Central-west. Damage Amounts to Thousands. Molong

Evening News · Tuesday 5 January 1915 · page 3

At the end of last week about a thousand pounds worth of damage was done in the Molong, Manildra, and Cumnock districts by heavy rains. At Cum[?] on New Year's Day four inches…

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Britain's Bad Weather. Riverside Under Water. Gales on the Coast. London. Tuesday Morning

The Sun · Tuesday 5 January 1915 · page 5

The high spring tides and the continuance of rains have caused more extensive flooding of the upper reaches of the Thames. Cattle, pigs, and beehives have been swept…

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Damage by Storm. Losses in the Country. Molong

The Sun · Tuesday 5 January 1915 · page 4

As the result of unprecedented downpours of rain on New Year's Day, serious damage was done in the Molong and surrounding districts. The water fell "in buckets-full,"…

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Rescued in a Gale. Two Men Washed Overboard Schooners Wild New Year

Evening News · Tuesday 5 January 1915 · page 5

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The Weather The Storm Passes North Useful Rains Throughout Queensland

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 5 January 1915 · page 7

The new year opened in Sydney, and generally throughout New South Wales, with dull and cool weather, following a stormy week of wind, hail and rain…

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The Hawkesbury Flood. Courangra

Evening News · Tuesday 5 January 1915 · page 3

During last week heavy rain fell, and a sharp rise in the main river brought the water up over the low lands. This was the highest rise experienced for years. Growers lost heavily in…

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Thames Valley Flooded. Serious Damage. London, Monday Afternoon

The Sun · Tuesday 5 January 1915 · page 5

The continuous heavy rain and the snowfall at night are causing the Thames floods to assume the most serious proportions. Riverside towns are completely isolated, and…

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Storms. Heavy Rain in Country. Damage by Flood. Molong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 January 1915 · page 13

The New Year was ushered in in the Molong and contiguous districts by phenomenal downpours of rain. The first heavy fall cocurred on New Year's Eve, when so great…

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Steamer in a Storm

The Sun · Wednesday 6 January 1915 · page 5

The steamer Ooma, from Makatea, reached Sydney this morning. The vessel has 6200 tons of phosphates on hoard, and occupied 16½ days on the voyage…

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Overboard in a Gale. Remarkable Rescue

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 January 1915 · page 11

A remarkable experience befel two Bailors of the American sallors Columbia on the voyage from Puget Sound to Sydney, Tho Columbia arrived in the harbor yesterday, and Captain…

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Councils in Conflict. Storm Waters Diverted

The Sun · Wednesday 6 January 1915 · page 8

Alderman Barracluff, Mayor of Waverley, drew the attention of the council last night to the diverting of the storm-waters on to Old South Head-road. Some time ago…

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Terrible Weather. Heavy Floods in England. London, Wednesday Morning

Evening News · Wednesday 6 January 1915 · page 1

The heavy rains which recently restricted [?] in Belgium and France have also been experienced in England. There have been terrible floods in the Thames…

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Waverley V. Woollahra. Flooding Old South Head-road

Evening News · Wednesday 6 January 1915 · page 8

At the meeting of the Waverley Council, the Mayor (Alderman J. Barracluff) said:—"Water, the result of recent rains, has been deliberately turned into Towns-road (and it has run into…

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Thames Floods. Water in a Cathedral. London, Wednesday Morning

The Sun · Wednesday 6 January 1915 · page 1

The floods in the Uppen Thames Valley have invaded Salisbury Cathedral. There are several inches of water in the nave. in the district around thousands of acres…

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