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Floods & storms, 1918

662 stories in Sydney's papers · page 8 of 34

Passing of the Storm. Weather Conditions Improving

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 February 1918 · page 12

Reports received at the Weather Bureau at 9 a.m yesterday indicated that the cyclone, which had been steadily moving over the Tasman Sea, though in north-easterly direction,…

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The Cyclone. Devastation at Flat Top. Vivid Narratives. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 February 1918 · page 14

Captain F. Hood, district lighthouse officer, who returned from the scone of desolation by the Bingera, gives a very vivid narrative concerning Flat Top, and the devastation wrought…

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Storm--clouds. German Unrest. Strike Fever Spreads. London

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 February 1918 · page 9

A Copenhagen message states that according to a Hamburg. Socialist newspaper a state of siege has been declared in Hamburg. Correspondents from neutral centres continue…

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A Temporary Break. Storm Passes North-east. Still Unsettled Prospects

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 February 1918 · page 8

The sun, which had been shut out for the major portion of the week, succeeded in showing itself for an interval early yesterday morning. Then, temporarily defeated, it…

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Queensland Floods. Burnett River Rising. Brisbane, Saturday Afternoon

Evening News · Saturday 2 February 1918 · page 5

The Minister for [?] Mr. Jones has [?] being sent from Brisbane, [?] retained…

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Rockhampton Floods. Water Still Rising. Rockhampton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 February 1918 · page 14

Rain fell again yesterday and the weather is threatening. Heavy rain would be disastrous as it would simply mean that business places in East-street and other places which…

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Northern Floods Better at Mackay Fitzroy River Stationary Brisbane

The Sun · Saturday 2 February 1918 · page 5

The flood situation at Mackay is improving. The flood waters in the north are very slowly receding. It has been decided to retain the…

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The Gathering Storm

Sunday Times · Sunday 3 February 1918 · page 3

On the Western front wintry conditions are still supreme, and, as far as the infantry is concerned, nothing more than mutual raiding is reported; but latterly the artillery work has…

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Severe Cyclone Huge Tropical Depression

Sunday Times · Sunday 3 February 1918 · page 3

The weather of the past week in New South Wales was controlled by portion of a huge tropical depression, lacking in energy in the early part, and consequently marked by sultriness…

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Scenes of the Fearful Cyclone at Mackay

The Mirror · Sunday 3 February 1918 · page 1

Pictures shewing some of the games of Mackay, which has been devastated by the recent terrible cyclone. (1) Farleigh Mill, which was [?] by the cyclone. (2) Technical College [?] School. (3) Pioneer River at Wood[?] (4) Government steamer Relief off Ibillson. (5) Victoria-street Mackay. An appeal is now being made for the Women's Hospital, the excellent institution in Crown-street, in whose behalf a matinee was held at the Tivoli on Tuesday. These snapshots were taken at the hospital by The Mirror Photographer, and show some of the young babies with their nurses and mothers…

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Cyclone in Melbourne Killed in the Street Woman Buried in the Wreckage of a House Great Damage in Track of the Storm

Sunday Times · Sunday 3 February 1918 · page 2

At 5.30 this afternoon one of the worst cyclones that has ever been known in Melbourne struck Brighton, one of Melbourne's principal waterside suburbs, and left…

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Storm Bursts From West Big Seas in the Bay Woman Buried in Wreckage MELBOURNE

The Sun · Sunday 3 February 1918 · page 2

A severe storm accompanied by lightning, and at places some hail, swept over the city and suburbs about 4 o'clock this afternoon…

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Big Storm in Melbourne Chief Centre at Brighton Beach Boy Crushed Beneath a Building House Battered to Matchwood

The Sun · Sunday 3 February 1918 · page 2

The cyclonic weather reached Melbourne yesterday afternoon, bursting in from the west, and doing great damage. Brighton felt the full force of the wind pressure, and a boy was killed through a building collapsing on top of him…

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Queensland Floods Fears of Pestilence Bush As Quiet As the Dead Brisbane

Sunday Times · Sunday 3 February 1918 · page 2

It is not easy to estimate the extent of the damage at Mackay in a financial way; but, including half a million pounds worth of sugar gone, it is calculated that the total will run to…

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Queensland Floods No Further Rises Schooner Orete Safe Brisbane

The Sun · Sunday 3 February 1918 · page 2

The flood situation at Mackay is improving. Tho flood waters in the north are very slowly receding. It has been decided to retain the…

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The Floods at Rockhampton a mm j

The Sun · Sunday 3 February 1918 · page 4

(1) Water in Stanley-street. (2) Flood waters in Quay-street, at the foot of Stanley-street. (3) Fitzroy River Bridge, showing the flood…

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Cyclonig Storm. Now Threatening Sydney. Moving Up the Coast. Strong Wind and Heavy Rain

Evening News · Monday 4 February 1918 · page 5

[?] is [?] its way [?] The Weather [?]…

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The Storm Fiend. Brighton's Visitation. Sydney Man Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 February 1918 · page 2

MELBOURNE. Sunday.--A storm of great violence, without precedent in the history of Melbourne, swept over portion of the suburban area late on Saturday afternoon. In velocity…

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Melbourne Cyclone Aftermath Off Gabo Blow Working North at Sydney This Evening

The Sun · Monday 4 February 1918 · page 5

There is more wind in store for Sydney, and it is roaring up from the south now. The disturbance which wrought hav[?] among the buildings in Melbourne on…

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Queensland Storm. Heavy Losses of Stock. Effect on Mining Industry. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 February 1918 · page 8

A message from Mackay states that all schools at Mackay have been temporarily closed. This has been found necessary on account of the damage to many of the…

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