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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1918

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Great Gale Destruction Near Melbourne Unprecedented Force of Wind. Two Deaths and Many Injured Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 February 1918 · page 7

The most furlous windstorm experienced in Australia since meteorological records have been taken, occurred at Brighton and Brighton Beach at about a quarter to 5 on…

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Ten Hours Terror the Fate of Mackay. Helpless in Face of Coming Storm. Wind 120 Miles an Hour

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 February 1918 · page 3

BRISBANE, Saturday.--Appalling in the extreme is the scene presented to-day by the township of Mackay. It can best be described as a Jumble of ruins…

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Queensland Floods. Fitzroy Receding. [?]

Evening News · Monday 4 February 1918 · page 5

The[?] is [?] Official reports [?] that a…

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Cyclone and Flood The Melbourne Calamity a Fierce and Devastating Wind-storm

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 5 February 1918 · page 4

A furious windstorm was experienced at Brighton, Melbourne, on Saturday afternoon, and it is stated that it was one of the worst experienced in Australia…

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Storm Damages Fruit

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 February 1918 · page 5

The heavy winds and rnin of Thursday brought a lot of fruit to the ground in the Central Cumberland orchards. It is also reported that a great deal of the grape crop has…

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Storm Damage in Melbourne

The Sun · Tuesday 5 February 1918 · page 6

1. Brighton Beach tearooms. 2. Brighton baths. 3. Grant's Produce Store, N. Brighton. 4. House, Wellington-street, N. Brighton…

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Erratic Cyclone. Off to Lord Howe Island

Evening News · Tuesday 5 February 1918 · page 8

The [?] disturbance which threatened Sydney [?] worked north-[?]ward during the [?] to the north of [?] Howe [?] and apparently [?]…

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Squall in the City. Cyclone Passes to Tasman Sea

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 February 1918 · page 6

A special forecast was issued by the Weather Bureau yesterday afternoon. Indicating the approach of another, storm. A fresh development on the South Coast…

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The Queensland Disaster the Aftermath of the Great Wind-storm. Mackay a Total Wreck

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 5 February 1918 · page 4

The terrible cyclone that devaluated so much country throughout the coastal and central parts of Queensland is gradually disappearing, and weather conditions…

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The Rockhampton Flood

Evening News · Tuesday 5 February 1918 · page 4

PORTION IF EAST-STREET, WHERE THE WATER WAS THREE FEET DEEP. NOTE THE BOATS WITH PASSENGERS. CORNER OF EAST AND DERBY STREETS, LOOKING TOWARDS THE POST OFFICE…

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Serious Floods. in Portuguese Afeica. Capetown, Feb. 4

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 February 1918 · page 7

Serious floods are reported from Besra, in Portuguese territory. The Pungwe River has inundated large tracts. Railway communication with Rhodesia is cut…

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The Floods in Queensland

The Sun · Tuesday 5 February 1918 · page 6

Sheep bogged in an attempt to reach higher country. Presently the flood waters will wash them away…

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Floods at Rockhampton

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 February 1918 · page 7

QUAY STREET, SHOWING SUBMERGED BOAT SHEDS. FITZROY BRIDGE FROM QUAY STREET…

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Melbourne Cyclone

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 6 February 1918 · page 12

A storm which caused two deaths, injured a number of people, and devastated £100,000 worth of property in ten minutes, occurred at Brighton, near Melbourne (Victoria), on the…

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Storms in Queensland—The Floods at Rockhampton

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 6 February 1918 · page 23

West side of East-street, between Derby and William streets. View showing the flood waters at the corner of East and Derby streets, looking towards the Post Office. Another view of the flood waters in East-street…

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Victorians Shoot in Storm

Referee · Wednesday 6 February 1918 · page 10

The severe storm experienced in Melbourne last Saturday naturally affected the scores at both the Williamstown and Port Melbourne ranges, particularly at Williamstown, where the…

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Disaster at Mackay : Cyclone and Tidal Wave

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 6 February 1918 · page 6

TREMENDOUS damage was done at Mackay, on the north coast of Queensland, by an immense tidal wave, cyclone, and flood. Nineteen persons…

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Disastrous Storms—Destruction in Queensland and Victoria. Floods at Mackay

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 6 February 1918 · page 12

Further news received from Mackay and other parts of Queensland, visited by floods, indicate how serious, and disastrous in the destruction of life and property the inundations have been…

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Portuguese Africa Flooded Capetown

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 February 1918 · page 7

Serious floods are reported at Beam, Portuguese territory. The overflowing of the Pungwe River inundated large tracts of land. Railway communication in Rhodesia is cut off…

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