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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1915

186 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 2 of 10

The Seine Flooded

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 19 January 1915 · page 2

The River Seine is flooded as the result of heavy rains…

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Effective British Artillery. Floods and Fights in North France. London

Leader · Tuesday 19 January 1915 · page 2

"The Times" correspondent in North France writes:—Our artillery at Bethune directed it searching fire upon the German positions, throwing shells…

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Phenomenal Climatic Conditions. "Back Country" Dust Storm at Lithgow

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 20 January 1915 · page 2

This morning local and district residents were greeted with unusual climatic conditions (for Lithgow) in the shape of what may be called a back country dust storm. The town…

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Hurricane in Fiji. the Tofua in the Storm. Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 21 January 1915 · page 3

Cable advices received from Fiji to-day report that there has been another terrible hurricane through the islands. The Union Company's steamer Tofua…

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Haze in Sydney Dust Storm in Tamworth. Town in Darkness. Sydney

National Advocate · Thursday 21 January 1915 · page 2

Owing to the terrific dust storms prevailing throughout the State there was a remarkable haze over the metropolitan, area to-day. It was…

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"A Cobar Shower" "Far-west" Dust Storm in Bathurst an Unusual Visitation

National Advocate · Thursday 21 January 1915 · page 3

It is not often that Bathurst goes through anything in nature of a real dust storm. Bathurstians are so used to a pure atmosphere and skies as clear…

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Yockg in a Dust Storm. Young

Leader · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 3

There was a severe dust storm in the town all day. Dense clouds of just made it impossible to see. Horses, cattle and fowls went mad in…

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Flood Fighting Water Barrier to the Coast. How the Germans Were Foiled

The Bathurst Times · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 4

The fight for the last strip of Belgian coast has brought into sudden fame an unassuming Belgian citizen who never sought notiriety, but in a simple effort…

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Dust Storm at Wellington. Wellington

National Advocate · Monday 25 January 1915 · page 4

Wellington, with other country [?]wns was visited with terrific dust [?]torms during the week, and for three days it hung over the town and…

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British Ship Lost with All Hands. Gale or Mine? London

National Advocate · Wednesday 27 January 1915 · page 2

The Press Bureau states that the British armed merchantman, Viknor, was lost in a gale or by a mine off the North of Ireland. All were drowned…

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New Zealand Town Flooded

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 28 January 1915 · page 18

Heavy rains have fallen in Southland (N.Z.), and the rivers are flooded in the up-couniry districts. A particularly heavy downpour was…

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Storm at Rock Forest 112 Points in 10 MINUTES

National Advocate · Saturday 30 January 1915 · page 4

Phenomenal rain fell at Rock Forest (the residence of Mr. A. Sullivan) yesterday, 112 points being recorded in a little over 10 minutes. Fortunately,…

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The Storm's Damage a Complaint From Sunny Corner

National Advocate · Wednesday 3 February 1915 · page 3

The following letter, received from Mr. James Egan, a Shire maintenance man at Sunny Corner, and dated February [?], was read at…

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Disastrous Gale. Forty Vessels Wrecked. London

The Bathurst Times · Friday 5 February 1915 · page 2

A message from Gibraltar states that a heavy gale has wrecked forty vessels off Cadiz, Spain, with loss of life and enormous destruction in the harbor…

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Wrecked in a Gale. London

National Advocate · Monday 8 February 1915 · page 5

During a terrific gale on the Aberdeen Coast a salvage boat from Hull turned turtle, and six were drowned. One of the crew was imprisoned in the…

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Our New Serial. a Stolen Identity. Chapter Ii. The Storm Terror

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 11 February 1915 · page 36

"There is a storm coming, Scrope," Miss Surtees says, complainingly, as they fly along. "I feel quite warm and…

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The Wilhelmena Puts Into British Port. a Severe Storm. London

The Bathurst Times · Friday 12 February 1915 · page 2

The Wilhelmina (the steamer from America destined for Germany, the voyage constituting a test case regarding Britain and neutral shipping) has put…

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Worried Italy. Heavy Floods Experienced. Part of Rome Under Water. Tiber Rises Fifty Feet. Rome

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 17 February 1915 · page 2

I [?] one grave anxiety to another, Italy is now facing a new peril—floods. The Tiber has risen fifty feet, and…

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Waters Flooding Rome, Tiber Rises 50ft. Vatican Still Untouched. Rome

Leader · Wednesday 17 February 1915 · page 3

After passing from one grave anxiety to another Italy is now facing a new peril. The Tiber has risen 50 feet, and flooded all the lower parts…

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The Dust Storm

Leader · Friday 19 February 1915 · page 4

In the current issue of Rickard's "Review," the following poem on the recent dustsorm appears under the name of Neville Bosworth, of Orange:…

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