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Broken Hill & the Far West · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1914

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Storms in Germany. Twelve Deaths by Lightning. (Reuter's Message.) Berlin

Barrier Miner · Friday 19 June 1914 · page 2

A series of terrible thunderstorms have destroyed the crops in Neckar Valley, Stuttgart and Kessel. Twelve deaths by lightning have been reported,…

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Gales on the Coast. Shipping Sheltering. Damaged Vessel Returns to Port. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 19 June 1914 · page 2

The cyclonic disturbance which developed along the coast on Tuesday. night, has worked northward. All shipping traffic along the coast has been…

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A Train Disaster. Falls Into a Flooded Stream. Passengers Killed and Injured. (Reuter's Message.) London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 20 June 1914 · page 4

A Perth-Inverness train was derailed in a bleak and lonely spot at Carrbridge, crossing an embankment which had been undermined by heavy rains,…

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The Paris Storm. Funerals of the Victims. (Reuter's Message.) Paris

Barrier Miner · Monday 22 June 1914 · page 4

The indignation of the citizens of Paris at the results of the storm early in the week found expression in the funeral of the taxi-cab chauffeur who…

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The Paris Storm. Further, Subsidences. (Reuter's Message.) Paris, Sunday Night

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 23 June 1914 · page 4

As a result of the recent storm further subsidences have occurred in Paris. In the Boulevard Haussman four persons were engulfed. All…

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General Cables. (Reuter's Messages.) Another Severe Storm. Paris

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 24 June 1914 · page 8

A terrible storm in the Chablis district yesterday, caused several deaths by lightning. A military camp near Orleans was struck, and 28 soldiers…

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Floods in America. Exceptionally Heavy Rains. Great Damage Occasioned. (Reuter's Message). Kansas City (U.S.A.)

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 24 June 1914 · page 4

Great storms have been experienced in this section of the States. Scores of people have been driven from their homes. Whole wheatfields…

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Interesting Find. Original Story of the Deluge. Babylonian Account of the Fall of Man. (Reuter's Message.) London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 25 June 1914 · page 2

Professor Langdon, assyrologist at the Oxford University, has found, among some early Babylonian tablets recently disinterred at Nieppur, an…

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American Storms. Loss of Lifeand Damage. (Reuter's Message.) St. Paul (Minn.)

Barrier Miner · Friday 26 June 1914 · page 1

Four persons have been killed outright, and two fatally. and a score more seriously injured by the storm at Watertoun. The property damage is…

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Great Floods in China. Worst for Half a Century. Scores of Villages Destroyed. (Reuter's Message.) Canton

Barrier Miner · Monday 29 June 1914 · page 4

Tremendous floods are being experienced in the Pekin and Sikiang district's, the worst for half a century. Scores of villages have been destroyed…

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Wilcannia to Broken Hill. Motoring Through Yesterday's Flood

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 30 June 1914 · page 2

Mr. W. E. Baker, with four passengers; left Wilcannia for Broken Hill by motor-car yesterday at 10 a.m. Before long they saw dirty weather ahead, and…

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Heavy Rains. Between Broken Hill and Wilcannia. Coach Held Up by Flood. White Cliffs

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 1 July 1914 · page 4

Splendid rains fell all last night and continued up to midday, and at White Cliffs 180 points were registered. Bunker Creek reached the highest flood…

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The Assassinations. the Funeral. Interfered with by Storm. (Reuter's Message.) Vienna

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 7 July 1914 · page 2

The full honors due to the late Archduke Ferdinand were not accorded to him because he was buried with his wife, the result of a morganatic…

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In a Cyclone for 30 HOURS. Batavia

Barrier Miner · Monday 13 July 1914 · page 2

The steamer Tasman, on a voyage from Australia, was caught in a cyclone for 30 hours. The passengers became panic-strickon, but the vessel was saved…

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Stormy Weather. Gale, Snow, and Rain in the East. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 18 July 1914 · page 4

A south-easterly gale was raging on the south coast yesterday, with thick rain and a rough sea. Snow was reported as falling in the higher parts…

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American Heat Wave. Ended by Thunderstorms. (Reuter's Message.) Kansas City

Barrier Miner · Saturday 18 July 1914 · page 4

A series of thunderstorms to-day ended the great heat wave in the middle-west of the States. Several deaths and many prostrations were…

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Killed in a Storm. Buda Pe[?]th, Friday Night

Barrier Miner · Saturday 25 July 1914 · page 8

A storm has severely damaged the Parliament buildings here. Several Deputies, including M. Andrassy had narrow escapes A passer-by was killed…

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Killed in a Storm. Buda Pesth, Friday Night

Barrier Miner · Monday 27 July 1914 · page 8

A storm has severely damaged the Parliament buildings here. Several Deputies, including M. Andrassy, had narrow escapes. A passer-by was Killed…

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The Wars. Holland Preparing to Flood the Country Million and a Quarter French Soldiers. Austrians Routed: 15,000 Reported Killed. Proposal for Working Broken Hill Mines

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 19 August 1914 · page 2

A significant cable message printed to-day states that "The weather in the North Sea is beautifully fine, and the atmosphere is clear." This is the first time that the state of the atmosphere in the North Sea has ever been cabled to Australia. The German army is reported to be confused by…

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After the Storm. Germany's Dream

Barrier Miner · Thursday 20 August 1914 · page 2

"Nach dem Sturm." This is the title of a startling publication issued in Germany a few years ago. It is intended to be prophetic…

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