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Broken Hill & the Far West · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1914

149 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 7 of 8

How Austro-hungary Is Suffering. Hungary Flooded with Wounded. Result of Sanguinary Fighting. Vienna One Great Hospital. Vienna

Barrier Miner · Monday 2 November 1914 · page 1

Budapest, telegrams state that the whole of Hungary is again flooded with wounded, showing the sanguinary character of the Vistula fighting. Several…

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The Opening of the Dykes. Flooding the Fighting Area. Havre

Barrier Miner · Monday 2 November 1914 · page 2

The inundation of the country between the Yser and the Dixmude-Nieuport railway in Belgium, has now reached Pervyse…

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British Artillery Bombardment. French Storm Four Lines of Trenches. Thousands Slain. Paris

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 3 November 1914 · page 2

The German artillery at Poelcapelle, near Roulers, on Wednesday night opened fire in the direction of Boesinghe, under cover of which their…

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German Mines. Gale Blows Them Ashore. British Coast Affected. London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 4 November 1914 · page 2

A gale has driven a number of powerful German mines ashore on the coast of Northumberland…

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The Weather. Floods in South Australia. Damage at Petersburg and Eudunda. a Ten-year-old Boy Drowned. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Saturday 14 November 1914 · page 4

Heavy floods occurred in the north yesterday and damage to property is reported from various centres. At Petersburg the water was feet…

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Storm at Bathurst. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 16 November 1914 · page 2

A storm broke over Bathurst last night, when 135 points of rain were registered in 20 minutes…

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Saturday Night's Storm. Reservoirs Benefit. Another 20 Feet Rise at Umberumberka. Intake at Stephens Creek

Barrier Miner · Monday 16 November 1914 · page 4

At a few minutes past 6 o'clock last night, after several sharp thunderclaps and heavy downpours during the latter part of the afternoon, a dense bank of…

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Fighting in the Water. in the Flooded Dyke Country. Pitiless Artillery Fire. Calais

Barrier Miner · Monday 16 November 1914 · page 1

In connection with the fighting at Dixmude, the army corps' commander ordered that the Germans should not return alive if they did not take…

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Thunderstorm at Silverton

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 17 November 1914 · page 3

Our Silverton correspondent writes:— A "fairly heavy thunderstorm occurred here on Saturday evening last, commencing about 6.30 o'clock. The storm…

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The Weather. Heavy Rains in South Australia. Alice Springs in Flood. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 18 November 1914 · page 4

Heavy showers have occurred in the interior, and the watercourses at Alice Springs are in flood. The weather was fine to-day and…

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Storm in a Teapot. Trouble Over a Photograph. Children's Ward League Members at Variance

Barrier Miner · Thursday 19 November 1914 · page 3

Lively scenes were enacted at last night's metting of the Children's Ward League. With the exception of the chairman (Mr. H. S. Allen), the…

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Flooded Areas in Belgium. German Detachments Isolated. Outposts Die of Starvation. London

Barrier Miner · Friday 20 November 1914 · page 4

"The Times" says that in the flooded area, especially at Dixmude, Oostkerke, and Caeskerke, many German detachments have been isolated…

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German Engineers for Dixmude. Bridges Over Flooded Area. Amsterdam

Barrier Miner · Saturday 21 November 1914 · page 8

Seven thousand German engineers have gone to Dixmude to build bridges over the flooded area…

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Milparinka. a Terrific Storm

Barrier Miner · Monday 23 November 1914 · page 1

The weather all over Australia is to the producer always a matter of constant interest, to say nothing of those who in the hush occupy tenements that…

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Storm at Singleton. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 23 November 1914 · page 2

A cyclonic storm swept over Singleton on Saturday afternoon. The wind travelled at a great velocity, causing a great amount of damage…

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Storm on Lake Superior. Bodies Washed Ashore. Much Wreckage Found. (Reuter's Message.) Chicago

Barrier Miner · Monday 23 November 1914 · page 2

Twelve bodies have been recovered along the shores of Lake Superior of persons drowned as a result of a terrific storm on the lake. Much…

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Milparinka. a Terrific Storm

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 24 November 1914 · page 4

The weather all over Australia is to the producer, always a matter of constant interest, to say nothing of those who in the bush occupy tenements that…

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Severe Storm in Sydney. Considerable Damage to Property. Telegraphic Service Disor Ganised. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 26 November 1914 · page 3

A severe thunderstorm, accompamed, by heavy rain and strong gusts of wind from the south-west, broko over Sydney yesterday afternoon about 3…

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Benefit Race Meeting. Gale of Booths

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 8 December 1914 · page 1

At the Royal Exchange Hotel this afternoon Mr. W. Hogg (Messrs. Megaw and Hogg) offered for sale, by auction, the booth rights in connection…

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Storm on the North Coast. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 8 December 1914 · page 2

A severe storm swept over the Ulmarrn district yesterday. Great damage was done to the crops, [?]efly maize, also to buildings…

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