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Broken Hill & the Far West · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1925

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Ancient Tombs Unearthed by the Flood Waters (Reuter's Message.) London, November 25

Barrier Miner · Thursday 26 November 1925 · page 1

Reuter's Athens correspondent reports:— The floods descending from Mount Lykabettos on the outskirts of'Athens,…

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Australian Match [?] Overseas Competition May Flood Market

Barrier Miner · Thursday 26 November 1925 · page 3

According to Mr. F. J. Riley, secre tary of the Manufacturing Urooara' Union of Victoria, a trade war has begun in [?]e match-making industry…

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English Channel Gales Two Vessels Wrecked Off Yorkshire Coast Reuter's Message. London, November 25

Barrier Miner · Friday 27 November 1925 · page 4

Terrible north-easterly gales with hurricane winds, heavy seas and falls of snow are visiting the east coast of England. A Scottish drifter…

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English Channel Gales Two Vessels Wrecked Off York Shire Coast (Reuter's Message.) London, November 25

Barrier Miner · Saturday 28 November 1925 · page 8

Terrible north-easterly gales with hurricane winds heavy seas and falls of snow are visiting the east coast of England. A Scottish drifter…

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Floods in New Zealand Bridge Carried Away and Crops Destroyed

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 8 December 1925 · page 1

Melting snow [?]caused a serious flooding of the Waimakari River at Canterbury, where the stream burst its banks (says a Wellington, N.Z., message in…

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Queensland Cyclone Damage at Clermont Clermont (Q'ld.)

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 9 December 1925 · page 3

The town was visited by a cyclone last night and many buildings were unroofed Considerable damage was done in the town…

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Heavy Cyclone in W.A. Much Damage Is Reported at Kalgoorle and Boulder Perth

Barrier Miner · Thursday 10 December 1925 · page 4

A.heavy cyclone struck Kalgoorlie and Boulder yesterday.At KalKoorlie considerable damage was done to buildings,and a woman was blown…

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Aquitania in a Gale Operation During Storm (Reuter's Message.) London, December 9

Barrier Miner · Friday 11 December 1925 · page 4

The steamer Aquitania struck a severe gale arriving at Southampton 20 hour, late with her shelter windows 50ft above the water smashed. Her…

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Aquitania in a Gale Operation During Storm (Reuter's Message.) London, December 9

Barrier Miner · Saturday 12 December 1925 · page 8

The steamer Aquitania struck a severe gale arriving at Southampton 20 hour: late with her shelter windows 50ft. above the water smashed. Her…

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Cyclone at Clermont Much Damage Caused Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Saturday 12 December 1925 · page 2

A cyclone swept the town of Clermont, Queensland, yesterday. The town hall and school of arts were unroofed, and the wall of one office blown…

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Cyclone at Clermont Much Damage Caused Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Saturday 12 December 1925 · page 1

A cyclone swept the town of Clermont, Queensland, yesterday. The town hall and school of arts were unroofed and the wall of one office blown…

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Queensland Cyclone Great Damage Done. Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 15 December 1925 · page 1

Charleville (Qld.) was swept by the worst cyclonic storm in its history last Sunday afternoon. Numerous houses were partly or wholly unroofed, huge…

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Rain and Gales Im England Mountainous Seas (Reuter's Message.) London, December 30

Barrier Miner · Thursday 31 December 1925 · page 4

Meadows, fields, and valleys have in the past few days been transformed into sheets of water. Ten million tons of rain fell in London in an hour,…

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Cyclone at Babadah Buildings Unroofed in All Parts of the Town Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 31 December 1925 · page 4

Babadah, near Dubbo, was struck by a cyclone at 6 o'clock last night and practically every building in the town was unroofed. A thousand…

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