Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Floods & storms, all years

Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1915

39 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 2 of 2

Rain-making. Wireless Conquest of Clouds Thunderstorms to Cease

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 4 June 1915 · page 7

Mr J. G. Balsillie, wireless expert of the Commonwealth, believes that he can command rain by a novel invention, which will have much the…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Western Wind Storm

Western Champion · Thursday 17 June 1915 · page 5

A wind storm accompanied by rain (says the Condobolin "Lachlander") came up on Monday night about 10 o'clock. In some parts the wind…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Terrific Floods This Month Professor Ogg's Tip

Forbes Times · Friday 18 June 1915 · page 6

The following forecast for the remainder of the month has been issued by Professor Ogg, the Queensland prophet:—…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Deluge Wanted

Forbes Times · Friday 2 July 1915 · page 7
Also in The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser

"We want a deluge of shells to rain forty days and forty nights without ceasing. Then we shall hear the cracking of the German steel barrier,…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Deluge of Blood

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 3 July 1915 · page 5

A German-American correspondent with the Germans says the German front between Arres and Ypres is intact, and that General…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Saving a Bridge. Timber in a Flood. Is the Lachlan River Changing?

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 6 July 1915 · page 4

Members of the Jemalong Shire Council, at the meeting on Saturday, had some rather startling facts placed before them regarding the new…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Deluge Wanted

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 7 July 1915 · page 3

We want a deluge of shells to rain forty days and forty nights without ceasing. Then we shall, hear the cracking of the German steel barrier,…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Heavy Rain. Great Damage Done

Cowra Free Press · Wednesday 21 July 1915 · page 2

On Sunday night we experienced an unseasonable visitation for this time of the year, viz., a severe thunderstorm, the lightning being most…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Building a Railway. Tearing Up the Ground. Start Made at Forbes End. Residents Fear a Flood

The Forbes Advocate · Thursday 29 July 1915 · page 3

Work on the Forbes end of the Forbes to Stickinbingal line may now be said to have started in earnest. Since the arrival of Mr V. W…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Forbes-Stockinbingal Railway. the Fear of Floods. Petition to Forbes Municipal Council

Forbes Times · Friday 30 July 1915 · page 4

The following petition, signed by 28 persons, was presented to the meeting of the local Municipal Council on Tuesday evening last…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

The Coming Storm

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 31 July 1915 · page 7

The regular trombone player of a Scottish orchestra was ill with a cold, nnd the conductor reluctantly accepted the services of a man who played in…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Protection From Floods

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 10 September 1915 · page 4

Some time back a petition signed by a large number of residents across the lagoon was presented to the Municipal Council. The petitioners…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Floods in Victoria. Sydney

Forbes Times · Friday 24 September 1915 · page 4

The floods in the Horsham district (Vic.) will cover fully a fourth of the town. So far as is known there have been two casualties…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Calm After Storm. "War is All Hideous."

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 12 October 1915 · page 3

Trooper James Brownhill writes from Luna Park Hospital, under date August 23:—You see I am still at the above…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

KENDALL'S Picture Palace, Condobolin Monday, November 29. Great Serial Drama, The 'Trey O' Hearts.' Thirteenth Instalment. the Flooded Mine. Synopsis

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 24 November 1915 · page 7

After repairing the punctured tyre, the chauffeur drives on. The motor car contains Alan, Rose, and Barcus, in addition to Judith and Trine…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Heavy Rain

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 11 December 1915 · page 2

On Wednesday morning a phenomenally heavy rain storm struck Cowra. It only lasted about a quarter of an hour, but in that time no less…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

A Severe Storm

Forbes Times · Friday 17 December 1915 · page 4

The hot weather experienced locally last week and in the early part of this week culminated in a heavy thunder and rain storm on Tuesday evening last…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Track of the Storm. How the Wheat Fared

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 17 December 1915 · page 5

When the rain commenced to pour down in torrents on Tuesday afternoon, the wind howled and roared with almost tempest force, and…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →