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Macarthur (Camden & Campbelltown) · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1912

9 stories in Macarthur (Camden & Campbelltown)'s papers

Danger in Thunderstorms

The Picton Post · Wednesday 7 February 1912 · page 2

If out of doors, trees should be avoid [?]d, and If, from the rapidity with which the explosion follows the flash, it should be evident that the electric clouds are near at…

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To Warn Airmen Of. Thunderstorms

The Picton Post · Wednesday 13 March 1912 · page 3

The Royal Prussian Aeronautical Observatory has instituted a service for the purpose of giving aviators warning of the approach of…

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Blizzards and Flood. Cottages Isolated

The Wollondilly Press · Wednesday 3 April 1912 · page 3

From nearly every part of the country come reports of damage done by blizzards and floods (said "Lloyd's News" on January 14). Fierce…

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Children Killed. Collapse of a Wall. Caused by Heavy Rain

The Wollondilly Press · Wednesday 15 May 1912 · page 3

Two children were killed and one injured by the collapse of a wall in Southwark on Saturday afternoon (said "Lloyd's News" on March 3)…

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A Frenchman Advocates Flooding of Sahara

The Picton Post · Wednesday 26 June 1912 · page 5

As one-fourth of the Sahara desert is below water, a French scientist proposes to transform this portion into an inland sea by the digging of a…

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Kaiser's Threat. Alsace-lorraine's Constitution. Storm of Criticism

The Wollondilly Press · Wednesday 31 July 1912 · page 2

No utterance by the Emperor William for many years past has raised such a storm of universal criticism as the remarks which he is reported to have…

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Storms of Dragon Files

The Picton Post · Wednesday 28 August 1912 · page 3

Among the extraordinary phenomena served on the plains of Patagonia are storms of large dragon-flies. They come before the south-west wind, which blows…

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Money in Thunderstorms

The Picton Post · Wednesday 16 October 1912 · page 3

The thunder shower does incomparably more good than is possible in the case of ordinary rain. For, not only does it soften the hardened soil…

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The Cause of the Souring of Milk in Thunderstorms

The Picton Post · Wednesday 18 December 1912 · page 3

Everybody is familiar with the fact that milk is more apt to turn sour in stormy weather than at other times. The cause of this has been a matter…

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