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Murray · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1911

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Storm in North Sea. Crew of 29 DROWNED. Copenhagen, November 19

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 November 1911 · page 43

Tompest[?]s weather has been experienced in the North Sea. The Russian steel screw steamer Hermann Lerche, 3216 tons, owned by the Northern S.S. Company…

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Violent Storms in the Adriatic. 60 Persons Reported Drowned. Vienna

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 27 November 1911 · page 2

A violent sirocco has been raging in the Adriatic Sea for the past three days. Great damage has been done to shipping generally…

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A Raging Tempest. Lightning and Heavy Rain. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 4 December 1911 · page 3

Rain continued to full this morning at Sydney, on the central portion of the coast line, and also on the north-eastern districts. Among the falls recorded up…

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Flooding a Bank

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 9 December 1911 · page 6

Like the Bank of England, the Bank of France is now guarded every night by soldiers, who do sentry duty outside the building, a watch…

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Great Gale in Channel

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 12 December 1911 · page 3

A gale swept over the Channel at a velocity of 80 miles an hour. The fleet and the east coast smacks had terrible experiences. Channel steamers were…

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Storm at Wodonga. Terrific Lightning and Thunder. Forty-six Points of Rain in a Quarter of an Hour

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 13 December 1911 · page 5

The unsettled weather which prevailed dining the last few days at Wodonga culminated yesterday evening in a terrific thunderstorm…

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New South Wales. Violent Storm at Milparinka Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 14 December 1911 · page 3

A [?]and wind storm passed through [?] last night. The gale [?] and a number of [?] The [?] followed by a…

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Floods in Wiles. Workhouses Inundated. Many Homeless. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 20 December 1911 · page 2

Heavy rains have fallen in Wales causing floods in several districts. Large areas in the Swansea Valley, Glamorganshire, are under water, many workhouses being…

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Storm Detector

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 23 December 1911 · page 4

In their effort to aid the vincy[?] French meteorologists have latcly brought out apparatus for accurately forecasting and registering thunder…

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Floods in Portugal. Cyclones and Rain Storms. Lisbon

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 23 December 1911 · page 5

Severe weather is being experienced, in Portugal. Cyclones of great violence, accompanied by heary rain storms, are prevalent. The…

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Scientific Notes "Wireless" Warning of a Storm

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 23 December 1911 · page 4

Even the swift fury of an Atlantic storm can now be robbed of half its terrors by means of wireless telegraphy Bow this was achieved…

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Floods in Ireland. River Shannon Overflows. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 27 December 1911 · page 2

As a result of the heavy rains in Ireland, the River Shannon is now lift, above its normal level. The waters of the river overflowed…

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The Weather. Storm on Christmas Day

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 29 December 1911 · page 5

The weather during the Christmas holidays was on the whole very pleasant, and enabled the festivities of the season to be enjoyed without the…

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