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Murray · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1915

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Cyclone at Norong

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 1 January 1915 · page 2

A storm visited Norong district with unprecedented violence on Christmas Day, and several residents spent the most unpleasant few minutes of their lives while…

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Floods in England. Greatest for 20 Years. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 7 January 1915 · page 2

The heavy rains which have fallen recently throughout England, have caused disastrous floods, especially in the south. In the Thames Valley the floods are…

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Terrific Storm Raging

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 8 January 1915 · page 8

The rescue work was attended by great difficulty, as a terrific storm was raging at the time the battleship was lost…

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Formidable Sinks in Storm

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 January 1915 · page 20

The British battle-ship Formidable (15,000 tons) has been sunk in the English Channel. She went down during a terrific gale, and it is believed that 549 men have…

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Floods in England. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 11 January 1915 · page 4

The [?]oods which are devastating several smarts of England are the severest within the memory of living man. The pumping stations in the fens are powerless to lower…

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The Austrian Campaign. Floods in the Carpathians

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 12 January 1915 · page 2

The Austrians in the Carpathians have been obliged to retreat towards the main passes before superior Russian forces…

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Operations in France and Belgium Hampered by Floods and Mists Kaiser Witnesses Fighting in France Turks Lose Two Companies Western War Theatre. Soissons As Storm Centre. the Kaiser in France. Floods on the Aisne. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 16 January 1915 · page 2

A German wireless message received in England asserts that German troops, north-east of Soissons, attacked the heights of Vregny (6 miles to the north-east) and…

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The War. in France and Belgium. Rain Retards Operations. The Flood Maters Increasing. A British Success at La Bassee

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 19 January 1915 · page 1

"The Times" publishes the [?] of forty-four Belgian clergy were killed by German soldiers [?]ce August; many were tortured…

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The Dust Storm

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 2

Everyone who experienced its unpleasantness will be grateful to see last Tuesday go down to history as the record dusty day. It established a record that…

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Dust Storm Experiences

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 25

Passengers on the Temora train, had an exciting experience during the dust-storm on Tuesday. Mr. G. G. Bryant, a well-known traveller, describes the scene as…

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Cyclone at Fiji. Sydney

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 6

Cable advices from Fiji report that that anothed terrific hurricane is sweeping across Fiji. The Union Company's steamer Tofua…

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The Weather. Severe Dust Storm

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 2

Tuesday last will be a day long remembered by Berrigan residents. From early morning a north-west wind blew cloud of blinding dust…

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Fierce Dust Storm. Town in Darkness

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 2

Tuesday last was a day that will long be remembered in Urana by the severity of the storm that raged that day. Commencing to…

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Floods in Belgium

The Independent · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 4

For a distance of 500 more metres of Ypres the ground has been inundated, with the result that the Belgians have been enabled to…

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Floods in Flanders

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 20

It is stated in a message from Rotterdam that the battle in Flanders is confined to artillery and air craft. The fields have been converted into lakes, and the trenches…

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Flooding of Flanders

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 21

Five hundred more metres of country have been Inundated by the floodwaters to the west of Ypres, in West Flanders. As a result the Belgians have been able to…

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Southerly Gale Ends Regatta. Many Boats Overturned. Sixty Men in Water at One Time Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 27 January 1915 · page 2

A violent southerly gale marred the closing events in the Anniversary Regatta this afternoon. Four sculling crews had to be rescued by the police, while motor boats…

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Original Correspondence. The Effect of Dust Storms. [To the Editor of the Riverine Grazier.]

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 9 February 1915 · page 3

Sir,—Referring to a paragraph in "The Grazier" of 22nd January, it is there mentioned that Tuesday's storm goes down as the record dusty…

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More About That Dust-storm. Talgarno

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 February 1915 · page 12

Dear Uncle Jeff,—I hope you will accept me as one of your many nieces. I go to the Talgarno State School. Our teacher's name is Mr. Elliot. I did not enjoy the…

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Heavy Storm at Wyalong 4½ Inches in Two Hours at Cudgellico. Washaways on the Railway. Wyalong

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 20 February 1915 · page 2

A heavy storm occurred here this, evening, and in a short time the town was completely flooded. There were several washaways, including one on the railway…

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