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Murray · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1915

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Squatter Drowned in Flooded Greek. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 9 August 1915 · page 3

Thomas Dowling, owner of Bro[?]field station, near G[?]ing, was trying to cross a [?]ded creek near the station in a sulky last night, when the vehicle capsized…

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Wife Saves Husband From Drowning. Incident of the Flooded Murray

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 17 August 1915 · page 3

The gallant efforts of Mrs. William Wilson saved her husband from a watery grave in the Murray River at Albury South on Thursday night. Mr. Wilson…

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The Murray in Flood

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 17 August 1915 · page 2

A considerable rise took place in the waters of the Murray River last week and on Saturday the water got over the banks in several places, the local gauge…

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Terrible Storm in Texas. Galveston Partially Destroyed. Great Loss of Life. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 20 August 1915 · page 2

After a terrific storm Galveston, America, has been cut off from communication with the outside world. It is believed the city has been…

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Rivers in Flood

The Independent · Friday 20 August 1915 · page 2

Without wishing to be pessimistic everything points at present to a big flood. It present records [?] for anything then the flood of 1889 will be [?] if not…

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German Plans for "After the War." Flood Foreign Markets Will Cheap Products

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 20 August 1915 · page 2

A New York financial authority states that Germany's plans to restore the resources after the war include the flooding of foreign markets with German products…

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Eastern War Theatre. Russian Withdrawal. Germans Storm Heights Near Brest-litovsk. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 26 August 1915 · page 2

"Prince Leopold of Bavaria, operating near the forest of Bi[?]lowieska, has taken 4500 prisoners," claims a communique front Berlin…

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Floods Check Germans

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 9 September 1915 · page 2

The Berlin correspondent of the Copenhagen newspaper "Politiken" states that floods have started on the eastern front, cheeking the German advance. All the…

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Heavy Rain in France

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 10 September 1915 · page 6

It has been raining with intensity for 74 hours in Northern France, and has reduced the roads to quagmires…

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Autumnal Storms Approaching

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 10 September 1915 · page 6

"Summer is breaking," telegraphs Reuter's correspondent at the Dardeneiles, "and the nights are colder. "A strong north-easier heralds the…

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Autumn Storms Approaching

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 September 1915 · page 31

Summer is breaking." telegraphs Reuter's correspondent at the Dardanelles, and the nights are colder. A strong north-easter heralds the coming of the…

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Storm at Taliangatta. Three Horses Killed by Lightning

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 10 September 1915 · page 2

There was a torritle storm at Tallangatta on Wednesday night. The Tallangatta Butter Factory Company lost three horses, which were killed by…

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Another Flood Expected. Rise in Upper Murray Reported

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 22 September 1915 · page 3

The heavy rains and warm weather of the past few days have caused a rise in the Upper Murray, where the unabranches are all heavily in flood…

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Coming Storm. Lloyd Georges's Agitation

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 24 September 1915 · page 6

Mr. Lloyd George, replying to a constituent's letter, stated:"You say rightly that the Government ought to give the nation a lead upon the…

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Poetry After the Storm

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 25 September 1915 · page 4

The storm had passed from the hot, spring day, And left a world that was fresh and fair;…

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The Upper Murray Flood. Rise of [?] at Albury. Yesterday

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 25 September 1915 · page 5

The otheral readings of the Marray river at Albury yesterday denote a rise in less than 12 hours of 4th. Last evening the river was 12[?] 10in. above summer level…

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A [?]Ail Storm

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 27 September 1915 · page 2

The maximum temperature in Albury on Saturday was 71 degrees, and the minimum 46 degrees. After a hot morning the sky became…

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The Murray in Flood

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 27 September 1915 · page 2

A private observer, who resides near by, stated last night that the Murray River at Albury had fallen seven inches yesterday…

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Storm Stops Operations

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Wednesday 29 September 1915 · page 2

A terrific storm has momentarily suspended all operations in Vosges, where the Allied aviators were busy destroying…

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Storm of High Explosives and Shrapnel. British Success in La Basseeregion

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 30 September 1915 · page 2

"The Germans in thier dugouts were dazed by the intensity of the bombardment and were stupified into surrender," writes Mr. Philip Gibbs, correspondent of the…

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