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Murray · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1919

72 stories in Murray's papers · page 1 of 4

Melba Pictures—to-night "Aladdin" and Secret of the Storm Country."

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 4 January 1919 · page 2

There have been many attempts on the spoken stage to give an iden of what is known in Eastern wondertales as the [?]eaii, but it remained for William Fox…

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The Dreadful Drought Does Storm Portend Its End? Stook Dying in Many Places. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 6 January 1919 · page 3

Mr. Mares, State Meteorologist, states that yesterday's storm and the conditions which accompanied it were of a type of weather occurrence that is usually…

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Thunderstorm in Sydney Woman Killed by Lightning. Thirty Three Yachts Overturned. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 6 January 1919 · page 2

A heavy thunderstorm passed over the city yesterday afternoon, during which halistones as large as pigeon's eggs fell in many places. The rain was torrential, and…

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Violent Storm in Sydney. Bondi Bather Killed by Lightning SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 7 January 1919 · page 3

A storm of exceptional violence, lasting about 20 minutes, passed over Sydney on Saturday afternoon. Hailstones the size of pigeon's eggs fell so heavily…

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Warwick Hail Storm Cattle Dug Out of Ice

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 8 January 1919 · page 3

There was a cloud-burst on Saturday afternoon over parts of the Warwick (Queensland) district, the storm being accompanied by a phenomenal fall of hall…

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French Rivers in Flood, Paris

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 8 January 1919 · page 2

Rainstorms are causing all the rivers to rise. The Seine is considered to be in a dangerous condition, the quays being under water. Navigation has almost…

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Storm in Sydney. Woman Killed at Bond!

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 10 January 1919 · page 6

Sydney and its suburbs were shrouded in what suggested nocturnal darkness for half an hour on Saturday afternoon. In the early part of the…

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Floods in Paris

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 10 January 1919 · page 2

Owing to heavy rain the Scine is overflowing its banks. The collars at the Foreign Ministry and the low lying streets are flooded. Pumping is proceeding…

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Six Australian Destroyers. Battle Through a Storm Madrid

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 14 January 1919 · page 2

Two Australian destroyers, the Huon and the Paramatta, have arrived at Ferrol, 11 miles north-east of Corunna, for repairs…

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Flood Waterways. an Increase at Barooga

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 6 February 1919 · page 1

The recent completion to the order of the Berrigan shire of a fire span bridge on the high road to Barooga, and also the construction of two…

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Heavy Rain in Tasmania. Launceston

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 21 February 1919 · page 3

Heavy rain, up to two inches, has fallen throughout the State, and the oppressive heat of the last ten days has given place to cold weather. The rain will…

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Something Like a Storm. Willow Bead

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 February 1919 · page 12

Dear Uncle Jeff.—It has been very hot and dry around here. It has been very smoky around the hills from the bush fires. Some of our friends were nearly burnt out…

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Cloud Burst at Jenolan Caves Did House Swept by Floods. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 28 February 1919 · page 4

A cloud-burst caused thousands of pounds worth of damage at Jenolan Caves last night. The ground flood waters. Chairs…

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Newcastle Coal Trouble a Storm Brewing. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 4 March 1919 · page 2

The situation in the coal mining industry is still acute. Both sided are apparently preparing for a struggle at no distant date…

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Rainfalls and Floods Reported

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 4 March 1919 · page 3

It was raining this morning at a large number of inland centres. The rainfalls on the South Coast have been phenomenal. At Bega the…

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Winter Fodder Will Be Cheap Floods in Bellingen

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 6 March 1919 · page 3

In cose[?]ce of the recent bountiful rainfall, the supply of lucerne hay is expected to increased very largely. It is estimated that there will be 14,000 tons…

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Adriatic Storm Centre

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 March 1919 · page 20

The Paris correspondent of the "New York World" says that Italy has closed her armistice frontier from Taryis (16 miles S.W. of Villach, in the Carnic Alps)…

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Storms in New South Wales

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 March 1919 · page 44

Reports are coming forward regarding heavy rainfalls, in various parts of the State, and particularly in the south-coast districts, where it appears numerous…

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Flood in Snowy River

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 March 1919 · page 44

About 2 a.m. on Friday a very sudden and rapid rise took place in the Snowy River at Orbost, without any official intimation being received of any heavy…

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East Gippsland Floods

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 March 1919 · page 47

It is reported that owing to a big rise in the Cann River all the low-lying land) in Orbost (Vic.) district has been inundated with water, and heavy losses have…

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