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Murray · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1919

72 stories in Murray's papers · page 3 of 4

The Strikes in Yorkshire. Grave Developments. The Miners Flooding the Mines

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 22 July 1919 · page 3

In the House of Commons Mr. Fisher described the developments in Yorkshire as grave and unprecedented. The strikers were flooding…

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Storm Centres Less Bellicose. London, August 12

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 16 August 1919 · page 2

Indications of the relaxation of the industrial tension are increasing. The most notable change has occurred in Nottingham and South Wales the workers in…

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Floods in Gippsland

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 August 1919 · page 45

Seven inches of rain fell at Bruthen, Gippsland causing the largest flood since 1911. All the flats are submerged, and sonic of the stock there was not removed…

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Floods in Gippsland. Sale

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 29 August 1919 · page 3

More than four inches of rain have been registered for the month at sale. The district rivers are flooded. so far as is yet known the damage…

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The Adverse Exchange. Minister Explains How It Will Affect America. No Danger of American Goods Flooding Other Markets

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 29 August 1919 · page 2

Sir Auckland Geddes, speaking at Basingstokes, refuted the idea that American goods would flood our markets. He pointed out that America…

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Who was Responsible? a Drawn Bunny Battle. Storm in a Teacup

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 19 September 1919 · page 5

At the commencement of the P.P. Board meeting a matter that was held over from last meeting, a complaint from J. Z. Smith, one…

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Lady's Letter From Sydney the Lull Before the Storm

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 27 September 1919 · page 3

Sydney is indulging in a quiet time after the fever of excitement that marked Mr. Hughes' visit. It is busily preparing for the outburst of gaiety in October. Men…

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Floods in Spain. Considerable Damage Occasioned. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 3 October 1919 · page 2

Reuter's Madrid correspondent says that a continuing rainstorm has caused serious floods, especially in the provinces of Valencia and Marcia,…

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Cyclone in Bengal Calcutta, October 4

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

An intense cyclone as raged in Eastern Bengal, doing indeseribable havec. The jute industry is at a standstill. Thousands of small craft have been sunk, many…

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Floods in Spain Hailstones Smash Roofs. Madrid. October 3. I

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 7 October 1919 · page 2

Latest reports show that the floods which have occurred throughout Spain have been most disastrous. Hailstones smashed in the roofs of…

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Greatest Catastrophe Since the Deluge. Our Falling Birth-rate

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 14 October 1919 · page 1

Sir II.Rider Haggard, the famous novelist, who recently visited the various Overseas Dominious to inquire into the prospects for the omigration of British…

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Great Storm in Sydney

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 October 1919 · page 20

A torrential rain and hail storm swept down portions of the city on Saturday morning to the accoompaniment of vivid lightning and sharp claps of thunder…

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Gales on English Coast Three Vessels on Goodwin Sands. London, October 29

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 1 November 1919 · page 5

High gales and coastal storms have [?] three ships ag[?]nd on the Goodwin Sands. Two were reffloated and towed in by [?] They were not damaged…

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Industrial Storm in New Zealand

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 November 1919 · page 32

The long-gathering industrial storm appears to have broken at last in New Zealand though a possibility still exists that a settlement may be reached peacefully…

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Lower River Road. the Proposed Flood Gates

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Stock Journal · Friday 14 November 1919 · page 2

At Monday's meeting of the shire council a letter was read from George H. Smith, Thos, J. Howe, Hawkins & Sons, and Walter…

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Terrific Storm in Sydney. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 19 November 1919 · page 2

A terrific hail storm passed over the city this afternoon. many windows were smashed by the hailstones, which were of manually large size…

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General Cables. Vessels Caught in Storm. Christian. Nov.19

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 24 November 1919 · page 2

A torpedo vessel has towed the Chris[?] and the British hospital ship King Edward from [?]. They were caught in a storm 80 miles from Lerwick…

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Planets’ Pull on Sun. MR C. Wragge Forecasts Disturbances. Tidal Waves and Storms. Auckland

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 29 November 1919 · page 2

Mr Clement Wragge, the well known meteorologist, says that the astronomical position’s of the sun and planets on December 17 will be ominous and…

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Violent Thunderstorm. Heavy Downpour of Rain. Vivid Lightning Display

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 1 December 1919 · page 3

Weather conditions throughout yesterday were oppressively saltry, and late in the afternoon there were indications that a change was imminent This arrived in…

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Thunderstorms

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 2 December 1919 · page 2

There was a heavy thunderstorm right through the Goombargona, Brocklesby and Howlong districts on Saturday night, from 150 to 200 points of…

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