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New England · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1912

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Cloud-bursts and Floods

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 20 July 1912 · page 9

Terrible cloud-bursts and floods have been responsible for the deaths of 200 persons in Guuanjuato State, Mexico. The cities of Salamanca…

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Telegrams. More Heavy Rain

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 23 July 1912 · page 4

SYDNEY, Monday.—Yesterday was the coldest day this winter in Sydney, the thermometer in the early morning registering 41.9 degrees. Heavy rain set in during the…

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Heavy Rain

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 26 July 1912 · page 4

SYDNEY. Thursday Night.—Six and a half inches of rain have fallen in the city within the last ten days…

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Floods in America

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 31 July 1912 · page 7

Cloudbursts have flooded the streams in the surrounding districts of Uniontown (Pennsylvania), with disastrous results. Hundreds of…

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Hawkesbury Floods

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 31 July 1912 · page 4

The flood waters on the Hawkesbury are gradually receding, and all danger of serious inundation are over, unless further heavy ruins fall…

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Kaiser's Threat. Alsace-lorraine's Constitution. Storm of Criticism

Guyra Argus · Thursday 1 August 1912 · page 4

No utterance by the Emperor William for many years past has raised such a storm of universal criticism as the remarks which he is reported to have…

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A Deluge of Complaints

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 5 August 1912 · page 2

At Its meeting on Saturday the shire council was besieged with : a deluge of complaints regarding the bad state of the roads in certain…

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Heavy Rain Causes House to Collapse. London

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 15 August 1912 · page 4

Heavy rains at Kieff Southern Russia caused the collapse of a hons Fifteen persons were killed, and twenty nine seriously injured…

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Tuesday's Storm

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 15 August 1912 · page 4

An exceptionally heavy storm swept over the town on Tuesday afternoon, but fortunately. It was not of very long duration There was one…

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Destructive Storm. London

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 15 August 1912 · page 4

The North Coast of Spain has been swept by a destructive storm. Many fishing vessels have foundered…

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Disastrous Gale

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 17 August 1912 · page 4

A fearful gale overtook a fleet of fishing boats in the Bar of Biscay, and wrought great havoc. Full particulars are not available, but it is known that…

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Cyclone at Grenfell

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 28 August 1912 · page 4

An appalling cyclonic storm passed over Grenfell yesterday afternoon. The wind tore at fearful pace up George-street, leaving destruction in…

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Great Storm at Grenfell

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 30 August 1912 · page 10

GRENFELL, Tuesday. — An appalling cyclonic storm passed over Grenfell yesterday afternoon. The wind tore at a fearful pace up George-street,…

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Late Cables Disastrous Floods

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 30 August 1912 · page 4

LONDON, Wednesday.—Rain has fallen in Norwich incessantly for 17 hours, and there are several feet of wafer in the streets. Hundreds of families have quitted their…

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The Latest. The Norwick Floods

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 30 August 1912 · page 4

LONDON, Wednesday Night.— The floods at Norwirk are abating, but business is in a condition of chaos. Several lives have been lost…

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Floods in England

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 31 August 1912 · page 4

The floods, in England' are receding, and railway traffic is being gradually resumed. In East Anlia alone 80 bridges…

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Floods in Victoria

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 18 September 1912 · page 4

Further particulars of the floods in Victoria show unprecedented destruction has been wrought. Many families are surrounded by water, and are…

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Big Floods in Victoria. Immense Damage. Melbourne

The Inverell Times · Thursday 19 September 1912 · page 7

The disastrous floods in Victoria show little signs of abating, and heavy rain is falling in many districts. At Wodonga the flats…

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Great Floods in Victoria

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 20 September 1912 · page 3

IT is stated that the biggest flood for 40 years is coming down the Goulburn River. Residents are taking refuge in trees…

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Murray River in Flood

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 20 September 1912 · page 4

SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Murray River at Albury is in high flood, being an unbroken sheet of water between the town and Wodonga. There has been a big rise at…

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