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New England · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1914

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Discovery of the Deluge Account

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 10 August 1914 · page 6

We doubt not (writes the London "Guardian") that certain good folk will be quite unnecessarily troubled at the discovery just made by…

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Thunderstorm

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 11 August 1914 · page 2

The first thunderstorm of the season broke over the town on Sunday morning, resulting in a short but heavy shower, totalling 10 points of rain…

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River Valley to Be Flooded

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 12 August 1914 · page 4

The Germans are trying to inundate the valley of the River Seille in Lorraine, in order to delay the French advance…

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Belgians Flooding TERMONDE.j nRiJtit AKft FijOortiM; TrcnMOKDK

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 8 September 1914 · page 4

[?] [?] has taken place between McChlin and Termonde, the Belcians showing great elan. When the Germane occupied Termonde, the…

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Enemy between Two Fires. Four Days' Battle Favors Allies. Germans Attempting to Escape from Grip of Vice. Rumble of the Coming Storm in Berlin. Austrian Emperor not Dead. Failure of Zepplin Air Craft. Indian Troops now at the Front. Kaiser Haggard Looking and Dejected. SYDNEY, Friday, 10 a.m

The Inverell Times · Friday 11 September 1914 · page 2

The result of the last four days' fighting shows that the southern division of the German Army of invasion is being caught between two fires…

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Gripped by Flood Waters

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 23 September 1914 · page 7

In connection with the drowning of Dr. Hadba, of Wollongong, in Mullet Creek on Friday, dragging operations were continued, but the unfortunate…

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Terrific Storm

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 17 October 1914 · page 4

A terrific hail storm took place at Grenfell yesterday, and destroyed all the gardens—fruit flower, and vegetable—besides killing thousands of…

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Tess of the Storm Country

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 24 October 1914 · page 3

One of the most expensive of star pictures ever presented in Armidale will be exhibited at the Arcadia Photo-Play Theatre to-night tur…

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European War. No Change in Position. Furious Battle Still Raging. Allies Hopeful. Battle of Dixmude. Belgians Flood Germans in Trenches. Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 29 October 1914 · page 5

Ashmead Bartlett and Philip Gibbs, war correspondents, penetrated to Dixmude and saw the fighting on Wednesday…

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Heavy Rain

The Inverell Times · Friday 30 October 1914 · page 2

We have it on good authority that 5 inches of rain felt between Glen Innes and Emmaville on Wednesday night…

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Hard Fighting in East Prussia. German Army in Poland. Hungary Flooded with Wounded. German Aerial Disaster. Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 2 November 1914 · page 4

It is officially stated that bard fighting continues in East prussia Pers[?]tent German attacks were repulsed…

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Russia Not the Aggressor. Flooding the Trenches. Germany's Big Guns. Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 5 November 1914 · page 5

It is officially stated at Petrograd that the Austro-German assertion that the Russian fleet commenced hostilities against the Turkish…

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Terrific Thunderstorm

The Inverell Times · Friday 6 November 1914 · page 8

A terrific hail and thunder short broke over the town and district orange on Thursday, about [?] wind blew strongly, enveloping in…

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A Terrific Storm

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 9 November 1914 · page 5

Mr. Ogg, of weather forecast fame, was not far out in his prediction when he stated that thunderstorms of exceptional violence, especially in…

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Fight in a Gale. San Francisco

The Inverell Times · Friday 13 November 1914 · page 10

A message from Valparaiso gives particulars, as furnished by German officers, of the recent naval engagement there. These…

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Heavy Thunderstorm

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 14 November 1914 · page 3

Armidale was visited by yet another thunderstorm late on Tuesday night or early on Wednesday morning. This storm exceeded in violence anything…

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Storm Causes Damage

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 16 November 1914 · page 5

The storm that swept over the town o[?] Saturday week last likewise struck Shennon Vale with a vengeance, and caused considerable…

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Heavy Storm

The Inverell Times · Friday 20 November 1914 · page 2

A heavy storm passed over between Ashford and Bukkulla yesterday, and did some damage to the crops…

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Cyclone at Singleton

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 24 November 1914 · page 4

A cyclone swept through Singleton on Saturday afternoon, accompanied by torrential rain. Great trees were broken and uprooted, roofs cleared of…

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The Storm

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 24 November 1914 · page 4

The storm on Saturday afternoon came through Narrabri. It left there on Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock and arrived here at 10 minutes past five…

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