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New England · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1915

65 stories in New England's papers · page 3 of 4

To Remove Paint Spots From Floods

Guyra Argus · Thursday 2 September 1915 · page 3

One pound of common washing soda and one pound of quicklime, mixed with one gallon of boiling water, will remove all paint and grease spots and…

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The Eastern Front. Attempt to Capture Railway System. Floods Hampering Invaders. London

The Inverell Times · Friday 10 September 1915 · page 7

The "Times" correspondent at Petrograd slates the main German attempt is to gain possession, of the railway system of Riga and Lemberg…

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Cyclonic Storm

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 20 September 1915 · page 4

One of the biggest cyclonic storms for years was reported inland yesterday covering the whole of the south Eastern portion of the Commonwealth…

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Floods in Victoria. Melbourne

The Inverell Times · Friday 24 September 1915 · page 4

The floods in the Horsham district still cover fully a fourth of the town. So far as it is known there have been two casualties…

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Poetry After the Storm

The Uralla Times and District Advocate · Saturday 2 October 1915 · page 3

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

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Liability of Councils for Flooding

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 16 October 1915 · page 10

In Stewart against the Council of the Municipality of Enfield, the Full Court decided an important and apparently new point on the liability of…

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Terrific Cyclone

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 18 October 1915 · page 6

The most terrific and damaging cycled ever experienced in [?] passed over the town on Wednesday night at 7 o'clock. Although it…

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Weather Editor Expects Floods!

The Uralla Times and District Advocate · Saturday 30 October 1915 · page 2

The drying, hard winds of early in the week are not assisting the growth of vegetation, and the weather editor is feeling annoyed that the season…

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Saturday's Storm

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 1 November 1915 · page 5

Saturday was absolutely the worst day ever experienced in Glen Innes, this being verined by people who have resided here for over 40 years…

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Heavy Rain In Queensland

The Inverell Times · Friday 5 November 1915 · page 4

Little perceptible change lias taken place in Hie present dry weather conditions in tills State. This is due to the slow movement and lack of energy on…

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The Late Storm

The Inverell Times · Friday 19 November 1915 · page 4

The storm which raged with such fury on Sunday evening: and through portion of the night caused much heaving amongst the telegraph wires,…

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Thunderstorm

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 22 November 1915 · page 5

At about 10 o'clock last night heavy looking clouds began to bank up in the north-east, and as time wore on they increased in density, be-…

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With Our Persian Gulf Army. Hardships Endured in the Tropical Heat. a Khaki Storm

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 23 November 1915 · page 7

How severe are the hardships ensured by our soldiers in the tropical heat of the Persian Gulf is indicated by the following extracts from a…

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Thunderstorms

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 23 November 1915 · page 4

Several thunderstorms passed over the town and district on Sunday night and during yesterday, but unfortunately they were mostly dry. About…

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Electricity v. Gas. X Lively Discussion. Deluge of Talk About £30

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 25 November 1915 · page 8

At the council meeting on Tuesday night there was no end of "electricity" and "gas" in a discussion that eventuated regarding a…

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Storm-swept Lemnos

The Uralla Times and District Advocate · Saturday 27 November 1915 · page 5

A Canadian war correspondent just returned says that the Anzac pay the warnest tributes to Colonel Casgrain's medical corps established at Lemnos…

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Heavy Thunderstorm

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 6 December 1915 · page 5

About soon on saturday a heavy storm accured, but unfortunately it was only confined to a limited portion of the town For-about twenty…

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Storms at [?]

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 7 December 1915 · page 6

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The Bonshaw Storms

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 7 December 1915 · page 4

In last issue we gave details of the rainfall at various properties in the Ronshaw district, some of which had up to 3 inches. Yesterday Mr Dug…

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