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New England · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1916

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Zeppelin Damaged in a Gale. Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 10 January 1916 · page 4

A Zeppelin, flying at Namur in a gale, was compelled to descond. It fouled a telegraph wire and was badly damaged. Two of the crew were…

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Zeppelin Damaged in a Gale. Amsterdam

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 11 January 1916 · page 2

A Zeppelin flying at Namur in a gale was compelled to descend. It fouled a telegraph wire and was badly damaged. Two of the crew were killed…

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Violent Storm

The Inverell Times · Friday 14 January 1916 · page 2

A terrific storm was experienced al Ravensworth, near Singleton, on Monday. It lifted the roof off the post office verandah, and sent the public…

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Our Serial Story. the Copyright of This Charmingly Written Serial Tale Has Been Purchased by the Proprietors of This Journal. All Rights Reserved. on Four Brass Plates. a Story of a Treasure Island in the Indian Ocean. Part 27. Chapter Xxv. a War of the Elements—sunshine After Storm

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 14 January 1916 · page 8

One of those furious tempests of southern latitudes had burst upon the Hopeful in all its appalling force and grandeur. The sky opened with flash…

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North Holland in Flood. Dykes Surst Before the Zuyder Flow. Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 17 January 1916 · page 5

The whole of North Holland is swept with terror. The country is in danger of flooding owing to the bursting of the Zuyder Zee dykes at…

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Storms In Queensland

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 25 January 1916 · page 4

Very heavy rain fell at several places on the Darling Downs on Thursday night. In the Pittsworth district extensive damage was dose. The…

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Heavy Gale at Innisfail

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 25 January 1916 · page 5

A heavy gale, with torrential rains is being experienced at Innisfail (Q.)…

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A Terrific Storm. Grafton-glen Innes Road Blocked. Motoring Extraordinary

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 27 January 1916 · page 8

On Thursday afternoon a phenomenal storm burst over the country round Broad meadows (Says the Grafton "Argus"). Hail as large as…

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Wind and Rain. Heavy Storm Does Damage locally

Tingha Advocate and North-Western Journal · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 2

Tingha is becoming quite famous for its week-end storms. On Thursday, afternoon last a dust storm completely enveloped the town, and it arose so…

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Big Shipping Disaster Large Vessel Believed Lost in a Storm. Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 31 January 1916 · page 4

The Appam (7751 tons), of the Elder, Dempster Co., Ltd. carrying 160 passengers from Daker. West Africa, due at Liverpool on the 11th…

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The Weather Monday's Storm

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 3 February 1916 · page 6

Monday with[?] one of the heaviest thund[?] that has been experienced locally for many a long day past. It broke over the town…

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Heavy Storms in Queensland

The Inverell Times · Friday 11 February 1916 · page 7

The heaviest thunderstorm experienced to Brisbane for many years burst over the city and suburbs about midnight on Sunday, and continued…

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Soldier Killed. Violent Storm at Brisbane

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 11 February 1916 · page 3

A SEVEBE thunderstorm, accompanied by heavy rain, occurred in Brisbane and distrct on Friday. Many low lying districts were flooded. There…

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Record Dust Storm

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 15 February 1916 · page 3

One of the severest dust storms ever experienced at Gulargambone passed over the district on Thursday. It was first visible about 3 o'clock like a grey…

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Storm Again

Guyra Argus · Thursday 17 February 1916 · page 5

"Now, after five centuries and a half, the storm has come again. A new Kossovo, like that for which for half a thousand years the Serb of the Black Mountain has worn a…

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Terrific Storm

The Inverell Times · Friday 18 February 1916 · page 4

There has been a terrible storm on the British coast. Three lives were lost. A lightning boll wrecked sixteen houses at Widnes. The shipping on the Thames…

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The War of Nations. London, Thursday Night. Floods in Holland

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 19 February 1916 · page 4

A storm has occurred, imperilling fresh districts in Holland, in addition to those which suffered tremendous Hoods last month. The waters are…

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Violent Storm. Three Inches at Auburn Vale

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 22 February 1916 · page 4

The excessive heat of last week culminated in a terrific storm on Sunday afternoon last. Towards four o'clock heavy basks of clouds…

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Floods at Yass

The Inverell Times · Friday 25 February 1916 · page 4

Owing to heavy rain the creeks at Vass are running a banker…

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Previous Floods

Tingha Advocate and North-Western Journal · Friday 3 March 1916 · page 3

Saturday night's deluge was the biggest flood ever remembered in Tingha. According to old, hands the flood which inundated the lower part…

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