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New England · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1925

114 stories in New England's papers · page 4 of 6

Floods in Victoria. Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 13 July 1925 · page 4

Heavy rains are falling over the whole of North Gippsland (Vic.). The town of Orbost has been [?] on by flood waters. Many residents of…

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Terrific Gale in the Bight. Steamer Buffeted

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 14 July 1925 · page 4

The steamer "Buteshire," which arrived at Fremantle, encountered a terrific gale in the Bight, during which a lifeboat was smashed and considerable…

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Heavy Rains in Gippsland. Floods in Parts

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 14 July 1925 · page 4

Heavy rains are falling over the whole of Norht Gippsland (Vic.) The town of Orbost has been cut off by flood waters and many…

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Very Few Casualties. In Korean Floods

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 17 July 1925 · page 6

Router's Tokio agents cable that earlier press reports of floods in South Korea are stated to be greatly exaggerated, according to the offical report…

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Got a Better Farm. What the Flood Did

The Uralla Times · Monday 27 July 1925 · page 4

One of the oldest farms in Australia—one that has been producing from its rich black soil maize crops for the last 100 years—Cornwallis…

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Floods a Korea Great Loss of Life and Property (Reuter's Cable.) New York, [?]

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 5 August 1925 · page 4

The floods to K[?] are [?] than at first [?]. [?] reports show that [?] [?] [?], [?] rendered [?]…

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Safety'in Storms How to Get It

The Inverell Times · Friday 7 August 1925 · page 6

Every summer lightning claims several victims, some, at least of whom would [?] spared if they knew a little more about safety in thunderstorms…

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Heavy Gale in N.Z. Liberty Men Cut Off

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 14 August 1925 · page 4

A message from Auckland says a heavy easterly gale last night raised big seas and prevented nearly 3000 Liberty men from returning to their ships…

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Raced the Storm

The Uralla Times · Monday 24 August 1925 · page 2

Melbourne, Friday.—The aerial mail from Hay yesterday Covered the distance from Echuca to Melbourne (120 miles) in 50 minutes. The 240 miles…

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Flood of Beer Husband Charged by Wife

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 25 August 1925 · page 3

At Leicester (Eng.) Police Court recently George William Sheppars, 39 described as a marine store dealer, was charged with doing wilful damage…

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Thunderstorm

The Uralla Times · Monday 31 August 1925 · page 2

A thunderstorm worked up on Saturday, and a couple of smart showers which included some hail, fell. The total registration at the Post Office…

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Many Japs Dead. Terrible Floods Make Havoc in Tokio and Yokohama

The Uralla Times · Thursday 3 September 1925 · page 1

Tokio, Thursday.—Floods due to tremendous rains partly submerged 40,000 houses here and 1000 at Yokohama, causing several deaths and…

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Floods in China

The Inverell Times · Friday 4 September 1925 · page 4

An Osaka message easy that heavy rain in China has inundated many districts. There are over 100 casualties and many houses and bridges have…

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His Luck. Overboard in Gale

The Uralla Times · Monday 7 September 1925 · page 2

Wellington (N.Z.), Friday.—Herman Erorim, mate of the schooner Elsie May, had a startling experience on Thursday…

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Floods in Japan

The Inverell Times · Friday 2 October 1925 · page 4

Reuter's Tokio correspondent advises under date of today that last night a tremendous rainstorm swept over the Tokio district. Three deaths…

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The Coming Storm

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 6 October 1925 · page 4

The cloquent Mr. Deakin once described the policy of his opponents as a "neeckalace of negatives" and if the voter at the forthcoming Federal…

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Queensland Cyclone

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 8 October 1925 · page 8

A heavy gale, which reached almost the force of a cyclone, struck Brisbane on Tuesday. Many buildings were damaged. Although there were…

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Destructive Gale Buildings Damaged

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 13 October 1925 · page 4

The gale that fairly raged at times at Armidale yesterday blew down a number of trees and damaged four or five buildings…

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Dust Storms Do Great Damage

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 13 October 1925 · page 1

A windstorm of unusual severity was responsible for slight damage in parts of the town and district yesterday. Sixteen sheets of iron were…

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Cyclone at Gilgandra

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 15 October 1925 · page 8

A gale of cyclonic force burst over Gilgandra and raged for 14 hours. The estimated damage amounts to about £6,000. Portion of the balcony…

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