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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1915

46 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 3 of 3

Fought in a Deluge. Paris

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 September 1915 · page 5

The "Fetit Parislen" declares that the Artois and Champagne battles were fought under abominable weather conditions for attacking purposes. The operations were…

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A Chinese Storm. Havoc in Canton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 November 1915 · page 6

A Forres reader (says "The Scotsman," September 26) sends us an extract from a letter Which she received from her son who is in Canton, describing the…

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Gales Off Britain. Steamers Founder. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 16 November 1915 · page 5

The fiercest gale known for twenty years is being experienced in the channel and Irirh Sea. Six vessels were driven ashore at…

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Floods in Sicily. Many People Drowned. Rome

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 November 1915 · page 4

The Salso River in Sicily rose suddenly after a cyclone, and carried away the bridge at Licata. Many people were standing on the…

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The Flood

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 December 1915 · page 16

Kitty sat up in bed and listened. "Whatever is that noise," she thought. "I'll just jump out and see what it is," and she pattered over the bare boards to…

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Storms in Britain. Vessels in Distress London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 December 1915 · page 7

Yesterday was the stormiest Boxing Day on record. Acres of low-lying land have been flooded, especially the valleys of the Seven…

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