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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1916

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Heavy Rain Storm

Manilla Express · Wednesday 1 November 1916 · page 2

Yesterday afternoon two unusually heavy falls of rain occurred, accompanied by thunder and lightning. At 4 o'clock 230 points were…

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The Channel Raid. Attacks Made During Heavy Gale. Two Enemy Vessels Lost. (Reuter's Telegram.) LONDON

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Thursday 2 November 1916 · page 2

Replying to a question in the House of Commons Mr. Balfour said that the Channel raiders last Friday had the advantage which raiders always possessed…

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Commonwealth Meteorology. Scattered Storms and Sultry Temperature. SYDNEY

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Friday 3 November 1916 · page 2

Very little movement has taken place. in the different pressure systems during the past 24 hours. The antarctie disturbance is still over the south-eastern…

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Heavy Rain at Singleton. Singleton

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Wednesday 15 November 1916 · page 2

Heavy rain fell last night, flooding the streets and footpaths in man parts. The total registered was 130 points, which practically fell in half an hour…

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A Dust Storm

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 17 November 1916 · page 2

There was a dust storm followed by a heavy shower of rain yesterday between 10.30 and 11 a.m.. The wind blow in terrific gusts, the…

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Wheat Yield Tamworth District Crops. Affected by Hail Storms. Rust, Blight and New Post Also Do, Damage

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Friday 17 November 1916 · page 1

Some anxiety has latterly been felt concerning the position of the wheat crops in the Tamworth district as the result of the recent heavy hail storms…

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Hail Storm

Manilla Express · Saturday 18 November 1916 · page 4

A hailstorm swept across the western portion of the district on Thursday morning. Out on portions of Wongo Creek the ground looked…

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No Serious Damage From Hail Storms

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Saturday 18 November 1916 · page 2

It appeard at first as if heavy damage had been done throughout the district by Thursday's hail storms, but reports received in town yesterday…

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Storms on the Ancre. (Reuter's Telegram.) LONDON

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Monday 20 November 1916 · page 2

General Haig reports: Despite the storms we advanced on a frontd north and south of the Ancre, chiefly south, where we reached the outskirts of…

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Heavy Toll of Shipping in Gale

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Tuesday 21 November 1916 · page 2

(Published in "The Times.") LONDON, Sunday. During the gale there were several mishaps off the Irish coast. The Taffy…

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Disastrous Gales in Britain. London

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Wednesday 22 November 1916 · page 4

During the week end gales in the British isles a number of ships were wracked. The stranded steamer Muriston is grounded in Bryth Bay. A…

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Heavy Storm in Tamworth

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Thursday 23 November 1916 · page 2

A hot muggy day on Tuesday.was followed by an equally close, night, which towards morning was cooled slightly by a heavy shower. This was followed…

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Delay in Cable News. Due to Storms on British Coast. SYDNEY

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Thursday 23 November 1916 · page 2

It is notified. that owing to interruption between Part Curnow and Gibraltar all cable news to and from Great Britain by the eastern extension route is…

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Series of Thunderstorms. Sydney

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Thursday 23 November 1916 · page 2

A remarkable series of thunderstorms swept through the State yesterday. In many instances they were accompanied by hail…

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Commonwealth Meteorology. Further Scattered Thunderstorms. SYDNEY

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Thursday 23 November 1916 · page 2

The double headed antarctic disturbances has advanced only a few hundred miles eastward and has lost its characteristic of thunder and hail. At 9 o'clock this…

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Great Storm in Temora District. Harvest Will be a Poor One. SYDNEY, Firday

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Saturday 25 November 1916 · page 2

A severer windstorm passed over Beckom on the Temora-Barralen railway line yesterday alternoon, doing considerable damage…

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The Fractured Mind. a Soldier's Brain Storm

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Monday 27 November 1916 · page 1

Until the extraordinary experience which came to him after he had been sent home for a long rest the young soldier would have denied explicitly…

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Heavy Thunderstorm

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Monday 27 November 1916 · page 2

Yesterday afternoon about 5 o'clock a heavy thunderstorm passed over Tamworth, preceded by a violent dust storm. The rain fell in torrents for a few…

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Late Telegrams. Struck by Lightning. Man Killed on the Racecourse. Terrific Thunderstorm. SYDNEY

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Monday 27 November 1916 · page 2

Shortly after 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon a terrific thunderstorm broke over the city and suburbs. Three men were struck by lightning on…

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Commonwealth Meteorology. Further Scattered Thunderstorms. SYDNEY

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Monday 27 November 1916 · page 2

The high pressure has made a decided north-easterly move and is now centred between Norfolk Island and New Caledonia. The antarctic disturbance which…

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