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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1919

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Cyclone at Warwick. Damage Totals Many Thousands. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Friday 19 December 1919 · page 2

A cyclonic storm to-day broke, over Warwick, Queensland, leaving destruction in its wake. The track, of the cyclone was narrow, but It Visited the…

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IRELAND. Storm Clouds Gathering. Further Violence. Government in Helpless Position. LONDON

Daily Observer · Friday 19 December 1919 · page 2

The strife in Ireland is reaching a culminating point. English and American newspapers have sent special correspondents. The…

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Commonwealth Meteorology. Fine with Occasional Thunderstorms. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Saturday 20 December 1919 · page 2

[?] bearing winds from the ocean, sultriness should become a prominent feature during the next day or two fairly generally over…

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Cyclone Gates. Application in High Court. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Tuesday 23 December 1919 · page 2

Mr. Justice Isaacs in the High Court plication of the Cyclone Proprietary, Ltd. gave his reserved judgment" in the ap[?] to restrain" Buzacott and Co. from…

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Late Telegrams. Disastrous Hail Storm. Orange Orchards Knocked to Pieces. Grape Crop Ruined. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Saturday 27 December 1919 · page 2

The most disastrous storm at Orange for many years broke over the town and orchard area last night. The wind blew with cyclonic force, accompanied by…

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Cloud Burst at Tamworth Streets Flooded. Water Pours Through Houses. Railway Washaway Near Kootingal

Daily Observer · Saturday 27 December 1919 · page 2

Yesterday afternoon Tamworth experienced the doubtful blessing of rain in torrential quantities. A thunderstorm had been threatening from 1 o'clock, the…

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Storm at Orange. Orchards and Crops Ruined. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Monday 29 December 1919 · page 2

Later reports concerning Thursdays storm at Orange show that the previous estimate of the damage of £10,000 was, much below the actual figures. At least…

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Europe After the Storm. British Soldier and German Civilian. What They Think of Each Other. Aspects of Life on the Rhine

Daily Observer · Tuesday 30 December 1919 · page 5

For the French troops at Aix-la-Chapelle, the British at Cologne and Bonn the Americans at Coblentz, and the International occupation in other…

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Europe's Severe Winter. Great Floods and Snowfalls. Many Killed. LONDON

Daily Observer · Tuesday 30 December 1919 · page 2

All purls of Europe report the severest winter for years, interrupting transport and intensifying the widespread poverty and depression and scarcity of…

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Storms Round Gunnedah. Gunnedah

Daily Observer · Wednesday 31 December 1919 · page 1

During the holidays a number of thunderstorms, in some instances accompanied by heavy downpours of rain, have occurred in parts of the district On…

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