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Northern Rivers · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1912

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A Heavy Cyclonic Storm

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 2 January 1912 · page 6

ON the morning of Dec. 16 the Richmond was visited by one of tho worst thunderstorms it has had for years. It came up suddenly from the west, raged with…

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Shannon Floods. Damage Farm Stock. London

Northern Star · Tuesday 2 January 1912 · page 5

The Shannon has flooded several counties, with serious results to farm stock…

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Storm Detector

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 6 January 1912 · page 3

In their [?] to aid the vineyards French meteore[?]iogists have lately brought out apparatus for accurately forecasting and registering…

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Scientific Notes. "Wireless" Warning of a Storm

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 6 January 1912 · page 3

Even the swift fury of an Atlantic storm can now be robbed of half its terrors by means of wireless telegraphy. How this was achieved in…

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On the Wedding Morn. Chapter Iv. the Storm-swept Coast. Continued

The Byron Bay Record · Saturday 6 January 1912 · page 10

THE next day the doctor asked if he should wire to any friends? Serle answered in the negative. His wife was…

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A Church Blown Away. the Force of Friday's Storm. Grafton

Northern Star · Tuesday 9 January 1912 · page 5

During Friday night's storm the Union Church at Southgate was lifted bodily off its supports and carried a distance of ten feet. The building sustained little…

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Floods Feared. Paris

Northern Star · Thursday 11 January 1912 · page 5

There is some anxiety owing to the Seine and other rivers being in high flood…

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Fierce Gales and Storms. a Chapter of Destruction. Express Blown Off the Track. Montrel

Northern Star · Friday 12 January 1912 · page 5

Tremendous gales are sweeping the Eastern Canadian coast. An express train was blown off the track, in New foundland, snowbanks being eleared before it by a…

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The S[?] in Flood. Paris

Northern Star · Saturday 13 January 1912 · page 9

The Seine is 13 feet below the 1910 flood, but rising rapidly. All navigation is suspended…

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Town Flooded in Treacle

Northern Star · Wednesday 17 January 1912 · page 2

One of the most extraordinary floods in history has just caused great damage in New Orleans. Several tanks containing millions of gallons of treacle burst, and…

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Fierce Gale. Many Steamers Wrecked. London

Northern Star · Friday 19 January 1912 · page 3

A great gale is raging in Great Britain, causing numerous fatalities and much damage to harbour works and shipping. A German steamer was wrecked on the…

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Disastrous Gales

The Kyogle Examiner · Saturday 20 January 1912 · page 4

Gales have swept over the British Isles, resulting in numerous fatalities. Several wrecks are reported. A large…

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The Gales in England

The Kyogle Examiner · Saturday 20 January 1912 · page 4

During the heavy gales which swept over Britain, the steamer Weston Hall [?] dashed on to Brichan Rocks [?]…

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The Rising Storm. France and Italy. Hints of a Naval Demonstraion. Paris

Northern Star · Wednesday 24 January 1912 · page 5

The authorities at Tunis have seized the steamer Odessa owing to having in possession forged papers and 350 tons of ammunition which she failed to land on the…

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Floods on the Thames. London

Northern Star · Saturday 27 January 1912 · page 9

Extraordinary rains have fallen in the valley of the Thames. Streets at Maidenhead are submerged, and hundreds of cottages have been isolated. Thousands of…

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Latest Telegrams Floods in Fiji. Sydney

Northern Star · Wednesday 31 January 1912 · page 5

The reported hurricane and floods in Fij is confirmed Much damage to the crops was done, 20 per cent, being destroyed…

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Frost and Floods. London, Monday Evening

Northern Star · Wednesday 31 January 1912 · page 5

There have been twenty degrees of frost in many parts of England. The floods are abating…

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Thunderstorm

Northern Star · Tuesday 6 February 1912 · page 4

At mid-day yesterday a heavy thunderstorm gathered in the west, and this broke about 2 o'clock. It passed to the north of the town, and Lismore got the tail end…

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The Track of the Storm. Sydney

Northern Star · Wednesday 7 February 1912 · page 5

The hurr'cane which recently paased over the Fiji Group also caused considerable damage to the Friendly Isles. Almost every vessel at Nukuualofa was driven…

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The Queensland Strike. Beign of Violence Over. Stampeding Back to Work. Dissatisfaction with Mr. Fisher. Rockhampton the Storm Centre. Sydney

Northern Star · Wednesday 7 February 1912 · page 5

Brisbane is resuming its normal business conditions, but the activity of the police has pot been in the least relaxed. Two thousand seven hundred special foot…

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