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Northern Rivers · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1912

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Washed Off Roofs. Floods on the Danube. Budapest

Northern Star · Saturday 1 June 1912 · page 13

Floods in South-Eastern Hungary have demolished hundreds of peasants' houses. The inhabitants of several villages took refuge on the roofs of buildings, which…

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French at Fez. Situation Very Grave. Berbers Storm the City. Parts, Friday Evening

Northern Star · Monday 3 June 1912 · page 5

The situition at Fez is grave. A caravan was looted at Mequincy Road. The tribes raised the sacred flag of Zaolia Mulayidrin, width was taken from the…

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Watching- Storms. International Action Sought. London

Northern Star · Tuesday 11 June 1912 · page 5

the International Radiographic Congress in London has inaugurated a movement in favour of international action to make daily wireless reports of the weather…

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Almost Unprecedented Rain. Floods in Queensland. Sydney

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 12 June 1912 · page 2

As a result of heavy rains in Queensland floods, are reported in many parts. Rivers are running bankers arid several washaways…

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Floods in Colorado. Desperate Work at the Dykes San Francisco

Northern Star · Monday 17 June 1912 · page 5

The Colorado River is overflowing in all directions, and many villages the inundated. Boats were required to, rescue the inhabitants of Blythe. Hundreds of whites…

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Remarkable Storm Trace. This "Willy Willy" of West Australia

Northern Star · Wednesday 19 June 1912 · page 2

Mr.W.Cooke, the newly appointed Government Astronomer of N.S. Wales, is a native. of Adelulde, and has occupied the position of Governament Astronomer of…

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Heavy Sheep Losses. Comet River in Flood. Brisbine

Northern Star · Wednesday 19 June 1912 · page 5

Information has been received of a disaster in the recent flood in the Comet River, Over 20,000 sheep, owned by Mr. M. Ryan, of Arcturns Downs, on relief…

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Great Gale. Entire Village Levelled. Guthrie (Oklahoma)

Northern Star · Thursday 20 June 1912 · page 8

A terrific, gale levelled the entire village od Kayloe. Its 300 inhabitants escaped, although many were buried in the debris. Great damage was done in the surrounding…

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Floods in Colorado. Indian Village Partly Destroyed. San Francisco

Northern Star · Thursday 20 June 1912 · page 8

A dyke, broke near an Indian village on the Colorado River and a great portion of the village was destroyed, some lives being lost. The Indians made a great…

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Surgery in a Gale. London

Northern Star · Friday 21 June 1912 · page 5

While the Mersey was in a gale off Cape Horn the surgeon successfully operated on a cadet for appendicitis…

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Severe Storm. Two Months' Suspension of Traffic. Santiago De Chili

Northern Star · Friday 28 June 1912 · page 5

Since Friday fresh storms have occurred in the Cordillera and Andes, which serlously damaged the Chill and Argentine railway, interrupting the traffic for two…

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'52 Flood at Gundagai. Seventy-two Hours on a Roof. a Story Re-told

Northern Star · Saturday 6 July 1912 · page 11

The big flood in June, 1852, which devastated the valley of the Murrumbidgee, is now only a mere matter of history, and few are living who can remember that…

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Electric Storm. American Lightning and Floods. Chicago

Northern Star · Wednesday 10 July 1912 · page 5

A terrific elestric storm struck the city to-day. The lightning struck twelve houses and the Hoods invaded the basements of the city. The storm relieved the excessive heat…

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Heat, Storms and Floods. London

Northern Star · Monday 15 July 1912 · page 5

The heat is excessive in the south-eastern counties, 88 degrees being registered, in the shade in London. Violent thunderstorms have occurred in the Midlands, and…

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Heavy Gales on the Coast. Shipping Delayed. the Kyogle Missing. Sydney

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 17 July 1912 · page 2

The gale is still raging and tremendous seas are running. The coast shipping is greatly hampered. The German steamer Oberhausen…

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Steamer for the Cl[?]rence. Riding Out the Gale. Sydney

Northern Star · Wednesday 17 July 1912 · page 5

The steamer Kyogle, which left Sydney on Saturday night for the Clarenco River, has not since been reported. It is presumed that the captain has put out to sea…

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The Storm. Ferry Traffic Suspended. Manning Training Wall Destroyed. Sydney

Northern Star · Wednesday 17 July 1912 · page 5

A southerly storm continues to rage along the const and tremendous seas are running. Many vessels are sheltering. Mountainous seas running between the…

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Latest Wires Terrific Gale. Sydney, Wednesday. The gale has abated

Mullumbimby Star · Thursday 18 July 1912 · page 4

The steamer Kapunda, after being buffeted by the gale for three days and trying to enter Newcastle, returned to Sydney last night…

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The "Kyogle in the Gale

Northern Star · Thursday 18 July 1912 · page 4

The Kyogle arrived off the Clarence Heads late last evening, and is expected to cross the Clarence bar this morning. On the sister river as well as in Sydney…

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Storms and Floods. Still Rampant in New Zealand. Wellington

Northern Star · Friday 19 July 1912 · page 5

Storms continue in New Zealand with unabated fury. Many rivers in both islands are roaring floods, and great damage to property has been done. Land slips have…

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