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Northern Rivers · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1912

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Floods in China. Enormous Loss of Life. Shanghai

Northern Star · Wednesday 11 September 1912 · page 5

Letters from Wenchow state that the floods on the 29th roached the proportions of a tidal wave at Chunchow, and overwhelmed Tsingten, The drowned number…

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Westerly Gales. Damage Done on Land and Sea. Sydney

Northern Star · Tuesday 17 September 1912 · page 5

Westerly gales of considerable force have swept the whole of the southern end of the continent since Saturday. Reports are coming to hand of damage on land…

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Heavy Floods. Two Men Drowned. Taking Refuge in Trees. Sydney

Northern Star · Tuesday 17 September 1912 · page 5

The Shepparton police state that the heaviest flood for 40 years is coming down the Goulburn River, Victoria. Two men were crossitng a creek, when the flood [?]it…

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Terrific Gales and Floods in Victoria. Several Lives Lost. Immense Destruction. Melbourne

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 18 September 1912 · page 2

Floods have caused widespread havoc throughout the State Rivers overflowed, and bridges have been swept away Settlers homes were…

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Floods at Tumut. Cattle Removed to Higher Flats. Sydney

Northern Star · Wednesday 18 September 1912 · page 5

The flood at Tumut is causing anxiety to stockowners, who are removing their cattle to higher levels. The river overflowed, and inundated the flats which were…

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The Weather. Yesterday's Thunderstorm

Northern Star · Thursday 19 September 1912 · page 4

The great heat and westerly winds of the past few days have been of a trying nature to everyone. Yesterday brought up a pleasant change in the shape of a…

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Floods in Victoria. River Yarra a Mile Wide. Families Flying From Their Homes. Melbourne

Northern Star · Thursday 19 September 1912 · page 5

The Seymour district, Victoria, is still inundated. Some narrow escapes from drowning are reported. Hundreds of stock were swept away by the flood waters. The…

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The Storm at Nimbin

Northern Star · Friday 20 September 1912 · page 4

Our Nimbin correspondent writes:—A storm broke over Nimbin yesterday afternoon about half-past two, and was followed by steady rain last night, 80 points…

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Floods in Victoria. More Cases of Drowning. Melbourne

Northern Star · Friday 20 September 1912 · page 5

News from Melbourne is to the effect that the Hoods are subsiding and all danger is now over. Two more deaths from drowning are reported…

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Floods in Victoria MELBOURNE

The Byron Bay Record · Saturday 21 September 1912 · page 8

The Seymour district, Victoria, is still inundated. Some narrow escapes from drowning are reported. Hundreds of stock were swept away by the flood waters…

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Floods in Victoria

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 21 September 1912 · page 4
Also in The Kyogle Examiner

The "Courier" was about the first paper on the North Coast to publish the wires giving details of the loss of life and destruction to…

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Floods in China. One Hundred Thousand Families Ruined. Paris

Northern Star · Tuesday 24 September 1912 · page 5

Advices from the Vicar Apossto[?] of Eastern Che-klang states that floods have devastated entire towns and villiages. Fifty thousand are drowned and a hundred…

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A Terrific Gale. Steamer Kaipaira's Experience. Auckland

Northern Star · Wednesday 25 September 1912 · page 5

The steamer Kaipaira encountered terrific weather between Hobart and Auckland. A quantity of deck [?]ttings was washed away, saloon doors were stove in, and the ladies…

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Victorian Floods. Adventures of the Victims

Northern Star · Monday 30 September 1912 · page 6

The Melbourne papers of Tuesday and Wednesday contain columns of information respecting the recent disastrous floods. Much of the information, being telegrams…

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Gales on the Coast. London

Northern Star · Tuesday 1 October 1912 · page 5

Gales are raging on the coast and a comet is visible…

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Coastal Storm. Stocks and Vessels Wrecked. Paris

Northern Star · Wednesday 2 October 1912 · page 5

A storm is raging on the coast, particularly at St. Nazaire, where the quays and shipbuilding yards have been ravaged, and the stocks whereon was the battleship…

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The War Storm. Town Fired On. Belgrade

Northern Star · Friday 4 October 1912 · page 5

The Ministry for War announced that a body of Turks had fired on Raska and the inhabitants were [?]eeing…

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A Storm That Failed

Northern Star · Saturday 5 October 1912 · page 4

After a hot and impleasant day yesterday towards six o'clock storm clouds gathered in the south. There soon were heard sounds of thunder, and vivid lightning…

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The War Storm. a Turkish Outrage. Detention of Greek Steamers. Athens

Northern Star · Saturday 5 October 1912 · page 13

It is semi-officially announced, that the Turkish, garrison at Samos, on 24th September, sacked the Greek factories and shops at Vathy…

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