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Northern Rivers · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1914

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Winter Storms Houses Swept Out to Sea. London

Tweed Daily · Thursday 1 January 1914 · page 6

Winter storms in Germany are exceptionally severe. Villages on the coast of Pomerania and Schleswig-Holstein, are flooded, the water in many places…

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Terrific Storm. Damage at Molong. Sydney

Northern Star · Thursday 1 January 1914 · page 5

A terrific storm passed, over Molong and Amaroo, and woolsheds were unroofed and telegraph poles blown down. Four inches of rain followed the disturbance, and dams…

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The Worst Land Grabbers. Sir George Reid on Antiimmigrationists. Australia to Be the Storm Centre of the World

Northern Star · Thursday 1 January 1914 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday. Sir George Reid, speaking at Bathurst, said that Australia would become the storm centre of the world so far as the…

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Storms in the Pacific

Northern Star · Monday 5 January 1914 · page 4

Wireless messages received from ships report heavy storms in the Pacific, and bad weather along the entire Pacific coast, and floods in California. The railway is…

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The El Dorado. Crew Reach Sydney. Graphic Story of Peril. Open Boat in a Storm. Land at Last. Sydney

Northern Star · Monday 5 January 1914 · page 4

The crew of the schooner [?] Dorado, which was abandoned off Easter Island eight months ago, reached Sydney to-day by the steamer Knight of the Curter…

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Storms in America. Enormous Damage. New York

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 6 January 1914 · page 3

Severe storms are raging throughout Pennsylvania, and communications are cut off in many places. New Jersey is seriously affected, and…

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Storms in America. Immense Damage to Property. Pittsburg

Northern Star · Tuesday 6 January 1914 · page 5

Severe storms are raging throughout Pennsylvania and communications have been cut off in many places. New Jersey is also seriously affected, and…

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Storm on the Manning. Dam[?] by Lightning. Sydney

Northern Star · Tuesday 6 January 1914 · page 5

The first break of dry weather occurred at Jones Island on Friday night, when a severe thunderstorm came, lasting for about an hour, during which time very…

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Storm in South Australia. Adelaide

Northern Star · Friday 9 January 1914 · page 5

A storm passed over Port Pi[?]e yesterday, during which several vessels went aground, while a number of smaller craft were blown out to sea. It is not yet…

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Storm in Casino

Northern Star · Saturday 10 January 1914 · page 6

The heat in Casino weas again very trying yesterday, the thermometer reaching over 100 degrees. During the afternoon, however, clouds banked up, and at 5 p.m.,…

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Storm at Tamworth. Extensive Damage Done. Sydney

Tweed Daily · Monday 12 January 1914 · page 2

The damage caused by the storm at Tamworth will run into many thousands. Practically every settler in the…

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Cyclone at Tamworth. Thousands of Pounds Damage. Buildings Demolished. Sydney

Northern Star · Monday 12 January 1914 · page 5

Damage to the extent of many thousands of pounds was caused by a cyclone, accompanied by heavy hail and rain, which fell in torrents and swept across the…

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High Temperatures and Storms

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 13 January 1914 · page 2

After a very sultry week, during which records of 100 and 109 decrees in the shade were put up, the heaviest hailstorm of recent years…

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Terrific Storm at Tamworth

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 13 January 1914 · page 2

A terrific storm visited Tamworth on Friday afternoon, and caused much damage. Houses were unroofed and dismantled, trees were blown…

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Floods and Snow. Severe Losses in Europe. St. Petersburg

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 13 January 1914 · page 3

A snowstorm has swept North-Western Russia, and the railways and roadways are obliterated. One hundred and fifty peasants have been buried in the snow…

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Out of Thk Jaws of Death. a Terrific Flood

Northern Star · Tuesday 13 January 1914 · page 2

I was travelling down through the Nava[?]o country, writes a reader of "The Yourths' Companion." My driver was one of these who had lost everything—almost…

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Latest Cablegrams Floods in Belgium. Brussels

Northern Star · Tuesday 13 January 1914 · page 5

The Senn[?] has overflowed its banks, and floods in the Meuse Valle, have caused great damage and stoped work at many factories and quarries…

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Disastrous Cyclone

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 14 January 1914 · page 3

Damage to the extent of many thousands of pounds was caused by a cyclone, accompanied by heavy hail and rain, which fell in torrents…

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Destructive Storm

The Kyogle Examiner · Wednesday 14 January 1914 · page 2

THE hail storm which visited portions of this district on Friday on Fawcett's Plain, on a strip of which its full force seemed to be vented. At…

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Just Missed. J Werris Creek Dodges a Cyclone Sydney

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 14 January 1914 · page 5

A cyclone struck Werris Creek district yesterday afternoon, and unroofed several dwellings, but missed the township, the centre of the disturbance…

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