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Northern Rivers · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1915

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Big Dust Storm

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 9 February 1915 · page 2

During Saturday afternoon the wind rising suddenly developed into a gale and, although for the moment the heat was dispelled, the…

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Dust Storm

The Kyogle Examiner · Wednesday 10 February 1915 · page 3

A terrific dust storm invaded Kyogle on Saturday afternoon. The day had been oppressively hot, and towards nightfall a gale developed…

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Torrential Rain in Prisbane. Cyclonic Storm System Approaching

Northern Star · Wednesday 10 February 1915 · page 4

BRISBANE, Tuesday.—Torrential rain has been falling in Brisbane all day. A special weather advice issued by the Meteorological Department at noon…

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TELEGRAMS. Cyclone Predicted a Brisbane Warning. Expected To-day. Brisbane

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 10 February 1915 · page 4

Brisbane has issued a warning that a cyclone is due in Brisbane from the North in the course of the next 24 hours. It has been raining all the…

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The Missing Endeavour Foundered in a Storm. Grantala Returns to Port. Sydney

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 10 February 1915 · page 4

The steamer Grantala, searching for the missing trawler Endeavour, returned to Sydney this morning. The opinion of her officers is based…

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Coal Mine Flooded. Twenty-two Men Dead

Northern Star · Thursday 11 February 1915 · page 5

VANCOUVER, Tuesday.—Twenty-two men are dead through the flooding of a coal mine at Wellington, Vancouver Island. Abandoned workings filled with…

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Villages Devastated. Terrific Storm in Samoa

Northern Star · Monday 15 February 1915 · page 5

SAN FRANCISCO, Friday.—Whole villages were wiped out by the hurricane tidal wave and earthquake which occurred in American Samon. Shipping was…

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Floods at Bathurst Six Feet of Water in the 'Streets. Extensive Damage Done. Sydney

Tweed Daily · Monday 22 February 1915 · page 2

As a result of heavy rams in the Bathurst district last night Vale Creek, at George's Plain, overflowed, its banks at Orton Park, and inundated the…

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The Drodght Breaks. Floods in the Interior. Mail Train Narrowly Escapes. Disaster. Damage and Desolation

Northern Star · Monday 22 February 1915 · page 4

SYDNEY, Saturday.—The drought has broken at many places in the interior, where fairly heavy rains have fallen. ValeCreek, in the vicinity of George's Plains…

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Bathurst Floods Many Miles Submerged. Sydney

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 23 February 1915 · page 3

Many miles of country from Bathurst to Wimbledon are submerged in flood. The results at Perthville are more disastrous than at Orton Park Miles, of…

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Breaking of the Dry Weather. Floods at Bathurst

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 24 February 1915 · page 2

The prolonged dry spell in the Casino district was broken up on Monday? afternoon by a sharp thunderstorm, which passed over the town shortly…

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Gale Suspends Operations

Northern Star · Thursday 25 February 1915 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.—The Press Bureau states the Admiraity have intimated that operations in the Dardanelles were interrupted by heavy gale…

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River Tn Flood. a Wall of Rushing Water

Northern Star · Thursday 25 February 1915 · page 4

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Owing to heavy rain in the watershed of the Murrumbidgee, the river in the vicinlty of Wagga rose with startling suddenness on Sunday…

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Gale Carries Away a Zeppelin. the Crew Drowned

Northern Star · Monday 1 March 1915 · page 5

ROME, Saturday.—A violent gale carried away a Zeppelin at Pola. The crew were drowned in the Adriatic Sea…

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Terrific Storm. Damage by Falling Trees. One Terson Killed

Northern Star · Tuesday 2 March 1915 · page 5

PERTH, Monday.—A territic storm occurred at perth yesterday. Houses were demolished by falling tres, churches were damaged, and telegraph and telephone lines…

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Rains and Floods. Heavy Falls in Molong District. Sydney

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 2 March 1915 · page 2

Heavy rain has fallen in the Molong district At. Gumnock, Copperhill and Larras Lake districts, the low-lying lands are flooded and all the creeks are…

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The Dardanelles. Another Storm Delays Operations

Northern Star · Wednesday 3 March 1915 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—Admiralty operations at the Dardenaelles have been delayed by a north-easterly gale, the mist rendering personal observation and range…

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Wrecked in a Storm. Fate of a Child-killing Machine. London

Tweed Daily · Thursday 4 March 1915 · page 3

Amsterdam reports that a Zeppelin flying over Cologne was destroyed in a storm. The crew were saved…

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Speech Regained in a Storm

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 6 March 1915 · page 4

A remarkable experience [?]efel Mr. Townsend Hill, of Morangarell, a few days ago, when during a thunderstorm he regained his speech, which he had…

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The Dardanelles. Operations in a Gale. Activity of French Fleet. London

Tweed Daily · Monday 8 March 1915 · page 3

The French Minister of Marine has issued the following official statement regarding the bombardment of the Dardanelles…

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