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Northern Rivers · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1915

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Violent Cyclone. Number of Lives Lost

Northern Star · Tuesday 9 March 1915 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—The islands off Port Darwin were visited by a violent syclone, Six lives have been lost and several ketches driven ashore. One cutter capsized…

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The Coming Storm. Consolidation of Positions

Northern Star · Monday 15 March 1915 · page 5

PARIS, Sunday.—A communique issued at midnight states: We have consolidated our positions everywhere…

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Flood Waters Subsiding. London

Tweed Daily · Friday 19 March 1915 · page 3

Information from Flanders confirms the inference thai the progress of the Belgians in the loop, near the river Yser, is due to the subsidence of the…

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Furious Gale Raging

Northern Star · Tuesday 23 March 1915 · page 5

MADRID, Sunday.—A furious gale is raging in the Mediterranean, and in two days a hundred ships have taken refuge in Gibraltar…

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Gales in the Dardanelles. Hampering Operations. London

Tweed Daily · Friday 26 March 1915 · page 3

The "Times" correspondent at Tenedos cables that a furious north-east gale has been blowing for three days. It has been most unfavorable for naval…

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German Offensive Broken Allies Must Prepare Patiently Enduring the Highest Tests Daring British Aerial Attack Gales in the Dardanelles Length of the War. No Indications Whatever. London

Tweed Daily · Friday 26 March 1915 · page 3

Speaking at Manchester, Sir John Simon, Attorney-General, said there is no indication whatever when the war would end, or that Germany was…

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Drought Broken Damaging Storm at Carcoar Heavy Rains in the City Sydney

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 31 March 1915 · page 5

Reports from the country to-day indicate that the drought has broken. Rain has extended as far as portion of the Riverina. The Central Western…

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Terrific Thunderstorm. Low-lying Parts Flodded

Northern Star · Wednesday 31 March 1915 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A terrific thunderstorm passed over Sydney at a late hour last night. Many low-lying parts were flooded and considerable damage done to…

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Heavy Rain

Northern Star · Monday 5 April 1915 · page 4

SYDNEY, Sudnay.—Heavy rain continued throughout the night, and there is every appearance of a further downfall. prospects for to-morrow's holiday are not…

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Tyrolese Troops. Attempt to Storm Russian Position. the Russian Reply. London

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 6 April 1915 · page 3

An attempt was made by a division of Tyrolese troops, the best troops remaining to Austria, to capture a projecting bluff where the Russian front…

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Heavy Rain Still Below the Average. Sydney

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 7 April 1915 · page 4

Seven inches of rain, have fali[?]n in Sydney during the last twelve days. Notwithstanding this, the average for past years, up to the end of March…

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Terrific Storm. Mine Offices Struck

Northern Star · Wednesday 7 April 1915 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—During a terrific storm at Adelong this morning the offices and assay prenises of the Gibratar Consolidated Mine were struck by lightning…

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War Miscellany. Lust in Flooded Trenches

Tweed Daily · Thursday 8 April 1915 · page 3

A member of the Royal Engineers writes from Northern France:-- Last Monday I went through rather a [?] time and don't know how it…

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Thunderstorm at Casino

Northern Star · Monday 12 April 1915 · page 4

A thunderstorm broke over Casino on Friday and Saturday afternoon, and very welcome rain fell for a while. The country in all directions is showing that it is very…

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The John Williams. Knocked About in a Storm. Island Matters [?]

Northern Star · Saturday 17 April 1915 · page 5

SYDNEY. Friday.— The missionary steamer John Williams arrived from the Islands to-day. During the progress of a storm off Dar[?] the main truck was…

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After the Storm

The Kyogle Examiner · Saturday 24 April 1915 · page 8

"While for centuries God has foretold the Day of Wrath and indicated that He will have to do with the precipitation of its trouble upon humanity…

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Science Notes. a Storm Detector

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 24 April 1915 · page 3

The weather has a great deal to do with the demand for electric lights Hence it is necessary for an electric service company to keep an eye on…

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Big Flood

The Kyogle Examiner · Saturday 24 April 1915 · page 8

"A column of Russian troops in Asia Minor was halted by mud on the slopes of Mount Ararat. We had supposed the mud had dried out there years ago…

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A Terrific Gale. Violent Weather in the Tasman Sea

Northern Star · Thursday 29 April 1915 · page 4

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The mail [?] Moana, which arrived to-day from San Franciaco via ports, experienced a tersince southerly gale between New Zealand…

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A Terrific Gale

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 30 April 1915 · page 5

The mail steamer Moana which arrived in Sydney on Wednesday from San Francisco, via ports, experienced a terrific gale between…

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