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Northern Rivers · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1915

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Fighting Continues. Tenaciously. Three Hundred Officers Captured. a Violent Storm in the Vosges London

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 29 September 1915 · page 5

In the Champagne district the lighting continues tenaciously along the whole front. We have occupied, at several points,…

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Overtaken by Flood. German Troops Perish. London

Tweed Daily · Thursday 30 September 1915 · page 3

The "Times" correspondent writes that from well informed source I hear a confirmed report that the 41st German Army Corps has been…

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Terrible Storm in Flanders. Germans Strengthening Their Line. London

Tweed Daily · Friday 1 October 1915 · page 3

Reports from Amsterdam state that a terrible storm is raging in Flanders. The Germans are busy filling up…

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Thunderstorms

Northern Star · Tuesday 5 October 1915 · page 4

SYDNEY, Monday.—The forecast is:— Ligght showers over the central and southern slopes and highlands: thundersorms in the extreme north-east; 'otherwise. fine,…

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Noah's Flood. Strange Account. Nansen's Discovery in the Arctic

Northern Star · Friday 8 October 1915 · page 7

During the recent meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science a significant remark was made by the President of the Botanical Section, which…

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Liability of Councils for Flooding

Northern Star · Monday 11 October 1915 · page 3

In Stewart against the council of the municipality of Enfield, the Full Court decided, an important and apparently new point are the liability of councils for…

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Terrific Cyclone. Bourke's Unenviable Expertence

Northern Star · Friday 15 October 1915 · page 4

SYDNEY, Thursday.—The most terrific and damaging cyclone ever experienced in Bourke Passed over the town last night at seven o'clock, and although it lasted…

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Terrific Cyclone. Bourke Visited. Enormous Damage. Sydney

Tweed Daily · Friday 15 October 1915 · page 2

A terrific cyclone was experienced at Bourke last night. It only lasted a quarter of an hour, but enormous darnel be was done. It is reported that one…

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Cyclone at Bourke

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 16 October 1915 · page 7

The most terrific and damaging cyclone ever experienced in Bourke passed passed over the town on Wednesday evening at seven o'clock, and although…

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Poetry After the Storm

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 16 October 1915 · page 6

The storm had passed from the hot spring day, And left a world that was fresh and fair;…

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Floods Prophesied

Northern Star · Tuesday 19 October 1915 · page 4

It is an old truism that birds and beasts in a state of nature know long be forehand when floods are coming, and that instinct is (says the "Casino Courier") the…

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V.R.C. Meeting. Opening Day. Very Heavy Rain. Ettefred Wins Maribyrnong Plate. Patrobas Successful in the Derby. the Favorite Badly Beaten. Traquette Wins Melbourne Stakes. Melbourne

Tweed Daily · Monday 1 November 1915 · page 2

The spring meeting of the Victoria racing club opened at Flemington to-day in unseasonable weather. Rain fell heavily last night, and this…

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Sultry, with Thunderstorms

Northern Star · Monday 8 November 1915 · page 4

SYDNEY. Saturday.—The forecast is:— Temporarily hot and sultry in northeast quarter with some thunderstorms, otherwise generally fine; cool southerly winds…

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The Drought Broken Thunderstorm Results in a Sharp Shower

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 10 November 1915 · page 2

The long looked for break in the drought conditions on the Tweed occured yesterday afternoon Up to noon the weather was hot and…

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Tuesday's Storm

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 12 November 1915 · page 4

The old adage that signs count for nothing in a dry time was again proved on Tuesday, when a thunderstorm passed over Casino, and a few…

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Storm at Epreka

Northern Star · Monday 15 November 1915 · page 4

Eureka was one of the places to share in the thunderstorm on Friday, about half an inch of rain being recorded. Hail accompanied the rain, and there was a fierce wind…

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Thunderstorms in North-east

Northern Star · Monday 15 November 1915 · page 4

SYDNEY, Satyrday.—The forecast is[?] with north-west to south-west winds thunderstone in the extreme north-east: shower or two on the South Coast…

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Heavy Gales Shipping in Distress. London

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 16 November 1915 · page 2

Heavy gales and storms have swept the United Kingdom during the last twenty-four hours. Houses were wrecked and ships stormbound. There is no…

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Causes of a Thunder Storm Men to [?] Its Distance Away

Northern Star · Tuesday 16 November 1915 · page 8

Laghtning is the result of electric dischange from the clouds. Every cloud, like every other object. contains [?]tricity. This makes no disturbance so long as…

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Terrible Gale. [?] for Twenty Years

Northern Star · Thursday 18 November 1915 · page 6

LONDON [?] The fiercest gale [?] and [?] driven shore [?] then…

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