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Northern Rivers · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1916

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Floods in Queensland

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 4 February 1916 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—Several washaways occurred on the central. rail-road line in Queensland as the result of heavy rain. At Winton the…

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Severe Storm

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 5 February 1916 · page 6

The residents of parts of the district had a somewhat startling experience on Sunday afternoon last when a severe windstorm, accompanied in…

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Cyclonic Storm. Washaway on Queensland Line

Northern Star · Saturday 5 February 1916 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday.—A severe cyclonic storm passed over the southern portion of Queensland last night, a portion of the main railway beyond Ipswich being washed away…

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A Cyclonic Storm. Railway Washed Away. Brisbane

Tweed Daily · Saturday 5 February 1916 · page 5

A portion of the main railway was washed away at Ipswich as the result of a severe cyclonic storm in Southern Queensland…

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Australasia, Camps Deluged. Damage by Thunderstorm. a Soldier Killed

Northern Star · Monday 7 February 1916 · page 6

BRISBANE, Friday.—A severe thunderstorm in Brisbane last night caused a good deal of damage. The greatest sufferers were the soldiers in the various military…

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Storm Effects

Northern Star · Tuesday 8 February 1916 · page 2

Further particulars of Sunday night's storm show that the fierce wind proved disastrous to Mr. A. Welsby, of Lake-st., North Lismore. The galo took the roof off four of…

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German Feeling. a Storm of Indignation

Northern Star · Tuesday 8 February 1916 · page 3

AMSTERDAM, Sunday.—A storm of indignation has been arousetl in Germany owing to the failure of the brawler King Stephen to. rescue the Zeppelin crew. The newspapers…

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Sunday's Storm at Wyrallah

Northern Star · Wednesday 9 February 1916 · page 4

A severe thunderstorm, our Wyrallak 'correspondent writes, passed over this part, of the district on Sunday evening. Very vivid lightning and terrific crashes of thunder,…

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Heavy Storm at Busby's

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 11 February 1916 · page 4

Last Sunday evening a hail storm passed over this locality, the heaviest ever known, doing considerable damage to maize and fruit crops. A…

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Steamers in a Cyclone

Northern Star · Monday 14 February 1916 · page 8

BRISBANE, Sunday.—The steamer Wwonganella, bound from Ocean Island for Sydney, put into Moreton Bay on Saturday to replenish her bunkers. The steamer struck the…

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Thursday Night's Storm

Northern Star · Monday 14 February 1916 · page 7

The storm which passed over Lismore on Thursday night grew in intensity as it proceeded north, and Bexhill and Clnnes received the full force, the wind blowing with great,…

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Gales on the Coast

Northern Star · Tuesday 15 February 1916 · page 4

SYDNEY, Monday.—The forecast is:— More rains with southerly gales on the North Coast; elsewhere fine or improving; rising temperatures inland; north-easterly winds…

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Severe Storm

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 15 February 1916 · page 2

A correspondent from Busby's Flat writes to say that on Sunday week very heavy hall [?]en at Busby's Flat. The hall was very large, in…

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Storm at Upper Tooloom

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 15 February 1916 · page 2

Since the beginning of the present, year the tipper Tooroom district has had a series of splendid storms, but the one on the 7th instant was the…

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The Weather. Gales on the Coast

Northern Star · Saturday 19 February 1916 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday.—The forecast is:—Fine and hot with northerly winds, followed by [?]ontherliles; stormy gales on the coast; thun[?]erstorms later in the noth-east quarter…

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Floods in Holland. Recrudescence of the Trouble. Further Districts Imperilled

Northern Star · Saturday 19 February 1916 · page 7

AMSTERDAM, Thursday.—A storm has imperilled fresh districts in Holland. Its waters are rushing into the Monniken dam, and the inhabitants are re-evacuating the country…

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Dry Deluge for Minister

Northern Star · Tuesday 22 February 1916 · page 5

References were made in all the churches yesterday to the 6 o'clock closing of public houses. A movement is on foot to address a hundred thousand letters to Senator Pearee…

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Big Storm in England. Warships Run for Shelter Worst Weather Since War Started. London

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 22 February 1916 · page 3

Great damage was caused by last night's windstorm. Reports of destruction come from all parts of the British Isles and Holland. Ten fishing…

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Terrible Storms. in Southern. Germany. London

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 23 February 1916 · page 3

Terrible storms have been raging in Southern Germany, Zeppelin hangars accommodating four Zeppelins, were partially destroyed…

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Steamer in a Cyclone

Northern Star · Thursday 24 February 1916 · page 7

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The steamer Induna ran into a cyclone on January 5th. She survived the severe buffeting with the loss of one member of the crew, the destruction of…

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