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Riverina · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1912

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A Destructive Storm. Telephone Wires Fused. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 3 January 1912 · page 2

A heavy storm was experienced in the Coonamble district. In the town the rain was not heavy, but lightning was very vivid and dangerous. It…

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Storm Detector

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 5 January 1912 · page 8

In their effort to aid the vineyards, French meteorologists have lately brought out apparatus for accurately forecasting and registering…

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Scientific Notes. "Wireless" Warning of a Storm

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 5 January 1912 · page 8

Even the swift fury of an Atlantic storm can now be robbed of half its. terrors means of wireless telegraphy. How this was achieved in…

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Six Inches in an Hour. Floods in Yass District Yass

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 5 January 1912 · page 3

The intense heat that prevailed on Sunday morning created an extraordinary atmospheric disturbance, continuous rain falling heavily for several…

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The Six Day Cycle Race Through Storm and Stress. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 6 January 1912 · page 2

In the six days' cycle race now in progress at the Sydney Cricket Ground up to 3.30 p.m. to-day the contestants had covered 1902 miles. The men…

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A Hot Day in Sydney Big Thunderstorm. Tram Sheds Struck by Lightning. Sydney, Friday Evening

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 6 January 1912 · page 2

It was very not in the city to-day. At noon the thermometer reached 100 degrees. Shortly after one o'clock a big thunderstorm occurred and rain…

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Storms in Britain. London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 10 January 1912 · page 2

Severe snowstorms in Scotland and the North of England have caused heavy stock losses…

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Floods in France. Avalanche Occurs. Houses Buried. Paris

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 11 January 1912 · page 2

Anxiety is caused on the Seine and others rivers, which are in high flood. An avalanche at Val Weimar, Chambery, destroyed several houses, killing…

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Great Gales Express Blown Off Track. Vancouver

Daily Advertiser · Friday 12 January 1912 · page 2

Tremendous gales are sweeping the eastern coast of Canada. An express train in Newfoundland was blown right off the track. An avalanche…

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Steamer Lost. 172 Passengers Aboard. Gale in Black Sea. Rome

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 13 January 1912 · page 4

During a gale in the Black Sea the steamer Russ, with 177 passengers on board, was lost…

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Terrific Gale. Off English Coast. Several Wrecks Reported. London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 19 January 1912 · page 2

A gale swept throughout Great Britain and numerous fatalities have occurred. Much damage has been done to the harbor works and…

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Great Gales. Wrecks Off British Coast. Many Lives Lost. Railway Service Interrupted. London

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 20 January 1912 · page 4

During the heavy gale which has head sweeping over Great Britain during the week the steamer Weston Hall dashed on to the Buchan rocks…

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Storm Swept. Property and Life Lost. LONDON

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 23 January 1912 · page 3

Great bavoo has been worked by the disastrous gales which have swept over England daring the last few days. The metropolis is practically…

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A Terrible Winter. Buzzards and Snow Storms in Europe. Villages Isolated. London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 24 January 1912 · page 2

Cyclonic blizzards and snow-storms have been raging over Central and South-Western Russia. Over a hundred villages are isolated as the…

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All About the Flood

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 24 January 1912 · page 7

A district goods manager wanting details of the floods of November, 1903, on a section of his line, telegraphed to the agent ut ono of the…

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Storm

The Worker · Thursday 1 February 1912 · page 21

I love [?]t when the oily seas Heave huge and slow beneath the sun, When decks are hot, and dead the breeze,…

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Floods in England. Valley of the Medway Like an Inland Sea. Provisions by Boat. Fishing Fleet Weather-bound

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 2 February 1912 · page 6

Only a short while ago the country was crying for water, now some parts are suffering from floods. The south in particular has been hard hit in this respect,…

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Thunderstorm in Sydney. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 8 February 1912 · page 3

The weather in the city to-day was excessively hot and sultry, but culminated this afternoon in a heavy thunderstorm…

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Storms in Spain. Many People Drowned. London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 9 February 1912 · page 2

Great storms have been experienced in Spain and Portugal. Extensive floods have occurred. Many people and cattle were drowned…

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Thunderstorm in Sydney. Rain Throughout State. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 9 February 1912 · page 2

A terrific thunderstorm swept over the city this afternoon. Rain descended in a perfect deluge and all the gutters overflowed, temporarily…

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