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Riverina · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1912

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Storm at Gundagai. Houses Flooded. Gundagai

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 10 February 1912 · page 4

A severe storm visited Gundegai last night. The wind was terrific and miles of fencing were swept away. Several creeks burst their banks and…

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A Big Storm. Hailstones Like Hen Eggs

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Saturday 10 February 1912 · page 2

It rained like fury in various parts of the district on Thurs-day night. And, verily, the thunder and lightning caused…

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Storms Raging on Coast. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 12 February 1912 · page 2

The weather conditions on the coast show no improvement Gales and rough seas are still raging, and the whole of the coast line has been storm…

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Floods in Portugal. Corpses Floating Down River. London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 12 February 1912 · page 4

The Portuguese Government has voted £20,000 for the relief of sufferers by the recent storms. Corpses, merchandise, furniture and…

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Floods in Spain, Worst in its History. MADRID

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 13 February 1912 · page 2

The worst floods in the history of Spain have occurred in the country around Seville. The Minuter for Public Works (Don Rafael Gusset)…

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Floods in Spain. Twelve Villages Submerged. Inhabitants Starving and Drowning. Madrid

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 15 February 1912 · page 2

One of the effects of the great floods in Spain is that every house is submerged in twelve riverside villages, in the valley of the Guadelquiver, with…

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Disastrous Snow Storm. Scores of Lives Lost. St. Petersburg

Daily Advertiser · Friday 16 February 1912 · page 2

A snowstorm occurred at T[?]hin, Western Siberia, and 62 bodies have already been found…

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Wireless Mishap in an Atlantic Storm. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 20 February 1912 · page 5

The Oceanic from New York lost the foremast of her wireless installation in an Atlantic storm…

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Spanish Flood Fund. Madrid

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 20 February 1912 · page 5

One million pesetos have been voted towards the Hoods' relief fund…

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Storm Visits Lockhart

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Wednesday 21 February 1912 · page 3

A thunderstorm visited Lockhart on Friday night, and in the town itself 40 points fell The rain fell only in patches, and a couple of miles out…

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Great Storm in the Mountains. KATOOMBA

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 21 February 1912 · page 3

A thunderstorm passed over the district late on Saturday afternoon, when another exceptionally heavy downpour took place. The weather…

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Terrific Storm Fearful Snowfalls. Pittsburg

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 24 February 1912 · page 7

Hundreds of oil derricks have been levelled in Western Pennsylvania in a [?]urious gale, which is spreading over the country. Terrific snowstorms…

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The Weather. Heavy Rain

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 27 February 1912 · page 2

Clouds again hovered over Wagga yesterday, and as a consequence the day was hot and sultry. The maximum shade temperature was…

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Heavy Thunderstorm, Sydney

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 27 February 1912 · page 2

A heavy thunderstorm passed over the city yesterday. The roof of St. Matthias' Church, Paddington, was struck by lightening and the…

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Terrific Storm. Bursts Over Sydney. People Struck by Lightning. Four Inches of Rain in Two Hours. Tram Cabs Fired. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 1 March 1912 · page 2

This Afternoon's storm in the city was one of the most violent on record. Four inches of rain fell in two hours. The lightning was…

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The Sydney Storm. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 2 March 1912 · page 5

As a result of yesterday's storm thousands of pounds worth of goods have been ruined on the wharves…

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The Disastrous Storm Much Cargo Ruined. Public Indignation. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 2 March 1912 · page 2

One of the most disastrous features of yesterday's storm was the widespread havoc wrought on unprotected cargo lying on the wharves. Soft…

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Equinoctial Gales

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 6 March 1912 · page 7

Few Ideas arc more firmly rooted In tie popular mind than the notion that the equinoxes are times when severe gales are to be expected. Last Friday the sun…

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Some of the Effects. Heavy Drain on Union Funds. Welsh Collieries Flooded. University Students Volunteer As Miners

Daily Advertiser · Friday 8 March 1912 · page 2

There are no signs of yielding and the strike is slowly tightening its grip of every industry. The Amalgamated Railway…

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Heavy General Rain in Queensland Railways Under Water. Brisbane

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 14 March 1912 · page 2

The Commissioner for Railways to-day received a telegram from the general traffic manager Rt Townsville, stating that a heavy general rainfall…

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