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Floods & storms, 1912

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The Coast Storm. Three Vessels Missing. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 20 July 1912 · page 6

The violent past storm has now abated. Three sailing vessels, the badysmith, the Candidate and the Curlew are missing and nothing has been…

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What Will He Do? a Storm Threatens

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 24 July 1912 · page 4

There's an air of uncertainly about Slate politics just now. Labor is wondering what Niel Nielsen is going to do…

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A Flood Feared

Daily Advertiser · Friday 26 July 1912 · page 2

Heavy rains are falling in the Hawkesbury district and the river is rising rapidly. A flood is feared…

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Floods on the Hawkesbury Many Farms Submerged. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 27 July 1912 · page 6

The heavy rains in the Hawkesbury River district have caused serious floods. Many farms are submerged and the stock has been removed to…

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Appalling Floods. Calamities in America. Widespread Disaster. Many Lives Lost. Clerk's Self-possession Saves Town. New York

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 27 July 1912 · page 6

Sixty persons were drowned in connection with the bursting of a mountain dam at the Evans Station, Pennysylvania. Fourteen men were drowned like…

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Sixty Years Ago The Gundagai Floods

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 30 July 1912 · page 2

FURTHER details are to hand regarding the loss of life at Gundagai. It is believed that about ninety human beings have met with a…

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Flooded Rivers. Great Damage to Property. SYDNEY

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 30 July 1912 · page 3

The latest reports from the Hawkesbury River show that the floods have done great damage. Many houses on the low-lying parts on the…

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Kaiser's Threat. Alsace-lorraine's Constitution. Storm of Criticism

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

No utterance by the Emperor William for many years put has raised such a storm of universal criticism an the remarks which he is reported to have…

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Turkish Embroglio Montenegrins Enraged. Populace Storm Blockade. Cettinge

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 6 August 1912 · page 2

The Turkish force built a blockhouse on the Montenegrin frontier and fired on the Montenegrin guards. The population stormed the…

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Kaiser's Threat. Alsace-lorraine's Constitution. Storm of Criticiem

Tumbarumba Times · Friday 9 August 1912 · page 4

No utterance by the Emperor William i for ninny years. past has raised such a storm of universal Criticism as the remarks which he is reported to have…

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Destructive Storm. North Coast of Spain Swept. LONDON

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 16 August 1912 · page 4

The North coast of Spain lias been swept by a destructive storm, many fishing vessels having foundered…

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Fearful Gale. Fishing Fleet Overtaken. London

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 17 August 1912 · page 6

A fearful gale overtook a fleet of cr boats in the Bay of Biscay and wrought great havoc. Full particulars are not available, but 120 persons…

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Floods in Wales

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 27 August 1912 · page 2

Owing to continuous rains floods are expected in Wales, and damage to property will be considerable. At Rhondda several children were…

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Cyclone Strikes Grentell Streets Reduced to Ruins. Man Blown Through Window. Several Person's Injured. Grenfell

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 28 August 1912 · page 2

An appalling cyclonic storm passed over Grenfell yesterday afternoon. The wind tore at fearful paces up George-street, leaving destruction…

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Floods in Wales. LONDON

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 28 August 1912 · page 2

Floods in Britain have extended to Wales, where several children have been drowned…

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Floods in England. Railway Communication Severed. London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 28 August 1912 · page 2

Record floods have severed Norwich railway communication. The express is held up at King's Lyn, and others are at a standstill. Floods are…

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The Norwich Floods. LONDON

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 29 August 1912 · page 2

Big floods have occurred in Norwich England, and railway and telegraphic communication is disorganised. Farms are submerged, and people are diving…

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Terrific Cyclone. Damage at Grenfell

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 30 August 1912 · page 4

A TERRIFIC cyclone, immediately followed by hail and rain, burst upon Grenfell just before 6 on Monday evening…

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Cyclonic Storm. Visitation at Grenfell. Great Destruction of Property. Several Narrow, Escapes. Grenfell

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 30 August 1912 · page 4

Shortly before 6 o'clock last evening Grenfell had one of the most alarming experiences in its most alarming experiences in its history. A cyclonic storm, attended by a…

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Terrible Floods. Thousands Homeless. LONDON

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 30 August 1912 · page 4

Hundreds of families at Norwich quitted their houses owing to the floods and sought refuge in schools and other buildings on higher levels…

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