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Riverina · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1914

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Storm at Ablury Church Blown Down

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 31 January 1914 · page 3

Reports from various arts of the district show that Wednesday's storm was one of the most violent on record, considerable damage being done to the…

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[?] Man's Country. [?]Anklin's Opinion [?]Nal Rains and [?]Floods. [?]Brisbane

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 3 February 1914 · page 3

[?] the passengers aboard the [?] are two people who had [?]ed to the Northern Territory [?] the purpose of settling in the…

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Territory Settler's Opinion. "Not a White Man's Country." Phenomenal Rains and Floods

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 3 February 1914 · page 4

AMONG the passengers aboard the Changsha are two people who had journeyed to the Northern Territory for the purpose of steeling in…

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Disastrous Floods. Rio De Janeiro

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 3 February 1914 · page 2

Disastrous floods have occurred here. Several villages have been swept away and people are refuging in the churches…

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Heavy Rain. Railway Line Submerged, Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 4 February 1914 · page 2

The Moree mail train arrived in Sydney considerably over time this morning, owing to having been derlayed at Curlewis for 80 minutes in…

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Mount Adrah News. the Storm

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 6 February 1914 · page 4

A HEAVY thunderstorm visited the Junction and Hillis' Creek lately, and the hail was a large as a man's fist in places. Deltroit station…

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Storm at Tamworth. £1000 Worth of Property Destroyed. TAMWORTH

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 6 February 1914 · page 4

During a severe thunderstorm in the Tamworth district, a £1000 pounds worth of property was destroyed…

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General Cables. the Brazilian Floods. London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 6 February 1914 · page 2

It is officially stated that the floods in Brazil were responsible for 1000 deaths Villages and towns were devastated and practically all the crops…

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Serious Floods. Great Losses of Stock. Miles of Water. Perth

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 10 February 1914 · page 2

Serious Hoods have occurred in West Australia. Great losses of stock arc reported from the Fitzroy crossing. Cattle have been swept…

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Floods at Kimberley. Perth

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 12 February 1914 · page 2

The floods are very severe, the rainfall being the heaviest for 30 years. The Fligroy river came down in flood. sweeping hundreds of cattle sheep…

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Coastal Gales Two Steamers Wrecked. Heavy Loss of Life. Boat's Crew Starving in Mid-ateantic. London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 16 February 1914 · page 2

Severe gales are raging on the English coast. The steamer Airside is believed to have foundered with all bands off…

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Floods in California. San Frnciso

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 21 February 1914 · page 4

There are great floods in Southern callfornia owing to a torrential down fall of ram. The lost of he is small, but enormous damage to property…

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Drou[?]nt Breaking Deluge at Parkes. Other Falls Reported

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 26 February 1914 · page 4

[?] commenced to fall at Parkes on Tuesday and in an hour and twenty minutes [?] points were registered. The low-lying places are flooded, and…

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The Weather. Storm at Henty

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 26 February 1914 · page 2

Word was received last night of a very heavy storm between Henty and Yerong Creek, during the afternoon. Two inches and eight points of rain…

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Heavy Snow Storm

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 3 March 1914 · page 2

There has been a terrific snow storm throughout the eastern states of America, and eight deaths have been reported. A number of the railroads…

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A Year of Disaster, Floods, Earthquakes, Assasinations and Revolutions

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 3 March 1914 · page 3

IF the prophets speak truly, 1914 will go down in history as one of the most disastrous years on record. There are to be floods in England…

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Snow Storms in America. Eight Deaths From Exposure. Railway Traffic Suspended. New York

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 4 March 1914 · page 2

Terrific snow storms have been experienced throughout the eastern States of America, eight deaths being reported. Railway traffic had to be…

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Mine Flooded. Nine Men Killed. Brussels

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 5 March 1914 · page 3

Of 350 men working in the Strepy mine, which was flooded, nine were killed, but the rest escaped…

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Heavy Rain in the City

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 6 March 1914 · page 2

Torrential rain fell in the city early this morning, and the streets are converted into miniature rivers. The rain fell at the rate of 260 points…

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