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Floods & storms, 1914

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Wedding Sym0ns-flood

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 30 July 1914 · page 2

A quiet but pretty wedding was solemnised at the Methodist Church Wagga, yesterday afternoon, the contracting parties being Mr. Gordon…

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The Early Days of the Murrumbidgee Disastrous Floods on the River Hundred Lives Lost Resourceful Pioneers

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 1 August 1914 · page 6

Since writing the "Early History of the Murrumbidgee" and "Wagga in the Sixties," published in the "Express" on July and 11th, I have received…

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Holland Mobilising. Will Flood the Country If Necessary. Amsterdam

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 6 August 1914 · page 2

The mobilisation of troops is progressing smoothly. The authorities are prepared, if necessary, to open the sluices and…

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Holland's Intentions. May Flood Large Area. Amsterdam

Daily Advertiser · Friday 7 August 1914 · page 2

The mobilisation of the forces of Holland is progressing smoothly. The authorities are prepared if necessary to open the sluices and submerge the…

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Malley Flooded

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 11 August 1914 · page 2

The Germans have realised dams inundating the Settle Valley, Lorraine; but that was insufficient to check the French advance, which is now skirting…

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"After the Storm." Germany's Dream. Two Maps of the World

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 14 August 1914 · page 4

"Nach dem Sturm." This is the title of a startling publication issued in Germany a few years ago. It is intended to be…

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Dutch Preparations. Ready to Flood the Country. ALt Frontier Roads Barricaded. Rotterdam

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 20 August 1914 · page 2

The Dutch army is strongly holding the frontier with numerous barbed wire entangelements and barricades on all the roads. Arrangements…

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Redfern Shooting Case Gale Sentenced to 5 Teaks Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 3 September 1914 · page 2

At the Criminal Court to day William Gale charged with wounding his wife, Clara Gale with intent to do grievous bodily harm by shooting her at Redfern…

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"After the Storm." Germany's Dream. Two Maps of the World

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 4 September 1914 · page 2

"Nach dem Sturm." This is the title of a startling publication issued ia Germany a few years ago. It was intended to be prophetic…

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A Lull in the Storm. Paris

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 5 September 1914 · page 4

An official communique Says that the Allies and the enemy have not come in contact since yesterday morning…

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Drought Breaking Heavy Rain in South Australia

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 10 September 1914 · page 3

By wire from Adelaide last evading it was learned that it rained steadily in that State all day yesterday, and was spoken of as the breaking of the…

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Flooding Out the Germans Ostend

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 10 September 1914 · page 2

The Belgians are flooding the Termonde district, drowning many Germans, who also lost many guns. OSTEND, Monday…

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Delaying the Japanese. Floods Around Tsingtau Peking

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 15 September 1914 · page 1

Floods are surrounding Tsingtau, and are spreading inland. They will probably delay the investment for several months. as the stronghold is now…

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Hurricanes and Floods. Result of the Fighting. Impeding the German Retreat Many Siege Guns Abandoned. Paris

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 17 September 1914 · page 4

A hurricane in southern France on Sunday seriously impeded the German retreat. Torrential rains were swelling the…

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Earlier News. "Daily Advertiser" office, Saturday Night. German Outrages. Feeling in America. Storm of Indignation Roused. "Germany Must Answer." New York

Daily Advertiser · Monday 21 September 1914 · page 2

The publication of the text of the German atrocities in Belgium has provoked a storm of indignation. The newspapers' cry is "Germany must…

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The Allies' Advance Great Battle in Progress. the German Right Wing Retiring. The British "Terrible Fellows." Frenchmen Deeply Impressed. Italy and Austria. the Price of Peace. What Russia Demands. "Abolition of Prussian Hegemony." "Dissolution of Austrian Monarchy." Latest News. "Daily Advertiser" office, Wednesday, 2 a.m. The Battle of Soissons. Fighting in Wind and Rain. Trenches Flooded and Marshes Impassable. British Show Superiority. London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 23 September 1914 · page 2

A press correspondent, cabling from Chalons on Saturday, says that when the great storm was raging at Soissons on Thursday and Friday,…

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Battle of Soissons. Great Storm Raging. Trenches Flooded and Soldiers Tortured. Armies Entrenching Like Ants. Von Kluck Advances on British Trenches. Repulsed, But Tremendous. Slaughter. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 24 September 1914 · page 4

A press correspondent, cabling from Chalons on Saturday says that when the great storm was raging at Soissons on Thursday and Friday…

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Thursday's Gales

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 29 September 1914 · page 2

During the gale on Thursday evening, the semaphore at the Wagga Show Ground was blown down. On the same evening the new lamp just…

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Fearful North Sea Weather Heaviest Gales Known. Sailors Bodies Washed Ashore. Copenhagen

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 1 October 1914 · page 2

The heaviest gale in living memory is sweeping the Denmark and German coast. A number of bodies of German sailors have been washed ashore at…

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Sleeping Germans Surprised. Russians Night Attack During Rain Storm. Petrograd

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 8 October 1914 · page 2

The Russians at Roczki, north of Augustow, discovered at night-time, during tremendous rain that the Germans omitted to post pickets. The…

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