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Riverina · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1915

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Severe Storms. Post-office Struck by Lighting. SYDNEY

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 1 January 1915 · page 4

Violent thunderstorms are reported in various parts of the country. In some places floods occurred with considerable damage to…

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The Nepean in Flood. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 1 January 1915 · page 3

A heavy rainfall last night, resulted in the Nepean River being, flooded. Many houses were submerged and the bridges considerably damaged…

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Warsaw. Story of a Great Battle. "The Germanic Flood." Eye-witness Narrative

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 9 January 1915 · page 2

Francis M'Cullagh, the war correspondent, in the couse of a [?] of the battle of War [?]…

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Fighting Near St. Georges Flooded Trenches Full of Dead. Paris

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 9 January 1915 · page 4

French eye witnesses say 300 corpses were found in the ruins of St. Georges. We held the position there on the 30th ult. The Germans fired…

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Floods in England. LONDON

Daily Advertiser · Monday 11 January 1915 · page 2

The severest floods experienced with in living, memory have occurred in England. The Sons pumping stations are powerless…

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Floods in the War Country Paris

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 12 January 1915 · page 2

The Germans attempted to flood the Allies trendies at Lille, but failed. The Scheldt and Lys have now overflowed and flooded the whole of the…

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A Domestic Storm

Daily Advertiser · Friday 15 January 1915 · page 2

As the outcome of a domestic disagreement a man named M'Mullen was last night arrested and lodged in the lock-up and will appear at the…

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Loosed by Storm

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 20 January 1915 · page 8

A storm has loosed mines on the Belgian coast in such numbers that the whole of the coastal waters are filled The mines were evidently…

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Storms on the War Front. Paris

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 20 January 1915 · page 2

An official message says that from the sea to the Oise the war front has been swept by violent storms, which were especially severe in Belgium…

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Startling Dust Storm. Town and District Enveloped. Intense Darkness Prevails. Business and Home Duties at a Standstill

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 20 January 1915 · page 2

The increasing sultriness of the past week reached a grand climax shortly before five o'clock yesterday afternoon, when the most sensational dust…

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Storm at the Rock. the Rock

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 21 January 1915 · page 2

A dust storm visited us yesterday, and never within the knowledge of our oldest local inhabitant, has such a storm been seen. Throughout the…

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The Dust Storm. Damaged Roofs and Uprooted Trees

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 21 January 1915 · page 2

Reports came to light yesterday of a measure of damage caused by the dust storm on Tuesday afternoon. In the lower end of Gurwood-street the…

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Terrorising Storm

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 2

The most terrific dost storm that can be remembered to have taken place in these districts occurred on Tuesday evening last the full force…

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Terrific Dust Storm

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 2

Following on the intense heat of the past week, one of the most terrific dust storms experienced in the history of Narandera enveloped…

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The Weather. Dust Storms and Rain

Daily Advertiser · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 2

Extraordinary weather conditions prevailed during yesterday throughout the whole of the district. The day commenced with a strong breeze…

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Items of News. Photo of Dust Storm

Daily Advertiser · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 2

We have received from Mr. Turvin Studds, of Junee, a photo of Tuesday's extraordinary dust storm. The snapshot was secured when the huge…

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Phenomenal Dust Storm. Town and District Enveloped. Intense Darkness Prevailed

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 4

THE increasing sultriness of the past week reached a grand climax about 5.30 p.m on Tuesday afternoon, when the most sensational dust…

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Cause of Dust Storms How Dust Is Carried

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 23 January 1915 · page 6

Mr. S. Wilson, the mincer in charge of the Weather Bureau, referred to the dust storms as follows:—"The phenomenal dust storms which…

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Train Held Up. Result of a Storm

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Saturday 23 January 1915 · page 2

The train which left Gundagai on Tuesday for Cootamundra was held up for over an hour owing to the water train running out…

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In Flooded Trenches

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Saturday 23 January 1915 · page 4

Unofficial news from Flanders describes the flooded trenches and the privations which the Germans are suffering. At Rculers many of them…

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