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Riverina · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1915

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Gale in Mediterranean. Spanish Immigrants Drowned. Rome

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 23 March 1915 · page 2

A furious gale swept over the Mediterranean, for two days, and four Spanish immigrant ships foundered. Three hundred persons were…

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Przemysl Fallen. Surrender to Russians. Great Rejoicing in Petrograd. Sir Edward Grey's Declaration, Dardanelles Bombardment Delayed by Gale Germans Concentrating Troops in Antwerp in Anticipation of Allies' Offensive. Balkan States with Allies, Taubes Busy on Land and Sea. Fall of Przemysl. After Several Months' Siege. Surrender to Russians. Important Epoch in the War. London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 24 March 1915 · page 2

The official Press Bureau announces that Przemysl has surrendered to the Russians. The event was celebrated at the…

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Gales in the Dardanelles

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 26 March 1915 · page 2

The operations in the Dardanelles have been further delayed by gales…

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Gale in the Dardanelles

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 26 March 1915 · page 2

A furious north east gale has been blowing in the Dardanelles for three days. The Allied warships are auchored…

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Battleships Anchored. a Three Days' Gale. London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 26 March 1915 · page 2

"A furious north-cast pate has been blowing in the Dardanelles for three days. The Allied battleships are anchored under the lee of an Island…

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The War. News Day by Day. Przemsyl Surrendered. Great Rejoicing in Russia and Petrograd. Two Hundred Germans and Two Field Guns Captured. Gale Hinders Operations in the Dardanelles. Tuesday Afternoon

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 26 March 1915 · page 1

The Official Press Bureau announces that Przemysl has been surrendered to the Russians. The event was celebrated at Russian…

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Storm at Junee. Junee

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 6 April 1915 · page 2

At 4 p.m. yesterday a heavy storm passed over the town, accompanied by thunder, lightning, and hail. Though of short duration, not exceeding a…

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Storm at Adelong. Damage by Lightning. Mine Offices Destroyed. Adelong

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 7 April 1915 · page 2

During a terrific storm at Adelong this morning the offices and assay premises of the Gibraltar Consolidated Mine were struck by lightning. They caught…

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After the Storm

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 16 April 1915 · page 3

"While for centuries God has fore told the Day of Wrath and indicated that He will have to do with the precipitation of its trouble upon…

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Big Flood

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 16 April 1915 · page 3

"A column of Russian troops in Asia Minor was halted by mud on the slopes of Mount Ararat. We had supposed the mud had dried out there years ago…

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Floods Predicted on New South Wales Coast. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Monday 26 April 1915 · page 2

The Commonwealth Motor[?] stated to-day that in disturbance over the Australian Bight is likely to cases very heavy weather on the coast of…

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The War. to the Dardanelles. Transports in a Storm. Stirring Sea Story. London

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 27 April 1915 · page 2

The Mediterano[?] correspondent of the 'Times' with the transports going to the Levant writes:— "Every full ship in the…

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After the 50-'5l Drought. Disastrous Floods. Experiences on the Diggings

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 27 April 1915 · page 4

Since writing the article on the drought of '50-'51, which appeared in the last issue of the Cootamundra 'Herald,' I have travelled several…

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Heavy Bain in the East. Crees in Flood. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 7 May 1915 · page 2

Further heavy rain fell over the eastern district yesterday. Several rivers are rising rapidly and many creeks are already in flood…

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Torrential Rain. Hunter and Manning Rivers in Flood. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 8 May 1915 · page 3

Torrential rain, which had fallen in the Hunter and Manning districts since Monday last caused the rivers to run strongly. The Manning River at…

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Berlin Press View. Italian Storm May Pass. London

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 15 May 1915 · page 5

The Berlin newspaper express satisfactory at Signor Giolitti's attitude and believe the Halian storm will now pass over…

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Violent Wind Storm

Daily Advertiser · Monday 17 May 1915 · page 2

A violent wind and rainstorm, which fortunately was confined to a narrow strip in its passage across town. approached Wagga from the north-west…

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Australian Destroyers. Caught in Cyclone. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 17 May 1915 · page 3

The Australian destroyers Warrego, Parramatta and Yarra. recently experienced a cyclone off the Queensland coast. They bore themselves…

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Storm at Junee. Junee

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 18 May 1915 · page 3

It is remarkable how rainstorms, during the past six mouths, have fallen on the southern end of the municipal boundary. In that period the…

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The '52 Flood. Gundagai Washed, Away

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 18 May 1915 · page 2

WHEN the flood of '52 occurred, there were only two brick buildings in the town of Gundagai. One of these was Turnbull's store, a new…

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