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Riverina · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1915

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Deluge Wanted

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 2 July 1915 · page 3

"We want a deluge of shells to rain forty days and forty nights without ceasing. Then we shall hear the cracking of the German steel barrier,…

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Moslems Ejected. Allies Storm Trenches. Desperate Hand to Hand Conflict. London

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 10 July 1915 · page 4

Fighting continues on Gallipoli in intense heat, which has not daunted the Allies, The Turks exploded mines which crumpled the parapets…

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THE '52 FLOOD. (Per favor of the Hon. J. Gormley)

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 13 July 1915 · page 2

MUSTERING HORSES AT NANGUS. WHEN I got back to Gundagai after my trip to Yass I found that my brother had not been successful…

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General Rains. Floods at Yass. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 21 July 1915 · page 3

Further general rains have fallen over New South Wales. The creeks in the Yass district overflowed and many premises in the…

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The Coming Storm

Coolamon Farmers' Review · Friday 23 July 1915 · page 3

The regular trombone player of a Scottish orchestra was ill with a cold, and the conductor reluctantly accepted the services of a man who played In…

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Storm at the Rock

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 5 August 1915 · page 2

News reached Wagga late yesterday afternoon that a violent wind storm, accompanied by heavy rain, was raging at The Rock. Our informant…

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Violent Storm at Newcastle. Man and Son Struck Dead by Lightning. Newcastle

Daily Advertiser · Friday 6 August 1915 · page 2

During a violent thunderstorm in the Newcastle district last night. Cooper Veends (36), and his son, Frederick, seven years, were struck dead by…

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Link with the Past. Remeniscences of the Gundagai Flood of 1852

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 6 August 1915 · page 8

MR. WILLIAM ALCHIN, of Lade Vale, near Gunning, who came to the Southern district (then called the new country, as hitherto the…

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Disaster in Texas. Galveston City Destroyed. Terrific Storms in America. New York

Daily Advertiser · Friday 20 August 1915 · page 2

After a terrific storm, Galveston; Texas, has been cut off from communication with the outside world. It is believed the city has been…

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Violent Storm. Heavy Rain and Hail

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 25 August 1915 · page 2

One of the most terrific thunderstorms that has ever visited Wagga occurred yesterday afternoon just before six o'clock. The weather was…

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The Coming Storm

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 26 August 1915 · page 3

The regular trombone player of a Scottish orchestra was ill with a cold, and the conductor reluctantly accepted the services of a man who…

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Floods in Italy. Rome

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 8 September 1915 · page 3

A devastating flood occurred in Southern Italy. Fifteen persons weer killed and many wounded at Bari during a…

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The War. Floods Help Russia. Sydney. This Dav

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 9 September 1915 · page 4

Floods have started in the riv ers on the eastern front cheeking the German advance…

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Rivers in Flood. Checking German Advances Copenhagen

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 9 September 1915 · page 2

The Berlin "Politiken's" correspondent says that floods have, started on the eastern front, checking the German advance. The rivers are…

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The Weather. Heavy Rain

Daily Advertiser · Monday 13 September 1915 · page 3

Rain fell in torrents in the early hours of Saturday morning, and for some time many of the low-lying parts of the town were under water. As…

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Severe Storms

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 21 September 1915 · page 3

One of the biggest cyclonic storms for years was reported inland years covering the whole of the southeastern portion of the…

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Disastrous Floods. Destruction in India. Calcutta

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 22 September 1915 · page 3

Terrible floods have occurred along the River Ganges, in India. 18,000 houses have fallen and 80,000 people have been rendered homeless. The…

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Safety in Thunderstorms. Sir Ray Lankester's Advice

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 23 September 1915 · page 3

To take shelter during a thunder storm beneath a solitary tree, or under an open shed or barn, or to be the most prominent object in a field…

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Poetry After the Storm

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 24 September 1915 · page 3

The storm had passed from the hot spring day, And left a world that was fresh and fair…

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Disastrous Floods. 80,000 Persons Rendered Homeless SYDNEY

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 24 September 1915 · page 8

There are terrible floods along the river Ganges in India. Eighteen thousand houses have fallen, and 80,000 persons have been rendered…

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