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Riverina · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1919

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Other Storm Centres. LONDON

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 15 March 1919 · page 1

A report that the Germans had captured Riga is untrue. Cneairns was heavily bombarded. and at Lemberg several persons…

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Storm at Guyra. Many Buildings Damaged. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 27 March 1919 · page 4

Yesterday's storm at[?]Guyra was the most violent experienced within the memory of the oldest [?] of the town. It has now the appearance of…

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Eastern Storm Brewing. Position Full of Confusion. Paris

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 27 March 1919 · page 2

"The Times" states it is impossible to understand Colonel House's estimates. The position is full of confusion. The Council spends the day…

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Brave Italian Dead. Aviator Killed in Storm. Milan

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 1 April 1919 · page 2

Captain Palli, the most famous Italian airman, and survivor of 140 war raids, bas been killed while flying in a snow storm in the neighborhood of…

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Rapid Denouement. Worse Than Spartacusism. Bavaria the Storm-centre. (Published in "The Times.") LONDON

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 3 April 1919 · page 2

Events leading up to the German upheaval came with unexpected rapidly. They began with a broadcast issue of Spartacusist posters,…

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Value of Thunderstorms

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 4 April 1919 · page 2

A thunderstorm is one of the best physicians, says an English paper. In fact, it is worth an army of doctors working day and night. What they…

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Mastery of the Air. Trans-atlantic Flight. Hawker Held by Storms. London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 17 April 1919 · page 2

Latest reports from Newfoundland state that Hawker arranged to start at 5 p.m. on Sunday, but postponement was inevitable owing to the continued…

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Flood Prevention Scheme. Financial Aspect. Alternative Proposals

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 26 April 1919 · page 6

At Thursday's meeting of the Wagga Council a letter was read from the council's solicitor, Mr. H. E. Mitchelmore, stating, with reference to the…

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Wedding. Flood—glazier

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 6 May 1919 · page 4

On Wednesday, April 30, the marriage of Lieutenant W. L. Flood, M.C., and Miss Mary Florence Glazier, daughter of the late Mr. Jas…

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Flood of Fugitives. Vienna

Daily Advertiser · Friday 9 May 1919 · page 3

The flood of Hungarian fugitives towards Austria had the Soviet has turned them back at the frontier…

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Flood Prevention

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 10 May 1919 · page 4

In connection with the flood prevention scheme, it was moved by Ald. O'Regan at Thursday night's council meeting that a letter be written to Mr…

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Races Postponed. Heavy Rain Intervenes. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 15 May 1919 · page 4

The Kensington races, which were fixed for to-day have been postponed until Friday owing to heavy rains practically flooding the course…

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Changsha in a Gale. Mountainous Seas Met. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 19 May 1919 · page 2

The steamer Changsha has arrived in Sydney. She encountered a southerly gale about four days ago, when mountainous seas continually broke aboard…

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Weather Conditions. Gale at the Azores. London

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 20 May 1919 · page 2

Hawker's flight is thrilling Britain. An official report states that there is a gale at the Azores, mists on the Portuguese coast and a slight…

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The Weather. Heavy Rain. Wettest Month in Thirty Years. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 27 May 1919 · page 2

Heavy rain continues in the city So far this month 18 inches have been recorded and May has been the wettest month for 30 years. Many city…

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Heavy Rain Continues. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 29 May 1919 · page 2

Further heavy rains fell in the city during the night. It is still raining in many parts of the country, and is particularly heavy along the…

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Tweed in Flood. Biggest Since 1906

Daily Advertiser · Friday 30 May 1919 · page 4

A Murwillumbah telegram states that the whole valley of the Tweed is inundated and rain is falling heavily. Communication with the…

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Floods and Heavy Falls. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 30 May 1919 · page 4

The Richmond River is in flood as the result of torrential rains. All the wharves are submerged and the buildings on them are almost entirely under…

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Many Houses Flooded. Water Over Railway. No Stock Losses

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 31 May 1919 · page 3

The latest news from Lismore states that the water is several feet drop in many houses and that landslips have occurred at the river's banks at…

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Floods in the North. Great Rise in the Richmond. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 31 May 1919 · page 3

The Richmond river has risen nearly 30 feet, and there are great stretches of flood waters in various parts of the town. Many boats are…

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