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Floods & storms, 1914

1,087 stories in Sydney's papers · page 42 of 55

Still More Rain Light in the Wheat Districts a Tendency to Floods on the Coast

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 22 September 1914 · page 2

The N.S.W. meteorological report, issued at 9 a.m. yesterday, [?] that light to moderate rain has been recorded along the coast, small falls have…

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Law. Wednesday, September 23. EQUITY. (Before Mr. Justice Simpson, Chief Judge in Equity.) Dispute Over Flood Waters

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 24 September 1914 · page 3

Frederick Forsyth Cheffins applied for an injunction against Sophia Laing to restrain her from leaving certain road works at Gordon in such a way that the flood waters from her land…

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Gales on Victorian Coast

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 25 September 1914 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Cold, wintry squalls of almost cyclonic intensity swept Robson's Bay and round the southern coast of the State to-day. Shipping was generally…

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Gales in the South. Snow at Kosciusko

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 25 September 1914 · page 6

Violent west to south-west winds were blowing through Bass Straits and about Tasmania yesterday, and seas were rough generally cast-ward from Cape Borda. It was snowing at Mount…

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Great Storm. Over the Southern States. Wind and Snow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 September 1914 · page 8

One of the most extensive and energetic Antaretic disturbances that has been in existence for a considerable time past has settled over the south-eastern States. The great…

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Severe Antarctic Storms

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 26 September 1914 · page 7

Dr. Otto N[?] in the "Georg[?]phical Journal" for July describes the work done by the Swedish Au[?] pedition in the region of South [?]…

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Storm in Tasmania. Hobart

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 September 1914 · page 11

After a long spell of dry weather a wintry change has set in. Mount Wellington and Mount Nelson are covered with snow; also the hills surrounding Hobart. Yesterday morning it was snowing in the city,…

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Flood Waters

The St George Call · Saturday 26 September 1914 · page 3

To Rockdale Council on Thursday:— "We have been consulted by Messrs. Farmer, Mathers & Walton (The Rockdale Picture Palace) with reference to…

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Peaceful Way of Expansion That Germany Has Now Altogether Lost the Warnings of the Storm That Preceded the Conflict

Sunday Times · Sunday 27 September 1914 · page 3

The exact number of war "prophecies" written before and after the event will be a matter of nice calculation for the expert statistician in years to come. Just at the present time,…

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Science Aids Man in the Art of Warfare Weapons made perfect or nearly so by human ingenuity and scientific processes, the horrors of war are increased Accurate Gun Fire at 14. MILES. The Evolution of the Infantryman's Rifle from the Crude Weapon it was in 1814 to the Deadly Instrument of to-day tells the story well. "His eye is the eye of an eagle, that sees and knows from afar, His hand is as swift as the hand that smote at the triumph of Trafalgar, And the heart is the heart of a lion, that hides in the glorious dress, Where the only gold is the name he loves with its pennon of H.M.S." "Hurrah for Merrie England now! Hurrah for France the grand! As we charge the foe together, all abreast and hand to hand ; Hurrah! The mighty host doth melt before our fervent heat, And against our side the ebbing flood does faint and fainter beat."

Sunday Times · Sunday 27 September 1914 · page 15

War. viewed from the philosopnic standpoint, and always will be, as barbaric as it was when the hordes of the Medes and the Persiaus swarmed over Greece…

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Storm in Tasmania

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 28 September 1914 · page 6

ZEEHAN, Tas., Saturday.--A severe gale passed over West Tasmania, doing a considerable amount of minor damage. The hull belonging to the Federated Miners' Association…

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Blood or Sweat? Dutch View of the War. Ready to Meet Invaders. Country Will Be Flooded

Evening News · Monday 28 September 1914 · page 8

"Blood or Sweat?" (Blood or sweat?). This is the question the Dutch are asking themselves, Which is more precious, which more painful to shed? And Holland, which has been…

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The Calm Before the Storm

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 September 1914 · page 9

So far we have heard that the Germans have practically cleared our posts from the border of B[?]chuanaland to the east, and have crossed the Orange River into Little…

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Towel Storm at Olympia. Nine Short Fights

The Sun · Tuesday 29 September 1914 · page 4

The £1500 tourney was continued at the Newtown Olympic last night. Wally Weekes was referee. Results:--HEAVYWEIGHT DIVISION…

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Floods at Manila. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 September 1914 · page 13

A passenger by the Inaba Maru, which arrived from Japan this morning, stated that four weeks' heavy rain had caused great floods in Manila, doing considerable damage…

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Law. Monday, September 28. EQUITY. (Before the Chief Judge in Equity, Mr. Justice Simpson.) Dispute Over Flood Waters

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 29 September 1914 · page 2

The hearing was resume of the case in which Frederick Forsyth Cheffins applied for an injunction against Sophia Laing to restrain her from leaving certain roadworks at Gordon [?]…

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Cyclone Terrors

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 1 October 1914 · page 40

Floods are fearful calamities, but try to imagine what one must be on an island hi midocean One occurred lately in Tahiti. Father Kerdal, the missionary there, gives…

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Terrific Gale

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 1 October 1914 · page 9

COPENHAGEN, Wednesday.--The heaviest gale in living memory is sweeping Denmark and the German coast. A number of bodies of German suitors have been…

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Terrific Gale Raging

Evening News · Thursday 1 October 1914 · page 1

The heaviest sale [?] living memory is sweeping Denmark and the German coast. A number of bodies of German sailors have been washed ashore a[?] Eabjerg, on the coast…

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The War From Day to Day the Big Struggle The Calm Before the Storm Preparing for the Enemy's Last Throw. Huge German Losses

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 1 October 1914 · page 1

The general situation in the vicinity of the Aisne is unchanged. Although the Germans have made several violent attacks upon the Allies position, all of…

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