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Floods & storms, 1915

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The Dardanelles. Gale Stops Operations

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 25 February 1915 · page 7

LONDON, Wednesday.—A Press Bureau report states that the Admiralty notices that operations at the Dardanelles have been interrupted by a heavy gale…

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When the Storm Came. Queensland and the War

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 26 February 1915 · page 6

BRISBANE, Thursday.--The council of the Australian Sugar Producers' Association to-day paid a visit to the works of the Australian Meat Export Company at Bulimba. During the…

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Murrumbidgee in Flood. Sensational Experiences of the Settlers

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 26 February 1915 · page 4

One of the most remarkable spectacles associated with the Murrumbidgee River occurred on Sunday morning, and for some hours during the day. On Friday…

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New Steamer Wallarah. Encounters Strong Gales. When the Formidable Was Lost

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 February 1915 · page 13

The Wallarah Coal Company's new steamer Wallarah, which arrived from the Clyde via Suez early yesterday morning, was in the same gale as that which was raging when…

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Disastrous Floods. Breaking of Drought. Molong

Evening News · Saturday 27 February 1915 · page 5

A drought of two months' duration in the Cumnock Larras Lake, and Copper Hill districts, wa broken by heavy rain, which fell so fast and furiously that the creeks…

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Floods in the Thames Valley

The World's News · Saturday 27 February 1915 · page 21

The recent floods in and around Maidenhead (England) caused much inconvenience. Our photograph shows a girl preparing dinner under very adverse circumstances…

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Heavy Rain at Molong. Bridge Swept Away

The Sun · Sunday 28 February 1915 · page 4

Heavy rains have fallen in the Molong district during the week, and as a result of series of downpours in the Cumnock, Copper Hill, and Larras Lake districts the…

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Storms in West Australia

Evening News · Monday 1 March 1915 · page 6

After a sweltering night, a violent storm passed over Perth, West Australia, on Saturday, morning, causing damage to many buildings. At one time the wind reached a…

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Cyclonic Storms. Damage in West Australia

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 March 1915 · page 8

PERTH, Saturday.—Thunderstorms in Perth last night did considerable damage. The [?] of the Presbyterian Church at St. George's Terrace was bent to a remarkable,…

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Egypt Delayed by Storm

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 March 1915 · page 8

PERTH, Monday.—The P. and O. mail steamer Egypt, homeward bound, has been delayed by heavy westerly weather. It is expected that she will not reach Fremantle before this…

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Speech Regained in a Storm. Temora

The Sun · Tuesday 2 March 1915 · page 4

A remarkable experience befel Mr. Towns-end Hill, of Morangarell, a few days ago, when during a thunderstorm ho regained his speech, which,he had lost for nearly three…

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Shrouded in Dust. Remarkable City Storm. Southerly Change

The Sun · Tuesday 2 March 1915 · page 3

New South Wales Forecast.--Fine and cool, south-west winds; squalls and showers later on the seaboard. Ocean Forecast.--Squally and rough…

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No Enemy Goods. Intense Battles. Board of Trade Warning. Fight for Prasnysz. Russians Storm Heights

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 March 1915 · page 7

LONDON, Monday.—The Board of Trade has issued a warning forbidding persons in the oversea Dominions to carry merchandise destined for, or coming from, an enemy PETROGRAD, Monday.--An official report states:-- "The fighting, supported by heavy artillery, is increasing in intensity on the left…

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Appeals Pouring In. Government Damming the Flood

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 2 March 1915 · page 7

The secretary of the N.S.W. Necessary Commodities' Commission is in receipt of a letter from the secretary of the Wheat Acquisition Board informing him…

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Liability of Councils for Flooding

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 March 1915 · page 5

In the case of Halstead against the Willoughby Council, decided last week by the Court, several important points as to the liability of councils for the flooding of promises were…

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Moeraki Encounters a Gale

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 March 1915 · page 11

The Union S.S. Company's steamer Moeraki arrived in the harbor last evening, from Wellington, several hours late. She was delayed by stormy weather in the Tasman Sea. After…

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Cool Southerlies. Dust Storms General

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 March 1915 · page 10

The heat wave conditions have given way before the cool southerly change, which has sweat almost generally over New South Wales. The variable strong winds experienced in…

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Operations Delayed. North-easterly Gale. London, March 1

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 March 1915 · page 13

The Admiralty reports that operations in the Dardanelles have been delayed by a north-easterly gale and mist, which render aeroplane observation for long range…

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Destroyed. Another Zeppelin. Caught W a Storm. London, Tuesday Night

Evening News · Wednesday 3 March 1915 · page 1

Germany has lost another of her prized airships. The news comes from Amstordam of a disaster to a Zeppelin as it was flying over Cologne. By some means as yet unexplained the great…

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Zeppelin Wrecked. Destroyed by Storm. Amsterdam, March 2

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 March 1915 · page 9

A Zeppelin, while flying over Cologne, was destroyed in a storm. The crew were saved…

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