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Floods & storms, 1915

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No Racing To-day. Randwick Flooded Out. Postponement Till

The Sun · Wednesday 7 April 1915 · page 8

The third day's racing of the Autumn meeting of the Australian Jockey Club has been postponed from to-day till -Friday. This action was taken by the club…

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Storm at Paramatta

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 8 April 1915 · page 11

Rain sot In heavily at Parramatta between fl aud 10 a.m. and lasted continuously at Its full weight, for three-quarters of an hour. The stormwater channels wore insufficient to carry…

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Rubber Trees Uprooted. Heavy Storm

The Sun · Thursday 8 April 1915 · page 3

The Melbourne secretary of the port Swettenham Rubber Co., Ltd., informed the Sydney Stock Exchange this morning by telegram that he had received the following…

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A.j.c. Races. Further Postponement. Course Flooded

Evening News · Thursday 8 April 1915 · page 1

The committee of the Australian Jockey Club having ascertained that Randwick Racecourse is unlikely to be fit to race upon to-morrow, has decided on a further postponement. There…

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Rose Bay Flooded. Residents Wading to Work. Useless Water Channel

The Sun · Thursday 8 April 1915 · page 6

Many thousands of pounds worth of damage must have been caused during the past week in the suburbs of Sydney by the almost continuous heavy rain…

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Scouting in Flood-time

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 8 April 1915 · page 9

A GERMAN SCOUTING ENTERPRISE IN THE FLOODED AISNE DISTRICT…

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Damage by Floodwater. Mayor Sues Himself

The Sun · Friday 9 April 1915 · page 7

The Mayor of Vaucluse (Alderman Sa[?]telle) has accepted service of a writ, issued at the instance of Alderman Barra[?] (Mayor of Waverley), who is…

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Dust in the Air. Peculiar Storm Around Sydney. "Double-handed Antarctic Disturbance. Variable Winds

Evening News · Monday 12 April 1915 · page 1

Many suburban residents on rising this morning did not quite know what to make of the weather. There was a peculiar haze in the air, which at first suggested fog, but a further…

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Taubes Destroyed. Caught in a Gale

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 April 1915 · page 7

BASLE, Monday.—Two new Taubes, while undergoing trials, were caught in a storm and destroyed. Two airmen were killed…

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German Aeroplanes. Destroyed by Storm. Basle, April 12

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 April 1915 · page 9

Two new Tauhe aeroplanes undergoing trials were caught in a strom and destroyed. The two airmen were killed…

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Floodwater Damage. Woollahra Blames Waverley Law Suit Suggested

The Sun · Tuesday 13 April 1915 · page 4

The recent flooding of Dover-road and parts of Rose Bay by overflow waters was referred to in a report by the engineer of Woollahra Council, received at last night's meeting of…

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Floods in Tasmania

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 April 1915 · page 8

HOBART, Monday.—The heavy rain which tell on Sunday night quickly caused a flood la the low–lying levels, and several narrow escapes are reported. In Murray Street the…

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Floods at Parramatta

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 April 1915 · page 8

The Parramatta Council last night received several letters and petitions from ratepayers complaining of damage to property and loss of live stock sustained during the recent rains…

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Storm of Indignation Bernstorff Again. Cry for His Dismissal Washington

Evening News · Wednesday 14 April 1915 · page 1

The memorandum of Count Ber[?]storff, German Am[?]seador, has cr[?]ated a sensation in official [?] of It charging the President and his advisers with…

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Storm Damage at Rose Bay. Waverley Council Criticised

Evening News · Thursday 15 April 1915 · page 7

The recent damage done By the storm at Rose Bay was the subject of a report from the engineer and Alderman Locke at the last meeting of the Woollahra Council…

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A Storm in a Tea-Cup. (Complete Story.) I.

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 15 April 1915 · page 4

The idea came to Gwen as she paid a relustant shilling for the privilege of partaking of a cup of watery tea and a minute segment of stale cake in a much-upholstered tea-shop…

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Pope and Peace. Interview Causes a Storm. Protests to Vatican. Rome

Evening News · Friday 16 April 1915 · page 1

The "Corriers Della Sera" states that the Vatican has been overwhelmed with telegraphic inquiries and protests from Roman Catholic clergy and laity in the United States. Britain,…

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Floodwater at Parramatta

The Sun · Monday 19 April 1915 · page 4

Mrs. Nora York, of Oaks-street, Parramatta, informed the local council that often during the rainy weather she leaves home in the morning, and is afraid all day that…

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Maize From Java. Flooding the Australian Market

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 20 April 1915 · page 7

The Royal Packet Navigation Company has received advice to the effect that two steamers, the De Grove, of 3070 tons gross, and the Le Maire 3026 tons…

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Life in a Destroyer. in a Howling Gale. Rough Nights in the Mediterranean. "Hanging on by Your Eyebrows."

Evening News · Thursday 22 April 1915 · page 6

The following is taken from a letter of a young naval officer serving in the Eastern Mediterranean:— I must tell you what life a British…

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