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Floods & storms, 1915

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Colder Weather Thunderstorms and Hail 3In. Snow at Kosciusko

The Sun · Thursday 22 July 1915 · page 3

City Forecast. -- Fine day, south-west winds, cold, frosty night. New South Wales Forecast -- Generally fine except for showers on the…

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Floods in India

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 23 July 1915 · page 4

Serious floods have occurred in Assam, North-cast India. Considerable damage has been done to tea plantations. This is particularly the case in the districts…

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Floods in the Country

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 23 July 1915 · page 4

Evidence of the torrential character or the rain that fell in some of the country districts on Monday is furnished by the reports of sudden floods. At Tamworth…

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Floods in India. Tea Plantations Suffer. Calcutta, July 21

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 July 1915 · page 10

Serious floods have occurred in the Assam province, and considerable damage has been occasioned in the tea plantations, particularly in the Cachar a Silchar districts…

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Floods in Assam

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 23 July 1915 · page 8

CALCUTTA. Thursday.--Serious floods in Assam have done considerable damage to the tea plantations,, particularly at Cathar and Stillchar…

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Farmer Lost in Floods

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 23 July 1915 · page 5

WELLINGTON, Thursday.--Heavy weather is general in all parts of the country, and there are Hoods in the Hull Valley and other lowlying localities. A farmer named Noilson…

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Floods in New Zealand

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 23 July 1915 · page 8

WELLINGTON, Thursday.--The Wanganul River is in high flood. The river roes 50ft. at Plpirikl, and at the Wanganul town bridge is only 30in below the 1904 record…

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The Benalla Safe Holds Being Flooded Capetown, Friday Night

Sunday Times · Sunday 25 July 1915 · page 1

The P. and O. Branch steamer Benalla has arrived at Durban all well. The vessel was reported on fire 800 miles from Durban on Wednesday…

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Marshall Hall Melbourne's Weird Genius Eccentric Good-humor Conducting a Thunderstorm Melbourne

The Sun · Sunday 25 July 1915 · page 11

Marshall Hall is dead, and there is not a person in Melbourne who know him who is not genuinely grieved. In all probability those who were most affected to hear of his…

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Drowned in the Flood

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 27 July 1915 · page 4

Heavy weather is general in all parts of New Zealand, and there are floods in the Hutt Valley and other low-lying localities. A farmer named Neilson was washed…

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Austrians Storm Position

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 29 July 1915 · page 7

AMSTERDAM, Wednesday.--A Vienna communique says:--"Since we stormed Sokal, fighting has been proceeding for the possession of a…

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Mesopotamia Conflict in a Flooded Country. a Unique Spectacle

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 30 July 1915 · page 1

The report of progress in Mesopotamia, published by the British official Press Bureau is simplified in Some of its details in a letter from a British officer, who is…

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Charge in Gale

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 31 July 1915 · page 10

LONDON, Friday.--Router's- correspondent at the Dardanelles reports:--"Between the days of big things we are now getting little affairs of considerable: strategic,…

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The War From Day to Day Freedom in Danger Prepare for the Thunderstorm Workers Oblivious to the Nation's Peril. the Amenities of Peace

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 3 August 1915 · page 1

In the course of his speech in the House of Commons on Wednesday night, Mr. Lloyd George referred to the difficulties he had experienced as Minister for…

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Splendid Rain. Thunderstorms in the Country. Squall in the City

Evening News · Thursday 5 August 1915 · page 5

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Storm at Glenelg

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 August 1915 · page 9

ADELAIDE, Thursday.--Stormy conditions prevailed at Glenelg early to-day. Captain Enoch Polk's fishing cutter Zophyr was carried away from her moorings, and came ashore…

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Snow on the Table Lands. North-west Gales

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 August 1915 · page 3

A huge active Antarctic disturbance is the chief weather control in Australia. As a consequence of its presence in New South Wales, strong and squally north-west to westerly…

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Storm at Newcastle. Man and Boy Killed

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 August 1915 · page 9

NEWCASTLE, Thursday.--A strong northwest gale which blow last night did some damage at Stockton. Two weatherboard housoe, being built for Mr. E. Lumber, suffered…

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Huns Enter Warsaw Passage Fiercely Opposed a Dearly-won Victory at Heavy Cost. Germans Take Warsaw. Floods of Wounded. Russians Fight Every Yard. London. Thursday Evening

Evening News · Friday 6 August 1915 · page 1

A German wireless message reports the fall of Warsaw. The news was confirmed by a Reuter's cable received in New York this…

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Flood and Fire. Disaster in Canton

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 August 1915 · page 7

China papers by the J.M.S. Nikko Maru contain particulars of a disastrous flood, followed by a Are, which occurred at Canton. The flood was almost at Its height when the fire…

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