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Floods & storms, 1915

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Our Army Needs Machine Guns and Automatic Rifles to Exterminate the Vampires of Europe and Dam Their Deluge of Blood

Sunday Times · Sunday 8 August 1915 · page 14

IN the meantime, the fact remains that the machine gun and the automatic rifle are the two most deadly man-slaying appliances of the age. The Army needs…

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Cloud-bursts Exaggerated Thunderstorms Wandering Water-spouts

The Sun · Sunday 8 August 1915 · page 24

During the week we read of a cloud-burst that occurred at Erie, Pennsylvania, broke the dams on the river, drowned over 50 people, and accomplished damage amounting…

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A Gale at Newcastle

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 10 August 1915 · page 4

During a strong north-west gale which blew on Wednesday night, two weather-board houses at Stockton (Newcastle) suffered considerably. One of them,…

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Drowned in a Flooded Creek

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 10 August 1915 · page 4

Thomas Dowling, of Blakney Creek, a large land-holder in the Gunning district, was drowned while crossing the Jerrawa Creek in flood. His sulky and horse…

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Great Disaster in Canton. Fire Following Flood

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 10 August 1915 · page 4

Chinese papers by the Japanese Mail Steamer Nikko Maru contain particular of a disastrous flood, followed by a fire which recently flood, following by a fire, which recently occurred at Canton. the…

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Heavy Rain. Murray River in Flood. Road Under Water. Albury

Evening News · Wednesday 11 August 1915 · page 6

At a result of the phenomenal rains that have fallen in the border districts for some months, the Murray River and its [?] aye in flood, including the Coulburo, Ovens,…

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Germany's War Finance a Flood of Paper Money

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 12 August 1915 · page 3

The way in which the enormous financial strain of the war has been borne by the beiligerents without a serious financial crisis, is one of the most astonishing aspects of the…

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Floods on the Murray. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 August 1915 · page 8

A telegram from Wodonga states that wet weather continues, with the result that the already much-swollen Murray River and Wodonga Creek continue to rise. It is…

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Floods on the Murray

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 13 August 1915 · page 5

A telegram from Wodonga, Vic., states that [?] weather continued with the result that the already [?] Murray River and Wodonga [?] to…

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Ten Thousand Lives Lost. by Floods and Fires

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 August 1915 · page 13

Officers of the E. and A. mail steamer Empire, which arrived yesterday from the East, give a graphic account of the ravages of the floods and fires in Canton City. The fires broke out…

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Flood at Albury. the Change From Drought

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 August 1915 · page 10

ALBURY, Thursday.--There is promise of a big flood. Yesterday the Murray River, which a few months ago was at the lowest flow remembered for 60 years was a big wide street…

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Our Army Needs Machine Guns and Automatic Rifles to Exterminate the Vampires of Europe and Dam Their Deluge of Blood

The Globe and Sunday Times War Pictorial · Saturday 14 August 1915 · page 19

IN the meantime, the fact remains that the machine gun and the automatic rifle are the two most deadly man-slaying appliance of the age. The Army needs…

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"Outrageous &Scandalous" Were the Words of a Dundas Alderman. A Storm aft Thie Week's Meeting

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 14 August 1915 · page 8

Something in the nature of a storm was witnessed at Dundas Council meeting this week, upon a letter from the secretary of the Epping Progress Association as…

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Rescue on the High Seas. Barque's Heroic Fight with Gale

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 August 1915 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--With her hold partially flooded, her sails torn into shreds, and bearing a weather-beaten appearance generally, the Peruvian barque Lorton, 1297 tons, was…

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Flood and Fire. Over Ten Thousand Lives Lost. Scenes at Canton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 August 1915 · page 13

The E. and A. Company's steamer Empire, which arrived from Kobe, via ports, last week, brought further news of the devastating foods which occurred in the West River at…

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Germans in Russia Storm Nearly Over. Irresistible Russian Bravery. London

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 17 August 1915 · page 2

The "Spectator" says that the German left flank is only 300 miles from Petrograd. It now appears possible that the operations in the north do not…

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Gale on the Coast

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 August 1915 · page 12

A south-easterly gale, with rough son, was reported at Jervis Bay and Kiama last night. A sudden rainsquall passed over the city about 4.50 p.m. yesterday, and showers wish…

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Terrific Storm. Ravages the Texan Coast. Galveston City Flooded. Many Lives Lost

Evening News · Thursday 19 August 1915 · page 4

HOUSTON [?]…

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The Calm After the Storm. Italy In War Time. Awakening of a Nation's Soul. Rome, June 20, 1915

The Catholic Press · Thursday 19 August 1915 · page 5

In Italy to-day we have the calm after the storm. A month ago, in all the cities of Italy, the great tempest was raging which blew away the Giolittian intrigues, blew Bulow…

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Gale on the Coast. Light to Heavy Rain

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 20 August 1915 · page 11

During Wednesday night and yesterday morning the disturbance which developed over the Tasman Sea caused strong and squally south to south-west winds. These reached gale force…

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