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Floods & storms, 1915

708 stories in Sydney's papers · page 29 of 36

The New Storm Centre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 October 1915 · page 9

MAP OF THE BALKAN STATES, SHOWING THEIR GEOGRAPHICAL RELATION TO AUSTRIA AND TO TURKEY…

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Coastal Rain and Gales. Boisterous Day in the City

Evening News · Thursday 7 October 1915 · page 5

[?] is a modification [?] New South Wales [?]…

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Gale on the Coast. Light to Moderate Rain

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 October 1915 · page 11

The storm which developed along the coast on Tuesday increased in violence during the night, and throughout yesterday rough conditions were pretty general along the seaboard…

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Less Boisterous Cold Squally Winds Some Heavy Coastal Rain

The Sun · Thursday 7 October 1915 · page 3

City Forecast.--Cloudy to showery, with squally south-west to south-east winds and rough seas. New South Wales Forecast.--More showers over the central, south, coastal,…

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The Flood

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 7 October 1915 · page 40

A good story that Mr. W. Pett Ridge, the well-known London author, is very fond of telling, concerns a little servant-maid. He once visited the Cripples' Home at Alton to…

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The Storm. Light to Heavy Rain

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 8 October 1915 · page 8

The disturbance over the Tasman Sea has been actively operating, and further light to heavy rain has resulted on the central and South coast; it was light also at a few places on…

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Storm Passes Calm Weather Inland Higher Temperatures

The Sun · Friday 8 October 1915 · page 3

City Forecast.--Fine and cool; fresh south-west winds, veering later to northeast; moderating seas. New South Wales Forecast,--Fine,…

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Rivers Flooded

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 8 October 1915 · page 7

PETROGRAD, Thursday.--The feeling is much more optimistic in staff quarters, where the belief is growing up that the bottom has fallen out of von Hindenburg's…

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Trawlers Hampered by the Gale

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 October 1915 · page 18

Heavy weather has hampered the State trawlers. The Gunundahi put buck to port yesterday after a buffeting, and reported an unsuccessful trip, and the Brolga and Koranga…

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Fishing—after the Storm Numerous Haunts from Inland Places to the Sea Offer Good Catches

Saturday Referee and the Arrow · Saturday 9 October 1915 · page 3

High-water at Sydney Cove to-day at 3.12 a.m. and 3.23 p.m.; to-morrow, at 8.30 a.m. and 9.15 p.m. Once again good tides for whiting fishermen…

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Opening Speech by Mr. John Haynes Member for Willoughby (NOTE.-Our readers will understand that Hansard does not report the flood of interruptions with which Mr. Haynes was met at almost every part of his speech)

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 9 October 1915 · page 8

Mr. HAYNES (Willoughby) [10.17]: I may be permitted to say, with regard to the election which has just eventu[?] at North Sydney, that I come here with…

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Monitors May Force Landing Torpedo-defying Ships Storm Belgian Coast Germans See Danger an Enlightening Statement. London, Friday Night

Sunday Times · Sunday 10 October 1915 · page 1

There is great significance in the heavy bombardments of the Belgian coast by British monitors, according to an authority on naval matters…

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Nature Notes Ducks and Floods

The Sun · Sunday 10 October 1915 · page 16

Regarding E.W.G's. query, Lignum says he is of opinion that wild duck do not remove their eggs as suggested. The black and wood duck, and common brown teal guard…

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Coal and Wages. Storm Clouds Passing

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 11 October 1915 · page 6

Judging by the cheerful expression on Saturday morning on the faces of the delegates at the conclusion of the confeernce of employers and unions concerned in the coal trade of the…

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Storm Tossed. Chilian Barque Seeks Shelter

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 11 October 1915 · page 9

Storms of great fury beset the Chillan barque Australia on her voyage from Valparaiso to Sydney, and the vessel was compelled to run to Port Jackson for shelter. She entered port…

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The Weather. Thunderstorms in the Country, High Temperatures in the West

Evening News · Tuesday 12 October 1915 · page 5

The disturbance reported from the south-western part of the State on Monday morning developed as the day advanced, and resulted in some light to moderate rain in the Riverina…

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A Heavy Storm. Country Home Set Alight. [?]

Evening News · Wednesday 13 October 1915 · page 5

A severe [?] curred at [?] was especially [?] by terrific [?] of [?]…

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Cyclone and Deluge. Damage at Bourke. Bourke

Evening News · Thursday 14 October 1915 · page 5

A cyclonic storm came up from the west yesterday evening, and parsed over the district about 7 o'clock. The storm was accompanied by a deluge of rain…

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Storm of Shells. Germans Driven Mad

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 14 October 1915 · page 7

LONDON, Wednesday.-- A correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle," who visited some German prisoners in a section of the French military hospital at Val de Grace, near…

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Cyclone at Bourke Streets in Ruins Many Houses Destroyed Bourke

The Sun · Thursday 14 October 1915 · page 5

The most terrific and damaging cyclone ever experienced in Bourse passed over the town last night,at 7 o'clock. Although the storm lasted only a quarter of an hour, the…

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