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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1915

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Warsaw. Story of a Great Battle. "The Germanic Flood." Eye-witness's Narrative

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 January 1915 · page 11

Francis McCullough, the war correspondent, in the course of a vivid description of the battle of Warsaw, writes:— "I confine myself to a description of what…

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Severe Electrical Storm

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 January 1915 · page 7

SINGLETON, Wednesday.--A most remarkable storm occurred at St. Clair, in this district. a few days ago. About midday a heavy storm cloud came across the sky. but it a[?]…

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Cyclonic Storm. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 January 1915 · page 8

A cyclone passed over Cue and Daydawn, Murchison fields, on Monday afternoon. Many buildings were blown down and others were damaged. The roof was carried off the…

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Floods in England. Cathedral Flooded. Canadian Soldier Drowned. London, Jan. 6

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 January 1915 · page 8

The greatest floods for twenty years have occurred in the valley of the Thames. Considerable damage has been done by floods in the fen country and in Somerset. Salisbury…

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Thames Flood Over. London, Wednesday Night

The Sun · Thursday 7 January 1915 · page 5

The worst of the Thames flood is over, and the river is falling…

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Floods in England. Canadian Soldier Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 January 1915 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.--The greatest floods known for 20 years are being experienced in the Thames Valley, Oxford is surrounded by water. Thousands…

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Cyclone Warnings

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 8 January 1915 · page 8

BRISBANE, Thursday.--A well-known mariner aboard the steamer St. Albans, which arrived at Brisbane to-day, mentioned that the absence of cyclone warnings along the…

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Damaged by the Storm

The Propeller · Friday 8 January 1915 · page 1

Within six weeks of Mr. F. Barber's home, " Katingawa," in Washington-street, West Kogarah, having been completed the…

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Cavan Reaches Port. Drifting in a Gale

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 8 January 1915 · page 4

NEWCASTLE, Thursday.--After drifting for seven days, J. and A. Brown's four-masted schconer Cavan reached port in tow of the tug Stormcock this morning. Last Thursday, when…

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Thunderstorms and Rain

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 8 January 1915 · page 10

Rain of a scattered nature, associated with thunder, has been recorded north-east of a line joining Hungerford, Scone, and Port Macquarie, and also in the extreme south-east…

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Heavy Rain on South Coast

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 January 1915 · page 12

Some very heavy rain has fallen on the southern coast and tablelands, and extended inland as far as Nymagee. The falls wont of the highlands were only very light…

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The Recent Storm

Nepean Times · Saturday 9 January 1915 · page 7

Evidences of the severity of the cyclonic rainstorm of last Wednesday evening are to be met with here there and everywhere through the…

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Canadian Camp Flooded. Vancouver

The Sun · Saturday 9 January 1915 · page 6

London cables state that owing to the phenomenal rains the last Canadian troops, who were living in tents, struck Camp and were billeted with neighboring farmers and…

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Storms and Patchy Rain. Effect on Stock and Crops. Conditions in New South Wales

Evening News · Monday 11 January 1915 · page 4

The following is a summary of the condition of stock, crops, pastures, etc., for December [?] from the reports furnished by meteorological observers throughout New South Wales…

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The Country Fighting in [?] Turks Catch [?] Rivers Overflow.southern Belgium Flooded,saxon Hatred of PRUSSIANS.LONDON,Sunday Night

Evening News · Monday 11 January 1915 · page 1

"Eye-witness" with the British Staff at the front says that the Germans are apparently using pumps, which are worked by electriclty at Lille, to drain the [?]…

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Floods in England

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 11 January 1915 · page 8

LONDON, Saturday.--The severest floods within the memory of the residents of the [?] Country of Lincolnshire are reported. The pumping stations are powerless to cope…

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Floods in England. London, Jan. 9

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 January 1915 · page 8

The severest floods within living memory have occurred in the Fen country. The pumping stations are powerless, and many homes in Littleport and Southery have been…

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Terrific Gale in England

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 12 January 1915 · page 4

The wettest December on record in England culminated in a terrific gale, with snow and floods. Enormous seas broke on the coast and did great…

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Foreign Cables The Mexican Revolution Unprecedented Floods in England

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 12 January 1915 · page 4

A cablegram from London dated Tuesday night, says:—The flood in the valley of the Upper Thames is steadily advancing on London. The waters are already…

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Thames Floods. London

The Sun · Tuesday 12 January 1915 · page 5

Hundreds of sightseers visited the Thames Valley during the week-end. Residents went to church in punts. The floods are now subsiding…

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