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Floods & storms, 1915

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Caulfield Cup Weather. Heavy Rain. Melbourne

Evening News · Friday 15 October 1915 · page 5

There has been a complete change in the weather, and rain which set in early this morning is still falling. During the week there were a number of heavy showers and the…

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Cyclone at Brewarrina

Evening News · Friday 15 October 1915 · page 4

A cyclonic storm, [?]ller to the one that [?] over Bourke on Wednesday night, occurred at Brewarrina the same evening, and caused considerable damage to property. The…

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Cyclone. Great Damage at Bourke

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 October 1915 · page 11

BOURKE, Thursday.--About 7 o'clock on Wednesday evening a cyclone visited Bourke. The wind, thunder, lightning, and rain were terrific, and over 2in. of rain fell in ten…

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Cyclone at Bourke. The Town In Ruins

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 15 October 1915 · page 4

The most terrific and damaging cyclone ever experienced in Bourke passed over the town on Wednesday pight at seven o'clock, coming from the west. Although…

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Cyclone. Bourke Badly Damaged. Wind and Rain. Bourke

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 October 1915 · page 8

The Worst cyclone in the history of Bourke occurred at 7 p.m. yesterday. The wind was terrific, and was accompanied by a deluge of rain. Nearly every house suffered…

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Torrents of Fire. Storm of Shell Opens British Attack Position Stormed with Bayonets and Fists

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 16 October 1915 · page 4

In the official reports given above is told in brief the story of the British attack upon the Germans in the vicinity of…

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Outback Floods. Coach Held Up for Two Days Broken Hill

Evening News · Saturday 16 October 1915 · page 6

when the Wilcannia coach driver was going to White Cliffs be reached the Bunker Creek, to and it is good after the heavy rains. A party of road maintainance men were camped…

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The Bourke Cyclone

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 18 October 1915 · page 9

AT THE REAR OF TATTERSALL'S HOTEL, SHOWING A TREE WHICH WAS BLOWN DOWN. THE INSET SHOWS THE DAMAGE DONE TO…

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The Bourke Storm

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 October 1915 · page 3

BOURKE, Monday.--The weather is delightful after the storm. The damage to buildings is being rapidly repaired. A carrier's wife, Mrs. Snow, was struck by falling timber, and her…

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Selling Diseased Cattle. Dairyman Flood at Singleton

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 19 October 1915 · page 6

At Singleton on Thursday Alfred Beale, dairyman, was charged with having sold, at Aberdeen, to James Tweedle, four bullocks diseased with [?]herculosis…

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Cyclone in New Zealand

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 20 October 1915 · page 5

WELLINGTON, Tuesday.--A cyclonic storm struck Ruatapu, Westland, early yesterday morning, unroofing Butler Bros. sawmill. It also demolished a but in which were two people,…

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Splendid Rain. Good Falls in the South and West, Thunderstorms Expected

Evening News · Saturday 23 October 1915 · page 5

The threating conditions reported from the Western districts yesterday morning developed as the day advanced, and resulted in some good and serviceable rain over the south-western portion of the State…

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Splendid Rains. Thunderstorms in the Country

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 25 October 1915 · page 10

Due to the co-operation of monsoonal and Antarctic influences, a splendid rainstorm affected the south western half of New South Wales. Thunderstorms were associated with…

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Norton Divorce Suit Theory of "Nerve Storms" Evidence for the Husband

The Sun · Friday 29 October 1915 · page 2

Further evidence was heard to-day, on be-half of the respondent, John Norton, in the consolidated divorce suits before Mr. Justice Gordon and a special jury of twelve…

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Steamer in a Gale

The Sun · Saturday 30 October 1915 · page 6

The steamer Commonwealth arrived at Sydney to-day. She had on board 221 passengers and 2500 tons of general cargo for this port. From London to Capetown fine…

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Gales in Southern Ocean. Steamer's Rough Experience

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 30 October 1915 · page 17

The Norwegian Steamer Rena, which arrived in the harbor yesterday from Christiana via Durban, had a stormy passage, and lost part of her deck cargo…

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A Storm Centre. Belgrade Again Attacked. More German Atrocities

The World's News · Saturday 30 October 1915 · page 10

EXCEPT for those war students who daily follow the course of operations on the Continent, the well-worn phrase trouble in the Balkans" conveys no more definite…

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Air Scouting in a Storm. Adventures on the Edge of the Clouds. (From the Journal of an aeroplane observer at the front.)

The World's News · Saturday 30 October 1915 · page 3

I WAS at my favorite grocery in the little French town, buying for our men. It was raining in sheets, and I reflected with relief that it was "perfect airmen's weather"—…

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And a Storm Coming On!

Construction and Local Government Journal · Monday 1 November 1915 · page 5

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Cyclone Strikes Glen Innes

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 November 1915 · page 11

GLEN INNES, Monday.—A cyclone struck the town on Saturday evening. It was of five minutes' duration, and considerable damage was done. Many houses were unroofed, and…

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