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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1915

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Flood Oe Enthusiasm. Unmarried Men Respond

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 November 1915 · page 9

The flood of recruiting enthusiasm is rising daily. Scenes at the recruiting offices in London, Manchester, Hull, Birmingham, Aberdeen, and other provincial…

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Cool Change 15Deg. Lower at 9 O'clock Moderate Southerly Gale

The Sun · Friday 19 November 1915 · page 3

City Forecast.--Fine, but cloudy, with moderate temperatures and north-east to south-cast winds. New South Wales Forecast.--Cloudy…

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Germans in a Morass Men and Horses Engulfed Threatened by Flood Waters

The Sun · Sunday 21 November 1915 · page 1

The correspondent of the Times at Petrograd says that rain in the Styr region has converted the lowlands occupied by the enemy into a swampy lake. Men, transport horses…

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New Zealand Storm

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 24 November 1915 · page 5

WELLINGTON, Tuesday.--A cyclonic storm at East Cape was the firecest experienced for several years. The rivers were flooded, and there were mountainous seas, which held up…

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Caught in a Storm

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 24 November 1915 · page 11

A British lieutenant and five men from a patrol boat boarded the American barque Andrew Welch, off the Shetland Islands, and while they were examining her a sudden storm…

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Storm-swept Lemnos Gratitude of the Anzacs

The Sun · Wednesday 24 November 1915 · page 5

A Canadian war correspondent just returned says that the Anzacs pay the warmest tributes to Colonel Casgrain's medical corps established at Lemnos. The island was swept…

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One Hundred Crowned. Watching a Flooded River. Sicilian Tragedy. Rome, Tuesday evening

Evening News · Wednesday 24 November 1915 · page 1

The S[?] River in [?] which [?] through the province of palermo, rose suddenly after a [?] and carried [?] the [?] Macy people were [?] on the [?]…

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Steamer in a Gale

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 25 November 1915 · page 8

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Wednesday.--The Steamer Karu was caught in Sunday's gale on the East Coast. The decks were constantly awash, and the officers were compelled to get through…

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Passing of the Storm. Light Scattered Rain

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 25 November 1915 · page 11

The storm responsible for the recent cool change and coastal rain has passed away eastwards, and fine weather again prevails over all except the south-east of the State…

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Severe Thunderstorm. Dunedoo

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 November 1915 · page 4

A thunderstorm passed over the district on Sunday, and rain, ranging from two inches to a few points, fell at various parts. The ra[?] was badly wanted, as household supplies were [?]…

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Floods in Sicily. Many People Drowned. Rome, Nov. 23

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 November 1915 · page 10

The River Salso rose suddenly alter a cyclone, and carried away the bridge of Lienta, on which many were watching the torrent. One hundred were drowned. Many…

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Flood of Russian Arms Ready to Burst: Turkish Butchers Near East Problem Allies Plan Envelopment of Balkan Foes 200 Russian Transports Danube—Half=million Men Ready to Strike French Offensive—reinforcement of British Servians in Retreat Strike at Prilep—Misery of Refugees ROME, Friday Night

Sunday Times · Sunday 28 November 1915 · page 1

A message from Geneva, but of Bulgarian origin, announces a vast enveloping movement by heavy Allied forces in the Balkan theatre…

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Intense Cold. Western Trenches Flooded. How the Briton Bears Up. Heroic Sergeant. London, Monday Morning

Evening News · Monday 29 November 1915 · page 5

Mr. Philip Gibbs, in the "Daily Telegraph," drown a remarkable picture of the winter conditions which already have set in along the western front. He says.—…

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Storm at Anzac Christmas Mails Lost Foretaste of Winter Men Confident and Happy Gabatepe, November 18

The Sun · Wednesday 1 December 1915 · page 7

Yesterday for the first time since the landing a south-westerly storm descended on the beaches at Anzac. About 9 o'clock the small craft began to clear for a safer anchorage…

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Soldiers' Mail. Christmas Letters Lost. Storm at Gallipoli. Form Captain Bean. Australian Press Representative Gaba Te[?]e. November 12

Evening News · Wednesday 1 December 1915 · page 4

Yesterday, for the first time [?] landing a south-westerly a form [?] on the beaches at Anzac. About 8 o' clock small craft began to clear anchorage under the les of…

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Storm at Anzac. Christmas Mails Lost. (Commonwealth Official Correspondent.)

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 December 1915 · page 7

GABA TEPEH, November 18.--Yesterday, for the first time since the landing, a south-westerly storm .descended on the beaches at Anzac. About 9 o'clock small craft began to clear for…

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Heat and Haze Cool Change Predicted Scattered Thunderstorms

The Sun · Thursday 2 December 1915 · page 5

City Forecast. -- Unsettled and sultry: thunder-shower or two likely, followed by cool southerly wind. New South Wales Forecast. -- Sultry to…

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The Weather. Scattered Thunderstorms

Evening News · Friday 3 December 1915 · page 5

Except for clouds at scattered places in the Southern districts and along the [?]board fine and clear weather prevailed throughout New South Wales this morning. The winds…

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Christmas Mails Lost a Blustering Sou'-wester at Anzac. Duc-outs Flooded

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 3 December 1915 · page 1

The Australian troops at Anzac had their first experience of a Gallipoli rainstorm on November 17th, when a southwesterly storm burst upon them, and…

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Hot and Sultry. Thunderstorms in the North

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 December 1915 · page 11

Warm to hot and sultry conditions prevailed generally throughout Now South Wales yesterday. Under the prevailing high pressure control the rainfall reported reported was limited to two points…

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