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Floods & storms, 1915

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The Gathering Storm

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 December 1915 · page 9

Evidence appears to be piling up in support of the view that the Germans are about to undertake a formidable offensive on thes western front, and, judging by this morning's…

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Storm Portents Loom Up American Talk of Hun Revolution Kaiser Gravely Alarmed

The Globe and Sunday Times War Pictorial · Saturday 25 December 1915 · page 15

J. W. T. Mason, London "Daily Express" correspondent in New York, wrote as follows to his paper recently : "American observers believe that the effects…

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Warlord's Xmas Gift a Full Year of Blood Deluge Nine Million Men £10,000,000,000 in Money Lost

Sunday Times · Sunday 26 December 1915 · page 6

The actual cost to the world at large of the Hun-provoked war against humanity may never be known, from the point of view of the actuary and the statistician, but figure experts have…

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Storms Help Our Submarines Turk Booms at Narrows Washed Away Craft Enter Marmora Sea London Friday Night

Sunday Times · Sunday 26 December 1915 · page 1

Recent storms carried away the booms that the Turks constructed at the Narrows to check submarine voyages into the Sea of Marmora. It Is reported that Allies' submarines have…

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Christmas in the Trenches Attacks West and East Enemy's Positions Flooded London, Sunday Night

The Sun · Monday 27 December 1915 · page 1

Christmas Day communiques tell of normal fighting, but that owing to the continuance of the rainy weather the German activity is rather lessened…

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English Gales. Stormiest Boxing Day. Rain Causes Floods. Vessels in Distress. London, Tuesday Morning

Evening News · Tuesday 28 December 1915 · page 1

Yesterday was the stromie[?]t Boxing Day on record. Acres of low-lying land have been flooded especially the valleys of the Sever[?] and the…

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In a Gale. Barque Nearly Driven Ashore

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 December 1915 · page 7

According to a letter received in England just before the last English mail left, the Norwegian barque Pehr Ugland (1316 tons), well known in Australian waters, had a very…

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In the Track of the Storm

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 28 December 1915 · page 7

THE EFFECTS OF THE RECENT STORM AT BANGALOW ARE SHOWN IN THE ACCOMPANING ILLUSTRATIONS. A CHURCH AND SEVERAL BUILDINGS WERE ENTIRELY DEMOLISHED…

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Gales on English Coast 17,000-Ton Liner Aground Saved Prom the Goodwins London, Monday Night

The Sun · Tuesday 28 December 1915 · page 5

During a violent gale in the English Channel the Nieuw Amsterdam grounded on the Goodwin Sands. She was in great peril, but was refloated…

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Storm and Stress. "We Are Ready." Felt in the Dardanelles. Sufferings of Troops. Before the Evacuation. London, Tuesday Morning. for Peace or War. Huns' Christmas Sentiments Zurich, Monday Evening

Evening News · Tuesday 28 December 1915 · page 1

Mr. Ward Price, writing from the Dardanelles on December 13, said that the Turkish artillery fire (due to the opening of the railway) was increasing. A Berlin telegram to the "Zurich Gazette" summarises the Christmas sentiments of Germany in the following terms:— "We are for peace, but if it must be,…

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The Weather. Scattered Thunderstorms

Evening News · Tuesday 28 December 1915 · page 3

Except for clouds at Scattered places [?] bright weather prevailed throughout New South this morning. Temperatures were on the [?] cline, and many places in the west reported…

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Terrors of Gallipoli Snow, Flood and Frost-bite Trenches Full of Water London, Monday Night

The Sun · Tuesday 28 December 1915 · page 5

Mr. Ward Price, who succeeded Mr. Ashmead Bartlett as official representative of the British press in the Eastern Mediterranean, wilting on December 13, says:--…

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Severe Weather. Gales and Floods. London, Dec. 27

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 29 December 1915 · page 10

This is the stormiest Boxing Day within memory. Thousands of acres of low-lying land are flooded, especially along the Severn and Thames valleys…

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Big Storm in Northern Territory. Melbourne

Evening News · Wednesday 29 December 1915 · page 1

In a telegram from the Administrator of the Northern Territory to the Minister of Home Affairs, information is given concerning a big storm which did extensive damage to the Pine…

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The Soil. River Bank Erosion. Forestry and Floods

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 29 December 1915 · page 9

A prevalent idea that the objective of Australian forestry is the furnishing of timber to the sawmiller is dissipated by Mr. J. H. Maiden, Government Botanist, in the latest number of…

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Stormy Boxing Day. Floods in England

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 29 December 1915 · page 7

LONDON, Tuesday.--Boxing Day was the stormiest within memory. Thousands of acres of low-lying land were flooded, especially in the Severn and Thames Valleys. Telegraphic…

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Thunderstorm in Broken Hill. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 29 December 1915 · page 11

A very heavy thunderstorm last night flooded the city, and dislocated, all street traffic. The official register was 84 points of rain, but the fall in some parts of the city was…

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Storm at Apia

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 30 December 1915 · page 3

A terrific gale raged at. Apia (Samoa) while the steamer Atua was there. Heavy rain accompanied the storm, and the steamer was compelled to clear out before all the cargo…

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Storm at Port Darwin

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 30 December 1915 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--The Administrator of the Northern Territory (Dr. Gilruth) reported that a heavy storm last week did extensive damage to the wharf at Port Darwin and…

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Storm Rising. Revolution in China. Rapid Developments. Sensational Incidents. Peking, Wednesday Evening

Evening News · Thursday 30 December 1915 · page 1

The authorities of the provinces of Yunnan and Kwangal have informed the foreign Consuls that they guarantee to protect the lives and property of foreigners…

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