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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1916

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Thunderstorm Frightens Horse. Molong

Evening News · Monday 7 February 1916 · page 5

Owing to his horse becoming frightened by a thunderstorm, Mr. A. Dennett had his leg broken. The horse was tied up to a [?] and just as B[?] was tied up to a wall, and just as B[?]tt was going to mount it jumped…

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Violent Dust Storms

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 8 February 1916 · page 4

One of the severest dust storms ever experienced at Gulargambone passed over the district on Thursday. It was first visible about three o'clock, like a…

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Storm at Lismore

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 8 February 1916 · page 8

LISMORE, Monday. -- A violent storm occurred last evening, about 6 o'clock. It raged for over an hour, and then a sharp fall, of rain took place, 118 points being registered. Fierce winds…

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The Mabel Gale at Levuka

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 8 February 1916 · page 10

The schooner Mabel Gale arrived at Levuka on the 14th January. She left Sydney on the 24th December, meeting the fully force of the hurricane, the…

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Cyclonic Storm in Brisbane

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 8 February 1916 · page 4

A cyclonic storm occurred in Brisbane on Friday last, the greatest sufferers being the soldiers in military encampments, where sections of the…

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Launch Capsizes in Storm

Evening News · Tuesday 8 February 1916 · page 4

T. W. Wilson and C. Thornburn, of Mosman, and S. Maiden, of Port Douglas, in the Cairns district, Queensland, left Port Douglas in a motor launch on Sunday, and during a heavy…

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Heavy Storm. Damage at Brisbane. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 February 1916 · page 10

The heaviest thunderstorm experienced in Brisbane for many years burst over the city and suburbs about midnight on Sunday, and continued with unabated violence until an…

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Foreign Cables Many Sea Disasters Steamers Sunk in Violent Storms

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 8 February 1916 · page 4

The White Star steamer Bovic, [?] reported at New York that she picked up a wireless message at sea, indicating that two steamers had been lost in the…

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After the Storm

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 February 1916 · page 12

BATTLE-SCARRED BUT CHEERFUL. MEN WHO DID THEIR SHARE LAUGHINGLY RELATE THEIR EXPERIENCES…

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Mr. Albert Gale's New Book

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 9 February 1916 · page 30

MR. ALBERT GALE is an esteemed retired headmaster. At his home at Enmore he has aquariums where for many years he has studied the habits of fish. Most of the scientific men of Sydney…

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Cyclonic Storm in Queensland

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 9 February 1916 · page 9

Brisbane and suburbs and a large part of the country was visited by a terrific thunderstorm early on February 4. The thunder roared and pealed, and the flashing of the lightning…

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Camp Damaged by Storm

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 9 February 1916 · page 14

A cyclonic storm struck the Enoggera Camp, Queensland, on February 4, with great force. Many tents were flattened out, and the Presbyterian Young Men's tent was upturned. The…

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Floods in Queensland

Evening News · Wednesday 9 February 1916 · page 2
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The Cl[?] and Leichhardt Rivers and many tributary streams in Southern Queensland are in food, and trains are held up. The water was 5ft, over the railway bridge on the…

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When the Snowy Is in Flood

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 11 February 1916 · page 5

Dear "Planets,"—There was a big flood here yesterday, and all the creeks and gullies came down. Four creeks join near our house and we could see…

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Gales on the Coast. Heavy Rain

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 February 1916 · page 7

A strong south to south-easterly gale, accompanied by smart showers, sprang up early yesterday, and raged with great fury throughout the day. The gales were pretty general…

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Good Coastal Rains. Very Dry Inland. Gales and Round Seas

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 February 1916 · page 18

Coastal and highland rains continue in eastern New South Wales, light to heavy falls being reported yesterday morning from the coastal parts and also the…

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Passing Storm Heavy Coastal Rains Improving Weather

The Sun · Saturday 12 February 1916 · page 3

City Forecast.-- Cloudy with passing rain squalls, squally south- east winds, veering to the north- east. Weather improving…

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Schooner in Gales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 February 1916 · page 10

The American schooner [?] arroved from Columbia River last night, and [?] Bay at 10.35 o'clock. The vesel was 75 days on the voyage, and the captain repected meeting severe gales…

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