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Floods & storms, 1918

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Improving Weather Heavy Rain at Jervis Bay

The Sun · Tuesday 16 April 1918 · page 3

City Forecast.--Chiefly fine, but cloudy and warm during the day; east to south-east winds, cool foggy night, with tendency to showers…

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Thunderstorm at Jervis Bay. 326 Points Recorded

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 April 1918 · page 13

Another thunderstorm, which yielded 826 points, was experienced at Jervis Bay on Monday night. Scattered light to moderate rain was recorded along the remainder of the…

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In the Cyclone

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 20 April 1918 · page 5

The new gasometer came in for some animated criticism at the council meeting on Tuesday. The gas manager reported that some of the bottom plates of the…

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A Bad Storm

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 20 April 1918 · page 5

Sunday's storm raged furiously in the Cecil Hills district, the worst experienced for years. Trees were shattered by lightning and vegetables were reduced to…

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Unsettled Weather Brings Heavy Rain Storms with Lower Temperatures

Sunday Times · Sunday 21 April 1918 · page 9

The report of the Sydney Weather Bureau for the week ended 9 a.m. Friday states that the distribution of pressure responsible for the various weather…

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Gums Displace Wheat. Curious Effect of Floods. Embryo Forest Near Wagga

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 22 April 1918 · page 4

Mr. Ashford, Minister for Lands, who returned to Sydney from Wagga at the weekend, states that, as a result of floods, embryo gum forests have recently sprung up on the…

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Heavy Rain. in N.s.w, and Queensland

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 23 April 1918 · page 8

Light to heavy rain has been recorded along the coast and tablelands and in the north-west quarter of the State. The heaviest amounts in the last division were reported from…

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Australia's Opportunity Flood Tide of National Fame

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 April 1918 · page 7

"There is a tide in the affairs 'of men," wrote the immortal Shakespeare, "which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune." The applicability of this great truth is not…

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The Thousand. Australia's Opportunity. Flood Tide of National Fame

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 23 April 1918 · page 5

"There is a tide in the affairs of man," wrote the immortal Shakespeare, "which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune."…

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Queensland Floods

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 23 April 1918 · page 5

BRISBANE, Monday.--When in Melbourne the Premier (Mr. Ryan) made representations to the Prime Minister's Department to have in additional £5000 made available for the…

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The Mackay Cyclone. Father Mulcahy's Appeal

The Catholic Press · Thursday 25 April 1918 · page 23

Owing to the recent cyclonic disaster in Mackay, the Rev. Father J. Mulcahy is faced with a prospect that is far beyond Die resources of his limited population. The…

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Before the Storm. "Close Up Your Ranks.'' Mr. Hughes' Final Message

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 26 April 1918 · page 4

We are gathered here to day at a time which by general consent is the most serious in the history of the Empire. It is a time when we have…

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War Liars in Sydney This Week Cyclone of False Reports

Sunday Times · Sunday 28 April 1918 · page 3

"What was wrong with those young Australians who were still at home was that they lacked imagination," said Col. Fred Bird, C.B., at a Melbourne dinner…

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The Innisfail Cyclone. Anglican Church Appeal

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 30 April 1918 · page 5

The Bishop of North Queensland, writing from Townsville on March 30, refers to the violent storm in the Innisfail district. In this case about £1000 would cover the losses of the…

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Finishing Falls Rain Storm Disappearing

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 30 April 1918 · page 3

During the past week-end light to moderate rain has been recorded at seatered places generally last from the River Darling but more particularly in the central…

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The Fruit Trade American Apple Imports Is the Sydney Market to Be Flooded?

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 30 April 1918 · page 7

The fear of the N.S.W. fruit-growers that the Sydney market is to be swamped with American apples again this year, is voiced by a County Cumberland grower,…

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Brilliant Electrical Storm

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 1 May 1918 · page 2

Those of the residents who were away from the glare of street lamps carly on Friday night were spectators of a magnificent meteorological scene in the shape of an…

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Hindenburg's Bad Day Thirteen Divisions Hurled Back Below Ypres British Gains North of Kemmel Attack After Attack Smashed by Storm of Fire 271st Day of the Fourth Year of the War

The Sun · Wednesday 1 May 1918 · page 1

The correspondents regard the German failure south of Ypres on Monday as nothing less than a disastrous defeat. Thirteen divisions were used on a twelve-mile front, and not a foot of ground was gained. On the contrary, the Allied line has been advanced between La Clytte and Kemmel, and the…

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Flooding in City Areas. Question of Resumption

Evening News · Wednesday 1 May 1918 · page 5

The City Council works committee on Tuesday considered a number of [?] denis in low-lying areas of Sydney at damage done by flood, water to house [?] and…

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Mackay Cyclone Appeal

The Catholic Press · Thursday 2 May 1918 · page 27

The following amounts have been received during the week, in response to Father Muleahy's appeal on behalf of the fund for tho restoration of Church property…

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