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Floods & storms, 1919

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South-west Gale 40 Miles an Hour Heavy Rain on Coast

The Sun · Monday 28 July 1919 · page 3

City Forecast.--Still unsettled, with driving showers, heavy at times; strong to equally south-west to south-east winds, reaching gale force in the…

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Delayed by Gale Transport Essex

The Sun · Monday 28 July 1919 · page 6

The gale which has been blowing on the coast since yesterday morning has delayed the transport Essex. It was expected that she would be off…

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Wild Weather Fierce Southerly Gales Forty-Mile Gusts in the City

Evening News · Monday 28 July 1919 · page 3

Sydney's week-end weather was the meat [?] experienced for some month pierce sales, driving [?], and…

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The Murray Weir. Speeding Up Irrigation. Abundant Water. Without Floods

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 28 July 1919 · page 8

ALBURY, Saturday.--In numerous ways, Albury is begining to respond to the effect of preparations now being made for an early start with the great Murray Weir, 9 miles…

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Jubilee Encounters Gales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 July 1919 · page 13

The Pacific Phosphate Company's auxiliary schooner Jubilee arrived from New Zealand yesterday with a cargo of 70,000ft of timber. Capt, Harris reported that he left Gisborne at the end of June, and encountered…

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The Rain Storm. Over an Inch on the Mountains

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 30 July 1919 · page 9

The rain storm has extended to the Blue Mountains, only very light and scattered falls being recorded elsewhere on the highlands. Caugings of an inch and upwards were…

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The Red Verdun How Denikin Took Tsaritsin Storm Troops Suffer Heavily Anxiety About Archangel London, July 28

The Sun · Saturday 2 August 1919 · page 1

"The Times" correspondent with Denikin's armies sends a graphic account of the capture of Tsaritsin, the key of the Volga, and which the…

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Trade Union Split Conference Ends in Storm Gompers Attacks a German Washington Conference Imperilled London, August 5

The Sun · Thursday 7 August 1919 · page 1

Renter's correspondent at Amsterdam reports that the International Trade Union Congress concluded stormily, the British and Americans…

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Deluge of Invitations. Hard Work and Short Speeches

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 August 1919 · page 7

It is not the fault or merit of the people of Sydney that the whole of Admiral Jellicoe's time at present is not devoted to entertainment and social calls. His presence is…

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A Strenuous Cyclone

The World's News · Saturday 9 August 1919 · page 3

A cyclone raged in Swaziland. The storm burst upon the place almost without warning. The houses were all either unroofed or carried bodily away. A magnificent orchard,…

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Mrs. John Gale

The Methodist · Saturday 9 August 1919 · page 11

We have received a length obituary notice of the late Mrs. John Gale, of Queenbeyan, who died recently at the ripe ago of 84 years. From this we make the…

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Escape From the Threatening Storm

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 12 August 1919 · page 1

Uncle Wiseman writes:—By this sign we shall know the state of the Premier's mind: If the royal commission of inquiry into the transactions of the State Wheat Board sits at once, it will be because Mr. Holman believes that its disclosures will do his party no harm at the polls; if, contrariwise, the inquiry is postponed until after the elections, it will be because Mr. Holman fears the result…

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Violent Storm Telegraph Affected MELBOURNE

The Sun · Tuesday 12 August 1919 · page 7

Last night a violent magnetic storm raged in Melbourne, with the result that telegraphic communication with Adelaide and Sydney is badly…

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Good Racing at Rosehill British Arch Beats a Fair Field Heavy Rain Affects the Going

Referee · Wednesday 13 August 1919 · page 1

It is probable the heavy rain that fell for about twenty-five minutes at Rosehill on Saturday affected results to some extent. The downpour caused the start of…

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The Storm

The Australian Worker · Thursday 14 August 1919 · page 15

It's rough to-night at Hell's Delight, Hate-frenzied on the bar The ocean swirls, and fiercely hurls Its challenges afar…

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Thunderstorm of Democracy

The Australian Worker · Thursday 14 August 1919 · page 21

In a recent address on Democracy, as we learn from the Christian Commonwealth. Bernard Shaw illustrated his point by telling this story, an old story…

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Thunderstorms in the Country. Light to Moderate Rain

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 August 1919 · page 6

Light to moderate rain, with thunderstorms, has been recorded in that area lying east of the River Darling, except on the north coast. The falls, for the most pari, were not…

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Control of Commodities. Gale of Cornsacks

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 16 August 1919 · page 5

Farther questions as to the circumstances under which 37,037 bales of, cornsacks were" sold by the Government were asked by Senator Pratten…

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Wind and Dust Moderate Gale From West Rain in South-east

The Sun · Thursday 21 August 1919 · page 8

City Forecast. -- Fine, with passing cloud. Rather mild temperatures in the afternoon; both squally and dusty northwest to westerly winds, followed during…

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Dust Everywhere a Sudden Storm City and Suburbs Under a Cloud

Evening News · Thursday 21 August 1919 · page 4

Sydney was suffering this morning from a severe attack of dust, which rose in clouds in every quarter of the city, and enveloped the suburbs…

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