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Floods & storms, 1919

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Floods in Italy Great Damage Done London

Evening News · Monday 13 January 1919 · page 6

A report from Milan says the Po?Aroo, and Tiber have burst their banks. Many villages and hundreds of miles of country are [?]dated, in some places to…

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Terrible Floods. Devastation in Italy. London, Jan. 10

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 January 1919 · page 7

A message from Milan reports terrible floods. The Po, Arno, and Tiber have burst their banks. Many villages and hundreds of miles of…

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Floods in Italy. Millions of Damage. London

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 January 1919 · page 5

Terrible floods have occurred in Italy. The rivers Po. Arno, and Tiber have burst their banks. Many villages and hundreds of miles of country are Inundated, in some cases to a…

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Thunderstorms Inland. No Appreciable Rainfall

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 January 1919 · page 7

Although widespread thunderstorms have occurred during the past two days, the accompanying rainfall was of a most disappointing character, and by no means general…

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Flooded Rivers. Seine and Thames Cause Anxiety. London

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 January 1919 · page 5

The continued rise in the River Seine is occasioning grave anxiety in Paris. Interruption of food supplies is feared. The Thames is rising dangerously in many…

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Cyclone in Queensland. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 January 1919 · page 11

The Under-Secretary for Lands (Mr. W. Graham), referring to the drought conditions to-day, said that so far as the Lands-Department was concerned the drought effects had…

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After the Storm. Bad at the Barrier Webbacre Beats the Basies

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 15 January 1919 · page 3

The storm having passed the crowds left their cover, and betting became spirited for the two-year-olds race, for which Webbacre was favorite at 2½ to…

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At Warwick Farm Another Heavy Storm Lady Charis improves Morus Comes Back Two Blues Dawdles Duke Malt's Good Form

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Wednesday 15 January 1919 · page 8

The clerk of the weather for some reason or other evidently has a "derry" on sports in general, as last Saturday afternoon was the second in…

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Floods in Italy. London, Jan. 10

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 January 1919 · page 11

A message from Milan states that scores at villages in Tuscany are submerged. The town of Emboll is isolated. The waters threaten to engulf Pisa. Large forces of soldiers are…

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Floods in Italy. [?] Towns in Peril. Rome Suburbs Under Water London

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 January 1919 · page 7

Advices received at Milan state that scores of villages in Tuesday have been submerged. The town of Emboli is isolated, and the waters threaton to engulf Pisa…

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The World of Sport Warwick Farm. Another Thunderstorm. Poorly Patronised Totalisator

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 15 January 1919 · page 32

It was quite summer weather at Warwick Farm on January 11, and the trip up told that rain was badly wanted. Despite the opposition, of a meeting at…

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Pukaki in a Cyclone

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 January 1919 · page 3

BRISBANE, Wednesday.--The steamer Pukakl, bound from Ocean Island to Sydney, laden with phosphates, arrived here unexpectedly to-day. The vessel left Ocean Island on December 31. On Sunday last she ran into a…

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"Burst Like Shell" Tragedy of the Storm Bondi Fatality-- How Lightning Kills

The Sun · Thursday 16 January 1919 · page 7

When the lightning left the clouds, it went directly to her, and burst like a shell immediately in front and above her, dashing her to the water.--Witness,…

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Storm in Queensland. Buildings Destroyed. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 January 1919 · page 6

About 7 p.m. yesterday a severe thunderstorm and wind storm broke over Bald Hills, doing great damage. The Church of England was razed to the ground. The Methodist…

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Perils of the Sydney Bombed By. Zeppelins. Submarines and Gales in the North, Sea

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 January 1919 · page 5

The exploits of the British Navy. and with it those or the vessels of the Australian unit, were among the many series of events that had necessarily to be kept quiet during the…

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Warwick Farm Meeting Storm Causes Delay Lady Charis Vindicates our Judgment The Bounce wins well. Webbacre breaks the Ice

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Friday 17 January 1919 · page 8

The clerk of the weather for some reason or other evidently has a "derry" on sports in general, as last Saturday afternoon was the second in…

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Cabra-vale. Saturday's Storm

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 18 January 1919 · page 5

Cabra and Canley received its full share of Saturday's storm. The roof of Mr. W. Saunders' cottage, Hill-street, was blown off. Mr. C. Bint's residence in…

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Our Navy's Skill Destroyers Weather a Gale Soon to Return LONDON [?]

Evening News · Saturday 18 January 1919 · page 1

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Floods in Queensland Seven Inches of Rain in Two Days. Northern Railways Blocked by Washouts BRISBANE

Sunday Times · Sunday 19 January 1919 · page 2

Telegrams from Cloncurry show that the Cloncurry and Sedan, and Cloncurry and Camooweal mail services were unable to start owing to a high flood in…

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Bunkers Flooded Fire on Fraser River Adelaide

The Sun · Sunday 19 January 1919 · page 7

A tug was engaged all day yesterday and last night flooding the bunkers of the steamer Fraser River at her berth at the Outer Harbor. The coal will be…

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