Record Heat Wave. GREAT MORTALITY IN AMERICA. BABIES DIED LIKE FLIES. 14 Aug 1911. “Cement sidewalks grew so hot that they exploded.” You don’t hear much about exploding sidewalks with our new unprecedented heat.

: 1869 – 1931), p. 6. Retrieved April 26, 2020, from https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/120034603?searchTerm=april%20heat%20wave&searchLimits=# An unprecedented wave of heat rolled over the […]

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COLD KILLS LONDON, February 5 1954. “Southern England was still suffering Arctic cold.”

COLD KILLS (1954, February 5). Brisbane Telegraph (Qld. : 1948 – 1954), p. 9 (CITY FINAL). Retrieved February 3, 2020, […]

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INTENSE HEAT. DEATHS FROM HEAT APOPLEXY. 4 Jan 1900. I’ll report here on the number of deaths from heat apoplexy on 4 Jan 120 years later. My prediction is none.

TELEGRAPHIC. (1900, January 4). Wagga Wagga Express (NSW : 1879 – 1917), p. 2. Retrieved December 30, 2019, fromhttps://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/145304306?searchTerm=heat%20deaths&searchLimits=# TELEGRAPHIC. […]

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HURRICANE. Interior of Haiti. APPALLING DEATH-ROLL. NEW YORK, Oct. 26. 1935

HURRICANE. (1935, October 28). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 – 1954), p. 12. Retrieved October 21, 2019, from […]

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THE NEW ICE AGE. EUROPE FREEZES, 18 Feb 1929

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/54639656?searchTerm=no%20ice%20age&searchLimits=# NO BREAK IN COLD. GREAT HARDSHIPS. NO IMMEDIATE RELIEF. LONDON, February 15. The cold is tightening its paralysis grip […]

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HEAT WAVES AT BOURKE. 6 Feb 1906 (120 deg F = 48.8889 Degrees Celsius)

A Comparison. We sincerely trust that the very trying time we have experienced for the last five or six weeks […]

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Two Deaths Thu. Jan. 14 1932 (120deg.f. = 48.8889 deg. Celsius)

TWO DEATHS. BRISBANE, January 12. Two deaths have been reported as a result of the heat wave, which still holds […]

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