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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1899

241 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 7 of 13

The Storyteller Storm-tossed. Chapter Xxx. in an Open Boat at Sea

National Advocate · Thursday 1 June 1899 · page 4

"I can't say, Jess. I shall tell the story ; but it is a strange one to re-relate. Your evidence will be thought biassed, and I have no other witness…

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The Storyteller Storm-tossed. Chapter Xxxi. Night in an Open Boat

National Advocate · Friday 2 June 1899 · page 4

He moved the helm, and brought the stem of the boat on a line with the object. A few minutes went by, when suddenly he exclaimed,…

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Fierce Storm on the Northern Coast. the Schooner Jones' Brothers Encounters a Squall. Sydney

National Advocate · Friday 2 June 1899 · page 3

A fierce storm prevailed on the northern coast last night, during which the schooner Jones' Brothers had an unpleasant experience…

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The Storyteller. Storm-tossed. Chapter Xxxi. Night in an Open Hoat

National Advocate · Saturday 3 June 1899 · page 4

This I did that night until my overmastering fancies so wrought upon me that, had I not had my husband to turn to and accost, I am sure as it is I who…

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The Storyteller. Storm-tossed. Chapter Xxxi. Night in an Open Boat

National Advocate · Monday 5 June 1899 · page 4

He did not answer but kept his hand over the side, and watched her with scarcely a wink of the eyes. "Something is wrong with her," said…

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The Storyteller. Storm-tossed. Chapter Xxxi. Night in an Open Boat

National Advocate · Tuesday 6 June 1899 · page 4

"Nobody," he said and, breaking out of his trance, he dashed his hands to his face, and then held them clasped above his head crying, everybody's…

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The Storyteller. Storm-tossed. Chapter Xxxii. a Fever-stricken Brig

National Advocate · Thursday 8 June 1899 · page 4

This sort of thing comes of sending vessels of this pattern to sea without medical stores—not so much as an ounce of quinine aboard. Only last…

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The Storyteller. Storm-tossed. Chapter Xxxii. a Fever-stricken Brig

National Advocate · Friday 9 June 1899 · page 4

She took me back, ay, to that very hour when father and Richard and I first boarded the "Aurora" in the Tyne; and she unrolled the whole…

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The Storyteller. Storm-tossed. Chapter Xxxiii, Our New Sea-home

National Advocate · Saturday 10 June 1899 · page 4

There was the right kind of foresight in his determination to reduce while the two of them could do it. For the next hour and a half they were…

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Destructive Storms. London

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 12 June 1899 · page 3

Terrific storms have occurred in Spain. One hundred und sixty houses have been destroyed and ten persons killed. There were serious floods at San Sata and…

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The Storyteller. Storm-tossed. Charter Xxxiii. Our New Sea-home

National Advocate · Monday 12 June 1899 · page 4

He could not have advised me better and seeing a good-sized tin bath-tub under the bunk in the captain's cabin, I carried it into my berth, and enjoyed…

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storm and Flood. Great Damage in America Many Lives Lost. London, Sunday afternoon

National Advocate · Tuesday 13 June 1899 · page 3

A cloud-burst at Austin, in the State of Texas, killed 25 persons. Terrible floods have occurred at San Sata and Manardville, 20 persons being…

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The Storyteller. Storm-tossed. Chapter Xxxiii. Our New Sea-rome

National Advocate · Tuesday 13 June 1899 · page 4

There were more things to eat than than the beef; for, while hunting after a table cloth, I came across some pots of jam, a quantity of white biscuits,…

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Great Storm in Spain. Ten Persons Killed. London, Sunday afternoon

National Advocate · Tuesday 13 June 1899 · page 3

A great storm at San Pedro, Valladolid, Spain, has destroyed 160 houses. Ten persons were killed…

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Terrible Storm in America. London

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 14 June 1899 · page 3

A groat tornado swept over Wisconser and Minnesotta, America, and several towne wera wrecked and 150 persons killed…

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The Storyteller Storm-tossed. Chapter Xxxiv. a Cruel Blow

National Advocate · Wednesday 14 June 1899 · page 4

Infection was caused by a sick man sleeping with the rest of the men in a small, badly ventilated forecastle or cabin, and in such a vessel as this, if…

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The Storyteller. Storm-tossed. Chapter Xxxiv. a Cruel Blow

National Advocate · Thursday 15 June 1899 · page 4

"What has happened to you Richard?" I cried, throwing myself down on my knees at his side, and taking his hand in both mine. He was very pale, and the pain that…

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The Storyteller. Storm-tossed. Chapter Xxxiv. a Cruel Blow

National Advocate · Friday 16 June 1899 · page 4

I felt as in a dream when I quitted the shadow of the cabin and found myself in the glaring sunshine. I had had no time-as yet to think ; the…

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The Storyteller. Storm-tossed. Chapter Xxxiv. a Cruel Blow

National Advocate · Monday 19 June 1899 · page 4

But it was no good reasoning with him at that time. His fortitude had temporarily given way to the cruel accident that had befallen him. He was…

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The Storyteller Storm-tossed. Chapter Xxxiv. a Cruel Blow

National Advocate · Tuesday 20 June 1899 · page 4

Although, as Richard had told me, the sun was not long to set, the night could not have been darker had it been midnight. The stars shone with…

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