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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 9 of 13

The Storyteller. Storm-tossed. Chapter Xl. I Send a Letter to Father

National Advocate · Friday 7 July 1899 · page 4

Sailors know that it is a good thing when a voyage leaves a person little to relate; for a barren log-book is a sure sign of fine weather and prosperous…

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BATHURST. Daily Free Press. " Magna cst veritas et prevalebit." Friday, July 7th, 1899. The Storm Water Drain

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 7 July 1899 · page 2

THE resolution carried at the last meeting of the Borough Council, at Alderman Bashett's instance, re the convention of the Jordan Creek into a storm water drain, was a…

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Terrible Floods in Texas. Great Area Submerged. Hundreds of Lives Lost Farmers Lose Very Heavily. London

National Advocate · Friday 7 July 1899 · page 3

Telegrams have been received from New York reporting that appalling floods have occurred in the State of Texas. Territory 500 miles long and 50…

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Floods in Texas. Great Loss of Life. London

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 7 July 1899 · page 3

Appaling floods are reported to have occurred in Texas, United States of America. The area under water is 100 miles long by 50 miles wide, and the magnificently…

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The Storyteller. Storm-tossed. Chapter Xi. I Send a Letter to Father

National Advocate · Saturday 8 July 1899 · page 4

I enjoyed the sea more now than ever I'did aboard the Aurora, in spite of my husband's helpless condition, that was always' a depressing weight…

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The Storyteller. Storm-tossed. Chapter Xl. I Send a Letter to Father

National Advocate · Monday 10 July 1899 · page 4

This being written, I hunted for and found an envelops, which I addressed to "Captain Thomas Snowdon, care of Messrs.—, Shipowners, South…

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Floods in Texas. London

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 10 July 1899 · page 3

Thousands of victims of the Texas floods have taken refuge on the mounds, and are huddled together like live stook. Many of the negroes died from bites of reptiles and…

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The Storyteller. Storm-tossed. Chapter Xli. in Soundings

National Advocate · Tuesday 11 July 1899 · page 4

Well, as I have said, with the exception of some rough tumbling off Cape Finisterre, we had all the fine weather our hearts could desire, and…

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2nd—Edition The World THe Texas Floods. How the Refugees Fared Herded with Live Stock and Reptiles. Many Are Bitten and Die. London, Sunday night

National Advocate · Tuesday 11 July 1899 · page 2

Further particulars have been received with regard to the terrible floods in Texas, United States. It is stated that 1,000 of the houseless…

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Floods in the Richmond and Nepean. Sydney

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 11 July 1899 · page 2

Ton inches of rain has fallen on the Richmond during the last 18 hours. The creeks are all bankers and the mails are blocked. The Nepean River is in flood and all the…

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The Storyteller. Storm-tossed. Chapter Xli. in Soundings

National Advocate · Wednesday 12 July 1899 · page 4

The pale stretch of spanker overhead, extending from beyond the taffrail to the glimmering mainmast, hung in the gloom like a surface of phosphorus…

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Heavy Bains in the North. Anticipations of a Flood. Nearly 18 Inches Fallen. Maclean

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 12 July 1899 · page 2

Since Saturday night up till 9 o'clock this Homing 17.96 inches of rain fell here. This as the record fall for many years past in such a short period. All the low portions of the…

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The Storyteller. Storm-tossed. Chapter Xlii. Home

National Advocate · Thursday 13 July 1899 · page 4

Not choosing to trust the navigation of the brig through those perilous waters to Mr. Short. This night he told me he was not likely to close his…

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Floods in the North. Sydney

National Advocate · Thursday 13 July 1899 · page 3

The river at Kempsey has risen over the wharves, Serious and slips have occurred and the road from Kempsey to Armidale is…

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The Storyteller. Storm-tossed. Chapter Xlii. Home

National Advocate · Friday 14 July 1899 · page 4

"Well, such a meeting as this must be left to your imagination, for in real truth I find myself utterly unable to give you the least idea of the spirit or…

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The Storm Channel

Leader · Saturday 15 July 1899 · page 4

Mr. J. A’Hearn, junr., is the successful tenderer for the work in connection with the Blackmail’s Swamp creek, and we learn from Mr. H. W. Newman, M.P., that the…

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A Sensational Voyage. Rough Experiences in the Recent Gales. Newcastle

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 15 July 1899 · page 2

The A.U.S.N. Company's steamer Katoomba, which left Sydney for Brisbane on Sunday morning lost, put into Newcastle to-night for bunker coal, after having been…

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The Storyteller. Storm-tossed. Chapter Xlii. Home

National Advocate · Saturday 15 July 1899 · page 4

Here we Were interrupted by a knock on the door, and Lizzie Davison came into say that there was a girl with some hats down stairs ; and by…

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The Rolling Ocean. Storms in the North. Kempsey

National Advocate · Monday 17 July 1899 · page 3

During the recent gale about three chains of the training wall of the new entrance to the river was washed down. Trial Bay breakwater suffered…

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The Storyteller. Storm-tossed. Chapter Xlii. Home

National Advocate · Monday 17 July 1899 · page 4

As he said this the door was opened, and Mrs. Davison ushered in a young woman of about eighteen-or-twenty. I half rose, meaning to receive her and…

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