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

Floods & storms, 1900

181 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 9 of 10

Gregra. Terrible Storm

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 24 November 1900 · page 13

I WAS complaining in my last about the scarcity of news in this part. Since then, however, many changes have taken place, and one the effects of which many of the Gregra people will…

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Last Week's Storm. Crops Destroyed. Houses Unroofed. Serious Losses to Farmers. Worst Storm Ever Experienced

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 24 November 1900 · page 13

Although the details available last Friday of the storm which passed around Molong by the vest and south-west were of a decidedly un-welcome character, there was nothing in them…

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Heavy Storm. NYNGAN

National Advocate · Saturday 1 December 1900 · page 4

A terrific dust and thunder storm passed over the town yesterday afternoon. About 10 points of rain fell. The rainfall was heavier iu other parts…

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Tuckian Flood Escape Scheme

National Advocate · Saturday 1 December 1900 · page 2

The second reading of the Tuckian Flood Escape Scheme Bill was agreed to. The bill was taken through Committee with verbal amendments, and…

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Terrific Dust Storm

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 3 December 1900 · page 2

A wire from Gilgandra states that a terrific dust storm, accompanied by clouds of dust. swept over that place on Thursday evening, causing a…

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Flood Waters

National Advocate · Monday 3 December 1900 · page 3

The Works Department has received n report from a local officer on the Stormwater Channels. The report states that the flooding which occured…

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Injuries Through Friday's Storm

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 4 December 1900 · page 2

During tho violent duststorm on Friday afternoon last a youth named Thomas Rowe was blown off the pit top at the Hermitage colliery. He fell a distance of 30ft and alighted on his…

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Heavy Storm at Parkes. Town Hall Wrecked. Parkes, Monday night

National Advocate · Tuesday 4 December 1900 · page 3

A heavy thunderstorm, accompanied by rain and a very strong gale of wind visited Parkes this morning. One inch of rain fell in a short time, and…

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Tuckian Flood Escape

National Advocate · Tuesday 4 December 1900 · page 3

On the motion of Mr. E. W. O'Sullivan, the third reading of the Tuckian Flood Escape Scheme Bill was agreed to, and forwarded to the Council…

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Latest Cablegrams. Floods in Italy. London

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 4 December 1900 · page 3

Groat floods have occurred in tho valley of the Tiber, Italy. The King of Italy narrowly escaped drowning…

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The Tiber in Flood. the King in Danger. London

National Advocate · Wednesday 5 December 1900 · page 3

The Tiber is badly flooded. While crossing the bridge at Rome, the King narrowly escaped injury from a landslip…

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Severe Storm. Three "Boys Struck with Lightning. Sydney

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 8 December 1900 · page 3

During a tunderstorm at Jerrara Greek three boys wore rendered insensible by lightning, but they are recovering…

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The Flood in the Tiber. Collapse of Embankment. London

National Advocate · Saturday 8 December 1900 · page 4

Owing to the flood in the River Tiber, the great embankment has collapsed for a length of 1000ft…

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S.S. Arawatta in a Gale. Three Horses Lost. Sydney

National Advocate · Wednesday 12 December 1900 · page 3

During a gale met with by the A.U.S.N. Company's steamer Arawatta, on the run from Melbourne, three blood horses wore lost. The…

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Heavy Rain

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 13 December 1900 · page 13

Mr. C. Dean, of Booyamurra Station, who was in Mudgee on Wednesday, informed as that Coolah had a 2½ inch downfall of rain last week,…

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A Heavy Storm

Leader · Saturday 22 December 1900 · page 6

Heavy thunderstorms accompanied by rain set in about 1 30 on Thursday afternoon and continued till 6 p.m. There hue been a splendid rainfall, and all the crops in the…

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Latest Cablegrams. a Violent Storms. London

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 24 December 1900 · page 3

There has been violent weather in Great Britain. Several vessels have been stranded and buildings wrecked; and other fatalities are reported…

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Gales in England. LONDON

National Advocate · Thursday 27 December 1900 · page 3

During the recent wild weather which prevailed on the north British coast, 22 fisher-folk belonging to the Shetland Isles were drowned…

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Terrific Storm at Boomey. Great Loss of Property and Crops

Molong Argus · Friday 28 December 1900 · page 5

ON Thursday, 20th December, between three and four o'clock p.m. a terrific storm, accompanied by wind, hail, and rain, burst over our little community, doing considerable…

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Terrible Gales at the West Coast. Light-houses Destroyed. London

National Advocate · Saturday 29 December 1900 · page 3

Terrible gales are raging on the West Coast, especially in the Welsh and Northern Scottish coasts. At Lewis, and on the small islands known as the…

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