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

Floods & storms, 1901

127 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 6 of 7

A Terrific Gale. Hundreds of Lives Lost. London

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 15 November 1901 · page 3

The storm is still raging in the north of England. The Northumberland, Durham and Yorkshire coast is strewn with wreckage…

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A. Disastrous Gale. Coast Strewn with Wreckage. Appalling Loss of Life. London

Leader · Friday 15 November 1901 · page 2

The disastrous gale continues to blow over Northumberland, Durham, and Yorkshire, and the coast is strewn with wrackage…

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The Tumut Flood. Widespread Damage. Tumut

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 15 November 1901 · page 2

The flood in the Tumut River recently has in many cases been destructive to crops on the low-lying flats as well as loose soil being washed away to the depth of the…

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The Gale in England. 187 Drowned. LONDON

National Advocate · Saturday 16 November 1901 · page 2

The gale is subsiding. It is at present known that 187 persons have been drowned…

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Cable News. (Reuter’s Latest.) Gales In Great Britain. LONDON, Thursday afternoon

Leader · Saturday 16 November 1901 · page 4

Caistor, a Norfolk lifeboat, has been wrecked. Nine of the crew were drowned. The revenue cutter, Nora, was wrecked at Kingston…

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Violent Storm in Sydney. Remarkable Velocity of the Wind. Sydney

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 16 November 1901 · page 2

A violent storm passed over Sydney about 6 o'clock last night. Rain fell in torrents for about 20 minutes, and the wind reached a velocity of 60 miles…

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Terrific Thunderstorm in Victoria. Melbourne

National Advocate · Saturday 16 November 1901 · page 1

A thunderstorm of an alarming nature burst over Melbourne early yesterday evening. It only lasted 18 minutes, but in that brief while did…

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Heavy Thunderstorm in the City. SYDNEY, Friday night

Leader · Saturday 16 November 1901 · page 4

A heavy thunderstorm passed over the city this evening, accompanied by clouds dust and rain…

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The Weather. Heavy Storms, Rain, and Hail

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 19 November 1901 · page 2

Some rather heavy storm-showers fell in Lithgow on Friday afternoon and also on Sunday afternoon. There were also occasional milder showers, but this portion of the district…

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A Storm Water Channel. BLAYNEY

National Advocate · Monday 25 November 1901 · page 3

Good progress is being made with the Storm Water Channel. A number of men have been put on the job. The trial water supply works are now in ful…

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A Divorce Suit. Flood v. FLOOD

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 26 November 1901 · page 2

In the Divorce Court last Friday, before Mr. Justice Simpson, Albert Andrew Flood, a labourer, asked for a divorce from Alice Elizabeth Flood, formerly Peacock, on the ground of…

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Cyclone and Tidal Wave. LONDON

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 30 November 1901 · page 2

A cyclone, accompanied by a tidal wave six feet high, occurred at Sunderland, Durham, doing extensive damage to shipping…

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Storm at Merrygoen

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 2 December 1901 · page 2

The storm which struck Mudgee on Saturday afternoon evidently travelled a good distance, for Mr. Brennan, of "Silentdale," Mundooran, who came…

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Farmer Oak & the Storm

The Carcoar Chronicle · Friday 6 December 1901 · page 2

When farmer Oak, on his way to, wards his humble cottage, struck his foot against a big toad he knew there, was trouble in the wind. When, on,…

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aturd ay’s Storm

The Gulgong Advertiser · Friday 6 December 1901 · page 8

On Saturday afternoon an exceptionally heavy and violent thunderstorm passed over the district. The wind travelled at a furious rate. The…

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To-Day's Telegrams. Cyclone at Narrabri. SYDNEY

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 7 December 1901 · page 3

A disastrous cyclone swept over part of Narrabri on Thursday, which was the anniversary of tho terrific cyclone which devastated the town last year…

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A Violent Storm. Manilla

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 9 December 1901 · page 2

An unusually govern storm swept over part of this district late on Thursday afternoon. Report to band from the country this morn­ing show .that at Keepit, an agricultural…

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Roosevelt's flood Sense

National Advocate · Monday 9 December 1901 · page 2

When President Roosevelt was a police commissioner of New York, in 1895, Dr. Ahlwardt, the anti-Semitic agitator from Berlin, visited the metropolis. Not a few…

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Gales In the Channel. LONDON

Leader · Saturday 14 December 1901 · page 4

A violent gale has been reported in the English Channel. Many vessels are reported in distress. A Belgian fishing craft has foundered…

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The World. Violent Gale in the English Channel. LONDON, Thursday Afternoon

National Advocate · Saturday 14 December 1901 · page 4

A violent gale is raging in the English Channel, and many vessels are reported to be in distress. A Belgian fishing craft has foundered with 14…

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