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

Floods & storms, 1902

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Violent Thunder Storm

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 18 January 1902 · page 9

THE most magnificent (to those whose mental and physical temperaments can appreciate Nature's pyrotechnics) display of electrical force ever seen in Molong, was presented last…

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Violent Storm at Molong. MOLONG

The Blayney Advocate and Carcoar Herald · Saturday 18 January 1902 · page 2

The most violent storm ever remembered here occurred yesterday. It is the only subject talked of this morning, and some people have not yet recovered from the effect. During…

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Reugh Weather. Press Stopped by a Gale Sydney

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 22 January 1902 · page 3

[?] caused the late [?] of the express train [?] Melbourne this morning. The engine was [?] make headway owing to [?] of wind that [?] a second…

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Third Test Match. Fourth Day's Play. England's Second Innings. a Dust Storm Stops the Play. Adelaide

National Advocate · Wednesday 22 January 1902 · page 2

The test match was continued to-day. The not out men Hay ward and Tyldesley resumed their innings. The former only added 3 to his over nights…

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Heavy Gale in Melbourne. Government Vessels in Collision MELBOURNE

National Advocate · Thursday 23 January 1902 · page 3

During a heavy gale which blew last night in Port Phillip a collision took place between the Government steamer Albert and the Pilot schooney…

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A Terrific Storm. a Vessel Caught in It. Sydney, Thursday night

Leader · Friday 24 January 1902 · page 3

The s.s. Or[?]uz, from Melbourne to Adelaide, encounter a terrific storm. The decks were swept by mountainous seas. The captain reckons that he wind…

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Gulgong Agricultural Society, Annual Meeting. Officers Elected. a Show to Be Held. An Irregular Proceeding And a Storm

The Gulgong Advertiser · Friday 24 January 1902 · page 8

The annual meeting of the Gulgong Agricultural Society was held in the Council Chamber on Monday evening last. The attendance was only…

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A Cyclone. SYDNEY

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 25 January 1902 · page 3

Daring a storm on the Maclean, buildings were blown down, trees uprooted in all directions. A resident of Murrayville was stunned…

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A V[?]oted Gale. LONDON

Leader · Tuesday 4 February 1902 · page 3

A violent three days’ north-easterly gale blew over Europe, specially the English Channel, suspending traffic and causing several wrecks…

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Great Storms on the Channel. Ostend Packet Disabled. LONDON

National Advocate · Tuesday 4 February 1902 · page 3

There has been a violent three days' northeasterly gale in Northern Europe especially in the English Channel, suspending all shipping traffic. There…

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Latest Cablegrams. Storms in America. LONDON

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 5 February 1902 · page 3

A storm has dislocated the railways and telegraph lines between the Great Lakes right through to the Atlantic. Snow blocked the railway trains in the…

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Heavy Gale on the Continent. LONDON

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 5 February 1902 · page 3

For three days a violent north-easterly gale has raged over Europe. The gale was especially severe in the English Channel and suspended traffic…

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A Baloon in a Storm. an Aeronaut’s End. London

Leader · Wednesday 5 February 1902 · page 2

Captain Sigefield and Dr. Lineke, the German military aeronauts, while ascending at Berlin, were carried in a violent storm to Antwerp in five hours…

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Gales in Europe and America. Wrecks and Loss of Life. Orizaba 30 Hours Overdue. Telegraphs Broken Down. LONDON

National Advocate · Wednesday 5 February 1902 · page 3

Owing to the severity of the gale many steamers are weatherbound at the mouth of the Thames. A German barque is reported to have…

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The Channel Storm. British Coast Fatalities. London

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 6 February 1902 · page 3

A French barque foundered off Ushant. Twenty-one of the crew were drowned. It is feared that 50 people have been drowned on the British coast as the result…

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Farmer Oak and the Storm

The Gulgong Advertiser · Friday 7 February 1902 · page 8

When farmer Oak, on his way towards his humble outage one night, struck his foot against a big toad. no knew there was trouble in the wind- When, on striking a light…

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Storms in Europe. Record Snowfall. Fatal Avalanches. Snowbound Trains. LONDON

National Advocate · Friday 7 February 1902 · page 3

The biggest snow fall reported fora quarter of a century has taken place at Venice. Trains in Switzerland and Spain are…

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Terrific Gales. LONDON

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 19 February 1902 · page 3

Terrific gales are raging in the British Channel…

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Terrific Channel Gale. LONDON

Leader · Thursday 20 February 1902 · page 3

In a terrific gale in the English Channel the cruiser Furious and the destroyer Flying Fish were both damaged and put into Brest (France) for repairs. The deck…

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Terrible Storm at Narrabri

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 21 February 1902 · page 4

NARRABRI, Thursday.--A violent duststorm, accompanied by terrific wind, passed over the town this evening, completely paralysing business. Many persons almost became…

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