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

Floods & storms, 1904

117 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 4 of 6

A Disastrous Cyclone. SYDNEY

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 22 March 1904 · page 3

A cyclone swept over the township of Forester accompanied by torrents of rain, last night. Houses, gardens and crops suffered severely. A number of…

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Telegraphic News. Cyclone at Forster Torrents of Rain Trees Uprooted and Roofs Lifted. Sydney

Leader · Wednesday 23 March 1904 · page 2

A cyclone swept over the town of Forster on Monday evening. Torrents of rain fell and much damage was done to the township. Trees were…

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Heavy Rain

The Blayney Advocate and Carcoar Herald · Saturday 26 March 1904 · page 2

A very heavy storm passed over this district on Sunday night last. One hundred and sixty-five points were registered at Blayney, which was the highest record in the State for Sunday's…

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A Mine Flooded. LONDON

National Advocate · Monday 28 March 1904 · page 3

The bursting of a dam flooded clay works at a mine in Brazil, Indiana (U.S.A.) imprisoning 30 men, who, i is believed, perished…

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Cyclone in the Indian Ocean. Island Devastated. Thousands of People Homeless. London, Sunday Afternoon

National Advocate · Tuesday 29 March 1904 · page 3

The French island of Reunion, in the Indian Ocean, has been devastated by a cyolone. Twenty-four were killed, and thousands are without food…

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Destructive Cyclone. London

Leader · Wednesday 30 March 1904 · page 3

The damage caused by the cyclone on the island of Reunion amounts to a million sterling. Saint Denis was destroyed and 90 killed…

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The Cyclone at Reunion LONDON

National Advocate · Wednesday 30 March 1904 · page 2

The damage done at the French island of Reunion by the recent cyclong is estimated at £1,000 000 starling. The town of St. Denis, the…

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Mrs. Flood

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 21 April 1904 · page 13

It is our painful duty to record the death of Mrs. Flood, late of Cudgebegong, who passed away on Saturday night last. About six weeks ago she…

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The Calm Before the Storm. London, Wednesday Afternoon

National Advocate · Friday 22 April 1904 · page 2

General Kuropatkin, reports that the Japanese transports have anchored at the Gulf of Chingtaitoze, 25 versts west of Tatungjau. Others are…

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Telegrams. Rain and Floods

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 29 April 1904 · page 4

A wire from Windsor this morning reports every indication of a big flood. The river is rising a foot per hour. Communication with many outlying places is being…

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Flood in the Coast Country

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 2 May 1904 · page 2

The very heavy rains which fell on the coastal side of the main range caused floods at the end of the week. At 5 a.m. on Friday the river broke…

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Heavy Rain. Sydney

Leader · Friday 27 May 1904 · page 2

There was heavy continuous rain alt day, and a rough sea was experienced on the Coast. The weather in the city is cold…

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Floods in New Zealand. Sydney

Leader · Friday 27 May 1904 · page 2

A Now Zealand telegram states that the town of Wangauui is flooded, and that boats are being used in the lower portions of the town…

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The War. Kinchau Attacked. Reports from Both Sides. Japanese Storm the Town. LONDON

National Advocate · Saturday 28 May 1904 · page 2

Lieutenant-General Sakharoff reports that the Japanese are constructing fortifications around Feng-huan- cheng where there are 30,000 infantry…

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A Water Main Bursts. Part of Sydney Flooded Houses Undermined. Sydney

National Advocate · Friday 17 June 1904 · page 3

A sensation was canned in Cleveland- street this afternoon by the bursting of a water main 3ft in diameter. A great volume of water, resembling a geyser,…

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A Clean Sweep. Heavy Floods Drown Russians. London

Leader · Monday 4 July 1904 · page 3

Reuter’s correspondent at General Kuroki’s headquarters states that the Russians retreated all along the line before the northern…

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The British in Thibet. Negotiations Delayed by Floods. London

Leader · Monday 4 July 1904 · page 2

The armistice arranged between the British at Gyangt[?]e and the Thibetans to allow of the arrival of negotiators from Lhase[?], the Thibetan capital,…

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The Weather. Terrific Gale on the Coast. Sydney

National Advocate · Monday 11 July 1904 · page 2

A terrific south-easterly gale raged, on the coast yesterday and to-day, and shipping had a bad time, Several steamers had to put back into port owing…

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The Storm on the Coast. Delay to Shipping Nepean, Hawkesbury, and Hunter in Flood

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 12 July 1904 · page 2

Violent gales raged throughout Friday night and Saturday, the wind reaching a velocity of 60 miles an hour. Tsrrific seas were running along the coast. So furious…

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Japs Attack in a Storm a Russian Version. London

Leader · Tuesday 12 July 1904 · page 2

During a street on Friday night, torpedee’s [?] Post Arthur and attacked, the result is unknown, but Zalanaky at[?] that four…

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