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

Floods & storms, 1905

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

Thursday’s Storm

Leader · Monday 25 September 1905 · page 4

Three telegraph poste wore split by lightning during the storm on Thursday…

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Cunard Liner Flooded. London

National Advocate · Tuesday 17 October 1905 · page 4

Owing to the unexpected flooding of the steamship Campania off Great Banks five of the steerage passengers were swept overboard and thirty others…

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Caught in a Storm. Burraga Residents' Rough Experience

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 27 October 1905 · page 5

While returning from Oberon on Sunday night last four of our local residents, Messrs. Booth, Ward, Modrel, and Trathen, had a very rough experience in the storm…

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Mitigating Flood Waters Sydney

Leader · Friday 27 October 1905 · page 3

The Minister for Works to-day told a deputation on flood mitigation in the Hunter Valley that he would see if a proper scheme could not be devis[?]d…

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Heavy Rain

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 28 October 1905 · page 6

AFTER hanging about all the afternoon a steady downpour set in at 7 o'clock last Sunday evening and continued without intermission till about midnight. The whole of the district participated…

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A Disastrous Storm

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 20 November 1905 · page 2

A thunderstorm, accompanied by a mighty, rushing wind, created some havoc in various parts of the district within a ten-mile radius of Mudgee on…

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Terrific Storm at Maitland. Much Damage Done. West Maitland

National Advocate · Monday 20 November 1905 · page 4

The thermometer reached 102 degrees in the shade on Friday. At half-past 4 in the afternoon a terrific wind and dust[?] broke over the district,…

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Weathering the Storm. Count Witte's Prospects. Russian Stocks Rising. Normal Conditions Returning. London

National Advocate · Wednesday 22 November 1905 · page 2

The "Daily Telegraph" says the workmen's delegates, foreseeing danger of bloodshed and civil war hastened to undo what they had done. Work has…

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Cable News. Severe Gales London

Leader · Wednesday 29 November 1905 · page 2

The gale just experienced on the Southern and Eastern coasts of Bag land is the severest for years,…

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Severe Gale in England. London, Monday afternoon

National Advocate · Wednesday 29 November 1905 · page 3

The gale experienced on the southern and eastern coasts of England bas been the severest for years;…

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Fierce Storm at Merriwa

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 30 November 1905 · page 21

The customary Sunday excitement of a cow walking down the main street was quite eclipsed last Sunday by a burning tree near the hospital…

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Storm in the Assembly

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 5 December 1905 · page 3

Many stormy scenes were witnessed in the Assembly during the debate on the North Coast railway. Mr. Gardiner was removed by the Sergeant-at-Arms…

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Disastrous Storm at Brisbane. Sydney

Leader · Monday 11 December 1905 · page 3

During a great rainstorm in Brisbane on Thursday nearly nine inches of rain fell. In the suburbs yesterday the flood…

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Mount Victoria Storms

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 12 December 1905 · page 2

A violent thunderstorm occurred early on Thursday afternoon. It lasted only twenty minutes, but sixty points of rain fell, and also a quantity of small hail, which…

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Storm at Dubbo. Dubbo

National Advocate · Saturday 16 December 1905 · page 2

A heavy rain storm passed over Dubbo at luncheon hour to day, 37 points of rain being recorded…

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