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

Floods & storms, 1907

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Severe Gales in England. London

Leader · Saturday 23 February 1907 · page 2

Severe gales have occurred in England and Northern Europe. The velocity of the wind reached 60 miles an hour…

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Terrible Storms in Europe a Steamer Wrecked 141 Drowned London, Thursday afternoon

National Advocate · Saturday 23 February 1907 · page 4

There have been severe gales in England and over Northern Europe, attaining in some cases the uncommon velocity of 60 miles an hour. The…

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A Heavy Storm. Sydney

Leader · Wednesday 6 March 1907 · page 2

One of the heaviest storms experienced for some time passed over Sydney early this morning The rain was very heavy, lightning vivid…

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Johnson-Lang Boxing Contest. Fought iu Heavy Rain

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 7 March 1907 · page 14

Twenty thousand men gathered on Monday night on the Richmond racecourse (Victoria), to see the meeting between the colored…

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Cyclone Sweeps Bodangora. Churches Levelled to the Ground. Many Buildings Unroofed. Trees Blown 100 Yards

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 7 March 1907 · page 5

A terrific storm of cyclonic violence struck Bodangora at 8 o'clock on Monday night, doing considerable damage. Scarcely a…

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A Terrific Cyclone Great Damage at Bodangora. Churches Levelled to the Ground Every House Damaged Wellington

National Advocate · Thursday 7 March 1907 · page 2

Bodangora, eight miles from Wellington, was struck by a cyclone at 7.45 o'clock on Monday night. The Church of England and the Roman…

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Cyclone at Bodangora

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 8 March 1907 · page 3

Bodangora, in the Wellington district, was struck by a cyclone on Monday night. Every house in the settlement, which has a population of 1000, was more or less…

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Storm in a Tea Cop

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 11 March 1907 · page 2

AT the ordinary meeting of the Mudgee Agricultural Society, held on Saturday afternoon, reference was made by the President,…

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"Storm in a Teacup."

National Advocate · Tuesday 12 March 1907 · page 2

At a meeting of the Hawkesbury District Agricultural Association on Wednesday, Mr Brinsley Hall, M.L.A. said that the alarm was as "a storm in…

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A Violent Storm. Bathurst

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 12 March 1907 · page 2

What was evidently part of the disturbance that was felt at Bodangora passed over Limekilns on Monday evening last, and travelled up Cheshire Creek. Tobin's…

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The Bodangora Cyclone SYDNEY

National Advocate · Wednesday 13 March 1907 · page 2

Owing to representations made by Mr. Thrower, the Acting-Premier today approved of a first grant of £50 being placed at the disposal of the…

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The Bodangora Cyclone. Government Promise Relief. Sydney

Leader · Wednesday 13 March 1907 · page 2

Mr. T. H. Thrower, M.L.A., had an interview to day with the Acting Premier, and put before him the plight, of a number of people who…

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Big Floods in America Very Heavy Losses London

National Advocate · Saturday 16 March 1907 · page 4

Storms of unprecedented violence have occurred over Ohio, Virginia and Kentucky and the rivers rose rapidly causing heavy losses and much…

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Heavy Rain at Narrabri. Railway Line Washed Away. Sydney

Leader · Monday 18 March 1907 · page 2

Very heavy rain at Narrabri washed away five lengths of the railway line near Edgeool station; and delayed the train for sixteen hours. fwf…

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American Floods Subsiding Damage Stated at Two Millions. London, Sunday afternoon

National Advocate · Tuesday 19 March 1907 · page 2

The floods in America are now subsiding. The damage done a Pittsburg is estimated at £2,000,000 sterling and there are 20,000 people homeless…

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Floods in the United States. 20,000 People Homeless. London

Leader · Tuesday 19 March 1907 · page 2

The floods which [?]undated the United States are subsiding. The damage at Pittsburg is estimated at £2,000,000…

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General Thunderstorms

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 8 April 1907 · page 2

Thunderstorms are reported from many places in the State, and as a result some useful showers have fallen. Nows posted in front of the telegraph…

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Rain in N-z. Floods Threatened Sydney

Leader · Wednesday 24 April 1907 · page 2

Rain has fallen at Nelson (N Z.) and all low lying ground is inundated. The rivers are rising and threaten to flood the whole country…

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Stealing a Crown Chapter X. Calm and Storm

National Advocate · Saturday 25 May 1907 · page 8

'Oh, woman, in our hours of case, Uncertain, coy, and hard to please. Whon pain and anguish wring tho brow,…

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Cyclone at Tallewang. Norris' Hall Demolished. Trees Uprooted

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 6 June 1907 · page 12

Last Sunday morning the quiet little township of Tallewang was visited by a Cyclone of unprecedented severity, and while it lasted did considerable…

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