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

Floods & storms, 1911

295 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 12 of 15

The Scope of the Storm

National Advocate · Tuesday 10 October 1911 · page 2

The area covered by the storm was by no means large. At Messrs. W. T. Bullock's, Stoney Creek, and G. Sutherland's, Gowan, no hail fell. at…

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Disastrous Storm Public and Private Places Flooded. Extensive Damage Done. Drowning Fatality Narrow, Ly Averted

National Advocate · Tuesday 10 October 1911 · page 2

One of the most disastrous rain and hail storms ever experienced in Bathurst passed over the city shortly after one o'clock yesterday afternoon,…

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Disastrous Storm at Bathurst. Extensive Damage Done. Drowning Fatality Narrowly Averted

Leader · Tuesday 10 October 1911 · page 1

One of the most disastrous rain and hail storms ever experienced in Bathurst passed over the city shortly after one o’clock on Monday afternoon. At…

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The Storm. Bathurst's Experience. the Town Mantled White. Extensive Damage. the Stores Suffer

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 10 October 1911 · page 2

The oldest resident cannot recall such 2 storm as passed over Bathurst shortly after midday yesterday. Certainly, bighail has fallen in Bathurst before, but…

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The Big Storm Further Particulars

National Advocate · Wednesday 11 October 1911 · page 2

Great damage was done at (Hanmire by Monday's storm one resident having the whole of his apricot and plum crops, besides his flower garden,…

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Destructive a [?] Storm Tallewong. Gulgong

Leader · Wednesday 11 October 1911 · page 2

An extraordinary storm occurred yesterday afternoon at Tallewong, near Dunedoo. The front of the Bo man Catholic Church was blown…

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Storms Along the Coast. Malta

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 12 October 1911 · page 2

Storms are raging along the coast, and are likely to delay the landing of Italian troops. The authorities here are alert to see…

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Flood-swept! Colorado and Mexico. Telegraphic and Railway Communication Crippled. Rumored Heavy Loss of Life Denver (Colorado)

National Advocate · Thursday 12 October 1911 · page 2

With the telephone and the telegraph crippled, and three hundred miles of railroad out of commission, only meagre reports have been…

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Heavy Storm at Bathurst

Molong Argus · Friday 13 October 1911 · page 2

Bathurat suffered seriously from the heavy storm on Monday afternoon, and the damge, so far as can be estimated at present, will run to a large…

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Damage by the Storm

The Bathurst Times · Friday 13 October 1911 · page 2

During the storm on Monday a [?] tree near the overhead bridge at Brewongle was struck by lightning. The electric fluid ran from the top to the…

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Lewis Ponds. a Terrific Storm

Leader · Saturday 14 October 1911 · page 1

A terrific hailstorm passed over Lewis Ponds on Monday, at 1 o’clock, The Hailstones Were the aise of marbles. and the noise of them was…

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Terrific Storm at Broken Hill. Sydney

Leader · Monday 16 October 1911 · page 2

A terrific thunderstorm occurred at Broken Hill yesterday, heavy rain lasting all day. So heavy did it fall that church goers were held up in…

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The Price of Sin. Chapter I. After the Storm

Molong Argus · Friday 20 October 1911 · page 9

The noon of a spring day hung over the green bills of Carthage, and the sun's rays, already burning, rested on the white walls of the flat-roofed…

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Boxing "Cyclone" Thompson Coming Milwaukee

National Advocate · Saturday 21 October 1911 · page 5

Thompson, the Sycamore Cyclone, sails for Australia on November to take part in the boxing contests under Mr. Hugh McIntosh's management…

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Boxing. "Cyclone" Thompson Back Again. Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Saturday 21 October 1911 · page 5

"Cyclone" Thompson, the light-weight pugilist, has sailed from Vancouver for Sydney by the Zealand. A "white hope" named Morris will…

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A Phenomenal Storm

Leader · Monday 23 October 1911 · page 2

A phenomenally heavy storm broke over Orange on Saturday evening. Though only 48 points of rain were registered the downpour was of so…

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Flood in a Mine. Twelve Miners Perish. Hibernia (U.s.a.)

The Bathurst Times · Monday 23 October 1911 · page 2

An explosion of dynamite in the iron mines belonging to the Wharton Steel Company destroyed the partition between two shafts…

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Rain and Storms

National Advocate · Tuesday 24 October 1911 · page 2

Light rain fell at intervals in Bathurst yesterday. The official forecast for to-day is as follows:—Clouds and isolated thunderstorms over the…

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A Violent Gale. Sydney

Leader · Wednesday 25 October 1911 · page 2

During Monday’s gale a weatherboard church at Arncliffe, in which the Seven Day Adventists conducted services, was wrecked, but the…

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Destructive Floods in New Zealand. Wellington (N.z.)

Leader · Wednesday 25 October 1911 · page 2

The weather is fearful on the West Coast. Extensive damage has been done by rain and sales. Portion of Greymouth to under water. As the…

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