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

Floods & storms, 1912

366 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 10 of 19

Mexican Floods. Wholesale Devastation. £4.000,000 Damage. Mexico City

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 17 July 1912 · page 2

Terrible floods, the result of a cloud burst, devastated the State of Guana-juanto, in the interior of Mexico. Two hundred persons have perished…

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Cables. Disastrous Floods in Mexico. Two Hundred Lives Lost. London

Leader · Wednesday 17 July 1912 · page 2

Cloud bursts have caused disastrous floods in Gunanjuncto, Mexico, where 200 people have perished, and the towns of Celayra and Solarnmea have…

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Terrific Gales at Sea. Sydney

Leader · Thursday 18 July 1912 · page 2

The steamer Moraki, which arrived from New Zealand this morning, met with the full force of the recent gale. Huge seas swept the decks, and the…

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A Destrictive Storm. Sydney

Leader · Thursday 18 July 1912 · page 2

The damage caused by the recent storm at Newcastle is estimated at £6000. The big breakwater was damaged considerably, and damage…

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The Gales. Damage Along the Coast. Remarkable Phenomena. Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 18 July 1912 · page 3

The gales along the coast have abated. The ocean beaches presented a weather-worn and battered appearance…

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Gales on the Coast Seas Like Tidal Waves. Ships' Rough Passages. Sydney

National Advocate · Thursday 18 July 1912 · page 2

Moderating conditions are apparent at places along the New South Wales coast although reports received this morning indicate heavy and turbulent…

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The Recent Storm. Damages and Delays

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 19 July 1912 · page 6

The storm passed away to the east on Wednesday. A southerly gale was raging in New Zealand. Heavy rains have fallen, resulting in floods in various parts of the…

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Storms in New Zealand Worst for Years. Wellington (N.z.)

National Advocate · Friday 19 July 1912 · page 3

The country is jut now experiencing one of the worst series of storms ever experienced for years. The rivers in both islands are roaring floods, and…

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Cox's River. Caught in a Flood

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 19 July 1912 · page 4

We have had a lovely fall of rain, and the rivers have become uncrossable. While returning home late on Sunday night. Mr. Tom McMahon, jun., and Mr. W…

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Telegrams. a Result of the Gales on the Coast. Sydney

Leader · Saturday 20 July 1912 · page 6

During the recent gales thousands of fish of rock and deep sea varieties, were washed up at Clifton. Octopuses were plentiful, and beaches…

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The Recent Gale. Mysteries of the Sea Revealed. Clifton

The Bathurst Times · Saturday 20 July 1912 · page 6

During the recent gale thousands of fish-rock and deep-sea varieties-were washed up here. Octopuses were plentiful, and the beaches were also strewn…

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Cloud Burst's Havoc. Mining Towns Flooded. New York

The Bathurst Times · Monday 22 July 1912 · page 2

A croud-burst at Lovelock, a mining town 30 miles from Reno, Nevada, wrought great destruction. What the actual loss of life was is not…

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Caught In a Flood

National Advocate · Monday 22 July 1912 · page 2

While returning home late to Cox's River, Mr. Tom McMahon, jun., and Mr. W. Sproule were caught in the flood. When crossing in front of Mr…

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Gales and a [?]Dal Wave. Melborne

Leader · Tuesday 23 July 1912 · page 2

A heavy gale and tidal wave shifted the bar at the Ike's entrance, a distance of 200 yards, and washed away the fishermen equipment and…

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Night Storm-water Channel

Leader · Thursday 25 July 1912 · page 2

Charles Car[?]e wool classer, residing at Erskin[?]ille, was found lying unconscious in [?]he storm-water channel in Camper[?]w[?] on Monday…

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Telegrams. Heavy Rain at Goulburn. Goulburn

Leader · Friday 26 July 1912 · page 2

Very heavy rains have fallen in the Goulburn district, and the Mulwarree River is in flood, many of the lowlying flats being under water and the…

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Gales on the Coast

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 26 July 1912 · page 4

Gales of considerable fury swept the coast yesterday. The storm was attended by very heavy, rain squalls and high seas. Rain fell continually in Sydney,…

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P. AND O. Steamer in the Gale. Sydney

Leader · Friday 26 July 1912 · page 2

A P. and O. steamer was greatly knocked about during the storm last night. Heavy seas swept over the bridge, 40ft. above the water line. A…

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Floods in the South. Goulburn

The Bathurst Times · Friday 26 July 1912 · page 3

Heavy rains have fallen in the dis-trict, and the Muhvaree River is now in flood. Many flats and fences are un-der water, and the river is still rising…

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Floods in Japan. Heavy Loss of Life. Tokio

The Bathurst Times · Friday 26 July 1912 · page 2

The floods by which the heavy rains along the northern, coast have been followed, it is believed, have been responsible for a great loss of…

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