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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 11 of 19

Flood at O'Connell

The Bathurst Times · Saturday 27 July 1912 · page 2

The O'Connell stock sale, advertised by Mr. F. M. Luther, of Gingkin, to take place on Wednesday, July 31, has been postponed for seven days on…

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Saved From the Flood. Telephone Work. Vancouver

The Bathurst Times · Saturday 27 July 1912 · page 2

A dramatic story comes from the West Virginian town of Dunbar. A clerk working at some quarries two miles distant was warned by telephone…

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Floods. Sequel to Heavy Rains. Extensive Damage. Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Saturday 27 July 1912 · page 2

Reports received this morning show that a number of stations had had very heavy falls of rain, especially on the coast and highlands. Rain is also…

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Rain and Floods. Ten Inches of Rain. Sydney

Leader · Saturday 27 July 1912 · page 6

Reports received this morning show that a number of stations have had further heavy falls of rain, especially on the coast and highlands. Rains…

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Like Rais in a Trap Fourteen Miners Drowned. Burst of Mountain-side Reservoir. Several Mines Flooded. Frantic Wives and Mothers. Union Town (Pennsylvania)

National Advocate · Saturday 27 July 1912 · page 4

Sixty deaths have occurred as a result of the floods. The residents of small towns are panic-stricken. Further details are available…

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Another Storm Raging Shipping Disasters. Two Coastal Steamers Ashore

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 29 July 1912 · page 1

The storm which started last Sunday week had no sooner blown itself out when the New South Wales coast was attacked by another, which this…

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The Rainfall Floods in Places. the Hawkesbury High. Sydney, Sunday

The Bathurst Times · Monday 29 July 1912 · page 2

Reports from the coun[?] that more general rains have rallen. Many rivers are rising, and floods are feared…

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Flood Waters Receding. Sydney

Leader · Monday 29 July 1912 · page 2

The weather is still showery, and the seas are moderate. The flood water at Camden is receding, and the Cambridge bridge is clear, and traffic…

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Disastrous Floods. Low-lying Lands Inundated. Sydney

Leader · Monday 29 July 1912 · page 2

Reports from the country state that more rain has failed, and many rivers are rising. The Namoi at Walgett is eleven feet above the summer level…

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Hawkesbury Floods Miles of Water. Settlers' Heavy Losses, SYDNEY

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 29 July 1912 · page 3

The latest from the Hawkesbury River shows that the floods have done great damage to many houses in low-lying parts. Richmond has…

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Hawkesbury in Flood Windsor Surrounded. Some Thrilling Experiences. Sydney

National Advocate · Monday 29 July 1912 · page 2

The Hawkesbury River on Friday broke over its banks, and the flood water was higher than for many years…

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The Rainfall Sydney Saturated. Floods in the North. Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 30 July 1912 · page 2

Rain continues to fall in the city. Nearly ten inches have already fallen this month, and there have been 19 wet days…

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American Floods; Seventy Lives Lost. Uniontown (Pennsyl.)

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 30 July 1912 · page 4

Cloudbursts have flooded the streams in the surrounding districts with disastrous results. Hundreds of families have had to…

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Floods on the Hunter. Sydney

Leader · Tuesday 30 July 1912 · page 3

The continued rainfall has caused floods in the M[?]itland district, and all the low lying arms are under water, and many of The roads are under…

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Floods on the Hunter. Sydney

Leader · Tuesday 30 July 1912 · page 2

The continu[?] rainfall has caused floods in the Maitland district, and all the low lying [?]arms are under water, and many of Hie roads are under…

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Hawkesbury Flood Subsiding. Sydney

National Advocate · Tuesday 30 July 1912 · page 2

The water in the Hawkesbury has subsided a Rood deal, leaving large quantities of driftwood over the road-ways at Windsor…

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Hawkesbury Flood Subsiding. Sydney

National Advocate · Wednesday 31 July 1912 · page 3

The flood in the Hawkesbury has subsided till it is now only 12 feet above the normal level…

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Mr. Gale, P.M., Farewelled Departure From Dubbo

National Advocate · Thursday 1 August 1912 · page 4

At the police court (says the "Dubbo Dispatch"), Mr. Gates, who is relinquishing the post of relieving P.M. at Dubbo was subjected to a veritable…

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The '57 Flood. Some Particulars

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 1 August 1912 · page 32

"Re the continuous rains which, are being experienced throughout the State, the following, copied from an old paper, should be of interest:…

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Sun-spots and Storms

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 2 August 1912 · page 7

Mr. Garrett Serviss figures in the encyclopoedia as a man of world-wide refutation. It is as a scientist. Probably he is the most fascinating writer on…

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