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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 12 of 19

The First Thunderstorm

National Advocate · Saturday 3 August 1912 · page 4

A heavy thunderstorm, the first of the season, and which was accompanied by vivid lightning, passed over Bathurst last evening, and was…

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Floods in Nevada. Traffic Disorganised. Reno Nevada

The Bathurst Times · Monday 5 August 1912 · page 2

Railway traffic and telegraphic communication have been interrupted in Western Nevada, owing to floods. These are attributed to the recent…

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Our First Thunderstorm

Leader · Monday 5 August 1912 · page 4

On Saturday evening the first thunderstorm of the winter passed over the town. The total rainfall for July was 6.45 inches, which far exceeds…

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Floods in Victoria. Melbourne

Leader · Monday 5 August 1912 · page 2

Floods swept away 20 feet of an embankment at Turriff, on the Mildura railway line, and all trains were delayed in consequence…

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Floods in Nevada. Traffic Disorganised. Reno (Nevada), Friday evening

National Advocate · Monday 5 August 1912 · page 3

Railway traffic and telegraphic communication have been interrupted in Western Nevada, owing to floods. These are attributed to the recent…

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The Coldest August. Floods in East Yorkshire. Hay Floating, Crops Rotting. London

National Advocate · Tuesday 6 August 1912 · page 5

This is the coldest August for half a century. The Grampians are snowclad. A' party of hay-makers at Cumberland indulged in a snowballing…

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Effects of the Floods

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 8 August 1912 · page 2

Mr. Alfred J. Trewren, of Kelso, in a communication received at yesterday's meeting of the turon shire Council, drew attention to a creek coming form…

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After the Storm

National Advocate · Friday 9 August 1912 · page 2

After a storm comes a calm. This was very noticeable at yesterday's meeting of the Turon Shire Council, at which five of the six councillors were…

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Storms in Spain. Madrid

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 15 August 1912 · page 16

The north coast of Spain was swept by a destructive storm. Many fishing vessels foundered…

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Killed by His Own Invention a British Airman's Death. Gale Worsts Monoplane. London

National Advocate · Thursday 15 August 1912 · page 3

Fenwick, a civilian, the inventor of the Mersey monoplane, was flying on one of his machines of this pat­tern at Salisbury Plain, when the…

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Precautions Against Floods

The Bathurst Times · Friday 16 August 1912 · page 2

Mr. W. J. Hanna, Under Secretary of the Department of Public Works, has notified the Bathurst Council that a proclamation has been issued, in the…

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Storm Before the Wedding Adelaide

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 21 August 1912 · page 2

Joseph Mann and Alice Maude Smith, who were to have been married on Wednesday, were the chief actors in a Police Court case to-day, in which…

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Violent Storms in England. London

Leader · Thursday 22 August 1912 · page 2

Violent thunderstorms have failed in various parts of England. Crops have been damaged, and cattle killed while grazing. In two districts of…

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Automobiles at £50. to Flood the English Market. London

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 22 August 1912 · page 3

" The Daily Express" makes the startling announcement that a group of American manufacturers has decided to flood the British market with…

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Cable News Thunderstorms and Cloudbursts. Havoc in Britain. Crops and Stock Suffer. London, Tuesday evening

National Advocate · Thursday 22 August 1912 · page 3

Violent thunderstorms and cloud­bursts are reported from various parts. The disturbances seriously affected the harvest. A number of cattle grazing…

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Those Baby Fivers. a Deluge of Applications. Question of Illegitimates. Melbourne

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 27 August 1912 · page 3

Hundreds of letters have been received by the Federal authorities supporting or condemning the proposed maternity allowance…

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Floods in England. May Crops Abandoned. London, Sunday evening

National Advocate · Tuesday 27 August 1912 · page 4

Disastrous floods have occurred in the Midlands. Farmers of Yorkshire are abandoning their hay, and allowing the villagers to take it for pig-stye…

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Heavy Rain at Bathurst

Leader · Wednesday 28 August 1912 · page 2

A heavy storm passed over Bathurst on Monday, over an inch of rain being recorded. The records were also consistently heavy in the…

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Disastrous Cyclone at Grenfell. Grenfell

Leader · Wednesday 28 August 1912 · page 2

A disastrous cyclone occurred at Grenfell last night. The wind tore at a fearful pace, leaving destruction in its track. Luckily it was confined to…

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Cyclone at Grenfell Enormous Damage. Two Men Injured. Grenfell

National Advocate · Wednesday 28 August 1912 · page 2

A cyclonic storm, which caused en­ormous damage, passed over the town yesterday afternoon. The influence of the storm was confined to a strip…

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