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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 15 of 19

The Coming Deluge

National Advocate · Friday 20 September 1912 · page 3

"Money is perhaps the mightiest engine to which man can lend an intelligent guidance. Unheard, unfelt, unseen, it has the power to so distribute…

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The Floods in Victorla. Melbourne

Molong Argus · Friday 20 September 1912 · page 4

Great anxiety is still being caused throughout the country districts owing to the flocds. It is reported that several rivers have risen many feet,…

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The Floods. Waters Receding. Exciting Incidents. Further Fatalities. Melbourne

The Bathurst Times · Friday 20 September 1912 · page 2

Reports from many of the [?] districts state that the water is receding in most cases. The water is falling at Wangarratta…

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The Victorian Floods

Leader · Friday 20 September 1912 · page 4

The extent of the damage caused by the floods in Victoria, although put down at £100,000, cannot be rightly estimated, as it is impossible to gauge…

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The Victorian Floods. Melbourne

Leader · Friday 20 September 1912 · page 2

Latest reports state that in many of the flooded districts the water is receding in most cases, and there is little danger of another rise. The…

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Variety in Weather. Floods and Bush Fires

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 20 September 1912 · page 7

The Murray at Albury is in high flood, there being an unbroken sheet of water between the town and Wodonga. There has been a big rise at Cumberoona…

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The Victorian Floods. Waters Receding. Melbourne

The Bathurst Times · Saturday 21 September 1912 · page 2

Reports received from the country show that the floods are rapidly subsiding. The damage done to nine bridges in Howqua shire is estimated at…

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The Victorian Floods. Country Still Inundated. Melbourne

The Bathurst Times · Monday 23 September 1912 · page 2

A vast area is still under water between Sheppardton and Mooroopina. Several houses remain isolated…

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The Victorian Floods. Melbourne

Leader · Monday 23 September 1912 · page 2

Vast areas are still under water. The country between Shepparton and Mooroopna is covered, and several houses are isolated…

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Copper Mines Flooded. Miners' War. Powder Magazine Captured. Salt Lake (Utah)

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 24 September 1912 · page 2

The copper miners' strike is threatening to give rise to a battle between the 4000 strikers and the sheriff's forces. The whole camp is convulsed, and…

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Boating Adventure Ladies Up to the Neck in the Flood. Shepparton

National Advocate · Wednesday 25 September 1912 · page 5

A party of five—Misses Winnie Morxis and M'Kee, and Messrs. Strawbridge, Primrose and Gibson—had a narrow escape from drowning while…

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The Great Deluge (Concluded from last week.)

National Advocate · Thursday 26 September 1912 · page 4

There are at least two reasons of great weight why government should hold substantial reserve of gold of its own far political emergencies. So,…

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Our Show.—a Flood of Entries

Leader · Friday 27 September 1912 · page 3

The secretary informs us that entries are still flowing in. "There is," he says, "a ceaseless flow which tends to a perfect flood that will swamp all…

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Storms in West Australia. Perth

Leader · Monday 30 September 1912 · page 2

Violent weather is being experienced in Perth. The wind reached a velocity of 70 or 80 miles an hour. Early this morning a cyclone and hall…

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Frightful Storms in Japan. London

Leader · Monday 30 September 1912 · page 2

Hundreds of lives were lost in the recent storm in Japan, which was the worst for half a century. Damage amounted to many millions, and housands…

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A Storm in the Council. Ald. Plowman's No-confidence Motion Deferred

Leader · Wednesday 2 October 1912 · page 3

At the Orange Council meeting last night Ald. Plowman moved that— "Viewing with dismay the damage done, doing and prospective,…

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Gale's Comet Observations at Forbes. Forbes

National Advocate · Thursday 3 October 1912 · page 4

Mr. Jas. C. Jenkinson observed a close conjunction of Gale's Comet (the new comet) and the star Beta Libroe at 7.30 p.m. on Sunday, the 29th…

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Storm Swept Seas. Great Damage on French Coast. London

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 3 October 1912 · page 4

Violent gales, accompanied by a deluge of rain, raged on Sunday night and yesterday in the Atlantic and in the Channel…

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Floods. London

The Bathurst Times · Friday 4 October 1912 · page 3

Renewed floods in East Anglica have done enormous damage to the crops…

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A Boisterous Day. Bathurst Blown About. Heavy Rain. Outlook More Cheerful

The Bathurst Times · Saturday 5 October 1912 · page 2

The agricultural outlook, has improved as the result of yesterday's rain; but some people are still wrathful. Mr. Tom Sloane, for instance, had no time…

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