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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 7 of 19

Latest Cables Mississippi Flood 30,000 People Homeless. Losses Estimated at £3,000,000. Danger Not Yet Over. Memphis ([?]

National Advocate · Wednesday 10 April 1912 · page 2

A. crisis has been reached [?] the flood in the Mississippiof the [?] in the Arkansas and Mississippi States and Northern Louisiania hold…

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The Coming Storm. Paris

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 11 April 1912 · page 4

The Academy of Science has had submitted to it a contrivance by which the approach of storms can be detected by "wireless" at a distance of 300 miles…

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Flood Dancers Passing. Mississippi Subsiding. Memphis (Miss.)

National Advocate · Thursday 11 April 1912 · page 3

The flood dangers are passing. The river is falling…

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Terrific Storm. Zeehan Has a Bad Time. Sydney

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 18 April 1912 · page 10

A terrific storm occurred at Zeehan (Tas.) Many people received electric shocks. One flash destroyed all the…

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Cale on the Coast Heavy Rain. Sydney

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 22 April 1912 · page 3

A strong south-easterly gale set in during last night over Sydney accompanied by heavy rain, which still continues…

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Storm in Sydney. Rough Seas Trams Derailed

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 22 April 1912 · page 2

The storm still continues in Sydney and there, are heavy rains and squalls. High seas are running along the coast, and incoming vessels report having had a bad…

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The American Floods. Big Loss of Life. Jackson (Misissipi)

The Bathurst Times · Monday 22 April 1912 · page 2

It is reported that 200 persons drowned during the floods in Bolwar county. Six thousand refugees are camped at…

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Destructive Gale. Building Blown Down. Shipping Affected. Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 23 April 1912 · page 2

A gale blowing throughout the day was responsible for much damage. A two-storey factory in the course of erection at Waterloo was blown…

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Gale in Sydney Velocity of 55 Miles an Hour. Damage to Property. Sydney

National Advocate · Tuesday 23 April 1912 · page 4

The southerly, which passed over the city last night, reached a velocity of 55 miles an hour. Considerable damage was done in Sydney and…

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Storm Channel Tragedy. Clarice Barkers Death. Looking for the Missing Men. Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Saturday 27 April 1912 · page 5

Notwithstanding the active work of the Newtown police in connection with the tragedy of last Sunday morning, when the body of Clarice Aha Barker…

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Earlier Cables Flood-swept Village. 500 Persons Homeless. a Telephone Girl's Warning. Syracuse (New York)

National Advocate · Saturday 27 April 1912 · page 7

Five hundred persons are homeless at the village of Millville. A dam collapsed, releasing a lake two miles long. The flood swept al before it into the…

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Caught in a Gale Damage on the Maheno, Sydney

National Advocate · Monday 29 April 1912 · page 3

The Union liner Maheno arrived yesterday from Auckland after a very rough passage. Her officers denied that anything serious in the way of…

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The Aftermath. American Floods. Washington

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 30 April 1912 · page 2

The Senate has appropriated £300,000 for repairs to the levees along the banks of the Mississipi, which were destroyed by the late floods…

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Disastrous Cyclone. New York

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 1 May 1912 · page 2

At least 50 persons were killed and twice as many injured in the cyclone which swept Oklahama…

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The Storm Water Channel Report

Leader · Thursday 2 May 1912 · page 2

In company with Mr. Beaton, the shire engineer, and Mr. Armytage, Orange Council sanitary inspector, Mr. T. B. Hill, the East Orange…

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The Mississippi Floods. New York

The Bathurst Times · Monday 6 May 1912 · page 3

The flood conditions on the lower Mississippi are the worst on record. In the State of Louisiana several towns are under water, and 115,000…

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The American Floods. Towns Swept Away. Residents on the Housetops. Vancouver

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 8 May 1912 · page 2

Reports of the floods in the Torras district and the lower Mississippi show that the situation is one of the graves: yet experienced…

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Floods in the States. People Swept Off House. Tops. 1000 People Homeless. New Orleans

National Advocate · Wednesday 8 May 1912 · page 4

Flood reports from Torras grow in gravity. People were swept off roofs of houses, the water exceeding the height of telegraph poles. Several…

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Flooded Out. Thousands of Americans in Danger. New York

The Bathurst Times · Monday 13 May 1912 · page 2

The severest rainstorms ever experienced have occurred, and the people are panic-stricken. The Mississippi rose eight inches in…

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Floods and Lightning. Damage in the States. Desmoines (Iowa)

National Advocate · Monday 13 May 1912 · page 2

Terrific electric storms visited the district yesterday. Houses were flooded by rainstorms. Lightning struck a warehouse…

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