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

Floods & storms, 1913

320 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 2 of 16

Storm in Bathurst Streets Flooded, Cutters Overflow. Damage in Stewart-street. 85 Points in 25 Minutes

National Advocate · Thursday 16 January 1913 · page 2

After the thermometer had registered 93.5 degrees, a storm, accompanied by strong wind, some lightning and thunder, passed, over…

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Ohio in Flood. Thousands Lose Their Homes. New York

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 16 January 1913 · page 4

Messages from Cincinnati report that between 2000 and 3000 people arc homeless owing to the rising of the Ohio. In some parts the situation is declared…

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Missing Steamer. Storm-crippled. London

The Bathurst Times · Friday 17 January 1913 · page 2

Nothing has been heard for more than a week of the Hamburg-American cargo steamer Abyssinia. The vessel was crippled by the…

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Shipping Mishaps Effect of Terrific Gales. a Big Steamer Founders. London

National Advocate · Friday 17 January 1913 · page 4

The Snowdon Range has reached the inner harbor at Queenstown. The Russian barque California was dashed against the rocks an the coast…

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Disastrous Floods. Cincinatti

Leader · Friday 17 January 1913 · page 2

More than 3000 families, who are sufferiug through the floods, have been provided for. The floods have now abated…

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American Floods. Families Destitute. Cincinnatti

The Bathurst Times · Friday 17 January 1913 · page 2

More than three thousand families are being provided for as a result of the floods, which have now abated…

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Thunderstorms

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 17 January 1913 · page 4

As a result of thunderstorms on Wednesday afternoon and night, 36 points of rain [wore registered in Lithgow yesterday morning. Another storm, accompanied by…

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Extraordinary Rains. Floods on the Railways. Brisbane

The Bathurst Times · Saturday 18 January 1913 · page 1

A telegram to the Commissioner for Railways from Maryborough yesterday stated that heavy continuous rain fell throughout that district during the past…

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Floods. Country Inundated. 32 Inches of Rain in Two Days. Devastation in the North, Brisbane

The Bathurst Times · Saturday 18 January 1913 · page 2

At Bundaberg 32 inches of rain have fallen in two days, which is the heaviest in the history of the centre…

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H[?]t Weather and Thunderstorms

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 20 January 1913 · page 2

Sixteen points of rain were recorded on Saturday morning, as a result of showers on Friday. There was a complete change of conditions on Saturday and Sunday, the…

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Steamer Breaks Down Battling with Atlantic Storms. London

National Advocate · Tuesday 21 January 1913 · page 4

The Hamburg-American liner Christian X, reached Queenstown in a broken-down condition. The vessel spent 43 days battling with, storms in the…

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Steamer's Dreadful Ordeal. 43 Days Battle with Atlantic Gales. London

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 22 January 1913 · page 1

After having battled with fierce hurricanes in the Atlantic for 43 days, the steamer Christian X has been compelled to return to Queenstown…

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The Ohio in Flood. High Land Inundated. New York

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 23 January 1913 · page 2

Messages from Cairo, Illinois, report that the Ohio is again flooded, and that hundreds of acres of land that were hitherto believed to be beyond the…

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The Barrier: a Story of Society Sins and Sinners. INSTALMENT V. (Continued). the Storm Bursts

The Bathurst Times · Friday 24 January 1913 · page 1

Since Glory had returned to London she had taken, to walking every morning between ten and eleven, in the Park, with Dorothy Morton. She would, have…

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Overwhelmed by Flood. Fate of Indian Pilgrims. Suakim

National Advocate · Friday 24 January 1913 · page 5

A caravan of Indian pilgrims at Elkamra, midway between Medina and Yamba, was overwhelmed at mid-night by a sudden mountain flood…

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Heavy Storm

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 27 January 1913 · page 3

One of the heaviest storms, over, experienced at Burrendong occurred on Monday afternoon last in the vicinity of Pine Park. Over seven…

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Flooded Out. "Daily Telegraph" Office. Damage, £80,000. SYDNEY

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 27 January 1913 · page 2

Owing to the accidental flooding of the machine-room in the "Daily Telegraph" building, due to the bursting of a main water pipe in an…

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Water Main Busts "The Daily Telegraph Office Affected. Basements Flooded. Sydney

National Advocate · Monday 27 January 1913 · page 2

Some time after midnight, a large 8-inch main, connected with the fire sprinkling service at the office of "The Daily Telegraph." broke near the…

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Strikers Storm Hotels Violent Street Scenes. Lively Doings in New York. New York

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 29 January 1913 · page 4

Things were made lively on Saturday by the waiters and other hotel and restaurant employees at present on strike. Failing in an attempt to tie up the…

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The Welcome Rain Storm

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 31 January 1913 · page 7

There are few things that are more depressing than a drizzle. On the other hand, there is no condition of the atmosphere which is more invigorating than the first…

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