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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 3 of 16

Cyclone and Torrential Rains. Brisbane

Leader · Friday 31 January 1913 · page 2

A cyclone is raging at Cairns and torrential rains are falling. Mountainous seas are running and two steamers are overdue…

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Storm in the Tea Cup

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 31 January 1913 · page 8

Figuratively, it is a storm in the tea cup; actually, it is a storm beside the tea cup, produced by an interloper, the baby 'bottle of colonial wine. Three of Sydney's…

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Storm-beaten Queensland. Steamer Overdue. Brisbane

The Bathurst Times · Friday 31 January 1913 · page 3

A cyclone is raging at Cairns. Torential rains have fallen. Two steamers are overdue…

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Cyclone at Cairns Torrential Rain and High Seas. Brisbane

National Advocate · Friday 31 January 1913 · page 3

News has just been received that a cyclone is raging at Cairns. The storm is accompanied by torrential rain, and mountainous seas are…

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Terrible Floods Hundreds of Houses Submerged. the Queensland Cyclone. Townsville, Saturday night

National Advocate · Monday 3 February 1913 · page 2

Advices received at 5.50 this afternoon from Cairns state that the steamer Wyandra is safe, and that the steamer Palmer was towed into the…

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Cyclone. Rough Times in the North. 22 Inches of Rain in 24 Hours. Shipping Disaster. Brisbane

The Bathurst Times · Monday 3 February 1913 · page 2

Cyclones are raging in the North of Queensland, enormous damage being recorded. At Innisfail hundred of house are…

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Cyclones and Terrific Floods Brisbane

Leader · Monday 3 February 1913 · page 2

The cyclones raging in the north caused tremendous damage. There were terrible floods at Innisfall, and hundreds of houses were submerged…

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Wedding WELLINGTON—GALE

National Advocate · Wednesday 5 February 1913 · page 2

All Saints' Cathedral, Bathurst, was the scene of a pretty wedding last night. when Mr. Claude M. Wellington, of the Railway Department, was…

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Wedding. Wellington— Gale

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 5 February 1913 · page 2

A wedding that created considerable interest was celebrated in All Saints' Cathedral yesterday evening by the Rev. Canon Forster. The parties were…

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Storm

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 6 February 1913 · page 15

A violent storm visited the district on Sunday afternoon and did considerable damage in places, but fell nicely in other places, registering…

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Storms in the City. Sydney

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 6 February 1913 · page 17

A heavy thunderstorm passed over the city last night. A man named Tristan was blown off n timber stack at Hudson's yard…

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Fearful Storm on the Barrier. Inopportune Fire. Broken Will

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 6 February 1913 · page 2

The terrific heat yesterday was succeeded last night by a terrihe duststorm. The wind blew a hurricane. During the height of the storm a…

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The Queensland Floods. Brisbane

Leader · Thursday 6 February 1913 · page 2

Delayed telegraphic advices from Cairns state that, in connection with the recent cyclone, unprecedented floods are being experienced. The…

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Families on Housetops Ferry Boats Ashore. Three People Drowned in the Flood. Innisfal (Q.)

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 6 February 1913 · page 3

Heartrending scenes are reported. Families were taken off the housetops during the flood brought about by the recent cyclone. When the water was…

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The Seine in Flood. Paris Submerged in Parts. London

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 6 February 1913 · page 2

A Paris telegram reports that the Seine is rising, and that the lower portions of Paris are submerged. The water is now threatening the greater…

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Cyclones and Terrific Floods. Brisbane

Molong Argus · Friday 7 February 1913 · page 1

The cyclones raging in the north caused tremendous damage. There were terrible floods at Innisfail, and hundreds of houses were…

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The Seine Flood. Preparations in Paris Paris

The Bathurst Times · Friday 7 February 1913 · page 2

The Seine continues to rise, but it is still: 40 centmeters off the danger mark. The authorities are preparing for the flood and rescue parties are…

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Devastation. Floods in the North. Intense Suffering Cairns

The Bathurst Times · Saturday 8 February 1913 · page 2

A press representative who has just returned from an inspection of the sugar areas reports that at Bahana Creek, where the men were at work…

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Heavy Rain

Leader · Monday 10 February 1913 · page 4

We understand that heavy rains having a duration of over two hours, fell at Guyong this morning, [?]mencing at 4 a.m. The registering…

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Rain in Bathurst Storm at Hathrop

National Advocate · Monday 10 February 1913 · page 2

Rain commenced to fall in Bathurst shortly before 6 o'clock yesterday afternoon, and continued for al out two hours, 50 points being recorded at 9…

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