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

Floods & storms, 1919

128 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 5 of 7

Obituary. Mr. Thomas Flood

Leader · Friday 29 August 1919 · page 5

There passed away at the Orange Hospital at 10.20 last evening of Mr. Thomas Flood, who has been lingering for some time. The body will…

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Storm in the City Rain in the Country. Sydney

National Advocate · Wednesday 3 September 1919 · page 2

A heavy thunderstorm accompanied by lightning occurred shortly after 10 o'clock this morning in the city. Lightning accompanied by…

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Thunderstorm. and Light Rain

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 4 September 1919 · page 19

A thunderstorm that held the promise of a good rain passed even the town early on Tuesday morning. The storm was, however, only…

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Gulf of Mexico Storm. Enormous Damage. WASHINGTON

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 18 September 1919 · page 16

A Texas message states that bridge timbers, bales of cotton, sections of houses, and cattle have all been thrown on to the tops of…

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Spanish Liner Sank, Three Rundred and Sixty Missing. Gale Off Texas Coast. Vancouver

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 22 September 1919 · page 2

The Spanish liner Valbarena Sank in goft. of water after wrecking on the whoals to miles from Rey West (an island in the Gulf…

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Wool. Drought and Deluge

Molong Argus · Friday 26 September 1919 · page 1

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report:—Australian sheepmen generally are faced with dry times, and are suffering stock losses owing to…

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To Flood the Severn Tunnel. Unless Military Withdrawn. (Published in the "Times.")

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 2 October 1919 · page 13

The "Times'" Cardiff (Wales) correspondent states that the Severn tunnel railwaymen have threatened to call out the…

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Floods in Spain Some Ghastly Scenes. Madrid

National Advocate · Saturday 4 October 1919 · page 2

Continuous rain storms have caused serious floods, especially in the provinces of Marcia and Valencia, where the railway traffic has been…

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Disastrous Indian Cyclone

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 6 October 1919 · page 2

Reuter's correspondent at Calcutta states that a cyclone in East Bengal caused indescribable havoc. Thousands of small craft were sunk, many lives were lost, and…

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Cyclone in India Thousands Homeless. London

National Advocate · Monday 6 October 1919 · page 2

Reuter's Calcutta correspondent states that a cyclone has swept over eastern Bengal, causing indescribable havoc to the jute industry…

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Spanish Floods Train's Sensational Escape. Madrid

National Advocate · Saturday 11 October 1919 · page 4

The disastrous floods at Dalencia nearly caused a train catastrophe, which was averted owing to the presence of mind of the driver…

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Fight of Death. Seven Killed in Air Race. Speeding in Snow Storm. New York

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 20 October 1919 · page 1

Further reports are to hand of the Ball Francisco-New york air race. So far, there have been seven…

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Terrific Storm in Sydney

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 27 October 1919 · page 2

A terrific thunderstorm accompanied by heavy though short lived rain and a terrific bombardment of [?]stones, visited Sydney in the…

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Industrial Storm. In New Zealand. Wellington N.z.)

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 30 October 1919 · page 20

The industrial storm in New Zealand has broken at last, though it is still possible that a settlement will be reached. Work at…

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A Thunderstorm. and Some Rain. Heavy in Places

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 30 October 1919 · page 5

A thunderstorm broke over the town on Saturday morning. There was some rain with the storm, out of which there was a…

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Great Gales in Britain. Many Steamers Wrecked

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 5 November 1919 · page 2

The "Times" states that the gales which are preventing the aviators from making a start for Australia are strewing Britain's shores with the wreckage of ships, especially…

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Storm in the Channel. Four Vessels Wrecked. on the Goodwin Sands. London, Tuesday Evening

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 6 November 1919 · page 20

Four small vessels were wrecked on the Goodwin sands in a violent gale in the Channel on Saturday night…

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Airship Sale. Remarkable Flight. All Night in Storm

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 13 November 1919 · page 5

The Zeppelin at Bodensee which was damaged in attempting to land and drifted away in a snowstorm landed after being 20 hours in the air…

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Yesterday's Storms Some Heavy Falls

National Advocate · Friday 14 November 1919 · page 2

Apart from the destruction done by the hailstorm the thunderstorms that visited the Bathurst district yesterday averaging a rainfall of nearly half an [?] Creek the registrations were from 62 points to an inch; at Orton Park there were 46 points; at Rainham 53, the Bathurst…

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Thunderstorms

Leader · Friday 14 November 1919 · page 7

Early yesterday morning a thunderstrom burst over the town, but, beyond laying the dust and freshening up the gardens, it was not of very…

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