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

Floods & storms, 1923

145 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 7 of 8

Capertee Notes Damage by Storm

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 27 September 1923 · page 8

In common with other places, Capertee must echo its wail of woe at the amount of destruction occasioned by the devastating wind…

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The Storm

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 1 October 1923 · page 1

In many respects the storm that swept part of New South Wales and Victoria the other day was the worst on record, and certainly the most peculiar. It was a dry…

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Cyclone Strikes Sydney Sydney, Sunday Night

National Advocate · Monday 1 October 1923 · page 2

Another windstorm struck Sydney this evening. The wind Suddenly veered round from north east to west and, gaining velocity, struck…

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Severe Shock Damage in Japan. More Storms

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 1 October 1923 · page 9

NEW YORK, September 26. Advices from Tokio state that another severe earthquake occurred in the Hiroshima district on…

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Extensive Damage Gale in Sydney. Sydney

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 1 October 1923 · page 6

Yesterday a heavy gale did considerable damage to the city and suburbs. The wind reached a velocity of 57 miles an hour. Shop…

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Ulan Notes Dust Storm

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 4 October 1923 · page 13

A very thick dust storm swept over Murragamba last Thursday, doing damage to sheds, houses, and fences. The fury of the storm…

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Channel Gales

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 5 October 1923 · page 4

Terrific gales are sweeping the south of England and the north of France. The channel seas are so rough that the service has been suspended. Mr. Bruce, Australian…

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Hoax Causes Flood of Cats to Moscow

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 5 October 1923 · page 8

Vladimir Gezikavi[?]h, a Russian fallow merchant, in the New York "Times," tells the story of how the whole of Northern Europe was denuded of cuts through a…

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"Tess of the Storm Country."

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 8 October 1923 · page 6

Devoted to the cinema art will have the opportunity of seeing "Tess of the Storm Country" at the Criterion to-night. In the…

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Back From Dead Nine Days Entombed in Flooded Mine

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 8 October 1923 · page 9

After being entombed for nine days in the darkness of the flooded Redding nine at Falkirk, five men who had been given up for lost…

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Wedding Bells HOLBERT—GALE

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 11 October 1923 · page 29

a pretty wedding was celebrated at St. James's Church of England, Smithfield, by the Rev. G. Walton, on Saturday afternoon, September…

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Terrific Gales in England. Much Destruction of Property. LONDON, Sunday. LONDON

Leader · Monday 15 October 1923 · page 2

Abnormal high tides, combined with hurricane seas, and a sixty mile an hour gale, has left a trail of damage on the south coast of England. The…

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River Murray in Flood. Sleep Perishing free[?] Cold. MELBOURNE

Leader · Monday 15 October 1923 · page 2

An Albury message states that a heavy fall of snow in the Upper Murray country was so severe that a big volume of snow water has swollen the…

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Record Victorian Floods. Devastation and Loss of Life. MELBOURNE

Leader · Monday 15 October 1923 · page 2

Death and disaster accompany the worst flood that Melbourne has experienced for many years, and there is every indication that the position…

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More Floods Serious Damage at Oklahama Vancouver

National Advocate · Wednesday 17 October 1923 · page 2

A message, from Oklahama states that the low-lying portions of the State have been flooded to a deptn of seven feet. The property losses…

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Storm in Bathurst

National Advocate · Saturday 20 October 1923 · page 7

Late yesterday afternoon, a fairly heavy thunderstorm accompanied by a little thunder and each lightning, swept over Bathurst. Rain continued…

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Storm Strikes Mudgee Gutters Flow Over-streets Awash-water. Every Where

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 22 October 1923 · page 6

Mudgee was the centre of a great rain storm on Friday evening. The pain poured in torrents and soon the street cutters were following over…

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Geurie Notes Storm Rains

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 29 October 1923 · page 16

The storm rains of last week wore variable. Holdings fortunate enough to receive the heaviest part of the fall on crops not too far advanced,…

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Heavy Storm

Leader · Monday 5 November 1923 · page 1
Also in Lithgow Mercury

A storm broke over our centre on Monday night last, accompanied by [?] lightning, thunder and hall, and a fair amount of rain. Some splendid…

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