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

Floods & storms, 1926

288 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 5 of 15

The House of Storm. (COPYRIGHT.)

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 17 February 1926 · page 4

"It was I who ought to have been the favorite-- not Richard; for I was much the best of them, a fairly quiet fellow, inclined to be nice to everybody, and not spending…

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Caught in storm Perilous Plight of Travellers Mr. Sam. Nicholl's Thrilling Experience

National Advocate · Wednesday 17 February 1926 · page 2

Mr. Sam. Nicholls and a friend, Mr Mason, had a thrilling and perilous experience during the height of Monday night's thunderstorm. They…

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Heat Wave Continues Century Topped in Many Places Thunderstorms in West. Sydney

National Advocate · Wednesday 17 February 1926 · page 5

The heat wave conditions still prevailed over New South Wales yesterday, and among the temperatures recorded were 114 at White Cliffs, 112…

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Thunderstorm at Lithgow. But Very Little Rain

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 17 February 1926 · page 2

Lithgow on Monday afternoon experienced a temperature of 95.5. After dark a thunderstorm broke. The peals of thunder and the flashes of lightning lasted for over…

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Waterless Clouds Kandos Misses a Deluge

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 18 February 1926 · page 2

On Monday evening heavy clouds from the west and north west threatened to give Kandos its long expected downpour. Flashes…

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The House of Storm. (COPYRIGHT.)

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 19 February 1926 · page 2

"But I also learned this fact--that the old man had not been shot--he had been stabbed. "And Richard had known this fact--that…

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Gales Sweep England Thrilling Stories of the Sea Vessels at the Mercy of the Waves London

National Advocate · Friday 19 February 1926 · page 2

The renewal of great gales has brought a batch if [?] Manchester Producer has been drifting helplessly in…

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The House of Storm. (COPYRIGHT.)

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 22 February 1926 · page 4

"Yes, grandfather!" he repeated,. "I am the son of old David Storm's son. In the absence of a will, every stick and stone in Beach House belongs to me, and no man…

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The House of Storm. (Copyright.) Chapter Xiii

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 24 February 1926 · page 4

To understand the awakening of Inspector Hunter his past achievements should be appreciated. When young, he had the strength and physique of a bull, and his…

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Thunderstorms

Leader · Wednesday 24 February 1926 · page 2

The excessive prevailing next culminated in thunderstorm on Sunday night, and again on Monday morning. Up till 9 o’ clock on Monday morning…

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The House of Storm. (COPYRIGHT.)

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 26 February 1926 · page 2

"Odd thing," said Hunter, crowding in through the doorway. "There's a smell of scent here, rather like lavender in a linen cupboard, while from across the passage…

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The House of Storm. (COPYRIGHT.)

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 1 March 1926 · page 4

So it came to this--Eunice must be won and wed long before the six months were sped, and, as tho, trump card to force her hand, how magnanimous it would be if ho…

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Gewie News. Exceptional Heat a Disappointing Storm

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 1 March 1926 · page 5

The weather during last week was ext optionally hot, Sunday last producing a temperature of something like 103 in the shade…

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The House of Storm. (COPYRIGHT.)

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 3 March 1926 · page 4

The other stiffened, but his tone remained quite respectful. "May I make a suggestion, sir?" "Fire away!"…

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The House of Storm. (COPYRIGHT.)

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 5 March 1926 · page 2

Jessop bounced as though someone had kicked him. "Will you please say that again ?" he demanded…

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Wedding Gale—finneran

National Advocate · Monday 8 March 1926 · page 2

The wedding of Herbert, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Gale, of Bathurst, to and the late Mrs. Finneran, of Sydney, Mary, daughter of Mr. John Finneran,…

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The House of Storm. (COPYRIGHT.)

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 8 March 1926 · page 4

"Good heavens! She will spurn me, and rightly." "She will not. "She expects you. She is waiting for you now."…

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The House of Storm. (COPYRIGHT.)

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 10 March 1926 · page 4

"You take me too literally, oh, man of substance" he cried. "But why, like Falstaff, do you lard the lean earth in this manner? What hap awaits us at the Rose…

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The House of Storm. (COPYRIGHT.)

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 12 March 1926 · page 2

But he did not mean to fall--at any rate through a blunder, of hand or foot. The real danger would be faced, he knew, when he had scaled the summit and was free to…

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The House of Storm. (COPYRIGHT.)

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 15 March 1926 · page 4

"Who is there ?," he said. "I am Police Constable Sheldon. Who is there ?" His voice was harsh and strange in his own cars, and it reverberated through silent…

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