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

Floods & storms, 1927

245 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 11 of 13

A Migration Explanation Floods, of Greeks and Slavs. MELBOURNE, This Morning

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 12 October 1927 · page 4

An explanation of an apparent anomaly, in recent, migration returns issued by the Commonwealth authorities has been made by the assistant…

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Heavy Blue Mountain Storm. Bath Hurled Through Air. Wentworth Falls

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 13 October 1927 · page 3

Mrs. Jas. Grier, who was standing at a window of her weatherboard cottage, with an infant in her arms, had a narrow escape this afternoon when a…

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Origin of Hail Storms in Summer Turbulence in the Clouds

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 17 October 1927 · page 22

Hailstorms during hot weather, Mr Mares the State meteorologist explains, arc due to the fact that on certain warm days currents flow up…

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Cassius Page Thunderstorms. Some Good Falls

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 20 October 1927 · page 2

During the past week several thunderstorms have occurred in the district, and falls varying from 21 points at Cassilis, to 130 points…

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The Weather Dust Storms in West Sydney

National Advocate · Wednesday 26 October 1927 · page 4

More rain fell on the North Coast yesterday and there were some isolated showers in other quarters of the State. Elsewhere the weather…

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Heavy Rain

Leader · Friday 28 October 1927 · page 8

A heavy fall of rain was experienced In orange on Wednesday night, when, with streaks of lightning and claps of thunder, the rain poured down in…

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Telegrams. Terrific Hail Storm. Goats, F[?]mula and Birds Killed. ROCKHAMPTON

Leader · Saturday 29 October 1927 · page 1

So [?]wa[?]e was a hailstorm which [?] in the Black[?] district, that nine[?] goats, twenty fowls and hundred a of wild birds were killed…

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Disastrous Storm. Enormous Damage and Lives Lost. Patients Drowned in Hospital. LONDON, This Morning

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 31 October 1927 · page 1

The exact extent of the havoc wrought by Friday night's storm which swept Britain is not yet known, owing to the interruption of telegraphic,…

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Storm's Toll On British Coast Many Drowned London

National Advocate · Tuesday 1 November 1927 · page 2

The fierce nature of the gale which swept the British isles on Friday night is being revealed. In Lancaster a tidal wave swept over the…

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Storm's Toll Children's Bodies Found Searching for Dead LONDON

National Advocate · Wednesday 2 November 1927 · page 2

It is now feared that the number of men drowned in the disaster to the fishing fleet off the west coast of iceland on Friday…

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A Thunderstorm. But Not in This District SYDNEY, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 2 November 1927 · page 1

The latest forecast is:-- Warm and sultry conditions, culminating in some scattered, rain and thunderstorms, chiefly in the eastern half…

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Killed by Lightning Storm's Havoc MELBOURNE

National Advocate · Thursday 3 November 1927 · page 2

One man was killed and another injured by lighting in different of Victoria today, during a terrific thunderstorm. Ernest Briggs…

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New England Floods Two Hundred Drowned VANCOUVER

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 7 November 1927 · page 3

A Burlington message states that Lieut.-Governor Jackson and 200 other people were drowned in floods in five New England States…

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200 DEAD In Flood Disaster 600 Families Abandon Homes New York

National Advocate · Monday 7 November 1927 · page 2

With the known dead in the New England flood disaster now totalling 40, reports still persist that the total will reach 200…

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Floods in U.sa. Vancouver

Leader · Monday 7 November 1927 · page 2

A message from White River Junction, Vermont. says that an unconfirmed report was circulated here on Friday evening, stating that between 1[?]7…

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Up Against Sovietis[?] Shanghai Consulate Storm SHANGHAI, Mo[?]

Leader · Wednesday 9 November 1927 · page 2

The anticipated stuck on t[?] let Consulate eventuated th[?] ing, when approximately 1,0[?] and female Russian whites…

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Devastating New Eng[?] Floods. 50,000 People Homeless. New York, Mo[?]

Leader · Wednesday 9 November 1927 · page 2

The New York military [?] have estimated the death tol[?] New England floods at 125,[?] bodies already Identified…

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Brave Lifeboat's Crew. Work in the Recent Gales. LONDON

Leader · Saturday 19 November 1927 · page 1

How the [?] [?] in the [?] of the [?] to the [?]…

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Weather Forecast: a Warning Floods In Many Parts

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 19 November 1927 · page 20

Professor Walsh, of Dubbo, whose forecasts are always entertaining has issued the following prophecy regarding the weather:—…

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Devastating Storm. Tamworth

Leader · Monday 21 November 1927 · page 5

A terrible hailstorm passed over strip of country about 3[?] miles wide, extending from Duri to Ph[?]llsmore Thousands of acres of wheat crops…

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