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Broken Hill & the Far West · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1913

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Boisterous Weather. Flood Feared in the Hunter. Gales on the Coast. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 1 July 1913 · page 2

Yesterday was a boisterous day in the city and suburbs, rain falling almost incessantly. Nonrfy three inches was registered…

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The Hunter [?]Ter Floods. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 3 July 1913 · page 4

The Hunter River flood waters are at last subsiding, and all danger at Maitland is now past…

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Heavy Storms on the Coast. Perth

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 16 July 1913 · page 4

Heavy gales have been experienced along the coast and in the south-eastern district. A public hall collapsed at Gillimanning while a party of tennis…

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Heavy Rain in Sydney, Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 24 July 1913 · page 2

Henry rain was experienced i the city yesterday. Up to 9 p.m. total of 203 points had been registered…

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Terrific Storm in America. Washington Swept with Lightning and Hail. Some Fatal Results. [Reuter's Message.] Washington

Barrier Miner · Friday 1 August 1913 · page 2

A terrific thunder and lightning storm struck the city to-day, killing three people and injuring [?]. The temperature rose to 100, and then the…

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House Struck by Lichting. an Adelaide Thunderstorm. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Friday 1 August 1913 · page 2

During a heavy thunderstorm which passed over Adelaide, yesterday a fiveroomed villa in the course of construction at Albert Park was struck by…

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Like Rats in a Trap. Miners Drowned by Flood Waters. A[?] Race for Life[?] Some [?]Eroic Episodes

Barrier Miner · Thursday 7 August 1913 · page 1

Eight men lost their lives in a catastrophe that happened at Carr House Col[?], R[?], last June. The colliery is an old [?] and is…

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Floods in the West. a Railway Train at Sea. Perth

Barrier Miner · Thursday 7 August 1913 · page 8

Railway wasbaways have occurral in the south-west as the result of heavy rains, and at one porfit, near Tanibellul[?] on the Albany line[?] goods…

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Indian Floods. Holocaust of Lives. Thousands Drowned. Inhabitants of Whole Districts Homeless. [Reuter's Message.] Calcutta

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 12 August 1913 · page 2

A serious flood disaster has happened at Bordwan, Bengal. Owing to heavy rains the embankments of the DamodarRiver collapsed, and the surrounding…

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A Dust Storm. Broken Hill Enveloped

Barrier Miner · Friday 5 September 1913 · page 4

The wind of the morning developed into almost a gale as the day advanced and Broken Hill was this afternoon enveloped in dense clouds of dust which…

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American Hurricane. New York Flooded. [Reuter's Message.] Norfolk (Virginia)

Barrier Miner · Saturday 6 September 1913 · page 8

The schooner George Wells has been wrecked near Cape Hatteras. Twenty men, two women and some children [?] rescued…

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American [?]Urricane. New York Flooded. [R[?]uter's Message.] Norfolk (Virginia)

Barrier Miner · Monday 8 September 1913 · page 8

The[?]chooner George Wells has been wrecked near Cape Hatteras. Twenty men, two women and some children were re[?]ed…

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Severe Fighting with Servians. Floods Near Constantinople. Constaninople

Barrier Miner · Friday 3 October 1913 · page 4

lt is understood that the Turkish counter proposals to Greece indicate a desire for negotiations to settle the question of the Aegian Islands, but the…

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Floods in Turkey. Near Constantinople. Worst in Living Memory. [Reuter's Message.] Constantinople

Barrier Miner · Friday 3 October 1913 · page 8

Floods have occurred in the European sweet waters district, near the city, the worst in living memory. Many houses and gardens have been swept…

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Floods in America. Residents Driven Out of a Town. [Reuter's Message.] Lake Charles

Barrier Miner · Saturday 4 October 1913 · page 8

Floods are driving the people out of the residential districts, at Lake Charles, in Louisiana, U.S.A. The Whole of the business quarter and the…

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Flood and Fire. a Town Wiped Out. [Reuter's Message.] Vancouver

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 8 October 1913 · page 4

News has been received that the amalt town of Nome, in Alaska, has been wiped out by a heavy storm. The seas broke over the water, front and…

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Disastrous Floods in Ceylon. Colombo

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 8 October 1913 · page 8

Disastrous floods have visited Ceylon, and George Young, a European planter, and many natives have been drowned, A lands[?]p buried alive 25 coolies…

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Cyclone in the West. Strikes Mount Magnet. Hotels and Halls Partly Unroofed. Perth

Barrier Miner · Friday 10 October 1913 · page 2

A cyclone struck the mining town of Mount Magnet, on the Murchison Held, yesterday. The Royal Mail and Diamond Jubilee hotels and the…

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Late Cables. [Reuter's Message.] Indian Flood Fatalities. Colomba

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 14 October 1913 · page 4

The floods continue. About 250 persons have been drowned in one small district alone…

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Storm at Port Pirie. Chimney Stack Blown Down. at Proprietary Company's Works. Port Pirie

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 15 October 1913 · page 4

Exceedingly [?]s weather prevailed here yesterday, and a storm at 2 o'clock swept the town. The rain did not last long, but the downpour…

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