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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1913

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Storms in America. Hundreds in Tree-tops. Bryan (Texas), Dec. 7

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 December 1913 · page 2

The Brazos River has overflowed its banks, and as a result 1000 persons have been marooned. Hundreds of them have taken refuge in…

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Storms in America. Snow and Floods

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 9 December 1913 · page 1

Vancouver, Saturday.-Terrific snowstorms are at present raging in the Rocky Mountains of America. The streets at Denver are six feet deep in…

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Flood Fatalities. Houston (Texas)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 9 December 1913 · page 5

Twenty persons were drowned in the Brookshire district as the result of floods in the Brazoo, which now abating. Further loss of life is not now anticipated…

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Floods in America. DELLAS (Texas), Dec. 4

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 9 December 1913 · page 4

Thirteen bodies have been recovered from the flood waters in the Colorado River. The rain has not yet ceased…

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Terrific Heat. Birds Fall Dead. a Cyclone Follows

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 10 December 1913 · page 2

The heat wave at Winton (Q.)-culminated on Saturday afternoon' in a cyclone, which did a good deal of damage. The balcony and verandah of the…

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Fearful Dust Storm. 80 Sheep Smothered

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 11 December 1913 · page 7

Mr. A. N. 1'nyntor, who hiiu just returned to Broken Hill from n motor trip to Yaliningn, towards the Qnoonsland border, stiitcH tliut during the…

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Floods in America. 150 People Drowned

Singleton Argus · Thursday 11 December 1913 · page 2

Houston, Texas, Monday Evening.— Many lives have been lost in Brookshire district as the result of the Brazos River floods. It was at first stated…

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Texas Floods. Houston Texas (U.S.A)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 12 December 1913 · page 5

Final figures in connection with the floods in Texas give 20,000 rendered homeless. 165 drowned, and damages inflicted exceeding £1,000,000…

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Fearful Dust Storm. So Sheep Smothered

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 December 1913 · page 7

Mr. A. N. Paynter, who has just returned to Broken Hill from a motor trip to Yalpunga. towards the Queensland bonier, stales that during the…

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Fierce Storms. Many People Killed. (By Cable.) London

Singleton Argus · Saturday 13 December 1913 · page 4

One hundred and sixty-five people were drowned, and 20,000 have bèn rendered homeless, by te?ifie floods at Houston, Texas…

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The Zabern Affair. a Storm in the Reichstag. Berlin. Dec. 4

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 December 1913 · page 2

The most tempestuous sitting in the history of the Reichstag took place, when the Government dealt with an interpellation in regard to the trouble between the…

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Floods in America. Havoc in America. Dallas (Texas). Dec. 4

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 December 1913 · page 2

The flood waters of the Colorado River are still spreading, and there are 15,000 people homeless within an area, of 200 miles by 100. Many scores have taken refuge in tree-tops…

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Cyclone at Winton. Considerable Damage

Singleton Argus · Thursday 18 December 1913 · page 2

A terrific cyclone struck the town of Winton (Q.) on Tuesday afternoon, and although it lasted only a few minutes a great deal of damage was done…

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Cyclone in Ceylon. Colom[?]o, Dec. 17

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 December 1913 · page 5

A cyclone swept over Ceylon, causing floods and washaways on the railways. Many small craft have been wrecked, and shipping is still unable to leave the…

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Licensing Court. (Before Messrs. C. H. Gale, P.M., and J. W. Birkenhead, L.M.)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 December 1913 · page 7

James Girvnn applied for the renewal of his billiard license at Kurri. The application was opposed by the police. Senior-sergeant Snushall stated that…

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The Sigleton Argus Thursday, December 18. Labor's Flood Tide

Singleton Argus · Thursday 18 December 1913 · page 2

The present political situation is far more interesting than many people, inclined to regard immediate occurrence as ultimate accomplishment, are prepared…

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Police Court. Tuesday, Dec. 16, 1913. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale, P.m.) Polluting a Creek

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 19 December 1913 · page 3

The Cessnock Shire Council proceeded against the Cessnock Co-operative Dairy Company, Ltd., on a charge that they did on December 11…

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Cyclone in Ceylon

Singleton Argus · Saturday 20 December 1913 · page 5

Colombo, Wednesday.—A cyclone, has been experienced in Ceylon. Heavy rain caused extensive floods, and numerous railway washaways occurred…

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Fierce Storm. Curious Effect of the Lightning

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 24 December 1913 · page 5

A terrific storm, unprecedented in violence, passed over the Tatura district, Victoria, early on Tuesday morning following later by a heavy thunderstorm…

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The Big Flood

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 24 December 1913 · page 2

"It'll be an all right flood." Tom and I ran down to the river bank, to see if the water had started to come over the big tree stump near the drain mouth on…

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