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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1901

22 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 1 of 2

A Terrific Storm

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 5 January 1901 · page 3

The Boomey correspondent to the "Molong Argus" says: On Thursday, 20th Dec., between 3 and 4 o'clock, p.m, a terrific storm,…

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Desert Sand-storm

Forbes Times · Saturday 12 January 1901 · page 6

IN writing of the region south of the Atlas Mountains, the author of “The Great Sahara” gives a lively description of a pillar of send which paused him at no great…

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Storm in the City

The Wyalong Star and Temora and Barmedman Advertiser · Tuesday 22 January 1901 · page 2

A remarkable storm burst over the city at about 10 o'clock last night, accompanied by terrific thunder and lighting. Nearly 3in. of rain fell in half-an-hour, being a…

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Equinoctial Gales

The Wyalong Star and Temora and Barmedman Advertiser · Friday 8 February 1901 · page 5

Few ideas are more firmly rooted in the popular mind than the notion that the equinoxes are times when severe gales are to be expected. Lust Friday the sun…

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Equinoctial Gales

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 9 February 1901 · page 4

Few ideas are more firmly roated in the popular mind than the notion that the equinoxes are times when severe gales are to be expected. Last Friday the sun…

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South African Storms

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 23 February 1901 · page 8

The thunderstorms of South Africa are very violent in character, and no wet season pauses without its record of lightning accidents. The natives…

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That Water Cart. a Storm in a Tea-cup. [Held over from last issue.]

Western Champion · Friday 29 March 1901 · page 16

The harmony which has prevailed at the recent meetings of the Parkes Council was suddenly broken on Monday evening. During a discussion…

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Severe Storm

Western Champion · Friday 5 April 1901 · page 11

A heavy storm has occurred in South Australia. Seventeon boats, including yachts and fishing crafts, were [?]unk at Glenelg…

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An Alarming Prediction. a Deluge Next December

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 20 April 1901 · page 6

On one of the Baby the Babylonian tablets exhumed from the ancient city of Ninoveh, and now in the British Museum, is an inscription of surprising interest and importance. It…

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Flood. London

The Wyalong Star and Temora and Barmedman Advertiser · Tuesday 25 June 1901 · page 2

Several towns have been devastated and about 500 persons drowned, by the bursting of a dam in Vireinia, America…

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The Track of the Goldseekers. [Copyright.] Story of the Australian Alps. Chapter Xxiii. a Storm

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 24 August 1901 · page 5

Towards daylight the atmosphere became very cold, and Foster kept a strong fire burning. He had just thrown on an armful of…

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During a Storm

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 7 September 1901 · page 1

'Captain,' said the mate of the good ship 'Cauliflower,' while the storm was at its height, 'the ship has sprung a leak, the water-tight…

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Parmer Oak and the Storm

Western Champion · Friday 27 September 1901 · page 7

When Farmer Oak, on his way towards his humble cottage one night, struck his foot against a big toad, he knew there was trouble in the wind…

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Farmer Oak and the Storm

Western Champion · Friday 4 October 1901 · page 4

When Farmer Oak, on his way towards his humble cottage one night, struck his foot against a big toad, he knew there was trouble in the wind…

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Farmer Oak and the Storm

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 5 October 1901 · page 4

When farmer Oak, on his way towards his humble cottage one night, struck his foot against a big toad, he knew there was trouble in the wind. When, on striking a light indoors, he…

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Farmer Oak and the Storm

Western Champion · Friday 11 October 1901 · page 4

When Farmer Oak, on his way towards his humble cottage one night, struck his foot against a big [?]oad, be knew there was trouble in the wind…

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Farmer Oak and the Storm

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 12 October 1901 · page 4

When farmer Oak, on his way towards his humble cottage one night, struck his foot against a big toad, he knew there was trouble in the wind. When, on striking a light indoors, he…

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Violent Storms

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 23 October 1901 · page 2

Violent storms are reported from various parts of the country…

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Remarkable Storm

The Wyalong Star and Temora and Barmedman Advertiser · Tuesday 5 November 1901 · page 4

A PHENOMENAL storm of ice or hailstones occurred at Gordons (Vic.) on Sunday week at about a quarter to 5 in the evening. So peculiar were…

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A Terrific Storm

The Wyalong Star and Temora and Barmedman Advertiser · Friday 15 November 1901 · page 2

There was a terrific tornado in Melbourne yesterday afternoon. The hailstorm was the heaviest on record, the stones being an inch and a half in…

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