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

Floods & storms, 1907

20 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers

Storm in a Teacup. the French Telegraph Boy

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 4 January 1907 · page 17

The Paris correspondent of the London "Daily Telegraph" narrates the follow-long story:— Gontini, aged nineteen, a telegraph…

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Cloud-turrets and Storms

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 5 January 1907 · page 8

A scientific explanation of the connection between the imposing masses of cumulus clouds, piled up in aspiring white turrets, which are popularly called " thunder…

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Monday's Storm

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 18 January 1907 · page 9

A HEALY thunderstorm occurred on Monday afternoon. At Peak Hill only 16 points of rain fell, but at Waterford and Bulgandramine, five or…

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Flood of Whisky. Ten People Injured, One Killed. Carts Caught Tn Deluge

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 16 February 1907 · page 4

The Loch Katrine Distillery, on the south side of Glasgow, was the scene of ah extraordinary accident last month (as already briefly recorded in a "Herald"…

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Storms

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 8 March 1907 · page 5

After a most oppressive day, at about 8.30 on Monday a very heavy gale struck Canowindra, uroofing many outbuildings and causing a considerable amount…

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Terrific Storm

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 8 March 1907 · page 9

A TERRIFIC storm of cyclonic violence struck the town of Bodaogora, near Wellington, at 8 o'clock on Monday night. Scarcely a place escaped…

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"The Family." an American Book. Gifted Woman Raises a Storm

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 9 March 1907 · page 3

An American correspondent writes to the London "Daily Telegraph":—Probably the most surprised woman in America was Mrs Elsie Clews…

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Floods in America

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 22 March 1907 · page 7

Floods have inundated the United States, America. 20,000 people are homeless. Two sections of Pittsburg were destroyed, damages being estimated at £2,000,000. The town of…

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Nine Novels a Day. Flood of Fiction Last Year

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 30 March 1907 · page 6

The "Publishers' Circular" announces that 6985 new books were published in 1900, and 1618 new editions issued, so that the grand total for the year was…

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Nine Novels a Day. Flood Op Fiction Last Year

Western Champion · Friday 19 April 1907 · page 17

The "Publishers' Circular" announces that 6985 new books were published in 1906, and 1618 new editions issued, so that the grand total for the year was…

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Will There Be Another Deluge?

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 15 June 1907 · page 2

Many geologists declare that another deluge is within the bounds of possibility, and that it may take place at anytime…

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Clara Butt's "Good-bye." During a Thunderstorm

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 30 August 1907 · page 4

About 8000 people went to the Albert Hall on Saturday afternoon (29th June), to see and hear Mme. Clara Butt at her "good-bye" concert, the…

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Floods Sweep Away Hotel

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 22 November 1907 · page 6

On 26th August the correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" wrote from Tokio:— Torrential rain for the last four…

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Storm at Bathurst

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 30 November 1907 · page 2

Two-hailstorms, one of which was of severe character, passed over Bathurst on Saturday. The first fell shortly after 5 o’clock. The hail was about the size of…

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The Cyclone in France. a Descriptive Scene

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 7 December 1907 · page 6
Also in The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser

From Paris on 29th September the "Daily Mail" wrote:—The damage by the floods in the department of the Herault alone is now…

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A Heavy Storm

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 13 December 1907 · page 20

A CORRESPONDENT, writing from Fifield, states that the surrounding district was recently favored with a heavy storm. In places as much as…

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Terrific Dust Storm

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 20 December 1907 · page 7

ONE of the very worst dust storms ever experienced by "the oldest inhabitant" occurred at Peak Sill on Saturday afternoon. The day had…

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A Heavy Storm. a Phenomenal Downpour

Western Champion · Friday 20 December 1907 · page 20

One of the heavier t storms ever experienced in Parkes took place on Tuesday morning. Rain set in shortly before 10 o'clock, and continued…

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The Cyclone at Woollongong Cattle Blown Into a Lake. Boatshed Carried Away

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 21 December 1907 · page 4

In connection with Monday's cyclone, reports continue to come in. It was not felt at Dapto, while at the Canterbury-road and its…

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