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

Floods & storms, 1909

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

City Washed Out. Scenes in Flood Disaster

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 2 January 1909 · page 3

The Hyderabad correspondent of the "Daily Mail" wrote on September 29: The magnitude of the calamity which visited Hyderabad, the Nizam's capital,…

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Cyclone at Caioola

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 13 January 1909 · page 2

A cyclone passed over Caloola on Sunday last. It lifted 65 sheets of corrugated iron from Messrs Larnach Bros' woolshed and carried some of…

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Storm in Melbourne

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 13 January 1909 · page 4

A storm of exceptional violence broke over Melbourne last week, and though it lasted only a short time it did considerable damage, Roofs of…

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Molong Flood

Western Champion · Friday 29 January 1909 · page 17

On Tuesday afternoon (says the "Argus") about three o'clock Molorig was visited by one of the heaviest thunder storms it has been the writer's…

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Cyclone at Monteagle

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 6 March 1909 · page 2

The appearance in town on Monday at about four o'clock inspired the opinion that a heavy storm was passing over Monteagle, and this opinion has been confirmed by the news that…

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Train Rescues by Lifeboat. Flood Adventure

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 14 April 1909 · page 6

Passengers in a train on the South of France line between Armargues and Agues Mortes, in the Gard Department, had a thinking experience on Saturday night…

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Chapter Xvii. After the Storm. "Alas by some degree of woe, We every bliss must gain; The heart can ne'er a transport know, That never feels a pain." —Lord Lyttleton

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 12 June 1909 · page 2

'It will kill Minnie,' was Miss Grayson's first thought when she read her brother's letter, but her nicco was made of sterner stuff than…

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Cyclone Havoc. Factory Chimney Blown Down Upon Employees

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 25 August 1909 · page 6

A terrific thunderstorm broke yesterday afternoon oyer the town of Szeged, the scene of terrible floods in 1878 (says a Budapest message of August 9)…

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Remarkable Floods

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 2 October 1909 · page 4

HOW 1200 LIVES WERE SAVED. An unknown man has saved 1,200 lives at Pattonsburg, a town in the State of Missouri, which was…

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Storm in a Teacup. Sir W. Anson and Villagers

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 20 November 1909 · page 4

Charney Bassett has suddenly awakened from the sleep of centuries to find itself famous. True, it changed hands at public auction over a year…

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Storm in a Teacup. Sir W. Anson and Villagers

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 27 November 1909 · page 6

Charney Bassett has suddenly: awakened from the sleep of centuries to find itself famous. True, it changed hands at public auction over a year…

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