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

Floods & storms, 1910

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

The Great Deluge

Western Champion · Friday 21 January 1910 · page 8

Another parallel to the old Bible stories is the Greek legend of the Great Deluge, through which the Ark of Deucalion floated safely to the heights of Mount…

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Floods in the North

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 26 January 1910 · page 5

Disastrous floods have occurred in the North, and the townships of Tamworth, Gunnedah, etc. have been almost swept away, causing immense…

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Northern Floods

Western Champion · Friday 28 January 1910 · page 22

Mr Leslie W Keecb, teacher of the Goonumbla Public School, who is spending his holidays at Laurella, via Tamworth, writes us as follows:—…

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The Floods

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Wednesday 2 February 1910 · page 2

"A great volume of water coming down the river." Those who live among the hills can await developments philosophically…

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Storm and Stress. Brewarrina Wrecked. Sydney

Western Champion · Friday 4 February 1910 · page 11

It is estimated that in an hour and a half on Friday night six inches of rain fell at Brewarrina. The damage is estimated ac between £1,000 and…

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Flood Relief. John Norion's Donations

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 5 February 1910 · page 2

Last Monday Mr Norton forarded from Nyngan, cheques for the following donations in aid of the destitute victims of…

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West End Scene. Gallant Frenchman Storms Fair American's Flat. Arrest by Fire Escape

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Wednesday 9 February 1910 · page 4

A West End scene of a most extraordinary character was described at Marylebone Police Court on Friday (says a London paper of July 18), when a French…

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Three Executions in a Thunderstorm. Perpetrators of Terrible Murders Go to the Guillotine, Pouch of Human Skin

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Wednesday 23 February 1910 · page 4

Three of the most callous murderers of whom any record exists in French annas were guillotined on Wednesday at Valence, in the Department of the Drome, the…

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Three Executions in a Thunderstorm. Perpetrators of Terrible Murders Go to the Guillotine. Pouch of Human Skin

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 23 February 1910 · page 6

Three of the most callous murderers of whom any record exists an French annals were guillotined on Wednesday at Valence, in the Department of the Drome, the…

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Matters Feminine. a Word to Women. The Pleasures of Middle Age. After the Storm and Stress. (Concluded from last week.)

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 26 February 1910 · page 3

Youth is delightful, glorious, a splendid gift from the gods, but only half realised while we have it, fully appreciated when it is…

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Snowfall and Floods

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 26 February 1910 · page 4

It is well-known that the amount of snowfall in the Rocky Mountains determines the flow of water in the leading rivers that head in this…

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Floods Disaster Relief

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 4 March 1910 · page 1

The following amounts seat to the above fund from Lockwood were acknowledged in the "S.M. Herald," 26/2/10.—'Farmers and Settlers'…

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Floods Sweep Away Hotel

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 22 April 1910 · page 4

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

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Floods Sweep Away Hotel

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 23 April 1910 · page 4

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

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Magnetic Storms

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 30 April 1910 · page 4

Speaking before the Royal Society in London on the subject of magnetic storms, Mr. E. W Maunder, superintendent of the Solar…

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

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 16 July 1910 · page 3

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

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Thunderstorms. and Earthquakes

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 7 September 1910 · page 3

Two weeks ago my friends interested me with queries about the possibility of a relationship between earthquakes and a comet. After their experiences this…

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The Herald of the Storm. a Symbolic Poem

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 16 September 1910 · page 4

(From the Russian of Maxim Gorky.) Over gloomy ocean stretches Winds have gathered angry storm-clouds, And between the clouds and waters…

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The Herald of the Storm. a Symbolic Poem

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 17 September 1910 · page 6

Over gloomy ocean stretches Winds have gathered angry storm-clouds, And between the clouds and waters Darts, like a black fork of lightning,…

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Christmas. Spent in Mid-atlantic. Wintry Storm and Tempest

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 29 October 1910 · page 3

It is half-past five o'clock, and those who have not already left the promenade deck to take their tea in more comfortable quarters look with…

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