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

Floods & storms, 1911

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

Storm at Barmedman

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Wednesday 11 January 1911 · page 2

AN extremely violent thunderstorm swept with the fury of a cyclone through the western neighbourhood of Barmedman on Friday, although the town itself only…

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Record Floods in Queensland

Western Champion · Friday 13 January 1911 · page 12

A Brisbane message reads:— Seventeen inches of rain have fallen at Ayr, and it is still raining. The Burdekin River ia rising rapidly, and railway…

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In a Storm Off Chili. a New South Wales Lad's Fight for Life

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 28 January 1911 · page 5

Mr. Eric Cox—son of Mrs. J. Cox, of Grafton, has been having another exciting time. As we stated early in the year, although still little more than a…

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In a Storm Off Chill a Now South Wales Lad's Fight for Life

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 3 February 1911 · page 6

Mr. Eric Cox—son of Mrs. J. Cox, of Grafton, has been having another exciting time. As we stated early in the year, although still little more than a…

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Violent Storm

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 22 March 1911 · page 2

OME of the severest storms experienced here fur many years, passed over the town on Saturday evening last, The storm was preceded by…

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Rain and Bullets. A Fight in a Storm

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Wednesday 22 March 1911 · page 4

From the eastern sky swept a sheer street of rain. With the first stabbing drops horses turned their heads away, trembling, and no whip or spur could bring them up to it. It drove through…

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Flooding a Bank

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 22 April 1911 · page 3

Like the Bank of England, the Bank of France is now guarded every night by soldiers, who do sentry duty outside the building, a watch being likewise kept…

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Grilled by Lightning Result of a Storm

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 5 May 1911 · page 11

A terrific rain and thunderstorm raged in New York on the night of Sept. 15, till early the next morning. Wind blew furiously at the rate of about eighty miles…

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Rush of Water. Floods Newcastle [?]

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 6 May 1911 · page 3

Great consternation, said a correspondent telegraphing from Newcastle to "Lloyd's News" on February 19, was created in the district at midnight, when…

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Terrible Gale

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 13 May 1911 · page 8

A severe westerly gale swept over certain parts of Austria last month. There were 100 accidents, two of them fatal, in Vienna alone. Meteorological returns…

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King Alfonso. Adventure in a Gale

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 17 June 1911 · page 6

The Malta correspondent of the "Daily Mail" of 6th April telegraphed from Malta:— The King of Spain, in the course of his…

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Big Gale in Sydney

Cowra Free Press · Wednesday 21 June 1911 · page 3

A heavy gale raged in the City last night, the wind reaching a velocity of 50 miles an hour at midnight…

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Chapter Lviii. the Thunder-storm

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 23 June 1911 · page 11

A wet walk back Lionel certainly had; but, wet or dry, it was all the same in his present distressed frame of mind. Arrived at Verner's…

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King Alfonso. Adventure in a Gale

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 23 June 1911 · page 8

The Malta correspondent of the "Daily Mail" of 6th April telegraphed from Malta:- The King of Spain, in the course of his…

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Disastrous Floods

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 29 July 1911 · page 6

Disastrous floods have occurred at Ichauy, which is an inland sea, thousands of acres of crops and many villages being destroyed…

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Storm at Koorawatha

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 7 October 1911 · page 6

One day this week a terrific hailstorm was experienced at Koorawatha, which did extensive damage to standing crops. We understand Messrs…

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Big Roof Tank Bursts. House Flooded with Water

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 7 October 1911 · page 10

With a roar that sounded like the bursting of a reservoir dam (wired the "Inter-Ocean" correspondent on July 14) the huge tank on the root of the…

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Belgian Floods. Escapes in Boats

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 24 November 1911 · page 6

On 28th February the Belgian correspondent of the London "Express" wrote: Disastrous floods continue to be reported from all parts of Belgium, and…

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Queen's Tour Among Floods. Through Inundated Villages

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 1 December 1911 · page 3

The correspondent of the "Daily Mail" telegraphed from Flushing on 23rd March:— Queen Wilhelmina and the Prince…

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Deluge at Hiawatha

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 2 December 1911 · page 2

An exceptionally heavy fall of rain occurred at Hiawatha on Tuesday afternoon. Three inches of rain fell in half an hour, and from…

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