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

Floods & storms, 1913

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The Maitland Flood. Sydney

Forbes Times · Friday 23 May 1913 · page 4

The flood waters at Maitland are gradually passing off. The transhipment of railway passengers at High-street continues, but it is Hoped that repairs will be effected to…

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The Sydney Storms

Forbes Times · Friday 13 June 1913 · page 4

Indications this morning point to a clearance of the wet and stormy conditions which have recently prevailed. Between Sunday night and Thursday…

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Floods at Camden. Sydney

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 24 June 1913 · page 2

A flood is reported at Camden, where the water is five feet over the bridge. All low-lying lands are submerged. Mails and passengers are…

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The Hawkesbury in Flood Again Sydney, Tuesday

Cowra Free Press · Wednesday 25 June 1913 · page 3

The Hawkesbury River has risen to within two feet of the deck of the bridge at Windsor. Miles of the low lying country is…

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Storm in New York

Western Champion · Thursday 26 June 1913 · page 14

New York is recovering from the effects of a fearfully violent storm by which it was swept last Saturday night. The rain, with the hail, wind,…

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Flood and Hurricane

Western Champion · Thursday 26 June 1913 · page 10

A hurricane swept over Lethbridge, Alberta, last Friday night. Almost at the same time a flood, caused by a cloudburst in the mountains, swept…

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The Hunter Flooded. Sydney

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 1 July 1913 · page 2

The Hunter River is rising rapidly and should rain continue serious floods are inevitable…

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Gales Abating. Sydney

Cowra Free Press · Wednesday 2 July 1913 · page 2

The boisterous weather that has been roging lately, has moderated. The Peel Rivers at Tamworth is still running very strong, but ail danger has…

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Bega's Biggest Flood Sydney

Cowra Free Press · Wednesday 2 July 1913 · page 2

"The biggest flood for 17 years" is the remark expressed in connection with the present flood at Bega. The river has overflowed its banks, and the waters have…

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Storm Water Channel

Western Champion · Thursday 3 July 1913 · page 19

In December last the Municipal Council decided to invoke the advice of the Works Department with respect to the proposed continuation of…

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Terrific Storms in Italy

Western Champion · Thursday 17 July 1913 · page 27

Terrific storms in the middle and southern parts of Italy have wrought great havoc amongst crops and stock. Shipping also has suffered severely,…

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Our Telegrams. Heavy Rain. Sydney

Forbes Times · Friday 25 July 1913 · page 4

Aa the result of a storm in the motropolis' nearly five inches of rain were recorded in Sydney last night…

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Floods in Otago. Dunedin

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 26 August 1913 · page 2

Floods in Otago, New Zealand, are causing great damage. Traffic is suspended…

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Sighed for Higher Life. Swain Wanted Ring Back. Storm of the "Glad Eye."

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 10 September 1913 · page 4

That she should start the new year with a new man and send him back his ring was the chilling suggestion made by a butcher to a lady's maid, upon whom he had…

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Wedding Bells. White—flood

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 26 September 1913 · page 3

At St. Lawrence's Roman Catholic Church on Tuesday afternoon, a very pretty wedding was celebrated by the Rev. Father Doran, when Mr Edward…

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Storm at Katoomba. Sydney

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 17 October 1913 · page 6

The storm which visited Katoomba on Wednesday night did considerable damage. A church was blown down, and several other buildings partly…

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Floods in New Zealand. Auckland

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 24 October 1913 · page 6

Heavy floods are reported in the Rangitiki district of New Zealand. The town of Marton is submerged, and the train service dislocated…

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District News Eugowra. Heavy Storm

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 31 October 1913 · page 8

Last Monday, at about tour o'clock in the afternoon, a heavy dust storm broke into the town, doing considerable damage. For a time it looked…

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Shocking Fatalities. Two Men Killed. the Toll of the Wind Storm

Western Champion · Thursday 13 November 1913 · page 19

The violent wind storm which occurred yesterday afternoon was the cause of two fatalities and a very serious injury in our immediate…

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Storm at White Cliffs

Forbes Times · Friday 14 November 1913 · page 4

A cyclonic storm at White Cliffs did enormous damage. Nearly every house was more or less affected, and houses were unroofed and buildings wreeked. Some…

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