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

Floods & storms, 1913

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Unprecedented Storm. Sydney

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 14 November 1913 · page 7

A storm unprecedented in its suddenness and force struck White Cliffs. The public hall and Good Templars' hall were demolished, and a church…

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A Dreadful Fatality. at the Forbes Railway Station. in Wednesday's Storm

Forbes Times · Friday 14 November 1913 · page 4

The community was shocked on Wednesday afternoon, just after the wind and dust storm that had passed over our town about three…

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A Severe Storm. One Man Killed—another Injured. Buildings Unroofed and Damaged

Forbes Times · Friday 14 November 1913 · page 6

About three o'clock on Wednesday afternoon Forbes was enveloped in a dust storm, the like of which has not been seen for some years…

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Terrific Storm at Forbes. Dust, Wind, and Rain. An Old Man Killed

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 14 November 1913 · page 6

The storm which passed over Forbes district on Wednesday afternoon, commencing at about three o'clock, will long be remembered. It broke with…

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Floods in Gippsland

Forbes Times · Friday 14 November 1913 · page 4

Floods are reported in Gippsland and the damage to the crops is considerable…

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Floods in Gippsland. Melbourne

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 14 November 1913 · page 7

Floods are reported in Gippsland, Victoria. The crops have been considerably damaged…

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Thunderstorm Dangers

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 22 November 1913 · page 7

When clouds are driven past one another by wind currents, electricity of a frictional kind is produced. Lightning is caused by the passing of the…

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A Hot Time at Grenfell Tremendous Heat and Dust Storms

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 5 December 1913 · page 2

ONE of those visitations which invariably set people's hearts aflame with a desire for an early " meet beyond the river " (in the river for choice)…

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Uncanny Storm

Western Champion · Thursday 18 December 1913 · page 4

Lashed to fury by some unknown force, huge waves says a Los Angeles message, beat against the coast last Saturday night. The pleasure piers…

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The Big Flood

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 19 December 1913 · page 3

"It'll be an all right flood." Tom and I ran down to the river bank, to see if the water had started to come over the big tree stump near the drain mouth on…

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Great Storm Around Grenfell Much Damage Done

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Tuesday 30 December 1913 · page 2

About midnight on Christmas-eve, one of those cyclonic storms (this time accompanied by hail) which are becoming altogether too frequent, swept through…

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