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

Floods & storms, 1914

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Wireless Works Best During a Storm at Sea

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 4 April 1914 · page 6

Mysterious as the transmission of wireless message seems to the averago lay wind, there are phases connected with wireless telegraphy which…

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Queensland Storm

Western Champion · Thursday 9 April 1914 · page 6

Further particulars of the cyclone storm which, swept over Southern Queensland on Friday, Cambooya and Helidon feeling the full force of it,…

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Yesterday's Storm. Good District Downpour. Two Stations Register 4 Inches

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 17 April 1914 · page 4

Yesterday afternoon a fall of rain, which will do a considerable amount of good, occurred in Forbes and district. Towards noon heavy clouds…

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Pilgrims Storm Ship. Light Fires on Steamer's Deck

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 6 May 1914 · page 4

Remarkable scenes on a British vessel were described at Bristol when, at the instance of the Board of Trade, Captain George Arthur, master of the steamship Nith, was charged…

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Forbes Marriers. S. Gale Wins a Double

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 8 May 1914 · page 3

The Forbes Amateur Athletic Club held races over distances of 75 yards and a quarter of a mile, at the cricket ground on Wednesday afternoon. The…

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Forbes Harriers. Emmett Wins 220 YARDS. Gale Wins Long Jump

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 22 May 1914 · page 5

An unusually large attendance visited the cricket ground on Wednesday afternoon, when a 220 yards handicap, and a running long jump was…

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The Winds and the Waves Obey Him. Pastor Russell and Party En Route for Europe. The Storm on the Sea of Galilee Furnishes Text for a Discourse

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 12 June 1914 · page 2

On the Atlantic, July 27th.—"There arose a great tempest in the sea.... but he was asleep; and his disciples awoke him, saying, Lord,…

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Thunderstorm's Record

Western Champion · Thursday 18 June 1914 · page 14

A heavy thunderstorm occurred on Sunday afternoon, during, which a man and a woman with four children were killed by lightning on…

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Hail Storm

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 29 July 1914 · page 2

On Sunday last, heavy hail fell at West Wyaloug for the space of a few minutes, but there was no rain. Wyalong, however, was more…

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The Battle Waning. Incessant Rains Flood the Aisne. the Turkish Fleet. Sydney, Monday 1 p.m

Western Champion · Thursday 24 September 1914 · page 12

The "Times" correspondent at Bordeaux says that the fury of the greatbattle on the Aisne is waning, but it is too early to say whether this is…

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Snow Floods Check Operations

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 30 September 1914 · page 2

Snow floods have checked operations in Upper Alsace…

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Cyclone at Carcoar

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 16 October 1914 · page 8

A heavy rainstorm in Carcoar on Wednesday was followed by a cyclonic disturbance of considerable violence. Houses were uuroofed…

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The Rainfall. Big Storm at Grenfell

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 16 October 1914 · page 4

There were favorable indications for the breaking of the drought on Wednesday morning, but unfortunately there was not much rain. Dark…

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Grenfell Storm

Western Champion · Thursday 22 October 1914 · page 5

Another of those storms which develope with alarming suddenness and cause so much damage and consternation, struck Grenfell at 20 minutes…

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The Deluge

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 31 October 1914 · page 7

When very heavy rain fell in certain parts of Sweden the other day the traffic manager of the State railways sent the following telegram to different…

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A Molong Storm. Young Man Drowned

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 3 November 1914 · page 3

A very severe storm swept, over Molong district one day last week. The storm came from the south-west, swept over Molong, Manildra, Guyra,…

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Severe Storms

Western Champion · Thursday 5 November 1914 · page 21

Further reports of the storm which visited this district on Wednesday (says a Molong message on Saturday) reveal a disheartening…

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Heavy Thunderstorm. Over an Inch in Half-an-hour Exciting Experiences

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 11 November 1914 · page 2

At about 2.30 p.m. on Monday, heavy clouds gathered in the sky, and it was evident that we were in for a violent storm. Vivid flashes of…

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Storm On Mountains

Western Champion · Thursday 12 November 1914 · page 20

A terrific thunderstorm passed over the Blue Mountains on Monday afternoon. It was severest at Blackheath where, between 1 and 2 o'clock, just…

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A Severe Storm

Western Champion · Thursday 12 November 1914 · page 20

A message from Wagga states: —The most sensational storm ever experienced swept with destructive force over the narrow strip of…

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