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

Floods & storms, 1926

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Floods Are Feared

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 26 March 1926 · page 10

Surviving the drought which has recently ravaged the country, the State is now placed in a far more dangerous position. Floods are…

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Latest Telegraphic Disastrous Floods. Macquarie Rises Forty Feet. Mine Flooded. Sydney

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 26 March 1926 · page 10

Floods have occurred along the Macquarie, Castlereagh, Hunter, and Wollondilly Rivers, the Macquarie having risen forty feet in two days…

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Bride Waited in Vain Groom Stuck in Mud. Floods Postpone Wedding

Cowra Free Press · Friday 26 March 1926 · page 7

O, young Lochinvar is come out of the West, Through all the wide border his steed was the best…

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Mr. Matthew Flood

Cowra Free Press · Friday 26 March 1926 · page 6

The death took place on Wednesday of this week of Mr. Matthew Flood, at the age of 84 years, Mr. Flood, who was a native of Bathurst, had…

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Violent Storm Lightning Causes Fires Women Terrified

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 9 April 1926 · page 2

A terrific thunderstorm, accompanied by vivid lightning, passed over Adelong on Tuesday night. One flash set fire to the wiring connections…

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Cyclone Havoc Trangie Suffers Fifty Homeless Two Women Badly Hurt

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 9 April 1926 · page 2

The tall end of a violent cyclone struck Trangie late on Tuesday afternoon, and caused extensive damage. Two women were injured badly…

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Cyclone Havoc Trangie Suffers. Fifty Homeless.two Women Badly Hurt

Cowra Free Press · Friday 9 April 1926 · page 6

The tail-end of a violent cyclone struck Trangie late on Tuesday afternoon, and caused extensive damage. Two women were injured badly…

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Last of Lord Kitchener Striking Story. at Sea in Storm.was He Buried Abroad ?

Cowra Free Press · Friday 9 April 1926 · page 4

The London “Daily Express” features a striking article by Mr. A. C. Fox-Davies, the barrister, who, in war-time, served with the law branch…

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3000 Sheep Caught by Flood

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 9 April 1926 · page 9

Three thousand sheep, the property of the estate of the late Mr. Peter Ferguson, of Gulargambone Station, were, going to agistment country from…

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Phenomenal Storm

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 12 April 1926 · page 2

A STORM, will fall effects, broke over the town at five o'clock this morning, and for a real ding dong noisy and spectacular affair it took a lot of…

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Goolagong Big Storm

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 20 April 1926 · page 3

A severe storm, accompanied by a heavy wind, broke over the district last Monday morning, and though not long lasting, resulted in a fair…

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Newcastle Flooded. 4 Feet of Water in Park. Newcastle

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 20 April 1926 · page 2

Great areas of land north and south of Newcastle, as well as city and suburban streets, are inundated after the heavy week-end rain. The water…

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Bleak Weather Snow on Tablelands Heavy Rain on South Coast SYDNEY

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 13 May 1926 · page 2

Bleak, wintry conditions with further rain, prevailed over New South Wales yesterday, and falls of snow were common on the southern…

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Forbes District Hospital Last Night's Meeting. Mr. S. Gale Not Satisfied

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 18 May 1926 · page 3

The usual monthly meeting of the Forbes District Hospital Committee was hold in the Council Chambers last night, those present being:--…

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Late News Floods at Maitland West Maitland

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 20 May 1926 · page 6

The Hunter River at Maitland is rapidly rising, and the road at McRae's Hollow is three feet under the overflow of the river, which is…

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Cyclonic Storm Brick House Destroyed Near Redbrige. Big Trees Uprooted Like Saplings. Family’s Miraculous Escape

Cowra Free Press · Friday 28 May 1926 · page 3

A severe hailstorm, accompanied by a whirlwind of cyclonic fury, swept over a narrow, track of country at Redbridge, between Young and…

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Cyclone Plays Havoc Three Forests Destroyed (By Wire) Sydney

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 15 June 1926 · page 1

A Reuter's message dated 13th from Geneva states that widespread havoe was caused at Chaux De Fonds and the surrounding neighborhood as a…

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Cloud-turrets and Storms

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 16 June 1926 · page 3

A scientific explanation of the connection between the imposing masses of cumulus clouds, piled up in aspiring white turrets, which are popularly called "thunder…

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The Steed of the Storm

Cowra Free Press · Friday 18 June 1926 · page 5

The reinless steed of the storm comes forth And thro’ gathering mists of rain; I see his ghastly shape in the gloom,…

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1870 Flood

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 22 June 1926 · page 2

Speaking of the 1870 flood, Mr. Will Wilde (who has frequently contributed interesting reminiscences of the early days to this paper), says that…

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