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Macarthur (Camden & Campbelltown) · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1913

5 stories in Macarthur (Camden & Campbelltown)'s papers

Aviator Killed. Flight in a Gale. a Dive to Death

The Wollondilly Press · Wednesday 12 March 1913 · page 2

Mr Edward Petre, the well-known aviator, met his death on Tuesday in attempting a non-stop flight from the Brooklands Aerodrome to Edinburgh…

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Gale Causes Disaster. Fourteen Sinkers Killed. Survivors' Ordeal

The Picton Post · Wednesday 7 May 1913 · page 6
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Fourteen men lost their lives at the Boisover Colliery Company's new pit on Lord Savile's estate at Rufford, near Mansfield, No[?] late on Friday…

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Moore Floods Predicted

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 24 May 1913 · page 4

Mr. Clement Wragge, the well-known meteorologist, supplies the following special forecast, dated from Broken Hill, May 20,[?] p.m…

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Thunderstorm Dangers

The Picton Post · Wednesday 26 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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