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Mid North Coast · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1900

33 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 1 of 2

Refuge from Floods

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 29 March 1900 · page 3

Injustice reigns, where unjust measures ; Usurp the people's rights and justice of her treasure IT is only common justice that the requirements of all individuals should be studied by…

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Floods in W A.

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 3 May 1900 · page 4

Heavy and destructive floods have occurred at Lake Way in the East Murchison goldfields district of Western Australia. Several miles of country are under water,…

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When Caught in a Storm

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 5 May 1900 · page 8

Lightning strikes high points. It is therefore important that we keep away from anything that rises above the ground—such as trees, walls, and fences…

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Floods in Western Australia. Miles of Country Under Water. Perth

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 5 May 1900 · page 6

The Postmaster-General has received a telegram from the Postmaster at Lawlers stating that miles and miles of country are inundated. There were…

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When Caught in a Storm

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 10 May 1900 · page 7

Lightning strikes high points. It is therefore important that we keep away from anything that rises above the ground—such as trees, walls, and fences…

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Floods on the Hawkesbury and Nepean. Sydney

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 26 May 1900 · page 5

THE river Nepean is still rising, and there are partial floods in the neighbourhood of Penrith and Camden. Richmond also reports that the Hawkesbury is rising at that place…

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The Tomki Meets the Gale. 18 Miles in 13 HOURS. Newcastle

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 13 June 1900 · page 3

AT 3 o'clock this afternoon the North Coast Company's steamer Tomki came up the harbour, bearing the appearance of having been in trouble. She was…

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The Tomki Meets the Gale. Driven Back to Newcastle. Eighteen Miles in Thirteen Hours. Newcastle

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 13 June 1900 · page 3

AT throe o'clock this afternoon the North Coast Company's steamer Tomki came up the harbor, bearing the appearance of having been in trouble. She was minus of about 20ft. of rail and bulwarks…

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The Tomki meets the Gale. Newcastle

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 16 June 1900 · page 2

At three o'clock this afternoon the North Coast Company's steamer Tomki came up the harbor, bearing the appearance of having been in trouble. She was minus of about…

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A Bride From the Flood

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 16 June 1900 · page 2

"Dearest Blanche, I am here at last. I could not, bowover, leave to my stepfather's sick couch until he bad dropped off to sleep. He has been more than usually querulous this night…

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A Bride From the Flood

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 21 June 1900 · page 2

"Desrest Blano[?]e, I am hare at last. I could not, however, l[?]ave my stepfather's sick couch until he had dropped off to sleep. He has b[?]e more than [?]ually querulous this night…

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Gales and Floods. Narrow Escapes. Sydney

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 7 July 1900 · page 5

THERE was a terrific gale here yesterday afternoon, when the wind travelled at the rate of 70 miles an hour—two miles faster than in the Maitland gale. All the southern rivers are rising rapidly, and the…

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Disastrous Floods. 200 Families Flooded Out on the Hawkesbury

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 11 July 1900 · page 3

THE worst fears in regard to a flood in the Hawkesbury have been realised. The river rose exceedingly fait all day on Thursday, at a rate seldom seen on the Hawkesbury before. At nightfall it was over…

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A Flood Tragedy. Midnight Signals for Help, Goulburn

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 14 July 1900 · page 2

The floods have greatly subsided, revealing that considerable damage has been done. The dead bodies of horses, cattle, pig, and poultry are lying on the banks, one dead bullock…

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Flood Weather. the Mails Delayed

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 25 July 1900 · page 2

LIGHT rain set in on Saturday night last, and continued on Sunday. During that night the rain became heavier, and on Monday it fell without intermission the greater part of the day, accompanied by…

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The Recent Storm

Macleay Argus · Saturday 28 July 1900 · page 9

AFTER an unprecedented spell of fine, cold weather, meteorological conditions changed very much for the worse on Saturday last, when heavy rain set in and the Macleay…

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Moorland. 24th July. FLOOD

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 28 July 1900 · page 6

The flood is the latest topic of discussion at present. We had [?] ten days of beautiful weather although accompanied by some very heavy…

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Laurieton. a Gale

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 1 August 1900 · page 3

Wretched! miserable! not a dry spot anywhere, was the general cry on Monday the 23rd, when the river was visited by a terrific gale, accompanied…

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The Rain Storm at Moorland. July 24

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 1 August 1900 · page 2

ON Saturday evening last a drizzling rain set in, and continued almost up fill daylight on Monday morning, when it began to come down heavily, and the wind, which had been from the south, commenced to…

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A Loving Nervous Storm

Macleay Argus · Saturday 4 August 1900 · page 13

IF you ever watched a dentist draw a nerve out of a tooth, you will remember how much it looked like a little snip of wet, white cotton thread. How can so contemptible a thing…

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