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Mid North Coast · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1900

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A Loving Nervous Storm

Macleay Argus · Saturday 11 August 1900 · page 11

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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A Long Nervous Storm

Macleay Argus · Saturday 18 August 1900 · page 6

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

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Steamer in a Gale. Shocking Spectacle at Sea

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 15 September 1900 · page 4

THE steamer Moresby had a terrible experience between Sydney and New Britain, on her Island cruise. The captain says it was the toughest passage they have had since the…

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A Long Nervous Storm

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 4 October 1900 · page 6

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 to contemptible a thing inflict such a mountain…

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A Long Nervous Storm

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 11 October 1900 · page 6

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

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Blissful Moments. Sunshine and Storm

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 13 October 1900 · page 2

They were cycling down in Murrey. And they slowly jogged along; She was clearly in a hurry And he hummed a little song…

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A Long Nervous Storm

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 18 October 1900 · page 3

If you ever watched a dentist draw a nerve out of a tooth, you will remember how much it looked like a little s[?]p of wet, white cotton thread. How can so contemptible a thing inflict such a mountain…

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Blissful Moments. Sunshine and Storm

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 18 October 1900 · page 2

They were cycling down in Surrey, And they [?]wly jogged along; She was clearly in a hurry And he hu[?]med a little song…

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Gales in New Zealand. Vessels Seek Shelter

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 27 October 1900 · page 8

SEVERE gales were experienced last week in several parts of New Zealand. Telegraph communication was interrupted in many places in the South Island and railway…

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Heavy Storms in Sydney. House Struck by Lightning, and a Boy Killed. Sydney. Monday. 1.20 p.m

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 21 November 1900 · page 3

OVER four and a half inches of rain had fallen up to last night, and a further supply descended during the night and this morning. It is now partially clearing…

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Rains and Gale

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 22 November 1900 · page 4

General rain fell throughout the Colony on Sunday, large falls occurring in several of the drought stricken districts. A strong easterly gale which set in did…

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Marlee. a Dangerous Storm. Dec. 10

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 12 December 1900 · page 2

A TERRIFIC storm of short duration passed over Marlee on Saturday evening, 8th inst., in which four persons narrowly escaped being struck by lightning. The facts as told are : Mr. Minns, of…

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Storms and Wrecks in Great Britain

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 27 December 1900 · page 4

Violent weather w raging over Great Britain. Sereral vessels have been stranded and buildings wrecked, and numerous fatalities are reported…

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