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Mid North Coast · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1909

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Floods in Mexico. Enormous Damage. Half a City Inundated. Twelve Hundred Dead

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 4 September 1909 · page 10

The overflow of the rivers has caused enormous damage in Northern Mexico. In Montero alone 800 people…

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Cablegrams. London, Wednesday. Floods in Mexico

Macleay Argus · Saturday 4 September 1909 · page 11

Seventeen inches of rain fell in Mexico within three days and the country has been flooded out. Later details are to the effect that 2000…

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The Flood Victims. Thousands of Bodies Recovered. Town in Texas Flooded. River a Hundred Miles Wide

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 8 September 1909 · page 3

Terrible scenes are being witnessed at Monterey,the 'city in Northern Mexico which was devastated by floods. Thousands of bodies have been…

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Storm at Grafton

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 23 September 1909 · page 2

A VIOLENT storm passed over the centre of the city on Thursday afternoon. The wind blew with great force, and partially unroofed the…

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Severe Hail Storm

Nambucca News · Friday 24 September 1909 · page 4

On Friday Grafton was visited, by an exceptionally fierce wind storm accompanied with severe hail, which did a great amount of damage. The hail pelted down was so…

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Death of Mrs. M. Connors. Incident of the Big Flood of 1864 Recalled

Macleay Argus · Saturday 2 October 1909 · page 14

A VERY old and much respected resided of this district in the person of Mrs. Sarah Connors, wife of Mr. Michael Connors, died at Greenhill on…

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The Late Storm

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 7 October 1909 · page 2

MR. SAMUEL SEE, the Clarence manager for the North Coast Company, in referring to the trip of the Kallatina says:—"We crossed out of the…

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The Missing Waratah Last Seen on Eve of Great Storm

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 9 October 1909 · page 14

The missing Lund liner Waratah was last seen on the eve of a great storm off the South African coast. The Waratah left Durban for Capetown on…

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Alter the Storm. More Hope for Jamaica

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 20 November 1909 · page 9

There are more favorable reports from Jamaica, whole districts of which were devasted by recent hurricanes and rain-storms…

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Interruption of Telegraph Lines. All Wires Cut Off Owing to Thunderstorm

Macleay Argus · Saturday 20 November 1909 · page 11

A start was made with our press wires from Sydney this (Friday) morning, but after about 20 words had been received Sydney was cut…

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Storms and Gales

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 9 December 1909 · page 5

LONDON, MONDAY.— Show storms followed the recent heavy gales in Great Britain. Terrible weather was experienced…

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