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Mid North Coast · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1912

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

Cyclonic Storm. Terrific Wind and Rain Blown Out of a Buggy. Cows Killed by Lightning

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 6 January 1912 · page 6

A telegram from Cunnamulla states that, a terrific cyclone and thunder storm occurred there on Saturday afternoon. The clouds banked up…

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Six Inches in an Hour. Floods in Yass District

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 6 January 1912 · page 6

The intense heat that prevailed on Sunday morning created an extraordinary atmospheric disturbance continuous rain falling heavily for…

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Floods in France. London

Macleay Argus · Friday 12 January 1912 · page 9

The River Seine and other streams in France are flooded, and it is feared there will be a repetition of the [?]dation in Paris of a few years ago…

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Cyclone in Gloucester

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 10 February 1912 · page 8

A cyclone struck Gloucester on Thursday afternoon about 3 o'clock, carrying serious disaster in its wake Over 20 buildings of different kinds…

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Storms in Europe

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 10 February 1912 · page 8

Great storms have occurred in Spain and Portugal and the Guadalquiver is 36 feet above normal. Extensive floods are reported at…

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Floods in Europe. Vast Areas in Spain Under Water

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 17 February 1912 · page 7

King Alfonso received an ovatio when touring the flooded districts in Andalusia. The floods in Seville have caused…

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Violent Storm

The Gloucester Examiner and Lower Hunter Advertiser · Friday 1 March 1912 · page 2

A violent storm accompanied by very fierce lightning, loud thunder claps, and torrential rains (over 300 points), occurred in Sydney, lasting some…

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Violent Storms in Sydney

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 8 March 1912 · page 3

A violent storm raged in Sydney between 3 and 4 o'clock on Friday, a terrific thunderclap, proceeded by an exceptionally vivid flash of…

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General News. Absorbing Floods

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 23 March 1912 · page 4

Absorbing flood water by storage wells is a plan French engineers are considerng. Much daimage was formerly done by inundations on the…

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Disastrous Floods in Missouri Worst Recorded

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 6 April 1912 · page 9

Floods now being experienced in Missouri, Illinois, and Kentucky are the worst ever recorded. The property losses, amount to…

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Heavy Rain in Queensland

Macleay Argus · Friday 12 April 1912 · page 11

A telegram from Brisbane has been received to the effect than phenomenal rain has fallen on the Queensland seaboard. At Innisfal…

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Flood Havoc

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 13 April 1912 · page 9

A crisis has been reached in the floods in the Mississippi. If the dykes in Arkansas, Mississippi State and Northern Louisiana hold for…

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Scientific Notes. Absorbing Floods

Macleay Argus · Friday 19 April 1912 · page 5

Absorbing flood water by storage wells is a plan French engineers are considering. Much damage was formerly done by inundations on the…

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Floods in Manitoba. Many Villages Submerged

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 1 June 1912 · page 5

The rivers are flooded, and doze is of villages are submerged. At Moose Jaws the city power plant has been destroyed, and the…

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Floods in Queensland

Macleay Argus · Friday 14 June 1912 · page 14

Floods continue in Queensland. In many places the railway bridges are covered with water and traffic is blocked. The passengers and mails…

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Terrific Gales

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 19 July 1912 · page 4

For several days past a terrible gale has been blowing on the coast. On Sunday the Noorebar, with mails from Sydney could not touch at Coff's…

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"Storm in a Tea Cup."

Macleay Argus · Friday 19 July 1912 · page 13

Henry Christian Weingarth charged Theodore Lahana with using insulting words. Mr. Hardiman appeared for Weingarth and Mr. Sheridan defended…

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A Cyclonic Storm. Terrible Weather on the Coast

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 20 July 1912 · page 7

IN common with the rest of the New South Wales coast, we eiperienoed the full force of the cyclonic storm which developed in the early hours of Sunday morning last. The wind, which was bitterly cold…

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Storm's Fury. Sea Walls Swept Away

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 24 July 1912 · page 3

Mr. W. A. Lee, the district works, officer, visited Harrington on Thursday to inspect the damage caused by the recent storm, which is considered…

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Point Stephens Isolated Result of the Recent Storm

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 10 August 1912 · page 9

Point Stephens, the headland immediately to the southward of the Port Stephens entrance, is now an island, having been cut off from the…

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