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Mid North Coast · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1913

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Storm in Queensland

Macleay Argus · Friday 7 February 1913 · page 11

Delayed telegraphic advices from Cairns state that the weather experienced in connection with the recent cyclone was unprecedented…

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Bad Thunderstorm in Sydney

Macleay Argus · Friday 7 February 1913 · page 11

A very severe thunderstorm occurred in Sydney last night. A tramway post was struck by lightning, and a moving picture theatre in…

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Up River Storm

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 19 February 1913 · page 4

Monday at Mungay, about mid-day, a terrific storm broke over a circumscribed area there and considerably scared the residents, as well as…

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Saturday's Storm in Sydney. Widespread Damage

Macleay Argus · Friday 14 March 1913 · page 15

THROUGHOUT Saturday rain fell incessantly in Sydney and for 24 hours up to 9 a.m. on Sunday no less than 769 points were registered…

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Fierce Storm at Newcastle

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 19 March 1913 · page 7

The storm which took place at Newcastle last Thursday was one of the severest of its kind yet experienced and caused much damage to…

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Floods in America

Macleay Argus · Friday 28 March 1913 · page 13

News from the United States report widespread floods all over the country. Many towns have been completely wiped out and it is…

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Floods

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 2 April 1913 · page 4

News from Wellington, New Zealand, status that the Southland floods are the most serious that have occurred for 30 years. Miles of rail…

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Floods in New Zealand. Extensive Damage. Wellington

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 5 April 1913 · page 12

Telegrams form the various parts of the lower half of the South Island of New Zealand show that the floods there are heavier than have been experienced during…

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Gales on the Coast. Flood Weather

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 9 April 1913 · page 2

On Saturday last, shortly afternoon, rain set in in this district and has continued ever since, accompanied by a heavy easterly gale…

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The Weather. FLOODS

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 11 April 1913 · page 4

In our last issue we intimated that the rainfall for March had only been 80 points. This was by far the lowest record for many years, that for March, 1912, being…

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Floods--extensive and Peculiar

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 12 April 1913 · page 11

Probably the county of Kent has been more hardly death with than any other English country as regards floods of water, but fortunately it…

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A Storm in a Teacup

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 23 April 1913 · page 3

When some aggrieved customer of the ferries wished to obtain some particulars from the Sydney Harbour Trust respecting the rents paid by…

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In the Grip of the Storm Fiend. Tub Kyogle's Tumbling

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 23 April 1913 · page 4

"The passengers trooped aboard the Kyogle at Sydney last Saturday night week, luggage laden, each wearing an 'I'm here-who's-going-to-shift-me?'…

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Terrible Storm in Sydney

Macleay Argus · Friday 25 April 1913 · page 11

Sydney and the surrounding suburbs were visited with a terrible thunderstorm this morning. Heavy rain is still falling…

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About Thunderstorms

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 26 April 1913 · page 2

Thunderstorms never occur in the Arctic regions. The nearer the equator the more severe are the electric manifestations…

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Nambucca Heads. Severe Gale. Southern Wall Broken Through

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 16 May 1913 · page 4

During the heavy weather on Tuesday night the telegraph lines between Macksville and Nambucca Heads were blown down, so that…

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Torrential Rains. Flooded Watercourses. Towns Isolated. Wharves Swept by Water

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 16 May 1913 · page 4

During the past week the weather has been exceptionally severe and rain has fallen with extreme violence, resulting in flooded water…

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After the Deluge. Disastrous Floods in the District. Rail and Mail Traffic Held Up

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 17 May 1913 · page 6

"The rain it raineth every day," says an old English song. There is a good deal of exaggeration in the statement, but it could have been used, with very little divergence…

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Gloucester in Flood

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 17 May 1913 · page 4

Rain set in on Monday night, and fell unceasingly throughout Tuesday and Wednesday and the ground being already thoroughly soaked from…

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The Storm

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 21 May 1913 · page 4

This week the weather has been so exceedingly pleasant that the memory of the cyclonic blow a week ago is almost obliterated, and perhaps…

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