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Mid North Coast · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1913

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In a Thunderstorm

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 18 October 1913 · page 11

It caught in a thunderstorm while out in the country, it is far safer to stay in the open-air than to run for the shelter of a tree or a barn. In…

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Disastrous Cyclonic Storms. Men Killed by Lightning. Mail Coach Overturned. Brisbane

Macleay Argus · Friday 31 October 1913 · page 15

Henry Seannard, a farm laborer at Merrilla, near Goulburn, was struck dead by lightning at Southgate…

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Heavy Floods

Macleay Argus · Friday 31 October 1913 · page 6

Heavy rain has fallen at San Salvador. Many district were inundated, and 54 people are reported drowned. The village of Vera…

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Sixty-four Flood Incident

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 5 November 1913 · page 6

Last week on the Manning River there passed away at the age of 71 Mrs. Margaret Ward, who, in the early days essayed to settle on the…

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Storms in America. Sixteen Inches of Snow in Ohio

Macleay Argus · Friday 14 November 1913 · page 14

Heavy storms, accompanied by sleet and snow, have wrecked the telegraph and telephone lines, and railway communication has been…

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Strange Floods

Macleay Argus · Friday 19 December 1913 · page 17

But a short time ago, in New Orleans, many huges tanks of treacle burst, and the sticky flood swept all over the lowlying portions of the city. Hundreds of…

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Why We Enjoy Heavy Rain

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 20 December 1913 · page 9

There are few these that are more depressing than a drizale. On the other band, there is no condition of the atmosphere which is more…

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