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Mid North Coast · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1914

19 stories in Mid North Coast's papers

Severe Storms

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 16 January 1914 · page 4

For several days severe storms have been raging through the central North Coast districts. On Monday acceptable rain fell, but the fierce hurricaus…

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Gale at Invercargill. Several Narrow Escapes

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 21 January 1914 · page 4

A heavy gale at Invercargill (N.Z.) occasioned minor damage. There was an exciting occurrence at Dunedin on Tuesday during the…

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Severe Storms

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 30 January 1914 · page 4

On Tuesday evening Bowraville was the centre of great electrical disturbance, which fortunately, was not of long duration. During the day…

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Sydney's Storm

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 31 January 1914 · page 2

A storm which passed over Sydney about noon on Tuesday was responsible for five hoses being unroofed at Waterloo, while at Randwick one of…

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Storm at Tamworth

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 11 February 1914 · page 6

A heavy storm broke over Tamworth on Tuesday morning, accompanied by vivid flashes of lightning. Rain came down intorrents, together…

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Remakable Rainstorm. South Californian Deluge

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 25 February 1914 · page 2

A tropical downpour of rain turned the streets of many Southern Californian towns into racing millstreams. Eight inches of rain fell in three…

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The '64 Flood

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 27 February 1914 · page 4

It is strange how often when prominence is given to events of years long past, that coincidences arise. On page 3 of the present…

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Heavy Storms

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 3 April 1914 · page 4

During the week there have been quite a number of heavy storms of rain. The thunder and lightning, has, at times, been exceptionally severe…

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Fatal Storm

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 25 April 1914 · page 2

In a terrifies form on Monday night falling trees wrecked a drover's camp at Rosewood killing John Ring out-right…

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A Big Storm

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 20 June 1914 · page 6

The heavy gale which passed through the district last Wednesday struck Taree about mid-day. Starting with a thunderstorm the wind blew…

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The Storm

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 24 June 1914 · page 4

Though much damage was wrought by last Wednesday night's storm in other parts, the Macleay as a whole escaped comparatively lightly, the…

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The Recent Storm

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 27 June 1914 · page 4

We learn that in the recent storm Mr. Tyrie's 18ft. launch, formerly well known as a sailing boat named Albion, was sunk near Harrington,…

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Lost in a Gale

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 11 September 1914 · page 2

In the Marine Court, Sydney, the circumstances attending the loss of the ketch Alfred Fenning and the schooner Aleda were inquired into…

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Wireless Works Best During Storms at Sea

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 19 September 1914 · page 9

Mysterious as the transmission of wireless messages seems to the average lay mind, there are phases connected with wireless telegraphy which…

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A Heavy Thunderstorm

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 17 October 1914 · page 2

The thunderstorm on Wednesday afternoon brought down one of the heaviest downpours of rain experienced in Stroud for some time. The…

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Heavy Rain at Taree

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 21 October 1914 · page 2

Heavy rain set in on saturday and still continues Upward of five inches have fallen in 24 hours. It is reported that Diago creek is a banker…

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Soaking Rains. Floods and Bad Roads

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 23 October 1914 · page 4

The rainfall on the Nambucca for October has been exceptional and up to yesterday morning the records at Bowraville showed 1272 points. On…

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Heavy Storms

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 11 November 1914 · page 2

A storm broke over Gloucester on Friday evening and resulted in 35 points of rain falling. On Monday afternoon about four o'clock another…

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Heavy Storm at Dungog

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 14 November 1914 · page 2

On Monday last Dungong was visited by a violent Thunder-storm, 260 points of rain falling in an hour and a half…

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