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Mid North Coast · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1918

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

A Lucky Thunderstorm

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 26 October 1918 · page 2

It had been a "dour", brooding day one felt oppressed with that carious sense of dread and expectancy which a storm in the air produces…

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Cyclonic Storm at Singleton

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 1 November 1918 · page 5

A cyclonic storm at Singleton on Thursday evening caused considerable damage, and them were many narrow escapes from personal injury. It is…

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Wind Storm

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 2 November 1918 · page 2

A violent wind storm accompanied by a little rain passed over the district on Wednesday night last. A number of trees were uprooted and…

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Fierce Cyclone on North Coast

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 20 November 1918 · page 2

A cyclone of terrific violence was experienced at Clybucca, Macleay River, on Friday afternoon, resulting in damage running into four figures. A…

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A Cyclonic Storm. Strikes the Macleay. Cattle, Crops and Houses Destroyed. Factory Flattened. Damage Totals Thousands

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 20 November 1918 · page 5

THE Macleay valley, with its widespreading immensity of fertile plsin amid foothills that rise gently to the encircling mountains, affords a…

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Terrific Cyclone on Macleay. Factory and Houses Blown Down. Crops Destroyed. Cattle Killed by Hail. Man Injured

Macleay Argus · Thursday 21 November 1918 · page 3

The most terrific storm experienced in the memory of many of the residents of that locality visited part of the Macleay River last Friday…

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The Recent Cyclonic Storm

Macleay Argus · Thursday 28 November 1918 · page 5

Mr. A. G. Sutherland, Tanban, writes -- "Sir, I have read about the storm at Clybucca being rather hot, but I think a few jottings about it at…

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A Cyclonic Storm. Strikes the Macleay. (Abridged from Macleay "Chronicle")

The Northern Champion · Saturday 30 November 1918 · page 8

Friday of last week brought an un-pleasant surprise to settlers and travellers who were in the narrow path of a cyclonic atom that rose in the…

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The Storm

Macleay Argus · Thursday 19 December 1918 · page 4

A terrific storm struck Kempsey on Monday night. During the day a thunderstorm had passed over the place, but it was a trifle to the visitation…

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Wind Storm

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 25 December 1918 · page 2

A wind storm struck Dungog on Friday last, and did a considerable amount of damage. The morning was hot, 103 degrees in the shode, but…

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