Cyclonic Storm
Yesterday evening about 6.30 Kempsey was visited by a terrific cyclonic storm. For about five minutes prior to the disturbance the sky was diffused…
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Floods & storms, 1923
45 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 1 of 3
The Quiet After the Storm
See yon blue sky that breaks The clouds above the mountain in the west! The fields disclose themselves, And in the valley bright the river runs…
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The fierce thunderstorm Thursday evening, which yielded the Upper Maclcay an inch and a half of rain covered a large extend of coastal…
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Yesterday afternoon Kempsey and the surrounding district were visited by a rather severe cyclonic storm. Rain threatened from just before lunch and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gale on American. Coast. Shipping Disasters. Vancouver
There is a heavy gale blowing off the coast of Washington. The steamer Nika is rudderless and on fire near Umatilla reef. The steamer Tuscan…
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At the Macleay Shire meeting on Monday the Meterological Bureau wrote informing the Council that instructions have been given to Bellbrook for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Terrific Storm. Hail Like Hen Eggs. Sydney
An Auckland message says a terrific hailstorm at Dargaville, in ten minutes created widespread havoc. The hailstones were larger than hen eggs…
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Thursday afternoon last, just prior to the breaking of a severe thunderstorm, Mr. Thomas Charles Alexander left his work in the field, on Mr Cooper's…
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A PHENOMENAL hail storm occurred at Dry River, 20 miles north of Bega, on Wednesday. Lumps of jagged ice, the size of a cricket ball, fell, and…
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A sight which would need to be believed was witnessed at Qunaha, near Cobargo recently. During the evening a very large…
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A MESSAGE from Capetown states that extensive flooding in the Zambesi country has caused a serious situation. Railway communication has been…
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Mr. J. W. Anderson, of Kempsey, on Thursday received a telegram from Dalgety and Co., Sydney, advising as follows: "Raining heavily here…
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One of the worst cyclones experienced in the South Seas recently passed over New Caledonia, according to officers of the steamer Drafn…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Anzac. Kempsey Commemorates. Memorial Unveiled in Heavy Rain
Anzac Day in Kempsey was greatly marred by inclement weather conditions. The morning broke threatening with banks of clouds racing across the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Terrible Storm in France. London
There has been a terrible storm in France. Orne, a department town of 5000 inhabitants, was the centre of destruction. Every house was damaged…
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The New Zealand floods were responsible for huge damage and stock losses. One Canterbury breeder lost 140 stud Southdown ewes, valued at £1000. Two…
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"If only it was not quite so near the river, George," Mrs. Roden said, in answer to her husband's inquiries as to bow she liked the house…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Telegrams. Heavy Rain Inland. Wheat Belt Benefits. Sydney
The best general rain since 1920 fell nearly all over the State during the week-end. The heaviest falls were in the Southern and Western divisions,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cyclonic Storm. Damage at Crescent Head. WAVES 100 Feet High
A severe cyclonic storm reached this little seaside village on Tuesday last, about 5 p.m., much damage being done by the wind, which blew at gale force…
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On Sunday morning, June 26th, 1921, one of the fiercest gales that ever struck the Manning Bight was characterised by the loss of two steamers, the…
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