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Mid North Coast · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1926

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Storm at Nabiac

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 3 July 1926 · page 6

A terrific storm passed over Nabiac on Thursday night. The rain fell in torrents all night long, accompanied by vivid lightning and loud thunder…

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Magnificent Spectacle. Ellenborough Falls in Flood

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 10 July 1926 · page 1

Ellenborough Falls, on the Bulge plateau, are a magnificent spectacle at the present time, as a result of the recent heavy rains. An immense…

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1500 Dead and 25,000 Hurt in Miami Horror Awful Gale at 130 Miles an Hour. Even Greater Disaster than Frisco Earthquake of 1906 Fifty Towns said to Razed to the Ground

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 24 September 1926 · page 4

Over 1500 lives are estimated to have been lost in the hurricane which swept a path of devastation, 60 miles wide, across…

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Big Storm at Maitland

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 2 October 1926 · page 5

A GREAT storm of hail and rain swept over Maitland an Wednesday afternoon.' Accumulations of hail on the lowlying parts of the town stopped…

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Hail Storm. Unprecedented for Density

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 15 October 1926 · page 3

A devastating hailstorm, unprecedented for density and violence swept the township of Forster on Wednesday afternoon of last week,…

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Floods in New Zealand

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 13 November 1926 · page 4

FLOODS have occurred in parts New Zealand. The town of Westport experienced the most disastrous in its history, being practically under water. Hundreds…

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Main Roads Mr. Lang's Proposals. "Greatest Political Steal in History." Arouse Storm of Indignation

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 19 November 1926 · page 2

Intense Indignation prevails in many quarters at Mr. Lang's proposals to interfere with the Main Roads Board…

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Farm Engineering. a Flood-proof Fence. An Effective Design

The Northern Champion · Saturday 20 November 1926 · page 2

Wire netting fences of considerable value are periodically destroyed by flood waters in certain districts. A departmental officer gives some…

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Cyclone Succeeds Conflagration. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 14 December 1926 · page 3

A message from Eden says that following a bush fire during the week-end came a terrific gale, which tore off the balcony of the Bank of New South…

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