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Mid North Coast · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1927

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Holiday Storm. Floods at Cessnock. Deluge at Cape Hawke

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 8 January 1927 · page 4

During the holidays there were torrential falls of rain in several parts of the State. On Tuesday of last week the rain clouds gathered…

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Deluge at Wingham. Bridge Washed Away

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 8 January 1927 · page 4

A bridge was washed away and considerable damage done to roads as the result of the severe thunder storm…

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Flood Holds Up Train

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 8 January 1927 · page 4

Big washaways occurred on the western, southern and northern railway lines cwing to the floods and storm waters, engines being derailed…

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Floods in February

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 21 January 1927 · page 2

Many years ago Mr. H. C. Russell, who was then Government Astronomer for New South Wales, propounded a theory of weather cycles…

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A Fearful Gale

The Northern Champion · Saturday 22 January 1927 · page 2

A cyclist was careering along one of the streets at the West End a few evenings ago, the only light which disclosed his presence being that of the public lamps…

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Stratford Storm

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 25 January 1927 · page 2

A very severe storm was experienced here on Tuesday last, doing considerable damage to growing crops and unroofing many shes and…

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Floods in North Queensland. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 25 January 1927 · page 3

Further heavy floods have occurred in the north of Queensland. All trains were cancelled yesterday. The water in many places is over the railway lines…

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Tweed River in Flood

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 25 January 1927 · page 2

A report from Murwillumbah on Monday states: The rain, which has been failing here incessantly since late on Saturday afternoon, threatens to flood…

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Terrific Storm at Dungog. Pigs and Fowls Killed

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 26 January 1927 · page 2

Hailstones as big as teacups--some weighing eight ounces -- thrashed across Bandon Grove on Tuesday evening of last week in a terrific…

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Rain on North Coast. Flood Falls in Many Centres. Macleay Thoroughly Saturated

Macleay Argus · Friday 28 January 1927 · page 4

That the rains of mid-December definitely marked the breaking of the drought over the North Coast has been amply proved by subsequent rainfall…

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Heavy Coastal Rain

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 29 January 1927 · page 6

Very heavy rains have been falling during the lost week on the North Coast, principally on the lop rivers. The Tweed and Richmond Rivers…

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Gale in Britain. Many Casualties

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 5 February 1927 · page 6

FIFTEEN deaths are directly and in directly attributed to u great gale which raged throughout Britain at the end of the month. It reached a…

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Floods on the North. A Coraki message at last week-end stated:--

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 5 February 1927 · page 11

Steady rain has fallen all day (Friday) . Water to a depth of several feet extends for miles In all directions. The town is cut off, and…

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Local and General. Heavy Storm at Coff's

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 8 February 1927 · page 2

A cyclonic disturbance occurred at Coff's Harbor on Saturday evening. A house in course of erection and trees were blown down, and brick chimneys…

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Queensland Floods. Waters Receding

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 15 February 1927 · page 3

Reports from North Queensland show that the flood waters are receding. The death roll so far is estimated at 39, but a large number of persons are…

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Cyclone and Floods. Disaster in Queensland

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 16 February 1927 · page 2

Last week a terrific cyclone swept Queensland coastal district near Cairns. Floods followed, and houses were swept away on the surging…

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Floods in America. Vancouver

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 19 February 1927 · page 5

A SAN FRANCISCO message states that at least 24 are dead, and the property damage is expected to total several million dollars, as a result of…

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Terrible Floods in Cairns District, North Queensland. 17 Drowned, Some Missing. Sydney

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 19 February 1927 · page 4

IT is known that 17 persons perished in the great floods following in the wake of the cyclone that swept the Queensland coastal districts near…

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Dondingalong Cyclone

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 23 February 1927 · page 4

Saturday night's storm struck Dondingalong with cyclonic force, flattening trees and buildings in all directions Mr. P. Battle's two barns and dairy…

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Severe Storm. "The Unholy Three."

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 26 February 1927 · page 5

ONE of the worst storms ever experienced in Port Macquarie, so far as thunder and lightning are concerned, occurred on Saturday night last. THREE freaks from a side-show—a ventriloquist, a giant and a dwarf—once banded themselves in a strange alliance of crime. The ventriloquist could throw his voice…

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