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Mid North Coast · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1928

91 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 5 of 5

Cyclone

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 12 October 1928 · page 2

Commencing at some spot unknown in the Indian Ocean off Western Australia and in under 48 hours sweeping across Australia to New Zealand…

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Dust Storm

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 13 October 1928 · page 1

The fiends of hell are loose on all The thirsty land. The sun Is but a silver ball Thro' flying sand…

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Disastrous Hail Storm

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 16 October 1928 · page 2

On Monday evening, a little after 7 o'clock, a storm worked up and everyone expected that the district was in for a heavy downpour of rain. Vivid…

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News in Brief. Patchy Thunderstorm

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 19 October 1928 · page 2

A heavy thunderstorm passed over the town yesterday afternoon, the rainfall, however, being very Patchy. In parts of the town up to 70 points…

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One Week After the Storm

Macleay Argus · Friday 26 October 1928 · page 4

In some parts of the Macleay the hailstorm of Thursday of last week, October 18th, was much heavier than in the town. In the vicinity of…

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Fiery Flood

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 9 November 1928 · page 4

A message from Catania (Sicily) on Tuesday states that, instead of subsiding, the eruption of Mt. Etna appears to be increasing m intensity…

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Storms on the Film

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 10 November 1928 · page 8

Maybe when you have seen on the screen the deck of a ship during a storm at sea you have wondered just how it is done…

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Storm

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 7 December 1928 · page 7

The storm shouts loud upon the hill, And shrilly whistles by the creek; It is a night when men are chill, And scarcely speak…

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Obituary Mr. John Gale

The Northern Champion · Saturday 15 December 1928 · page 4

One of the oldest residents of the Taree district in the person of Mr. John Gale. passed away in the M.R.D. Hospital at 3 a.m. on Thursday. The…

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Obituary. Mr. John Thomas Gale

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 15 December 1928 · page 10

Another very old and highly respected resident of the Manning passed away in the M.R.D. Hospital on Thursday morning, in the person of Mr. John…

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Cyclonic Storm

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 18 December 1928 · page 2

A cyclonic storm struck Maitland late on Saturday afternoon, and caused heavy damage to the town and district. Many buildings were…

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