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New England · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1913

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Storm-Swept England. London

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 1 January 1913 · page 7

The terrific storms and gales continue to prevail throughout the British Isles, and tremendous seas are running in the Atlantic and the…

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Race for Life. a Thrilling Tale. Cheating a Fierce Gale. Steam Tug's Adventures. Two Boats Overturned. New York

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 6 January 1913 · page 6

A [?] tale of the [?] is just to hand. The tugboat Margaret was looking for [?] of the New Jersey coast,…

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Heavy Storm at Guyra

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 7 January 1913 · page 6

ON Wednesday, about mid-day, the heaviest rainfall experienced on any one day for twelve months occurred. In less than 40 minutes 225 points…

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Terrific American Storms

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 11 January 1913 · page 7

Terrific storms hare raged on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. The railways are unworkable owing to snowslides. In the middle west firemen…

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Telegrams. Sydney, Friday. Floods in Queensland

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 18 January 1913 · page 4

Heavy rains are falling in many parts of Queensland. The water is covering the railway lines, and the creeks are rising rapidly. All traffic…

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Heavy Rain in Queensland. Brisbane

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 20 January 1913 · page 2

Heavy rain is fulling in many parts of Queensland. Water is covering the railway lines, and the creeks are rising rapidly…

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Thunderstorms

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 20 January 1913 · page 2

Following some exceptionally warm weather, thunderstorms occurred on Saturday, Sunday, and to-day, and as a result about 60 points of rain…

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Floods in Queensland Some Record Rainfalls

The Inverell Times · Monday 20 January 1913 · page 7

A telegram from Brisbane dated Thursday reads: The Weather Bureau reports that rain has fallen during the past 24 hours on the Peninsula, and…

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Storm at Sea

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 21 January 1913 · page 2

THE Norwegian ship Gunda, which arrived at Sydney on Sunday from Marseilles with a cargo of tiles, had an exciting time towards the end of…

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Floods in Queensland

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 22 January 1913 · page 2

A telegram to the Commissioner for Railways from Maryborough, stated that heavy continuous rain fell throughout that district during the…

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Queensland Floods

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 25 January 1913 · page 4

Further reports of the floods in Queensland state that two bridges on the Laura line have been washed away, and a train is isolated…

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Wednesday's Storm. Damage to Telephone Wires

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 1 February 1913 · page 3

A thunderstorm, accompanied by lightning of unusual intensity, passed over Armidale and neighborhood on Wednesday afternoon. There were…

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Destructive Floods. Brisbane

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 4 February 1913 · page 2

Great floods have occurred in the Johnstone River, north of Townsville. Houses were washed away and many horses were…

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Heavy Floods. Brisbane

The Inverell Times · Friday 7 February 1913 · page 2

Owing to recent heavy rains in Northern Queensland there have been several washaways, particularly in the vicinity of Cairns where…

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Floods in South Australia

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 15 February 1913 · page 4

A terrific downpour of rain occasioned widespread damage in all parts of South Australia yesterday. Adelaide is under water. Many large…

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Violent Storm in Sydney

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 12 March 1913 · page 6

On Saturday night Sydney was visited by a cyclonic storm of the severest nature. Few if any, can recall such a visitation to Sydney. The howling…

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Aviator Killed. Flight in a Gale. a Dive to Death

Guyra Argus · Thursday 13 March 1913 · page 4

Mr Edward Petre, the well-known aviator, met his death on Tuesday in attempting a non-stop flight from the Brooklands Aerodrome to Edinburgh…

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Last Thursday's Storm

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 27 March 1913 · page 4

The storm last Thursday afternoon was One of the heaviest experienced in Glen Innes for many years past, while the lighting was most vivid…

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Latest News. Cables. London, Thursday. Floods in America

The Inverell Times · Friday 28 March 1913 · page 2

Harrowing details of the a offerings of the people in the Western States through the recent storms and floods continue to come in. In Dayton,…

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Fire and Flood

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 29 March 1913 · page 4

The renewal of the blizzard is adding to the horrors of the situation at Dayton. The fire is still raging. The disaster is assuming proportions…

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