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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1913

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Texas Floods. Number of Deaths. Houston (Texas)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 December 1913 · page 5

The final figures in connection with the recent floods in Texas are now stated to be 20,000 homeless, and 165 frowned…

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Cyclone in Ceylon. Great Damage Done. Colombo

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 December 1913 · page 5

A cyclone has occurred in Ceylon, causing floods on the railway lines and washways. Many small craft have been wrecked,…

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An Old Maid's Christmas Written for the "Newcastle Morning Herald" by Frank H. Shaw, author of "A Daughter of the Storm," etc. (All Rights Reserved.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 December 1913 · page 12

MISS BRAMHAM signed very heavily and became once more conscious that she was thirty-five and very tired. Her feet…

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Strathendrick in Gales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 December 1913 · page 4

The steamer Strathendrick, which arrived at Newcastle yesterday from Puget Sound, experienced a very rough time in the early stages of the passage…

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Storms in America. Great Damage Done. New York

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 29 December 1913 · page 5

Terrific rain and wind storms are raging along the coast of New York and New Jersey. Two barges broke away from their…

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Maitland Flood Embankments

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 December 1913 · page 7

Sri,—I wish to draw public attention to the grave danger to which the town of Maitland is exposed, through the present breach in the river embankments at…

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