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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1901

10 stories in North West (Tamworth to Moree)'s papers

South African Storms

Manilla Express · Saturday 23 February 1901 · page 3

The thunderstorms of South Africa are very violent in character, and no wet season passes without its record of lightning accidents. The natives…

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An Alarming Prediction. a Deluge Next December

Manilla Express · Saturday 20 April 1901 · page 3

On one of the Babylonian tablets exhumed from the ancient city of Nineveh, and now in the British Museum, is an inscription of surprising interest and importance. It…

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The Track of the Goldseekers. [Copyright.] Story of the Australian Alps. Chapter Xxiii.a Storm

Manilla Express · Saturday 24 August 1901 · page 3

Towards daylight the atmosphere became very cold, and Foster kept a strong fire burning. He had just thrown on an armful of…

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During a Storm

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 7 September 1901 · page 1
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'Captain,' said the mate of the good ship 'Cauliflower,' while the storm was at its height,' the ship has sprung a leak, the water-light…

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Terrific Cyclone

Manilla Express · Saturday 16 November 1901 · page 2

A terrific hailstorm and cyclone visited many parts of Victoria yesterday afternoon. The cyclone was severely felt in Melbourne, Bacchus…

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Cyclone or Whirlwind? Besides the Damage It Did, It Started Big Row

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 23 November 1901 · page 1

We were waiting for a train at a Georgia railroad station when a funnel shaped cloud appeared in the southwest, and it was remarked that a…

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Cyclone or Whirlwind? Besides the Damage It Did, It Stared a Big Row

Manilla Express · Saturday 23 November 1901 · page 3

We were waiting for a train at a Georgia railroad station when a funnel shaped cloud appeared in the southwest, and it was remarked that a…

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A Rough Storm

Manilla Express · Saturday 7 December 1901 · page 2

ANOTHER of those summer disturbances—although more forceful in ta[?]icts than usual—with which we are now so familiar, arose in the west late…

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A Terrific Cyclone

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 24 December 1901 · page 4

The "Ballarat Courier says:—The ravages of the cyclone which did so much damage in the Sulky Gaily and Wallace districts, are still the theme…

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