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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1913

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Heavy Rain. 30 Inches in 48 Hours. Brisbane

The North Western Courier · Friday 17 January 1913 · page 2

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

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Anniversary of the Great Flood

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Friday 17 January 1913 · page 2

Wednesday, January 15, was the third Anniversary of the disastrous flood which gave such a set-back to Tamworth. No doubt the event will long remain in the…

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Anniversary of the Great Flood

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Friday 17 January 1913 · page 2

Wednesday, January 15, was the third anniversary of the disastrous flood which gave such a set-back to Tamworth. No doubt the event will long remain in the…

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Heavy Rain in Queensland. SYDNEY

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Saturday 18 January 1913 · page 2

Heavy rain conbinuos throughout Quoonsland…

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Heavy Rain in Queensland. SYDNEY

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Saturday 18 January 1913 · page 2

Heavy rain continues throughout Queensland…

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Heavy Storm at Singleton. SINGLETON

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Saturday 18 January 1913 · page 2

During the week the weather has been most oppressive. The thermometer has registered over 90 decrees each day. This afternoon a heavy thunderstorm yielded…

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Heavy Storm at Singleton. SINGLETON

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Saturday 18 January 1913 · page 2

During the week the weather has been most oppressive. The thermometer has registered over 90 degrees each day. This afternoon a heavy thunderstorm yielded…

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Storms in North-West. Badly-needed Rain Arrives. Narrabri

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Tuesday 21 January 1913 · page 2

Yesterday afternoon a big dust-storm visited Narrabri, followed by a heavy shower of rain. The storm did considerable damage to the telegraph lines. Fifty points of…

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Storms in North-West. Badly-needed Rain Arrives. Narrbri

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Tuesday 21 January 1913 · page 2

Yesterday afternoon a big dust-storm visited Narrabri, followed by a heavy shower of rain. The storm did considerable damage to the telegraph lines. Fifty points of…

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Severe Storm at Junee

The North Western Courier · Friday 24 January 1913 · page 2

One of the heaviest rainstorms ever known to present residents in the junee district experienced last Friday. Crops that had not been stripped…

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Queensland Floods. SYDNEY

The North Western Courier · Friday 24 January 1913 · page 6

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

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Southerly Gale. SYDNEY

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Saturday 25 January 1913 · page 2

A southerly gale passed over the city last night. A dense cloud of dust obscured the streets. The wind reached a velocity of 60 miles an hour, though at Eden the speed…

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Southerly Gale. SYDNEY

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Saturday 25 January 1913 · page 2

A southerly sale passed over the city last night. A dense cloud of dust obscured the streets. The wind reached a velocity of CO miles ail hour though at Eden the speed…

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Heavy Rain

The North Western Courier · Friday 31 January 1913 · page 2

Wednesday's storm was very patchy. The places visited received good falls, varying from half an inch to three and a half. At Wallah, the…

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Cyclone at Cairns. SYDNEY

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Friday 31 January 1913 · page 2

A cyclone is raging at Cairns, Queensland. accompanied by torrential rains and [?]tainous seas. No particulars of the damage are yet to…

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Cyclone at Cairns. SYDNEY

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Friday 31 January 1913 · page 2

A cyclone is raging at Calrns, Queensland, accompanied by torrential rains and [?] seas. No particulars of the damage are yet to…

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Heavy Storm at Narrabri. Narrabri

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Friday 31 January 1913 · page 2

Yesterday very heavy rain fell. In a quarter of an hour 72 point were registered…

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Cairns Cyclone still Raging SYDNEY

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Saturday 1 February 1913 · page 2

A terrific cyclone is raging at Port Douglas. All the harbour buoys are out of position. Tremendons seas are ruaning. The cyclone is still raging in the Cairns…

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Cairns Cyclone still Raging. SYDNEY

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Saturday 1 February 1913 · page 2

A terrific cyclone is raging at Port Douglas. All the harbour buoys are out of position. Tremendous seas are running. The cyclone is still raging in the Cairns…

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Storm in the Tea Cup

Manilla Express · Saturday 1 February 1913 · page 2

Figuratively it is a storm in the tea cup ; actually, it is a storm beside the tea cup, produced by an interloper, the baby bottle of…

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