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Floods & storms, 1913

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The Coming Storm. What the Moslems Desire. Delhi

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 25 March 1913 · page 2

The All-Indian Moslem League conference has been opened at Lucknow, under the presidency of Mahomed Shaff…

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Romney Marsh Flooded. LONDON

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 26 March 1913 · page 2

During a gale a sea wall broke at Romney Marsh and flooded the district The residents ran for their lives and lost their belongings. Many…

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Terrors by Flood and Fire

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 28 March 1913 · page 2

The latest particulars of the floods in the United States state that the River Leven broke over its issues, and 60,000 acres of farming lands were…

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The Tornado Disaster. Further Particulars. Outbreak of Fire at Dayton. People Leap From Burning Roofs. Are Drowned in Flood Indianapolis

Daily Advertiser · Friday 28 March 1913 · page 2

Further particulars from Dayton state that an explosion, due to fire which broke out in the city after the tornado, wrecked another portion of…

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Fire and Flood. Renewal of Blizzard. Horrors Intensified

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 29 March 1913 · page 4

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

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Unprecedented Calamity the Floods in America. 300,000 People Homeless. 7000 Lives Lost 70,000 Staring. New York

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 29 March 1913 · page 4

Further details of the tornado place the [?]ther drowned or killed, at 7000 and the damage at £20,000,000. It is estimated that at least 500,000…

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The American Floods and the Dayton Fire. Vancouver

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 29 March 1913 · page 2

Fifty bodies have been recovered from the great Miami River, while 500 people were rescued from trees and the tops of wrecked houses…

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Great Floods in New Zealand. a City in Darkness. Exormous Losses. Four Feet of Water in Streets. Auckland

Daily Advertiser · Monday 31 March 1913 · page 2

The worst flood for thirty years is now prevailing in Southland Province. Railway communication has everywhere been destroyed and traffic is…

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New Zealand Storms Disaster in Dunedin. Electric Power House Stopped. Wellington (N.z.)

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 1 April 1913 · page 2

The missing steamer John arrived to-day, It was delayed by the storm. All work in Dunedin is dependent on the Walpon electric power house,…

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Great Floods in New Zealand. a City in Darkness. Enormous Losses. Four Feet of Water in the Streets. Auckland

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 1 April 1913 · page 2

The worst flood for thirty, years is now prevailing in Southland Province. Railway communication has everywhere been destroyed, and traffic…

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The American Floods

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 1 April 1913 · page 2

Floods are still serious in the United States, and the loss to date in Ohio is seventy millions sterling. Flood sufferers require relief for three weeks…

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Floods in New Zealand. Hundreds of Workers Idle. Wellington

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 1 April 1913 · page 2

Hundreds of workers are idle in Dunedin on account of the floods damaging the municipal works, which gangs of men were repairing. The…

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New Zealand Floods

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 2 April 1913 · page 5

Fuller reports or the floods in Southland, New Zealand, show that losses are estimated to be fully £15,000…

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Storm in the City Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 3 April 1913 · page 2

A sudden storm occurred in the city last night, with heavy rain. Two inches were recorded up to this morning. The fall was very severe at…

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Storms in The Scillies

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 5 April 1913 · page 1

For a study of storm and sea waves there is was. "Country Life," no situation in the Great. Britain equal to that of the Scilly Islands. Situated at the…

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Flood Waters. Serious Position in America an Important Appointment Chicago

Daily Advertiser · Monday 7 April 1913 · page 2

The coal mines at Harrisburg are threatened by serious floods. No fewer than 5000 miners are idle. The Federal Government is considering the…

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More Rain. Cyclonic Storm and Heavy Seas

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 8 April 1913 · page 3

[?] a break in the weather on [?] when the conditions in Wagga [?] with intermittent through [?]ers. Only two points of rain…

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Hawkesbury in Flood. SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 8 April 1913 · page 2

The river at Hawkesbury has risen over 12 fed as the result of the recent heavy rains. Swamp lands are submerged and though the pastures…

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Old Gundagai. The Flood of '52

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 11 April 1913 · page 4

ENCOURAGED by the discoveries following upon Hume and Hovell's expeditions of 1824, adventurist colonists in search of new pastures…

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Old Gundagai. the Flood of '52

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Saturday 12 April 1913 · page 2

Encouraged by the discoveries following upon Hume and Hovells expeditions in 1822, adventurist colonist in search of new…

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