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Floods & storms, 1913

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The Floods. Waters Subsiding. Hopeful Outlook. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 19 May 1913 · page 2

The flood waters in the Hawkesbury district are subsiding. The river fell over ten feet during the night and no further losses are expected. The…

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Prescription by Wireless. Medical Advice Across the Ocean. the Mahero in a Gale. Auckland (N.z.)

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 20 May 1913 · page 2

The Maheno arrived at Auckland to-day from Sydney. The steamer ran right into the full force of a heavy gale, which lasted for two days…

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Disastrous Floods. River Rises 43 Feet. Northern Railway Blocked. No Trains to Queensland. Widespread Damage. Exciting Incidents. Prime Minister Held Up. Sydney

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 20 May 1913 · page 2

Further news to hand this morning shows that the results of the floods in various parts of the State are worse than was supposed. Telegrams give doleful particulars…

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Floods in the Hunter. Water Now Going Down. SYDNEY

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 20 May 1913 · page 2

The Hunter River is now falling rapidly at Singleton, and since Saturday night there has been a drop of ten feet…

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The Floods. Danger Past. Heavy Losses. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 20 May 1913 · page 2

The latest news with respect to the floods shows that the water in the Lower Hunter districts is rapidly receding. The full extent of the damage…

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Floods in France. PARIS

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 20 May 1913 · page 2

Floods, following up heavy rains, have devastated many vineyards in France. Whole villages have been isolated by the waters and the…

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The Hunter Floods the Water Receding Estimating the Damage Passenger Traffic Restored Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 20 May 1913 · page 2

The [?] in the Lower [?] rapidly receding and the full event of the damage to house and [?] is becoming apparent…

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Destruction by Floods. French Vineyards Devastated. Paris

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 20 May 1913 · page 2

Continuous rain has caused floods, which have resulted in serious damage in the champagne district of France. Many vineyards have been devastated…

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Devastating Cyclone. SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 21 May 1913 · page 2

A cyclone at Scddonville, New Zealand, did considerable damage. The Anglican Chorch was completely wrecked. Several other houses…

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Our Wires. the Northern Floods Sydney

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 21 May 1913 · page 4

The railway department expects to re-establish a through train service to the North to-day. A large number of people are…

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More Floods Predicted. Mr. Wragge's Forecast. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 22 May 1913 · page 4

Mr. Clement Wragge forecast mo[?]floode in the coastal districts of New South Wales, Southern Victoria, and Tasmania, within a fortnight…

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More Floods Coming. Mr. Wragge's Forecast. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 22 May 1913 · page 2

Clement Wragge has issued a special forecast, from Broken Hill in which he predicts a big Antarctic disturbance before a fortnight, which…

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Repairing the Damage Serious Results From Floods Many Families Homeless. Relief Funds Opened. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 22 May 1913 · page 2

Relief funds have been opened to alleviate the distress resulting from the floods in the Maitland district. The Government are to be…

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Floods in England. Heat Wave Culminates in Storms. London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 29 May 1913 · page 2

The great heat wave which lias born experienced in England during the last 24 hours, fulminated in tremendous storms everywhere…

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Floods Predicted. Settlers Making Provision. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 31 May 1913 · page 4

Latest telegrams state that the Hunter and Hawkesbury Rivers are rising ra[?] Settlers are already making provision for the safety of their stock…

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Telegraphic. More Floods Feared Record Rains in Sydney. Twenty-one Wet Days in May. Rivers Again Rising

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 31 May 1913 · page 5

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Storms in Victoria. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Monday 2 June 1913 · page 3

Stormy weather was experienced to-day all over Victoria Consider able damage has been reported and snow fell in several places…

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Gales Abroad. London

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 3 June 1913 · page 2

Violent gales are raging throughout Portugal. Several persons have been killed by lightening and others have met their death by shipwreck…

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Gales in Portugal. Fishing Vessel Wrecked. Fifteen People Drowned. Lisbon

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 3 June 1913 · page 2

There have been violent gales throughout Portugal. Several persons have been killed by lightning. A fishing vessel, with twenty people…

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"Floods of Falsehoods." How the Elections Were Lost. Farmers and the Rural Workers' Union. Mr. Trefle's Trenchant Criticism

The Worker · Thursday 5 June 1913 · page 18

Mr. Trefle, N.S.W. Minister for Lands and Agriculture, trenchantly criticises the methods pursued by the Fusion and the daily press during the election campaign…

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