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Riverina · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1913

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Flood and Earthquake Panic-stricken Populace. London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 20 October 1913 · page 2

A great storm at Malta inundated, several villages. The damage was enormous. A violent earthquake shock in…

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Storm at Toulon Torpedo Boats Collide. Paris

Daily Advertiser · Friday 24 October 1913 · page 2

During a storm at Toulon, two French torpedo boats broke away from their moorings. The destroyer Chaseur collided with one of them and…

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Landslip Derails Engine Train Passengers' Miraculous Escapes. Serious Damage by Floods. Wellington

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 25 October 1913 · page 4

Whilst a special train was about to enter a tunnel near Hunterville (New Zealand) a tremendous landslip struck the 80 ton engine, which was derailed…

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Telegraphic. Phenomenal Rains Floods in New Zealand Landslip Derails Special Train. Miraculous Escapes. Wellington (N.,)

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 25 October 1913 · page 5

Phenomenal rains have fallen for the last 26 hours at Wangaweka. The town is flooded. The Rangitiki River is at the…

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Violent Storm in Wales Two Fatalities and Many Narrow Escapes. Footballer Carried Off the Field. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 30 October 1913 · page 3

A victem thunderstorm, devastated many houses in South Wales. Hundreds of cottages at Pontyptedd, a [?] town 12 miles north-west of…

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Great Storms Terrible Havoc. Many Wrecks. New York

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 13 November 1913 · page 2

A terrific storm swept over Chicago. All railway communication was held up and many vessels were forced to take shelter on Lake…

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Wind Storm at Forbes Two Men Killed. Sydney, Wednesday Night

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 13 November 1913 · page 2

A terrific windstorm occurred at Forbes. Two men named, respectively Wallace and McMahon, who were engaged loading wheat from carts on to railway…

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Fatal Storm at Forbes Two Men Killed. Forbes

Daily Advertiser · Friday 14 November 1913 · page 3

A sharp strom passed over the town on Wednesday afternoon. At the railway station two men named Frederick N'Mahon, married, and Michael…

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Canadian Storms Collier Lost. Montreal

Daily Advertiser · Monday 17 November 1913 · page 2

Wreckage found on Bird l[?]Rock, St. Lawrence River, indicates that the steam collier, Bridgepost, sank. The forty two crew, were…

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Thunderstorm Dangers

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Wednesday 19 November 1913 · page 4

When clouds are driven past one another by wind currents, electricity of a frictional kind is produced. Lightning is caused by the passing of the…

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Monday's Gale and Telephones

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 20 November 1913 · page 2

The gale on Monday was responsible for disruption of the local telephonic sevice. No fewer than 104 lines were out of order. owing mainly to crossed…

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Landowners' Troubles. "Storm in a Tea Cup."

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 21 November 1913 · page 4

"They quarrelled like a pair of old washerwomen," was Chairman Byrne's summing up of the trouble between two local landholders,…

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Landowners' Troubles. "Storm in a Tea Cup."

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 25 November 1913 · page 4

"They quarrelled like a pair of old washerwomen," was Chairman Byrne's summing up of the trouble between two local landholders, as…

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Wagga L.V. Racing Club Spring Meeting. Racing Dust Storms

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 26 November 1913 · page 3

More disagreeable weather conditions could scarcely be imagined than prevailed yesterday for the opening of the Wagga Licensed Victuallers'…

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Gales at Sea HALIFAX

Daily Advertiser · Friday 28 November 1913 · page 2

The incoming trans-Atlantic liners report terrific gales. The Mongolian, for Glasgow, is a week overdue, and is thought to be lost. Casualties…

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Disastrous River Floods Fifteen Thousand Homeless. Several Deaths. Dallas (Texac)

Daily Advertiser · Friday 5 December 1913 · page 2

The great flood was due to a sudden rise of the Colorado River. Seven were drowned and farmers' crops were enormously damaged. A…

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Flooded Homesteads Telephone Wires Convey Food. New York

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 6 December 1913 · page 4

Further details of the Texas floods show that up to the present thirteen lives were lost, but it is feared that the in the United States Congress before…

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Destructive Floods. Houston

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 12 December 1913 · page 2

It is estimated that 163 perished and 20,000 are homeless and property destroyed to six million dollars worth by the recent floods…

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Floods in New Zealand. Wellington

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 18 December 1913 · page 2

A severe storm devastated the Manawatu district New Zealand. The streets in the town of Marton are flooded. Several landslips occurred…

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Storm at Young

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 27 December 1913 · page 3

A violent storm broke over Young on Christmas night. Rain fell in torrents and the streets were flooded. One hotel was unroofed and the…

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