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Floods & storms, 1913

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Cyclone at Gilgandra. Extensive Damage

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 17 February 1913 · page 6

Telegraphic advice was received at the Weather Bureau on Saturday from Gilgandra stating that earlier in the day a cyclone had swept over the town doing considerable damage,…

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Heavy Storms. Glen Innes Train Held Up. Werris Creek

Evening News · Monday 17 February 1913 · page 7

A succession of heavy rain forms fell since Friday, giving 225 points. The gap storage dam overflowed for the first time, and the furgid state of the flood waters have…

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Suspended Storms. Unique Weather Conditions Heat and Moisture.atmosphere Like a Wet Sponge

Evening News · Monday 17 February 1913 · page 7

Excetive [?] of the [?] was the most pronounced teature of sunday's [?] The pressure distribution between a [?] on saturday and 9'o clock this morning at…

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Gales, Rain, and Hail Cyclone at Gildandra and Cootamundra

Evening News · Tuesday 18 February 1913 · page 2

A storm of cyclonic severity swept over Gilgandra on Saturday morning. Rain pelted down at the rate of from five to eight inches an hour, and the wind blew with terrific forces…

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Cyclone at Gilgandra. Extensive Damage

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 18 February 1913 · page 4

Telegraphic advice was received at the Sydney Weather Bureau on Suturday from Gilgrandra stating that earlier in the day a cyclone had swept…

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Terrific Storms. Devastation at Gilgandra. Narrow Escapes

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 February 1913 · page 7

GILGANDRA, Monday.--A terrific storm passed over the town on Saturday afternoon. The rain came down in torrents; 101 points were registered in 18min. In some parts of the…

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Storm at Narrandera. Damage by Hurricane. Narrandera

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 February 1913 · page 9

After two days of distressing heat a storm of particular severity broke over the town on Friday night. The wind for some time blow with hurricane force and the lightning was…

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Scattered Thunderstorms. Southerly Change Expected

The Sun · Tuesday 18 February 1913 · page 7

Further light to moderate and scattered thunderstorms occurred over the eastern parts of the State yesterday afternoon and towards evening. The rain, which was…

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The European Storm Centre

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 19 February 1913 · page 8

While the Balkan campaign drags in a way that the censored reports from the front do not quite explain, the European storm centre has for some time past been…

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Terrific Hail Storms Of the Country

Evening News · Wednesday 19 February 1913 · page 2

The hall storm at Cootamundra, which occurred on Monday night, was described as unprecedented in its violence, Hall, the size of marbles, beat down with merciless fury, and…

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Storm at Tullamore. Tullamore

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 February 1913 · page 13

A terrif[?] windstorm occurred on Monday night, accompanied by very heavy thunder and lightning and twonty-five points of rain. Several houses were unroofed and the fron…

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The Cyclone. Stores and Houses Damaged. Cootamundra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 February 1913 · page 13

A heavy storm of exceptional violence was experienced in Cootamundra last evening at ahout 6 o'clock. The thunderstorm was preceded by a duststorm, then the wind…

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Heat and Gales. Hail Inland Severe Cyclones Damage in Riverina

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 February 1913 · page 13

While Sydney and its suburbs have been sweltering under oppressive heat conditions, reports have been coming through from inland towns in the south-west of the State…

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In From New York. La Fontaine in a Gale

The Sun · Wednesday 19 February 1913 · page 9

The French barque La Fontaine arrived at Sydney this morning after a voyage of 117 days from New York with a big cargo of case oil. Captain Rathonis, in describing…

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"Cyclone "Thompson Beaten. Moha Wins 10 Rounds Bout. Milwaukee

The Sun · Wednesday 19 February 1913 · page 8

Bob Moha, of this town, defeated "Cyclone" Johnny Thompson in every round of the ten they boxed to-night. Moha now claims the title of champion light-heavyweight…

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Storms in Queensland. Heavy Falls in the West. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 February 1913 · page 13

At Winton on Sunday night a terrific thunderstorm occurred. The lightning was almost incessant. Only 5 points of rain fell locally. Other district falls were as follow:—Ayrshiro…

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The Recent Rain Storm. Scope of the Falls

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 19 February 1913 · page 18

The totals shown on the storm map represent the registrations from the 13th to 17th instant. Those in the far north-east and parts of the south-east are very meagre, but elsewhere the amounts are of a very beneficial character. The highest total was 4 inches at Byrock. In those loss favored districts already referred to on the North Coast, for example, it will be remembered that during the previous week very heavy falls, occurred, reaching as high as 1437 points in Murwillumbah, whilst in the south-east. In the first week of the month, falls ranging as high as three-quarters of an inch were recorded…

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Outdoor Australia. Mud Island: The Storm-Petrel's Sanctuary

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 19 February 1913 · page 28

AN interesting ocean wanderer is the white-faced storm-petrel, or frigate petrel, better known as Mother Carey's chicken by mariners and ocean travellers. It is on the wing from…

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Weather Report. Scattered Thunderstorms

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 February 1913 · page 13

Over the south-cast corner of Australia the Antarctic depression has now become the predominating weather infiuence, and the westerly winds on its castern side, that is over the…

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From Vancouver. Arrival of the Marama. Four Days Late. Delayed by Storms

Evening News · Friday 21 February 1913 · page 4

The R.M.S. Marama (Captain J. F. Rolls), from Vancouver, via Honolulu and Auckland, was berthed at the Central Wharf at 11.30 this morning…

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