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Floods & storms, 1913

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Flood Damage at Maitland. West Maitland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 May 1913 · page 9

At a public meeting, held at East Maitland, a resolution was carried that the Government be requested forthwith to proceed with the re-crection of the embankment formerly…

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Hunter River Floods. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 May 1913 · page 7

Sir,—In your issue of the 20th, I notice "Traveller" says "that far better boats might have been put on to convey passengers from Morpeth to Newcastle during the flood time"…

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Floods at St. Marys

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 27 May 1913 · page 12

ST. MARYS, Monday.-- Steady rain commenced to fall on Saturday night, and continued throughout the night and early morning. From 8 up to noon some remarkably heavy falls took…

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Storm Damage

Evening News · Wednesday 28 May 1913 · page 10

In a letter to the Drummoyne Council, Mr. Thomas M'Donald, of North-road, complained that his property had been damaged to the [?]atent of £100 during one of the recent heavy…

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Europe's Storm Centre

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 28 May 1913 · page 8

Recent cables make it evident that the European storm centre may soon shift to the other side of the Confluent and loom ominously over France. When a man like…

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Storm-damaged Sea Walls

Evening News · Wednesday 28 May 1913 · page 13

THE SMASHED SEAWALL AT BONDI BEACH. Over 100 feet of the thick concrete wall and pathway have been washed away by the recent storm on the Coast. It will cost about £500 to repair…

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Steamer in a Gale. Willesden Loses Lifeboat

The Sun · Wednesday 28 May 1913 · page 9

A wireless message was received in Sydney to-day from the master of the steamer Willesden to the effect that the vessel was 420 miles east-south-east of Sydney. The…

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Steamer in a Gale. Advice by Wireless

Evening News · Wednesday 28 May 1913 · page 8

The steamer Willesden, bound from Auckland to Melbourne, according to a wireless message sent from the steamer early this morning, is experiencing bad weather. Captain Cox…

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Levuka in Heavy Weather. Tail End of Cyclone

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 May 1913 · page 14

The steamer Levuka, which arrived from Fiji yesterday afternoon, met the tail end of a cyclone on Sunday night. The vessel was struck by several heavy seas, and took some…

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Storm Damage. North Sydney Case. a Judge's Conscience

Evening News · Wednesday 28 May 1913 · page 8

A case in the District Court this morning, before Judge Rogers, came to a sudden and abrupt termination. Richard Helms, of Alfred-street, North…

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Incidents of the Northern Floods

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 28 May 1913 · page 10

THE serious nature of the damage done to the permanent way in…

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And the Floods Came. When Nature Overwhelms Man. Tragedy of a Mighty River

The Sun · Wednesday 28 May 1913 · page 3

The worst general calamity--a combination of wind, flood, fire, and cold-- that ever visited the Mississippi valley has done complete damage to property valued at…

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More Floods

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 28 May 1913 · page 13

BREWARRINA, Tuesday.--The following are further rain totals:--Goodooga 215 points, Dumble 210, Mucerawa 490, Cuttabunda 500, Gnomery 500, Brenda 437, Toulby 485, Ballandoon…

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The Floods -- Pictures from the Nambucca and Singleton

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 28 May 1913 · page 32

As the floods which devastated the Hunter River Valley (described and…

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Magazine Section a Fair Wind and a Flood Tide

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 28 May 1913 · page 19

A Homely Trader Proceeding to an Anchorage in…

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The Railways and the Floods. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 May 1913 · page 15

Sir,—I notice that the railway authorities are being criticised by some people for their management during the recent disastrus floods on the Hunter. In common with some…

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Steamer Willesden in a Gale. Boat Washed Overboard

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 29 May 1913 · page 7

The tramp steamer Willesden reported by wireless yesterday morning that the vessel ran into a violent north-east gale on Tuesday night, and during the height of the storm lost a…

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Repairing the Damage. Aftermath of the Floods. West Maitland

Evening News · Thursday 29 May 1913 · page 4

The flood waters at Lochend, Louth Park, and Flabery Crack are recording very slowly, there still being a great body of water in these places. On the East Oreta-road, just below…

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Wilson's Good Work. Federal Aid in Ohio Floods. Cutting Red Tape to Save Life

The Sun · Thursday 29 May 1913 · page 2

Three unprecedented things done by President Wilson, in connection with the recent Ohio floods, are warmly-commended by the "Journal of the American Medical…

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Heavy Rain on South Coast. Nowra

Evening News · Friday 30 May 1913 · page 7

Heavy rain has again set to, just as the waters were subsiding. The river is rising and a strong south-east wind is backing up the waters. Farmers are beginning to…

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