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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1918

662 stories in Sydney's papers · page 31 of 34

Canowindra. Hail Storm

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 6 November 1918 · page 17

A disastrous hailstorm swept over, this district on October 30. In many cases crops of standing wheat were badly battered, while orchards especially…

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Orange. Disastrous Storm

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 6 November 1918 · page 13

The most severe hail and wind storm ever experienced in the Orange district occurred on October 30, when hail as large as hen eggs fell over a strip, one mile…

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Cessnock. Violent Storm

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 6 November 1918 · page 15

The most violent storm experienced for years passed over Cessnock shortly after 4 p.m. on October 28, and damage to buildings resulted. The large…

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Milthorpe. Hail Storm

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 6 November 1918 · page 15

A terrific rain, hail, and wind storm swept over the Millthorpe district on October 28, doing considerable damage, Fences were blown down, houses…

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Benefit by Floods

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 6 November 1918 · page 4

A marked contrast to the dry and parched conditions prevailing generally is seen on the Lower Macquarie, about 60 or 70 miles below Warren, where the…

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Some Floods I Remember. and Exploring the Backblocks

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 7 November 1918 · page 6

The '64 flood was the highest that occurred on the Darling since that river was first discovered by Captain Charles Sturt, Hamilton Hume and party on the first day of…

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Little Child Proves Sensation. Takes New York by Storm

The World's News · Saturday 9 November 1918 · page 5

A LITTLE child, six years of age, so small that he appears little more than a babe in arms, has suddenly burst forth on the the atrical horizon and proved a genuine…

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British Howitzer Battery Crossing a Flooded Mountain Road on the Piave

The World's News · Saturday 9 November 1918 · page 13

This picture shows a battery of heavy British howitsers making a perilous crossing through a typical flood on a [?] tain road on the Italian front. From a double-page drawing in the "Illustrated London News," by R. Caton Woodvill[?]…

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New Zealand Gales. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 November 1918 · page 8

Considerable damnge has been done by a gale in the Wairnrapa district. The town of Masterton is almost isolated from telegraphic and telephonic communication. The…

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Thunderstorm Likely This Evening

Evening News · Monday 11 November 1918 · page 5

Rain fell at [?] half of the State during [?] and tablelands [?] with 105 points had [?]…

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The Montavella Farms. Crops Ruined by Storms

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 12 November 1918 · page 3

The disastrous storm in the Bathurst (N.S.W.) district on Wednesday last did a great amount of damage at the Montavella soldiers' settlement. The…

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Thunderstorm

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 November 1918 · page 12

A severe thunderstorm passed over the city between 6.30 and 8 o'clock last night. The lightning was extremely vivid, and as a result of the storm 41 points of rain were…

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Heavy Thunderstorm. Joyful Crowds Dispersed

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 13 November 1918 · page 6

Thick clouds which gathered late yesterday afternoon warned the happy crowds of an approaching thunderstorm. The streets were still full of people when the storm broke with…

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Fierce Cyclone on North Coast Buildings Blown Down : Crops Destroyed : Communication Interrupted KEMPSEY

Sunday Times · Sunday 17 November 1918 · page 2

A cyclone of terrific violence was experienced at Clybucca, Macleay River, yesterday afternoon, resulting in damage running into four figures…

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Kempsey Cyclone. Later Particulars. KEMPSEY

Evening News · Monday 18 November 1918 · page 5

The cyclone, which accompanied by hall and rain, swept over Clybu[?] on Friday evening, did considerable damage. Drummond and Company's cheese factory…

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Cyclone at Clybucca. Cheese Factory and Other Places Destroyed

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 18 November 1918 · page 3

KEMPSEY, Saturday.--A terrific cyclone occurred yesterday afternoon at Clybucca, on the Macleay River. Great damage was done in the strip…

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In the Track of Storm Hoofs and Tress Suffer LISMORE

The Sun · Monday 18 November 1918 · page 5

In the storm on Saturday night considerable, damage was done. Houses and buildings were unroofed, telegraph, and telephone lines were blown down,…

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Cyclone at Clyrucca. Cheese factory and Buildings Razed

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 19 November 1918 · page 4

A [?] is terrific force occurred in the Macleay [?] district (N.S.W.) on Friday afternoon Great Damage was done in the strip of country from…

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Storms. Orchards Ruined at Coraki. Hail, Rain, and Wind

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 November 1918 · page 4

CORAKI.--A thunderstorm visited the town on Saturday evening, and over an inch of rain fell. The heaviest blow for years was experienced. Trees were blown down and…

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Professor Lefroy. Storm in A Tea-cup. More About It

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 19 November 1918 · page 4

Two articks on Professor Lefroy and his probable value to Australia, published in the "Stock Journal" last May, have just created a stirl Upon…

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