Canowindra's Record Flood, Canowindra, Thursday Night
The biggest flood on record occurred at Canowindra to-day. The Belubula River overflowed its banks and inundated the surrounding…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Floods & storms
Floods & storms, 1916
344 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 12 of 18
Heavy Damage Near Bathurst. Railway Line Flooded
According to a Bathurst report, heavy damage has been done by flood waters in various parts. The military camp on the show ground was flooded out, being in places four feet…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Clean-up Bathurst After the Floods Viewing the Mud-covered Areas Devastation Along the River Banks Chaotic Conditions at Gasworks City on Limited Gas Supply Newspapers Delay One Publication
Yesterday was a unique cleaning up day in all the low-lying portions of the district. It was a sorry spectacle—the unfortunate householders in…
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The Lachlan River is rising rapidly and residents are preparing for the biggest flood on record…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Flood Waters Recede Homes and Works Damaged. the Cleaning Up Process
Although high water marks and an unwelcome layer of thick slimp mud clearly indicated the invasion of the water in the flood areas, matters were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Chinese in Difficulties the Flood on the Flats. Celestials Bulleted Out of Houses
The consternation caused by the flood in the Macquarie was nowhere greater than among the innumerable Chinese gardeners who line the banks…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Flood the Aftermath Cleaning Up the Debris Water As Servant or Master. Gas Supply Position. Churches Abandon Services "Times Hard Pressed
Yesterday was rest day and inspection day combined; rest day for the house wives who had the flood visitation lost Thursday, and inspection day…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Victorian Floods. Murray River Twenty Miles Wide. Melbourne
The Murray River at Echuca is still 31ft. 3in. above summer level. It is falling, but very slowly, owing to the immense spread of water…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Record Flood at Forbes. Many Exciting Incidents. Sydney
The railway traffic has now been restored' on all lines. Flood waters, however, are very heavy at Forbes. The Lachlan River…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Floods at Bathurst. Hundreds of Families Homeless
By the flood which occurred at Bathurst on Thursday night [?] houndred people were seadered home[?] the town gas supply was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Weather Flood on South Coast. Sydney
Except for patches of cloud on the central and north coast, and at scattered places inland, fine and clear weather predominated in the country…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Flood at Forbes Exciting Escapes and Heavy Looses Youth Reported Missing Forbes
The flood waters swept over Forbes at 2 o'clock yesterday morning and in a few minutes the lagoon had risen so rapidly that water flooded…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Floods Delubula River
The biggest flood ever known in the history of Canowindra district occurred on Thursday night. The Belubula River reached a height…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Floods at Forbes Higher Than 1900. Town Isolated. Wheat and Other Property Lost. Forbes
The worst flood for many years, including the flood following the big snow storm of 1900, is at present being experienced here. The river…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Forbes Floods Heavy Damage Done Heroe's Son Drowned. Forbes
The body of young Hurley, who was washed off Girdham's bus in the flood; on Saturday afternoon, was recovered this morning, after a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Forbes Flood Immense Damage. Forbes
It is not yet possible to fully estimate the damage by the flood in the the Lachlan though thousands of acres of grass. cross, fences, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Flooded Country
From the west and south reports are to hand that the flood waters are receding. At many of the centres the inundations have been greater than…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sewerage Matters Treatment Works Damaged. Effect of the Flood
The Bathurst City Council's sanitary engineer and supervisor (Mr. D. E. C. Nisbet) reported to the meeting of the Council last night that sixteen fresh…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Forbes in Flood. Houses Carried Away a Boy Drowned
The flood waters reached their maximum at Forbes, on Saturday, at midnight—five inches above the 1900 mark. The flood has fallen since at…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Breakfast Creek. Tennis Club Formed.— Mailman's Adventure—held Up by Flooded Creek
Tennis Meeting.—A meeting was held in the school grounds on Saturday last for the purpose of forming a tennis club in connection with the…
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