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Broken Hill & the Far West · Floods & storms
280 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 2 of 14
Widespread distress prevails among the sufferers by the floods at Wee Waa. A rescue party, in a boat, rendered assitance to a large number of people…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Further details relative to the floods in the North show that the Namoi and Barwon rivers are rising rapidly. At Walgett a big inundation is…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →News from Moree states that a flood broke over the township on Monday, the river rushing over its banks in several places. In a short time the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hopeful reports have been received by the railway authorities from the flood areas. It is thought that, the suspended railway traffic will be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The flood waters at Wee Waa swept over the banks of the river this morning and the town was rapidly submerged. The water is three feet in the Post…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The latest reports indicate that the northern floods are extending to the Darling River. A heavy volume of water is coming…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →At Walgett heavy floods are coming down and disaster is expected to-night. The floodwaters have spread over miles of country…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A public meeting has been convened for Friday, at which a flood relief fund will be inaugurated…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The stockholders in the Moree district experienced a trying and exciting time during the floods which visited that region…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →At Moree yesterday the body of the man named Yeomans, who was drowned at Barber's Lagoon during the flood, was recovered…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The bodies of Mrs. Grace and Mrs. Chapman were found near the river bridge at Narrabri last night. All the remains of the victims have now…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The telegraphic lines of towns within the trail of the flood waters have been cut off for days, and it is only now that order is emerging from chaos…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The flood waters, which have caused widespread devastation right through the Tamworth, Gunnedah, and Narrabri districts, have not, as anticipated…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Like other towns, Wee Waa has suffered extensive damage from the floodwaters. Every 2ft. rise at Narrabri usually means 2in at Wee Waa, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A man named Warren, who has been missing from Ulumbie, was found on Sunday afternoon, 18 miles from the point where he was missed. He states…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Several streets in Paris were flooded to-day. The residents along the quays are using boats. The inundation of the power stations has caused the partial…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Rhone has risen 18ft., and disasters are reported in many provincial districts of France…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Last Wednesday a heavy storm deposited large quantities of tin in the gutters at Emmaville, and after the water had subsided the miners' boys…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Walgett is still out of reach of the flood waters, though the circle of dry land is slowly narrowing. Yesterday afternoon in the main street it was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The heavy rainfall in Paris continues. The Seine has risen 26ft. near the Louvre. "The Times" Paris correspondent…
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