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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1920

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Unlucky Orchard. Washed Away in Flood Sydney

Young Witness · Tuesday 6 July 1920 · page 2

A witness named Stanley, a grazier at Gilgandra, giving evidence to-day in the Ashford versus "Land" case, said that he had an orchard…

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Inland Sea. Worse Flood Than 74. Three Days on a Raft. Four People Rescued. SYDNEY, Tuesday. An airman who passed over the area describes the country from Narromine to Narrabri as like the Pacific Ocean

Young Witness · Tuesday 6 July 1920 · page 2

A man named Potts, after wading for several miles through the flood in the Coonamble district, rescued a woman and three men who had…

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Federal Storm Centre

The Yass Courier · Thursday 8 July 1920 · page 3

The storm centre in Federal politics moves to Ballarat this week owing to the by-election there for a member of the House of Representa…

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Flood Waters Subsiding. Farmers' Heavy Losses

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 8 July 1920 · page 4

Fine Weather. prevails over the State, and flood-waters are everywhere rapidly subsiding. It is believed that the losses to farmers will run into…

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Floods

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 8 July 1920 · page 2

Owing to the rising of the Darling 40 people are marooned at Brewan, a town between Brewarrina and Booroowa. A record flood is reported, to be coming…

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Swam Flooded River. Country Doctor's Exploit. Sydney

Young Witness · Friday 9 July 1920 · page 2

Dr. Noel Docker, of Coonabarabran, called to see a patient at Binnaway during the flood. The doctor swam the Castlereagh, then got dry…

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Floods Subsiding. Railway Traffic Resumed. Sydney

Young Witness · Friday 9 July 1920 · page 5

The Darling River is still rising[?] at Bourke and Brewarrina. The Lachlan is falling at Forbes. The railway to Coonamble has been…

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Bourke Floods

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 9 July 1920 · page 2

The Postmaster at Bourke has been advised of the danger of flood in the lowlands and all residents along the river towards Wilcannia has been…

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Floods in North-West

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 9 July 1920 · page 2

The manager of the Telegraph Department at Sydney, reported on Tuesday that complete communication had been restored…

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Flood Waters Reach Bourke. Bourke

Young Witness · Tuesday 13 July 1920 · page 2

The flood waters are now spreading over the flats around Bourke, where the river is 28 feet and rising…

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Darling in Flood

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 16 July 1920 · page 2

The river Darling at Bourke is only five feet below the disastrous flood of 1890. A rise of another foot would bring the water into the town…

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Bourke Floods

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 16 July 1920 · page 2

At Bourke the river reached thirty seven feet one inch and is still rising in river Darling the crisis is rapidly approaching…

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Aftermath of Floods

Young Witness · Tuesday 20 July 1920 · page 4

In the course of his report to Weddin Shire Council, Engineer Patterson stated that on account of the big flood in the Tyagong Creek all the…

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The Bourke Flood

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 20 July 1920 · page 4

News from Bourke this morning shows that the river has fallen half-an-inch since yesterday…

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Flood at Bourke

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 20 July 1920 · page 4

The country around Bourke has definitely assumed flood appearance, similar to that of the 1890 and 1894 floods. The town is flooded on all…

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Lake Cargello. Filled by Flood Waters

Young Witness · Friday 23 July 1920 · page 6

Lake Cargelligo, after having almost dried, is now filling rapidly from the Lachlan River, and should, if the river maintains a good flow for two…

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Losses by Flood

The Yass Courier · Monday 26 July 1920 · page 2

Reports from the far north-west still tell of large stations yet under water, and of losses of stock. A north-western stockowner said a few…

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Drought and Flood Together. Plight of Wilcannia. SYDNEY

Young Witness · Tuesday 27 July 1920 · page 2

Mr. B. J. Doe, State member for Sturt, states that the Wilcannia and Menindie districts are still in the grip of the drought, despite the…

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New South Wales Floods Three Years' Damage Totals £7,000,000

Young Witness · Friday 30 July 1920 · page 5

NARRABRI.—It is now possible to form some idea of the losses caused by the flood in the north-west. The sheep lost were valued at £500,000…

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Sudden Storm. Goulburn Gets 36 Points

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 5 August 1920 · page 2

A storm broke over Goulburn on Wednesday night shortly after dark. Blustering winds developed gale force, banging doors, wrenching…

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