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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1905

11 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers

Heavy Rain in Sydney

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 15 February 1905 · page 5

Owing to the heavy fall of rain in Sydney last night, several trams were derailed…

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Train Blocked by the Flood

Western Champion · Friday 7 April 1905 · page 12

Owing to the exceptionally heavy rain in the Bogan Gate and Condobolin districts Wednesday's train to Condobolin was stopped at Monomie siding…

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The Flood at Dandaloo

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 14 April 1905 · page 6

At about 7 p.m. on Thursday last a fearful roaring, sound as of distant thunder was heard by the residents, and it was not long before the cause…

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The Bogan Flood

The Wyalong Star and Temora and Barmedman Advertiser · Tuesday 18 April 1905 · page 2

A DANDALOO correspondent to the Trangie paper gives the following account of the flood in the Bogan as it affected the people of Dandaloo:…

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Short Story The Flooded Gallery

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 6 May 1905 · page 3

Away up in Trumgelly, in Wales, they tell the story to this day, and the memory of it moistens the eyes of many a rough, gray-bearded miner. It was a hot Julj…

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The Bogan Floods

Western Champion · Friday 12 May 1905 · page 11

A resident of Dandaloo, writes a friend at Blayney, under date 29th April as follows:- It was only the other day I wrote to…

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Storm-water Channel

Western Champion · Friday 7 July 1905 · page 6

The extension of the storm-water channel formed the subject of a long discussion at the Council meeting on Monday evening…

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Poetry. HEART-STORMS

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 15 July 1905 · page 4

THE shadow of night is falling, Bat the shore is sunlit yet: Oh tranquil tide, what a flood you bear Of bitter and wild regret !…

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The Storm-water Channel

Western Champion · Friday 21 July 1905 · page 14

The storm-water channel was again the subject of discussion at the Council meeting on Monday evening. The Clerk presented his report on…

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Correct Version of the Deluge

Western Champion · Friday 8 September 1905 · page 15

According to the most approved sysems of chronology, this remarkable event happened in the year 1656. after the creation or about 2348 years,…

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Moon's Age and Thunderstorms

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 16 December 1905 · page 5

Many meteorologists and astronomers have drawn attention from time to time to a connection between the occurrence of thunderstorms and the age of the…

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