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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1910

198 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 3 of 10

Embankments and Floodgates

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 January 1910 · page 6

Mr. Allan, district engineer of the Public Works Department visited Maitland to-day, for the purpose of inspecting the condition of the river bank, the…

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Rain and Floods

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 January 1910 · page 3

The heavy rains which were experienced in the easy part of the month in almost every part of the State resulted in places in floods, but not of a serious nature…

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Floods in Queensland. Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 January 1910 · page 5

The Railway Department has received a telegram from Townsville reporting heavy rain, with floods between there and the Reid River…

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Floods in France. the Seine Subsiding. Saving the Louvre. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 January 1910 · page 5

The upper reaches of the rivers Seine and Marne are subsiding. Both rivers are now going down, the water gradually sinking…

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Pen-notes and Pencillings. a Lesson From the Floods

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 January 1910 · page 5

The terrible floods which have occurred in North-eastern New South Wales have excited interest and sympathy everywhere. An almost unprecedented body…

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Cyclone at Tarcoon. Portion of Town Wrecked. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 31 January 1910 · page 5

Mr. Garvin, the Inspector-General of Police, last night received the following telegram:—"Brewarrina reports from Tarcoon heavy cyclone last night. Portion of…

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Floods in Queenslands. Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 31 January 1910 · page 5

The Deputy Postmaster-General has received advice as to serious interruptions on the telegraph routes north of Rockhampton. All northern lines are interrupted north…

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The Paris Floods. River Seine Subsiding. Eighty Thousand Homeless. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 February 1910 · page 5

After rising 31 feet at Port Royal, the Seine has gradually fallen 16 inches. The foreign newspapers agree that…

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Floods in Queensland. Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 February 1910 · page 5

The Railway Commissioner has received a telegram from the traffic manager at Townsville, stating that trains on the Ayr line have been cancelled, as the water is…

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The Floods. Official Reports. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 February 1910 · page 5

The Inspector-General of Police to-day received the following telegram from Sergeant Ferguson, at Brewarrina:— "River 29 feet, and rising. Estimated…

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The Storm Off Queensland. Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 February 1910 · page 5

Captain Mackay, the Brisbane, port-master has received the following telegram from the harbour master at Port Douglas:—"The steamer Merrie…

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Floods in the North. the Rivers Falling. Walgett

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 February 1910 · page 4

The Barwon and Namoi Rivers are both falling slowly. Walgett is still completely hemmed in; but portion of the low-lying parts is now…

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The Paris Floods. Seine Now Falling. Boats Fly in the Streets. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 February 1910 · page 5

There has been two days' fine weather, with sharp front, in Paris, and the Seine is falling steadily, it having now subsided two feet…

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The Northern Floods. Brewarrina Storm. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 February 1910 · page 6

Mr. Lee, the Acting Premier, stated this afternoon that the latest official reports from Brewarrina showed that the river was 33 feet above ordinary summer…

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The Paris Floods. Funds for Relief. Pillagers Dealt With. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 February 1910 · page 5

The Mansion House fund in London for the relief of the sufferers by the floods in Paris amounts to £26,000. The French people have raised…

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Our Sydney Letter. the Hotel Australia Gains in Australiaism.—starving for Thirty-nine Days.—the Paris Floods and Local Duty.—our Land Surveyors As a Military Corps.—a Patriot and Foreign Flags.—a Strange Maintenance Case. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 February 1910 · page 4

At the Hotel Australia on the occasion a leading representative of "The Times," then on a visit here, was asked why he didn't publish more Australian news. He…

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The Paris Floods. Seine Valley Inundated. Large British Fund. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 February 1910 · page 5

Marines encountered a party of brigands pillaging a house at Asnieres, a suburb of Paris, and fired upon them…

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The Northern Floods. Barwon and Namoi Falling. Walgett

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 February 1910 · page 6

The Barwon and Namoi rivers are both still falling slowly, but thousands of acres of country are still submerged. It is estimated that over 100 bags,…

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The Paris Floods. British Relief Fund. Canada's Donation. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 February 1910 · page 5

The Mansion House fund for the relief of the sufferers through the floods in Paris now amounts to £44,000…

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Floods in Queensland. Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 February 1910 · page 4

The Commissioner for Railways this morning received a telegram from the traffic manager at Rockhampton, stating that the flood waters were six inches…

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