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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1898

4 stories in North West (Tamworth to Moree)'s papers

The Flood Damages

The Gwydir Examiner and Moree General Advertiser · Saturday 26 February 1898 · page 4

The Minister for Works, Mr. J. H. Young, says the reports received by his department lead him to believe that the losses and…

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The Barwon Flood Lands

The Gwydir Examiner and Moree General Advertiser · Tuesday 8 March 1898 · page 2

IN ordinary seasons the Barwon River between Collaiendabri and Walgett is not fordable, and, con-equently, where there are no bridges across it, travellers…

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The Dudley Colliery Disaster. Mine on Fire. to Be Closed Down and Flooded

The Gwydir Examiner and Moree General Advertiser · Tuesday 29 March 1898 · page 2

The excitement which has prevailed throughout the district and colony since the disastrous explosion at the Dudley Colliery on Monday last has been intensified by the…

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A Cyclone at the Brewery

The Gwydir Examiner and Moree General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 November 1898 · page 2

About 1.30 p.m. on Sunday, one of the blinding whirlwinds or in mature cyclones, which were a characteristic of the day struck the Gwydir Brewery and was responsible for…

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