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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1916

170 stories in North West (Tamworth to Moree)'s papers · page 8 of 9

A Heavy Storm

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 28 November 1916 · page 2

A heavy storm passed over the town on Sunday night. It had been working up in the south-west or some time and broke seen after the…

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Commonwealth Meteorology. Thunderstorms Still Likely. SYDNEY

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Wednesday 29 November 1916 · page 2

The pressure has advanced in a north-casterly direction to the extent of about 400 miles. The centre which has gained slightly in barometric values is…

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Commonwealth Meteorology. Further Thunderstorms. SYDNEY

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Monday 4 December 1916 · page 4

The high pressure has moved eastward only about 300 miles during the past 24 hours, and is now centered between Lord Howe Island and Auctaland…

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Destructive Storm. Sydney

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Tuesday 5 December 1916 · page 2

The effects of last week's storm in the Orange district were far-reaching and caused thousands of pounds worth of damage…

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Commonwealth Meteorology. Further Thunderstorms Likely. SYDNEY

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Tuesday 5 December 1916 · page 1

Both the Antarctic and monsoonal depressions have left the continent. The high pressure has advanced about 600 miles during the past 48 hours and…

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Storms

Manilla Express · Wednesday 6 December 1916 · page 2

Storms are of almost daily occurrence now. Saturday morning was full of sunshine, but later in the day the…

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Heavy Midnight Storm

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Tuesday 12 December 1916 · page 2

The rainy waather continues in the Tamworth district. Saturday was unsettled and Sunday Showery. Last night about 12 o'clock a heavy…

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Floods at Glen Innes. Glen Innes

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Wednesday 13 December 1916 · page 3

It has been raining since Sunday and the heaviest fall for the year ocurred to-day. All the cheeks and low lying parts are flooded…

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Flood Waters Rising. Big Inundation at Dungowan

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Wednesday 13 December 1916 · page 3

Nundle further reported at 10 o'clook last night that it was still raining, but it was impossible to see whether the river was rising or not, on acount of…

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Flood Rains. Rivers Rapidly Rise. Tamworth Again Threatened

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Wednesday 13 December 1916 · page 3

Torrential rain set, in [?] Tamworth at a late hour on Monday might, and intermittent hearvy showers fell throughout the night and yesterday, and up to…

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Look Out for Floods

The North Western Courier · Wednesday 13 December 1916 · page 2

This afternoon the local postmaster shewed us an urgent wire intimating that the river at Tamworth was so high that it was necessary to warn…

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Manilla River in Flood

Manilla Express · Wednesday 13 December 1916 · page 3

A report was received at the Shire Office yesterday afternoon (Tuesday) that the liver was over the decking of the Upper Manilla bridge…

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Flood Danger Portions of Peel Valley Inundated. But Tamworth Escapes. Heavy Rain Ceases Just in Time

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Thursday 14 December 1916 · page 1

The residents of Tamworth suffered considerable anxiety throughout Tuesday night and yesterday, owing to the threatened inundation of the lower and…

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Torrential Rain. Nearly All Rivers in Flood. Water Still Rising. Many Country Towns Threatened. SYDNEY

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Thursday 14 December 1916 · page 1

Torrential rains are again reported throughout the State. Rivers are rising in all districts, serious floods being anticipated in many places…

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Plucky Rescue. Flood Boat Used

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Thursday 14 December 1916 · page 1

Constables Gordon and Reordan and Mr. James Sanders manned the flood boat yesterday afternoon and effected a plucky rescue of a woman and five…

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Flood Rains at Bundarra. All Mails Blocked. BUNDARRA

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Thursday 14 December 1916 · page 1

There have been 606 points of rain since Saturday. The river has risen eight feet. It is still raining and all mails are…

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Narrabri Threatened with Flood. Narrabri

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Friday 15 December 1916 · page 2

The rainfall for this year totals 30 inches 27 points, and for the month 7 inches, 10 points. The river is rising rapidly and a flood…

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Floods Expected. Sydney

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Friday 15 December 1916 · page 2

Owing to the heavy thunderstorms throughout the Coonamble district all the creeks are running bankers. The Castlereagh River rose eight feet last…

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The Flood. 29 feet at Mehi Bridge

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 15 December 1916 · page 2

The rainfall has been so consistently heavy during the last week or so that people generally have been fearing a flood. There is one so far as the…

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The Namoi In Flood

The North Western Courier · Friday 15 December 1916 · page 2

As a result of the heavy rains towards the head of the Namoi River it is in a flooded state and to-day had reached a height of about 25 feet and…

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