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Northern Rivers · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1908

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The Flood Boats

Northern Star · Saturday 7 March 1908 · page 4

In view of the probable visitation, of floods some attention should be given to the condition of tho flood boats. So many years having elapsed without their services…

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Floods in Central Australia. Sydney

Northern Star · Monday 9 March 1908 · page 3

A report from Adelaide states that floods are being experience in Central Australia. the telegraph lines being submerged in places to[?] depth of ten feet…

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Disastrous Cyclone. Melbourne

Northern Star · Wednesday 11 March 1908 · page 5

A cyclone has occurred at Beulah. Many buildings were demolished, and the Presbyterian and Anglican [?]rches were badly damaged…

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Tweed River in Flood. Haeavy Rain on Twneed River in Flood Murwillumall

Northern Star · Monday 16 March 1908 · page 3

Rain commenced to fall yesterday and continued incessantly ever since. This morning the main river was a banker and all tributaries crossable only at great…

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Floods in Queensland. Heavy Floods on Darling Downs. Condamine River in High Flood. Young Man Drowned at Tambourine. Brisbane Wharves Covered. Brisbane

Northern Star · Tuesday 17 March 1908 · page 3

A little rain fell in town to-day but it is raining steadily to-night. The river is much the same lovel as last night…

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Brisbane Flooded

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 18 March 1908 · page 2

A HEAVY cyclonic storm which passed over the southern-eastern portion of Queensland on Friday night and Saturday morning resulted in serious floods in…

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Floods at Tamworth, on the Hunter and Manning. Heavy Losses of Stock. Destruction of Crops. Sydney

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 18 March 1908 · page 2

The latest from Tamworth shows that the floe ds caused widespread destruction. Mr. Wood, secretary of the…

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Mary River Flooded

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 18 March 1908 · page 6

SPECIAL advice from Kenilworth station on Saturday night, stated that the Mary River was 12ft. on the gauge, and rising 4ft. an hour. The…

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Floods in Tamworth. Great Damage to Goods in the Stores. Sydney

Northern Star · Wednesday 18 March 1908 · page 5

There are heavy floods in the Tamworth district. There is a depth of water in the principal streets of Tamworth and prent damage has been occasioned in the…

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Flood in Brisbane River. Drowing of a Police Constable

Northern Star · Wednesday 18 March 1908 · page 4

As a result of the exceptionally heavy fall of rain which took place over the watershed of the Brisbane River on Friday night and Saturday, grave fears were…

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Fitzroy River in Flood. Brisbane

Northern Star · Wednesday 18 March 1908 · page 5

The rivers flowing into the Fitzroy are all in high flood…

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Flood Waters Subsiding at Brisbane. Brisbane

Northern Star · Wednesday 18 March 1908 · page 5

The Brisbane River flood waters are receding, and the wharv[?]s are all clear…

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High Flood at Rockhamption Raiways Blocked. Brisbane

Northern Star · Thursday 19 March 1908 · page 3

A high flood is reported at Rockhamption to-day. There are several blocks on the central railway…

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Flood at Ching[?]lla. Boat Sent by Request. Brisbane

Northern Star · Thursday 19 March 1908 · page 3

Chinchilla has wired to the Police Department for a[?] to remove people beyond the reach of the flood. The boat was sent by mail train to-day…

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Gunnedah Completely Flooded. Sydney

Northern Star · Thursday 19 March 1908 · page 3

Gunnedah was completely flooded out, many houses being completely submerged…

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The Floods in N.W. Districts. Sydney

Northern Star · Thursday 19 March 1908 · page 3

Details of the flood in the North-west districts show that the rains were the heaviest and most continuous for years. At Narrabri the river attained the…

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Flood at Tamworth

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 20 March 1908 · page 8

A TREMENDOUS flood was raging at Tamworth on Suturday. The Peel River overflowed its banks and the country on the western side is a huge sea of water…

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Serious Floods at Narrabri. Record High Water Expected. Heavy Losses Feared. Sydney

Northern Star · Friday 20 March 1908 · page 3

Serious floods have occurred at Narrabri and the river is now only 18 inches below the highest flood mark and as an immense body of water has yet to come down, it…

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Flood in Queensland. Brisbane

The Byron Bay Record · Saturday 21 March 1908 · page 8

A little rain fell in town to-day, but it is raining steadily to-night, and the river is still over the wharves. Reports of heavy rain have been received from the…

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The Floods. Heaviest Fall for Years. Liverpool Plains, the Hunter, and the Manning Inundated

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 21 March 1908 · page 4

TELEGRAPHING on Monday morning, our ("Daily Telegraph") Tamworth correspondent reports:--The flood water at midnight was still rising…

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