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Floods & storms, 1910

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Flooded Creek Fatality

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 16 March 1910 · page 2

A young man named Herbert Stead, 22 years of age, was drowned in Repentance Creek, near Lismore, on Friday. He was employed by a farmer named Wyatt, and…

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Flooded Cr[?]eks

Northern Star · Wednesday 16 March 1910 · page 5

The difficulties of the outside dairy farm[?] many, and one of the worst is the Mocking of [?] of [?] the last week there have been at least half…

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Floods Stop Trains. Sydney

Northern Star · Wednesday 16 March 1910 · page 5

As the result of heavy rains at Warialda, floods have occurred. necessitating the sus[?] of railway traffic between Moree and inverell…

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Latest Telegraph [?] Sydney, Wednesday. Floods

Mullumbimby Star · Thursday 17 March 1910 · page 6

Washaways oh the railway line between Moree and Inverell prove nearly as serious as those which caused as mach inconvenience in…

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McINTYRE River in Flood. Sydney

Northern Star · Thursday 17 March 1910 · page 2

A report from Yetman states that the McIntyre river is in high flood, and if it rises another foot the town will be surrounded with water half a mile wide…

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French Floods Over. London, Tuesday Afternoon

Northern Star · Thursday 17 March 1910 · page 3

The Seine has fallen twenty feet, and steam[?] have resumed their running…

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More Moree Floods. Extraordinaiiy Rains. Sydney

Northern Star · Friday 18 March 1910 · page 2

Extraordinary rain has fallen in the Moree district, and the rivers are already in flood. A big flood is expected at Boggabilla…

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Open Column. (This column being open for the expressions of different opinions on public matters they are to be considered as those of correspondents, and not necessarily endorsed by u.s. Coommunications must be written in ink only.) Bridge Wanted for Flood-bound Farmers. (To the Editor)

Northern Star · Friday 18 March 1910 · page 2

Sir,—Kindly grant me space in your paper to bring before the public one of the greatest scandals if the district. This is with regard to the way ratepayers are…

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North-West Floods

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 19 March 1910 · page 4

A telegram from Warialda on Tuesday states that it has been raining incessantly since Sunday, and up to the present 4½ inches were recorded. In…

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No Damage by Floods. Sydney

Northern Star · Saturday 19 March 1910 · page 9

No serious losses were caused by recent floods at Warialda, although in seyeral places fencing was washed away, principally along the watercourses…

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Queensland Floods. Mails Delayed. Railway Service Blocked. Brisbane, Saturday Night

Northern Star · Monday 21 March 1910 · page 3

Owing to floods between Rockhampton and Gladstone [?] ma[?] train will reach Brisbane to-morrow, but a train will be run from Gladstone to Brisbane…

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Queensland Floods. Creek a Mile Wide. Brisbane

Northern Star · Tuesday 22 March 1910 · page 3

The flood waters in the vicinity of Roope Creek, between Rockhampton and Gladstone, are a mile wide, and it is not expected that the trains will run for…

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The Awful Floods in France

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 23 March 1910 · page 4

NEVER in the history of Paris has the city been overwhelmed with such a terrible disaster as the flooding of the Seine, which has caused enormous…

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Queensland Floods

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 23 March 1910 · page 4
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Owing to floods between Rockhampton and Gladstone no mail train was ran from Brisbane on Sunday, but a train was run from Gladstone to…

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Queensland Floods

Mullumbimby Star · Thursday 24 March 1910 · page 5

FLOODS have occurred in Queensland great damage and stopping railway traffic. The Dawson River at Duaringa…

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The Northern Star. Published Daily. Thursday, March 24, 1910. the Queensland Floods

Northern Star · Thursday 24 March 1910 · page 2

The floods in Queensland are furnishing more records and this should convince those who believe that we shall have no high floods again here of the fallac y of…

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Fttzroy Subsiding. Flooding of Railway Lines

Northern Star · Thursday 24 March 1910 · page 2

The Fitzroy River at Rockhampton at 9 o'clock on Tuesday morning was 22ft. 4in. on the gauge. It fell 8hv in. 24 hours, but by 9 o'clock on Tuesday night it had…

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Queensland Floods. Water Receding at Chambereville Record Flood at Wyandra

Northern Star · Thursday 24 March 1910 · page 2

Alter passing the 1890 flood record, the Warrego commenced fulling on Tuesday night, much to everyone's relief. The river fell about 8in. on Wednesday but in the…

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Warrego River Still Rising. Great Flood Anticipated at Cunnamulla. Charleville, March 21

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 25 March 1910 · page 2

HEAVY ram continued throughout Saturday and until early on Sunday morning, 548 points being registered for the 24 hours making a total of over [?] for…

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