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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1889

2 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers

Telegrams. Heavy Floods. Sydney, May 28

The Western Herald · Wednesday 29 May 1889 · page 2

Sixteen and a-half inches of rain have fallen in Sydney since Monday. Yesterday it came down at the rate of half an inch per hour. The coach from Sydney to Belmore…

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The Floods

The Western Herald · Saturday 1 June 1889 · page 4

Railway and telegraphic communication are gradually being restored. Reports continually arriving show the damage to have been more extended than was at first…

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