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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1892

11 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers

A Story of a Flood

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 25 March 1892 · page 6

A PATHETIC story is associated with the little village of Suss, in the Lower Engadine, a wild bleak valley of Switzerland. One day a flood, caused by the…

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Terrific Storms. London, June 13

The Western Herald · Wednesday 15 June 1892 · page 3

Terrific, thundrstorms have been experienced in the North of Spain, killing many persons and damaging several churches. including Bergos Cathedral…

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Fatal Thunderstorm. London, July 21

The Western Herald · Saturday 23 July 1892 · page 2

During a thunderstorm in the United States a family of five was struck with lightning and killed, at Richmond, while in Georgia, a school was set on fire by lighting and two…

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A Disastrous Storm. Sydney, August 16

The Western Herald · Wednesday 17 August 1892 · page 2

Sunday's storm did considerable damage to property in various parts of the colony. A house was blown down at Mossvale and a boy killed. Another boy 'was severely injured. A…

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A Dastardly Act. a Brewery Flooded. an Ex-employede Implicated

The Western Herald · Saturday 3 September 1892 · page 1

On Saturday evening last (says the Bathurst Free Press) an act of the meanest character was perpetrated at the Crown Brewery, by which the…

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After the Storm

The Western Herald · Saturday 24 September 1892 · page 3

With the exception of a thunderstorn the weather has been dry since the storm burst over the town (says the Cunamulla Argus) and much…

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Heavy Flood

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 27 September 1892 · page 2

IN the opinion of many, the heavy local rains of last week were a certain warning of a flood, and when it was known on Friday that it was raining in Bathurst and Orange and other parts of the…

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A Fierce Storm. Sydney, September 27

The Western Herald · Wednesday 28 September 1892 · page 2

A storm of unparalled violence occurred early on Saturday morning extending over the metropolitan area and in many country districts. It travelled at the rate of 120…

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The Macquarie Flood. a Deal of Damage

The Western Herald · Saturday 1 October 1892 · page 1

In the opinion of many, the heavy local rains of last week were a certain warning of a flood, and when it was known on Friday that it was raining…

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Flood at Warren

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 4 October 1892 · page 2

THROUGH the floods, the country round Warren was in a terrible state. For miles on every side of the town there was nothing but a sea of water. Mail communication with Nevertire and Sydney…

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Disastrous Floods London, Nov. 10

The Western Herald · Saturday 12 November 1892 · page 3

Diastrons floods which are occastoning great loss of the life are reported from Costa Rica…

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