Signs of Floods
NEWS from Coonabarabran states:—For the last three days the heat has been excessive, up to 112Jeg. The local blacks, who predicted the recent rains, are…
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Floods & storms, 1903
109 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 1 of 6
Cyclone at Bourke
A cyclone, following on the hot spell (the thermometer registered to 121 1/2 in the shade), occurred at Bourke on Saturday. Houses were blown down and others unroofed…
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By a cyclone at Toroom (Queensland) yesterday, the English Church was blown down, the Hospital was lifted off its blocks, and many houses were unroofed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Heat Wave. 121½ Degrees in the Shade. a Record for Many Years. a Hot Wind. Many Thermometers Destroyed. a Terrific Cyclone. Many Houses Unroofed. Trees Blown Down. the Full Blast at North Bourke. Houses Turned Completely Over. Miraculous Escape of a Large Family
Our recent prediction of a heat wave was not far out. Each day last week the mercury in the thermometer kept steadily rising, but on Saturday it took a leap of 5 degrees…
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Mr, J. Harcourt Gibbons, of Liverpool, near Sydney, who describes himself as a meteorologist, claims to be able to forecast the weather for twelve…
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Mrs. Jollie was a lady who was fond of a joke. One evening she chanced to meet her cook in the company of her sweet-heart. Now the cook's young…
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The West Australian Government Astr[?]mur prediets a terrible cyclone on the east of that State within a week…
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SAYS the Bathurst "Times," of Wednesday, "Yesterday afternoon the weather was very oppressive, and in the sky became overcast with heavy clouds, a downpour was…
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A great flood has occurred in the upper Fitzroy river, West Australia. A number of stock were drowned. The post-office and officials narrowly escaped…
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Thunderstorms occurred at many country towns yesterday, when light showers fell. A wind-storm occurred at Bingara, and houses were unroofed and trees blown down…
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THE weather on Monday, and Tuesday last was intensely warm, the temperature reaching 113 in the shade on each day. At night, or rather a couple of hours before dawn on each…
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A race meeting at Cobar yesterday was interrupted by a duststorm which caused premature darkness…
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A TERRIFIC storm occurred at Copmanhurst, near Grafton, on Friday night. The wind blow with great violence, driving rain through the roofs of many buildings, while…
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The Railway Commissioners have been advised that there is water all over the railway line about 18 miles from Cobar…
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Twenty-five inches of rain fell at Wyndham, W.A., in five days, doing enormous damage…
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She leaned against the fence and watched them all drive away down the dusty white road, until a sudden turn amongst the river oaks bid the waggonette from view—then…
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A heavy gale prevailed on Sunday which extended throughout the greater portion of the State, and much damage was done to crops and herbage at Newcastle. Considerable damage…
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Heavy rain fell in many portions of the State yesterday…
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On Wednesday 320 points of rain fell at Tabulam…
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During a terrible storm at Booroondarra Station, Queensland, a falling tree killed one man and injured eight others…
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