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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1903

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Cablegrams. Heavy Gales. London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 4 March 1903 · page 4

Daring the gales on the British coast H.M.S. Resolution was continually washed by huge seas. The waves bent an armoured door and snapped the chain…

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Severe Gale. London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 4 March 1903 · page 4

The gale on the British coast has moderated, though the list of the losses is incomplete. Great damage has been done on the Isle of Man, houses and…

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Heavy Storm at Newcastle. The City Flooded

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 4 March 1903 · page 2

A VIOLENT thunderstorm passed over Newcastle on Saturday morning at about 11 o'clock, and continued till noon. Vivid lightning was accompanied by deafening thunder, and the…

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Floods in America. London

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 4 March 1903 · page 3

Fifty -six miles of country have been submerged in Pennsylvania by floods, and 40,000 people have been thrown idle…

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Terrible Storms in Britain. The Worst for Twenty Years

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 7 March 1903 · page 3

TERRIBLE storms have been experienced all over the British Isles. Incoming steamers reports the worst hurricanes for twenty years…

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The Townsville Cyclone

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 11 March 1903 · page 3

Further particulars re the Townsville cyclone show that great destruction of property was done. Many buildings were demolished, and vehicles were overturned in the streets. It is…

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Cyclone Attownsville. Sydney, Tuesday

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 11 March 1903 · page 3

A ter[?] cyclic ragen at Townsville yesterday. Sheets of iron were blown about like paper. Cabs were overturned in the streets…

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Snow Storms. London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 11 March 1903 · page 3

Terrible snow storms have occurred in. Southern Russia whereby hundreds of people hare perished owing to (he intense cold…

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Storm at Balladoran

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 11 March 1903 · page 2

ON Saturday afternoon a heavy storm passed over Balladoran where the wind and rain were unusually violent. The strange spectacle of the gate coming front one quarter and the…

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Heavy Rain

The Wellington Times · Thursday 12 March 1903 · page 4

A sensational fall of rain it reported from the Singleton district, 283 points falling at Springfield in 80 minutes…

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Cyclone at Townsville

The Wellington Times · Thursday 12 March 1903 · page 4

Further distressing reports are to hand om Towneville. Every Government office was damaged. the Burdekin River at Charters Towers is within ten feet of the…

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Cyclone at Townsville. the City Weecked. —Damage £250,000

The Wellington Times · Thursday 12 March 1903 · page 4

A terrific cyclone commenced to blow at 1 a.m. on Monday morning at Townsville, Queensland, and by noon it was a hurricane. At 2 p.m. the wind commenced to decrease…

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Violent Storms

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 13 March 1903 · page 2

Violent storms struck MacKay on Monday morning. The sea rose six feet over the jetty. Numerous buildings were unroofed and a portion…

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The Townsville Cyclone

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 13 March 1903 · page 2

Farther particulars of the Townsvills cyclone show that the whole town is practical laid waste. Great distress prevails. Public…

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The Townsville Cyclone

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 14 March 1903 · page 5

The estimated damage by the Townsville cyclone is a quarter of a million sterling. All the streets are laid waste, and the terrible scene of devastation is everywhere most…

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Cyclone Strikes Bowen, Brisbane

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 14 March 1903 · page 4

A cyclone struck Bowen on Monday and either unroofed or demolished a number of buildings. The sea was six feet over the jetty…

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The Townsville Cyclone. Brisbane

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 14 March 1903 · page 4

The scene at Townsville since the cyclone is described as heartrendering; many destitute persons are being provided with accommodation and rations…

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Cyclone at Townsville. Terrible Damage

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 14 March 1903 · page 4

A CYCLONE occurred at Townsville and Bowen on Monday morning, doing vast injury. The English and Catholic Cathedrals were…

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Storm at Charters Towers. Brisbane

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 14 March 1903 · page 4

A storm at Charters Towers on Monday did £500 worth of damage…

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Departure of Mr. C. H. Gale. Meeting Op Magistrates

The Western Herald · Wednesday 18 March 1903 · page 2

On Tuesday morning last there was a large attendance of magistrates and citizens at the Bourke Court House, for the purpose of wishing Godspeed to Mr. C. H. Gale,…

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