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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1903

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Floods in Queensland. Brisbane

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 23 September 1903 · page 3

The crops hare been spoilt and many sheep drowned, as a result of floods in the Goondiwindi district, Queensland…

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Gales and Rain

The Wellington Times · Monday 28 September 1903 · page 2

A southerly gale was blowing on the coast yesterday, and a number of vessels were compelled to seek shelter. Heavy rain fell in Sydney all day yesterday…

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Floods Expected

The Wellington Times · Monday 28 September 1903 · page 2

As a result of the heavy rains, floods are expected in the Hunter Valley. Settlers in low-lying parts are removing their stock…

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Floods. (By Telegraph.) Sydney, Sept. 29

The Western Herald · Wednesday 30 September 1903 · page 2

Floods at Tamworth and Armidale have caused the low lying lands to be submerged. The crops have been damaged, and settlers are preparing to leave. Many farms are…

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Floods in the North

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 30 September 1903 · page 3

Floods have occurred in the districts near Tamworth and Armidale. The low-lying lands are submerged and the crops damaged on many of the farms. The settlers are preparing to…

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FLOODS. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 30 September 1903 · page 3

Floods are reported from a number of places on the Hunter River district. The river is still rising. Settlers were yesterday being served…

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Storm at Albury

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 14 October 1903 · page 3

A terrific storm occurred at Albury last night, during which houses were unroofed, telegraph poles snapped, and most of the crops flattened out…

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Storms in three States. Crops Damaged

The Wellington Times · Thursday 15 October 1903 · page 3

The "Sydney Morning Herald" gives particulars of great storms in New South South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia, from which we take the following:—…

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Severe Thunderstorms in Mudgee

The Wellington Times · Thursday 15 October 1903 · page 4

About 7 o'clock on Tuesday night a terrific storm struck Mudgee, the wind was most boisterous, and was accompanied by thunder and lightening and very heavy rain…

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The Weather. Severe Storm

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 17 October 1903 · page 4

BEFORE daybreak on Wednesday the district was visited by one of the severest storms experienced here for years. The proceeding hours were terribly subry, and a heavy pall of…

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Cyclone at Broken Hill

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 23 October 1903 · page 2

A deluge of rain accompanied by a cyclone occurred at Broken Hill yesterday. Bain fell in torrents for three hours, the heaviest ever recorded…

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Yesterday's Storm. Not much Damage Done

The Wellington Times · Monday 26 October 1903 · page 2

A very heavy storm swept over the district yesterday soon after midday. It came from the direction of Geurie, passed over Maryvale, Montefiores, and Wellington…

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Heavy Rain at Coonamble. Town Flooded

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 28 October 1903 · page 2

A TELEGRAM from Coonamble reports that on Friday a storm passed over the town, rain falling in torrents for about two hoars. The strode were flooded, and in some of the houses…

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Storm at Charters Towers

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 28 October 1903 · page 3

A terrible storm broke over Charters Towers yesterday, doing damage to the extent of £10,000. Nearly every business place and hundreds of private residences suffered. St…

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Storm at Albury

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

A heavy storm occurred at Albury yesterday. Many buildings were unroofed and many trees uprooted…

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Storm at Albury. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 4 November 1903 · page 1

An extraordinary heavy storm broke over Alb[?]ry yesterday. Many buildings were unroofed and trees uprooted. The residents ran widly in all directions in their…

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The Weather. Heavy Storms and Some Damage

The Wellington Times · Thursday 12 November 1903 · page 4

A particularly heavy thunderstorm raged over Wellington during the early hours of yesterday morning. The thunder was accompanied by vivid lightning and heavy…

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Heavy Storm

The Wellington Times · Monday 23 November 1903 · page 2

A heavy storm has occurred at Charleville, Queensland. Nine sheep and a dog were killed by lightning, and a drover lost the use of his limbs for some minutes…

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THE Western Herald and Darling River Advocate. Wednesday, December 2, 1903. Flood Prevention and Irrigation

The Western Herald · Wednesday 2 December 1903 · page 2

Probably no country in the world has been so bountifully endowed by nature as the United States of America, An unsurpassed fertility of soil, a…

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THUNDERSTORMS. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 2 December 1903 · page 1

Violent thun[?]erstorms accompanied by heavy downpours of rain passed over the greater part of the State yesterday afternoon. A report from Moes Vale last…

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