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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1904

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Christmas Storm at White Cliffs

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 6 January 1904 · page 2

At White Cliffs, on Christmas Eve a water spont burnt over the town, accompanied by fierce wins, which demolished camps, unroofed houses, and did other damage. For a time the…

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Heavy Storm

The Wellington Times · Thursday 14 January 1904 · page 4

A passenger by yesterday's mail train from Trangie describes a phenomenal storm that fell between that town and Dubbo. So heavy was the rain that the water tables on…

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Flooded

The Wellington Times · Thursday 14 January 1904 · page 4

Heavy rains flooded a large area of country in South Australia…

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Droughts and Floods

The Wellington Times · Thursday 14 January 1904 · page 2

Mr. J. N. Payne of Geurie tells an interesting story of the years 1868 and 1869. In the former year he and his brother, Mr. John Payne, had the contract for the mail…

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Flood at Lyndhurst

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 16 January 1904 · page 3

THE storm at Lyndhurst on Wednesday was the heaviest experienced for years. Two Mile creek which runs through Lyndhurst was a banker in a few minutes and the water spread…

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A Storm

The Wellington Times · Thursday 21 January 1904 · page 4

A terrific storm occurred at Goulburn yesterday, when extensive damage was done to property, the city being flooded…

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Floods in America

The Wellington Times · Monday 25 January 1904 · page 2

Great floods have occurred in Pennsylvania The passengers of several railway trains had to be rescued in boats, and 25,000 persons have been thrown out of employment…

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What Storms may Do

The Wellington Times · Thursday 4 February 1904 · page 4

Mr. J. Job, late of Parkes Road, and who now has a property leased on the Molong-Euchareena road, was in town yesterday. Mr. Job had the good fortune to have most…

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Storm in Melbourne. A Wild Night in the Bay

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 10 February 1904 · page 3

ONE of the heaviest storms that has been experienced in Melbourne occurred on Saturday and lasted till some time after daybreak next morning. On Friday most trying summer…

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Russia and Japan. the Calm Before the Storm. English Press Stmpathetic. London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 10 February 1904 · page 3

The British press is strongly sympathetic towards Japan, and is confident that the official correspondence will show that she is not responsible for the war…

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Sun-spots and Magnetic Storms

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 13 February 1904 · page 8

EVERY eleven years, or thereabouts, the number of 'spots' on the sun attains a maximum and at the same time the earth is visited by magnificent displays of the…

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Floods at West Maitland

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 2 March 1904 · page 3

Heavy floods have occurred at West Maitland, the crops being inundated. The live stock have been removed to higher ground. The prespects are exceedingly dark. All the…

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Floods at the Hunter. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 2 March 1904 · page 3

At Belmore bridge, West Maitland, the Hunter rose 20ft. in 9 hours. The river took a course across several farms. There are fears of a big flood…

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Flood Rains. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 2 March 1904 · page 3

Flood rains fell in several of the northern districts yesterday, the falls in some instances being phenomenal…

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Flood in the Talbragar. The Road Bridge Unsafe. Traffic Stopped

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 5 March 1904 · page 4

The late heavy rains in the Mundooran and Cassilis districts have had the effect of causing in the lower Talbragar one of the biggest floods for many years. The water was a couple of…

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Flood in the Talbragar. The Bridge Collapses. Traffic Stopped

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 5 March 1904 · page 2

CONETERNATION was caused amongst the residents in the vicinity of the Talbragar bridge on Wednesday evening, when as the flood waters coming down the…

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Rabbits Destroyed by Floods. The Result of the Late Rains

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 12 March 1904 · page 3

THE destructions of rabbits by the recent flood in the T[?]gar river was very large. Scores of ca[?]s have been found along the bed of the river from the Mitchell's Creek district to the…

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Cyclone at Foster

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 23 March 1904 · page 2

A cyclone swept over the township Foster, [?]ponied by torrents of rain, last night, Houses, gardens, and crops suffered severely. A number of fishing boats were lifted and…

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Floods in America

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 6 April 1904 · page 3

The damage done by the floods in the North Western and Northern Ohio exceeds two million dollars. Twenty towns are without gas. Every able bodied man is working in the banks…

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The Calm Before the Storm

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 23 April 1904 · page 5

General Kuropathin reports that dap[?] transports have [?] at the Gulf of Chingtaitoze, 25 vorsts west of Tatungj[?]. Others are near Soucho[?]. All is quiet at Yalu,…

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