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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1906

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Sunday's Storm

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 3 January 1906 · page 2

The refreshing shawers that fell on Sunday cooled the air and gave very acceptable relief from the hot conditions that had prevailed. The rainfall, though heavy in…

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Fatal Burning Accident at Wellington. Mrs. Gale Fatally Injured

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 10 January 1906 · page 3

MRS. MARION GALE, wife of C. V. Gale, Inspector of Nuisances to the Wellington Council, was fatally burnt on Saturday while endeavouring to lift from the fire a tin of [?]ar…

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Violent Storm Yesterday

The Wellington Times · Thursday 25 January 1906 · page 4

When the weather broke temporarily yesterday, a storm of very narrow extent but of great violence swept across Wellington Flat, doing a fair…

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Telegraphic News. Sydney, Friday Heavy Storm in the City a Girl Drowned

The Castlereagh · Friday 26 January 1906 · page 4

During a thunderstorm yesterday a little girl was carried down in the storm water channel at North Sydney and drowned, while another woman…

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A Thunderstorm

The Castlereagh · Friday 26 January 1906 · page 4

A heavy thunderstorm, accompanied by heavy wind and rain, passed over the town yesterday afternoon, which had the effect of cooling the…

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Perished in a Storm. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 27 January 1906 · page 4

During a heavy thunderatorm in the city and suburbs yesterday afternoon, two girls sought shelter in a storm-water channel at North Sydney. One of the…

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A Terrific Storm

The Western Herald · Wednesday 31 January 1906 · page 2

On Sunday the weather was warm and very muggy, the glass registering 110 degrees in the shade. Towards evening heavy clouds worked up from the east and south, and…

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Telegraphic News. Sydney, Friday Heavy Storm in the City a Girl Drowned

The Castlereagh · Friday 2 February 1906 · page 2

During a thunderstorm yesterday a little girl was carried down in the storm water channel at North Sydney and drowned, while another woman…

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A Thunderstorm

The Castlereagh · Friday 2 February 1906 · page 2

A heavy thunderstorm, accompanied by heavy wind and rain, passed over the town yesterday afternoon, which had the effect of cooling the…

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Heavy Rain at Lismore. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 7 February 1906 · page 2

Since Friday five and a half inches of rain have fallen in Lismore, making eleven and a halt inches this year…

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Heavy Storm in Dubbo. Very Local in Extent

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 7 February 1906 · page 2

ON Friday the sky was overcast, and towards evening heavy thunder-clouds were well la evidence, Before 6 p.m. there were indications of an approaching storm, and within a very few…

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The Latest Telegrams. Queensland Floods. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 7 February 1906 · page 2

The western rivers and creeks in Queenland are flooded, The Barcoo river has over-flowed and a portion of the towns of Blakall is submerged. The flood is the…

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The Queensland Cyclone

The Wellington Times · Thursday 8 February 1906 · page 4

The total damage to Geraldton, Queensland, by the recent cyclone is estimated from £100,000 to £150,000. Owing to the floods, a mailman was…

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The Queensland Floods

The Castlereagh · Friday 9 February 1906 · page 3

The town of Co[?] on the Queensland border, is surrounded by flood waters. Several families have had to leave their homes…

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The Recent Storm

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 10 February 1906 · page 3

Daring the storm on Friday afternoon, and instant, the lightning stouck a telegraph post, near the Railway Hotel, Mudgee (reports the GUARDIAN), and ran…

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Floods in Queensland

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 10 February 1906 · page 5

The western railway lino in Queensland is under water as the result of the late heavy rains. The rivers are rising rapidly. In some parts the running of passenger trains has been…

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Floods in Queensland. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 10 February 1906 · page 4

The Western railway line in Queensland is under water as the result of the late heavy rains. The riv[?]rs are rising rapidly. In some parts the running of passenger…

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Killed in Storms

The Wellington Times · Thursday 15 February 1906 · page 4

A disastrous storm has occurred' at Longreach, Queensland. Alfred Edge was struck by lightning and killed. At Wool gar, Western Australia, yesterday…

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Imprisoned in a Flooded Tunnel

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 17 February 1906 · page 8

Early on Dec. 18 the tunnel just outside New York became flooded. It was thought that nobody was in the tunnel, but mysterious tapping were heard by workmen…

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Floods in Queensland. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 21 February 1906 · page 2

The highest flood ever known has occurred at Windorab, Queensland. Further west on the Diamintina 23 inches of l[?]ulu fell…

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