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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1906

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Cunnamulla Flood Items. (From the Watchman.)

The Western Herald · Saturday 24 February 1906 · page 2

The flood in the Werrege did considerable damage in the Cunnamulla district. Since the 6th inst., the Cunnsmulla mails for Barringun and Bourke have had to be…

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Will We Have Floods?

The Wellington Times · Thursday 1 March 1906 · page 4

The fact that rain has come at last has gladdened many hearts, and brightened prospects generally. We are getting the rain straight from…

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Cyclone in Queensland

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 7 March 1906 · page 3

A disastrous cyclone occurred at Croydon, Queensland, on Sunday, when considerable damage was done. A number of business and private promises were demolished. The…

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Cyclone at Oroydon. Sydney

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

An appalling cyclone [?]inted Croydon, Queensland, on Sunday, raging for six hours. All the churches were practically demolished, as well as most of the hotels…

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Out of the Storm

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 10 March 1906 · page 7

Sandy Thompson had a wife whose tongue was quite equal to the task of 'deaving a miller.' One very wet, windy night as the minister was passing the farmer's house he…

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Moosoonal Rain Storm. Sydney

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

A new monsoonal rain storm has sppeared. In some places the first falls since 1904 have occurred, The indications favour an extension of the whole state…

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Heavy Rams in Queensland. Flooded Country

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 10 March 1906 · page 4

ON Thursday Central and South Queensland reported continuous rains and prospect of floods. Eunnamulla stated that heavy rain has fallen steadily for 48 hours. The river is…

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Battle in the Phillipines. Americans Storm a Mountain Fortress

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 17 March 1906 · page 3

The troops of the American Naval Contingent, in conjunction with the local Constabulary, have gained a great victory near Jolo, the chief town in the Sulu Archipelago. The native…

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Floods near White Cliffs. Four Inches in Twenty Minutes. Narrow Escape From Drowning

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 17 March 1906 · page 3

WHITE CLIFFS, Monday.—Mr. Tapp, the manager of Yahcannia, arrived to-day, lie states that the country for 40 miles is one unbroken sheet of…

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Floods in Queensland

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 17 March 1906 · page 5

During the flounds in the Winton districts of Queensland many residents only saved them solvers by taking refuge on the high ground and upper stories of buildings, The river at…

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Mountain Line Washaway. Saturday's Storms

The Wellington Times · Monday 26 March 1906 · page 2

Traffic on the Mountain line has been resumed, repairs having been effected by a big gang of men. The driver of a goods train from…

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Terrific Storm in Sydney

The Wellington Times · Thursday 5 April 1906 · page 4

A terrific rainstorm, accompanied by thunder and lightning, broke over Sydney and suburbs at 10 o'clock this morning, being especially severe in the…

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Loss of Sheep by Flood

The Wellington Times · Thursday 5 April 1906 · page 4

Twelve hundred sheep were drowned between Adavale and Windorah, Queensland, during the recent heavy rains…

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Storms in Tasmania

The Wellington Times · Thursday 19 April 1906 · page 4

Terrific storms have been experienced in Tasmania. Great damage wan done at Queenstown, where every bridge was swept away, together with…

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Storms in Tasmania. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 21 April 1906 · page 4

Terrific storms have been experienced in Tasmania. Great damage was done at Queenstown, where every bridge was swept away, together with the Mount Lyell…

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The Latest Telegrams. Violent Gales Raging. Shipwreck at [?]anly. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 26 May 1906 · page 4

A violent gale is raping on the coast with heavy seas. The French barque Vince[?], 1740 tons, was driven ashore on the ocean beach at Manly last night. The cr[?]w were…

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New Sight for Tourists. Floods in Flanders

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 26 May 1906 · page 7

From Brussels, on 21st March, the correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" wrote:—The great floods in Flanders have…

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Flood at the Tweed

The Wellington Times · Monday 28 May 1906 · page 3

The flood at Murwillumbah, on the Tweed, has practically subsided, though portions of the low-lying parts are still under water…

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The Castlereagh Flood

The Castlereagh · Friday 8 June 1906 · page 4

Thus "Outsider' in the Coonamble "Independent:— "Regarding the flood in the Castlereagh spoken of in last issue,…

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The Castlereagh Flood. Mr. Peter Smith's Account

The Castlereagh · Friday 15 June 1906 · page 2

At the request of a number of old dist let residents, among them Mr. J. A. Ryan, of Dobbo, we waited on Mr. Peter Smith, of Gilgandra, and…

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