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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1906

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Cyclone and Water Spout. Sweep Through Bourke

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 15 September 1906 · page 5

Bourke Wednesday. Eearly this morning the town was struck by a cyclone, and much damage was done. The weather conditions for…

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Cyclonic Storm at Bourke. Considerable Damage Wrought

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 15 September 1906 · page 3

ONE of the most terrible cyclonic storms over experienced in the Bourke district occurred about 2 o'clock on Wednesday morning. It came up from the south east, and with such…

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A Terrific Cyclone. Rager for a Brief Period. Half-an-inch of Rain in Ten Minutes. Considerable Damage to Property

The Western Herald · Saturday 15 September 1906 · page 2

Tuesday night last was close, the sky was black, not a break anywhere, and the general opinion was that we would be treated to a heavy downpour of rain. People…

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Cyclone at Bourke

The Bligh Watchman and Coonabarabran Gazette · Tuesday 18 September 1906 · page 6

One of the most terrible cyclones ever experienced in the Bourke district occured at ten minutes past two o’clock on Wednesday morning. It came up from the…

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Serious Floods in Victoria

The Wellington Times · Thursday 20 September 1906 · page 4

Serious floods have occurred at Cohuna, Victoria. Twenty thousand acres are under water, which has caused large losses of stock and…

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The Heavy Rains. Floods Expected at Wellington. Several Drowning Fatalities

The Wellington Times · Thursday 4 October 1906 · page 5

On Tuesday night heavy rain sot in at Wellington, and up to 9 a.m on Wednesday morning 40 points were registered at the local post office…

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Floods Throughout the State

The Wellington Times · Thursday 4 October 1906 · page 4

Many rivers and creeks are rising as a result of the general rains, and floods have occurred in some districts. The Queanbeyan coach was swept…

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A Heavy Rain. Two-and-a-Half Inches In Eight Hours

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 6 October 1906 · page 4

ONE of the heaviest rainfalls that has had to be chronicled in Dubbo, for the past six or seven years at least, occurred on Wednesday afternoon. The day had been showery up to…

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One Effect of the Flood

The Wellington Times · Monday 8 October 1906 · page 2

It is not often that a Chinaman appears in the Police Court for being intoxicated with spirituous liquors, but it was the case last Friday morning…

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The Flood Damages

The Wellington Times · Monday 8 October 1906 · page 2

Very considerable damage has been done to the Caves Road by the recent flood in the Bell River, about a mile of it being washed clean of the blinding…

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Chinese, Onions, and the Flood

The Wellington Times · Monday 8 October 1906 · page 2

Last Wednesday when the prospects of a big flood seemed so imminent there was much speculation as to the chances of the present onion crop along…

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Thunderstorm at Forbes. Forbes

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 10 October 1906 · page 2

At 6 o'clock yesterday afternoon a terrific storm occurred. It only lasted about ten minutes, but nearly half an inch of rain fell. The storm was accompanied by large…

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Floods at Queanbeyan

The Wellington Times · Thursday 11 October 1906 · page 5

Rain has caused floods at Gininderra in the Queanbeyan district. Crops and fences have been destroyed, and roads seriously damaged…

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The Thunderstorm

The Wellington Times · Thursday 18 October 1906 · page 6

Brightly the sun shone; the sky Was one expanse of blue. Far as the eye could view No cloud its shadow threw…

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Cyclone in Cuba. London, October 22

The Western Herald · Wednesday 24 October 1906 · page 2

The damage done by a cyclone in Cuba is estimated at two millions sterling. The cyclone caused appalling destruction in Phxpical. The features of the country…

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Gales

The Wellington Times · Monday 5 November 1906 · page 2

Terrific westerly gales were experienced in the city and along the coast yesterday. Numerous boating capsizes occurred on the harbour, but the…

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Latest Wires. Cyclone Predicted. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 28 November 1906 · page 2

The following forecast was issued to-day: —A cyclone centre has developed in a monsoonal disturbance over the southern portion of West Australia. In the absence…

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The Town Band. After the Storm, a Calm!

The Wellington Times · Thursday 29 November 1906 · page 5

The newly appointed committee to manage the town band held its first meeting last night in the Council Chambers, there being present: Messrs…

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Floods in Arizona

The Wellington Times · Thursday 6 December 1906 · page 4

Disastrous floods hare occurred in Arizona, 50 persons being drowned, and the business portion of the town being destroyed…

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Disastrous Cyclone

The Wellington Times · Thursday 20 December 1906 · page 6

During a cyclone off Goto Islands, near Japan, last month, a hundred and eighty coral boats were wrecked, and five hundred Japanese coral fishermen…

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