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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1907

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Storm Costs £1,000,000

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 5 January 1907 · page 3

The tale of the damage done by the great storm on the Riviera is a fearful one. The storm was the most disastrous experienced for a quarter of a century (says a…

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The Weather. Severe Gales on the Coast

The Wellington Times · Monday 7 January 1907 · page 2

Forecast-Fine, cool, southerly winds. One of the strongest gales experienced for years raged along the coast yesterday, the highest velocity…

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Disastrous Storm at Hong-kong

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 30 January 1907 · page 3

Hundreds of natives were drowned during a terrific rainstorm at Hong Kong on Sunday. The natives' crafts were swamped…

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The Cook Town Cyclone

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 9 February 1907 · page 5

It is reported that during the recent cyclone at Cook town the adjacent island were swept by the waves, which washed over the highest trees. Sharks were cast up on the rocks fifty feet high…

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Heavy Thunderstorm

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 9 February 1907 · page 5

A terrific thunderstorm accompanied by torrential and [?] over the city last night…

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Result of a Storm

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 13 February 1907 · page 2

The storm which passed over Orange on Thursday afternoon (says the LEADER) has caused much devastation to some of the orchards in the outly[?]ng districts. At…

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Severe Gales. London, Thursday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 23 February 1907 · page 4

Severe gales have swept over England and Northern Europe…

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Phenomenal Storm in Sydney

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 6 March 1907 · page 3

One of the heaviest storms ever experienced in Sydney passed over early this morning. The rain fell in a deluge…

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Heavy Thunderstorm. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 6 March 1907 · page 2

One of the heaviest thunderstorms that have occurred for sometime, passed over Sydney at as early hour this morning. The rain was heavy and the lightning…

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The Storm Fiend

The Wellington Times · Thursday 7 March 1907 · page 4

You rose to the occasion, Mr. Editor, when you sent a special reporter to report on the recent storm. I have often remarked that this oft despised…

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Severe Storm at Arthurville

The Wellington Times · Thursday 7 March 1907 · page 4

At Arthurville the storm raged for half an hour, and during that time the country round Mr. W. Brummell'a house was flooded. He estimates that…

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How the Storm Struck

The Wellington Times · Thursday 7 March 1907 · page 4

The storm struck at 7.45, and though the elements beforehand were very ominous the most fearful did not contemplate anything so forceful as a…

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Terrific Cyclone. Partly Destroys Bodangora. Several Churches Demolished

The Wellington Times · Thursday 7 March 1907 · page 4

On Monday night shortly before 8 o'clock a terrific windstorm struck Wellington, and though no damage was done to property it was severe…

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A Cyclonic Storm

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 9 March 1907 · page 4

Bodangora was struck by a cyclone at 7.45 o'clock on Monday night. The Church of England and the Roman Catholic Church were levelled to the ground, and…

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Terrific Cyclone in Wellington District

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 9 March 1907 · page 4

THE CYCLONE which struck this district on Monday night last, at 7.45 came from the north west-- from G[?]urie-- affecting, mainly, Comobella, Bodangora, and Arthurville, At…

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After the Storm. in the Wake of the Cyclone

The Wellington Times · Monday 11 March 1907 · page 2

Monday evening's cyclone appears to have commenced in country a couple of miles east of the line between Geurie and Murrumbidgerio, and to have…

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The Cyclone Widens

The Wellington Times · Monday 11 March 1907 · page 2

From the McHugh's farms, which command splendid panoramic scenery, the storm appears to have scattered itself over a wider area, one portion of…

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Wuuluman Catches the Storm

The Wellington Times · Monday 11 March 1907 · page 2

Mr. A. R Tucker informs us that the cyclone visited Illingery Creek, near Wulluman. In the track of the wind, which was a mile wide, nearly…

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Storm's Greatest Severity. William Green's Loss

The Wellington Times · Monday 11 March 1907 · page 2

Up till now the storm had not buttoned up for its most forceful onslaught, and it was not till our reporter turned down the lane leading to…

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The Bodangora Cyclone

The Wellington Times · Thursday 14 March 1907 · page 4

Owing to representations made by Mr. Thrower, the Acting-Premier on Tuesday approved of a first grant of £50 being placed at the disposal of the…

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