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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1908

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Storms in English Channel

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 5 September 1908 · page 5

Great storms in the English Channel have caused many wrecks. Among some exciting rescues was that of an excursion steamer, the Queen, with 160 passengers. She broke…

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Heavy storm at Orange. Collapse of Wirths' Circus test

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 5 September 1908 · page 3

ON Tuesday while the performance in Wirths' circus-marque in Orange was in progress a strong gale blew up from the north with heavy rain. The tent was seen to away…

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Floods in the North

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 12 September 1908 · page 4

The Namoi River at Narrabri overflowed its bank on Tuesday, and now is 18 feet above summer level and rising. The water is within only a few feet of many residences,…

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Floods at Hyderadad

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 3 October 1908 · page 5

There were many heroic rescues of outfitters at Hyderabad, India. The flood a are worse than was reported. Nurses at the hospital saved the patients by carrying them to the roofs of…

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Storms in the Philippines. London

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 24 October 1908 · page 5

A Storm at the Island of Luigon in the Philipines destroyed hundreds of houses. Three hundred persons were killed…

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Phenomenal Rain Storm

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 18 November 1908 · page 2

THE hopes of pastoralists and farmers have often been raised during the last fortnight or so, and ware never higher than on Friday evening. After 3 o'clock there were abundant evidences…

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A Dust Storm

The Wellington Times · Thursday 24 December 1908 · page 4

A terrific dust storm was experienced on Monday evening between seven and night o'clock. For some time the sky was obscured by the clouds of dust…

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