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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1909

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The Murray Flood. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 30 June 1909 · page 3

Latest news with regard to the flood along the Murray River states that the worst is now over. Enormous damage has been done to crops…

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The Murray Flood. Rabbits Climb Trees. Snakes Invade Albury

The Wellington Times · Thursday 1 July 1909 · page 6

The worst of the flood in the Murray at Albury appears to be over. The country along the Murray Valley has been badly flooded. Enormous…

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Heavy Rain

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 3 July 1909 · page 5

Heavy rain fell at Sydney this morning…

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A Dilapidated Flood Boat

The Wellington Times · Monday 5 July 1909 · page 2

The dilapidated condition of the flood boat at Mookerawa, which is used by the children to cross the river to go to school, has been repeatedly brought…

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The Floods

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 7 July 1909 · page 3

The flood waters at Tilba Tilba, Bega district rose in some places 6 to 8 feet deep. All [?] traffic with Bermagui is except by boat…

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Floods in the United States

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 10 July 1909 · page 5

Enormous damage has been done by floods in Colorado, Ohio, nod Missouri, and relief [?]rainare carrying food…

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The Murray Flood

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 10 July 1909 · page 8

Some sensational stories of escape from the recent Murray flood are now being told. A rabbiter named Marshall spent 24 hours on a log near Howlong in company…

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Narromine Show. a Record Entry. Office-bearers.—President, Mr. D. Fitch; Vice-Presidents. Messrs. F. Mack, F. L. Byrie, W. N. Muagrove; Hon. Treasurer. Sir. A. M. Gale; Auditors, Messrs. F. Williams and K. Ford; Committee, Messrs. J. Dempster, junr., E. Webb, I. Roberts, G. W. Bell, P. Smith, G. C. Mack, T. R. Miliar, J. Leahy, J. Beveridge, G. W. Barlow, J. F. Atkinson, T. E. Perry, N. Beveridge, F. B. Samuels, E. C. Hadley, M. McDonald, J. W, Smith, T. E. Chapman G. Berryman, W. Gainsford, E. Griffiths, C. Rice, J. Nelson, J. L. Wheeler, T. Dugan, Graham Smith, C. Frater, E. Cooraber, A. P. Byrne, C. H. Siemsen, F. B. Colley, W. B. Perry, J. Cowell, F. C. Shepherd, E. O'Neill, M. Mack; Secretary, Mr. J. R. Kelk

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 24 July 1909 · page 1

The Narromine A. P. and H. Society's Show was held on the Society's grounds on Wednesday and Thursday of this week, the weather on the opening day in particular…

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Snow Storm at Katoomba

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 4 August 1909 · page 3

The heaviest snowstorm for many yeas is reported from Kattomba this morning…

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Flood in Manchuria. London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 4 August 1909 · page 2

A disastrous flood has scoured Manchoria. One thousand persons ware drowned at Kirin…

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Murrumbidgee in Flood

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 18 August 1909 · page 3

The Murrumbidgee River in again in flood, and the low lying lands are submerged…

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Floods in Victoria. (By Telegraph.) Great Damage and Loss of Life

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 21 August 1909 · page 4

SERIOUS floods have occurred at Bendigo and Ballarat and the western districts of Victoria. Mrs. Ferry, wife of the manager of the Barwon Park Estate, and a girl named Gurrie, were…

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Latest Wires. Flooded Rivers. Melbourne

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 21 August 1909 · page 4

Heavy rain has fallen in almost every part of Victoria and farther heavy floods are regarded [?]s in[?]vitable. The Murray is rising. The Barwon has overflowed and…

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The Victorian Floods

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 25 August 1909 · page 2

THE floods have contined to spread in Victoria, and further damage and loss of life have been reported from all parte of the southern Stale. South Australia has been suffering from the…

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The Floods

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 28 August 1909 · page 4

All the railway lines excepting Rupanyup to Mar[?]noo, Warracknabeal to Hopetown, and Ultima to Chilingllah, have been put into running order again and ordinary timetable have…

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The Victorian Floods. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 28 August 1909 · page 4

All the Victorian railway lines, with one exception, are now running again, and the ordinary time-tables have been reverted to. London, Thursday…

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Disastrous Floods

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 1 September 1909 · page 3

Floods in Northern Mexico have caused enormous damage. Rivers overflowed, and villages were inundated in every direction. Eight hundred people perished in Monterey (capital city…

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The Victorian Floods

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 1 September 1909 · page 3

Although the floods have subsided in the greater part of Victoria, the river is stilt rising at Koondrook, and the town is threatened. Many flooded houses collapsed, and one family…

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Disastrous Floods in Mexico. London, Monday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 1 September 1909 · page 2

Twelve hundred lives have been lost bby an inundation of Monteroy, Mexico. The damage to property is estimated at four million pounds…

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Mexican Floods

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 4 September 1909 · page 5

There have been terrible scenes at Monteroy. A thousand bodies were recovered, some from the branches of trees; others from the roofs of houses. The valley of the Rio Grande was…

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