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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1910

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Severe Thunderstorm

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 26 January 1910 · page 3

Severe thunderstorms have been experienced all over the country during the last few days. At Murrurundi buildings were knocked down and several miraculous escapes are reported…

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CABLES. Floods in Paris. London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 26 January 1910 · page 2

Floods have done enormous damage in France. Boats had to be used by some of the residents of Paris where the streets were flooded…

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The Northern Floods. Eight Hundred Railway Repairers. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 26 January 1910 · page 2

The Railway Department has 800 men at work repairing railway lines where damage has been caused by the floods. It is expected that the work of…

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The Northern Floods. Eight Hundred Men. Repairing the Railways

The Cobar Herald · Friday 28 January 1910 · page 3

The Railway Department has 800 men at work repairing railway lines where damage has been caused by the floods. It is…

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The Floods. Walgett Short of Food. Brewarrina in Danger. Sydney

The Cobar Herald · Friday 28 January 1910 · page 5

The flood waters are now within 50 yards of the Walgett Post Office and rising rapidly. Owing to the lack of…

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Gales on the Queensland Coast

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 29 January 1910 · page 5

An easterly gale is raging on the coast of North Queensland. Torrential rains have fallen and a flood is feared at Geraldton…

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The Floods in France. (By Cable.) London, January 27

The Western Herald · Saturday 29 January 1910 · page 4

Snowfalls continue to swell the flood waters in the river Seine. The water is pouring over tins embankments and parapets. Lakes are forming in the streets…

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A Great Flood

The Western Herald · Saturday 29 January 1910 · page 4

The rivers are stationary, if not falling at Walgelt, and there is no news of any further rise to come therefore, although the Darling is rising fast at Brewarrina and…

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Floods Abating

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 29 January 1910 · page 5

Walgett is still isolated by flood water, but as the Namni is not expected to rise much higher, no apprehension is felt…

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The French Floods

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 29 January 1910 · page 5

Showfalls continue to swell the river Seine, and wales is poucing over the parapets and embankments. The water formed a lake and caused the…

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The Parisian Floods. London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 29 January 1910 · page 4

Thousands of people were rescued from floods in the eastern suburbs of Paris yesterday. Six hundred still cling to the submerged dwellings. The…

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The Floods. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 29 January 1910 · page 4

The floods are now subsiding. The protections improvised at Walgett were just sufficient…

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Flood Belief Fund

The Wellington Times · Monday 31 January 1910 · page 2

A circular from the Flood Relief Committee of Sydney, of which the Lord Mayor is chairman, was laid before the municipal council on…

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Cyclone and Flood at Brewarrina. Public Buildings Blown Down. Railway Line Washed Away. Flood Coming Down the River

The Cobar Herald · Tuesday 1 February 1910 · page 2

There has been a cyclone in Brewarrina. Owing to the dislocation of the telegraph lines, our agents have not been able to supply us…

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The Floods in France. Sydney

The Cobar Herald · Tuesday 1 February 1910 · page 3

Alarming subsidences have taken place in the Parisian streets owing to the upward pressure of the flood waters and collapsing of sewers,…

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Latest Wires. Further Floods. Cyclone at Brewwarrina. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 2 February 1910 · page 2

A terrible cyclonic storm of unprecedented force struck Brewarrina early on Saturday. A wind of cyclonic force, accompanied by heavy hallstones…

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Heavy Storm Near Nyngan. Communication Cut Off

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 2 February 1910 · page 2

A HEAVY sterm has occurred at Gleuariff, near Nyngin. Five miles of the Railway fence have been blown down and washed away…

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Terrific Cyclone at Brewarrina—eight Inches of Rain. Buildings Blown Down—damage £10,000. (By Telegraph.) Brewarrina, January 31

The Western Herald · Wednesday 2 February 1910 · page 2

A terrifie cyclone, travelling about 70 miles an hour, accompanied by rain and hail, struck the town on Friday at 6.30 p.m., causing widespread damage. Every house…

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A Great Flood. a Fierce Storm Followed by Rain. Robinson's Old Factory Blown Down. River at Bourke Rising Fast—now 22 Feet. Over 53 Inches Rain at Carinda Castlereagh and Bogan Full. the Bokhara and Culgoa Flooded. Ten Inches Rain at Yurcurie—the Cato a Banker

The Western Herald · Wednesday 2 February 1910 · page 2

Throughout the 1890 flood the weather in Bourke was simply delightful. Conditions at the present time, although not very distressing, cause a deal of uncertainty and…

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The Floods in France. (By Cable.) London, January 30

The Western Herald · Wednesday 2 February 1910 · page 2

Alarming subsidences have taken place in Parisian streets owing to the upward pressure of the Hood waters and collapsing sowers, water mains, and hydraulic tubes…

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