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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1910

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The Floods in France

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 2 February 1910 · page 3

Telegraphic communication between London and Paris has practically ceased. Seven thousand people, who were imprisoned in their homes by the bursting of the great dyke at…

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Last Week's Storm. Miles of Fencing Destroyed. Telegraph Posts Bent Double. Sydney

The Cobar Herald · Friday 4 February 1910 · page 5

A heavy storm has occurred at Glenariff, near Nyngan. Five miles of the railway fence have been blown down and washed…

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The Narrabri Flood. MR J. L. King's Experience

The Cobar Herald · Friday 4 February 1910 · page 3

Mr. J. L. King, Sheriff's Officer, who left Cobar for Narrabri about 16 months ago, had a perilous experience in the recent floods at…

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The Floods. Walgett Completely Hemmed In. Miles of Country Submerged. Shortage of Provisions. Sydney

The Cobar Herald · Friday 4 February 1910 · page 5

The Barwon and Namoi Rivers at Walgett are still falling slowly. The town is still completely hemmed in, but a portion of the…

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Brewarrma Storm. Damage Estimated at £10,0000

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 5 February 1910 · page 4

THE Acting-Premier states that the latest report the Government had from Browarrina was that the river was up 33ft, and was still rising. Everything was safe at the, time the mesasge…

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The Floods in France. (By Cable.) London, February 2

The Western Herald · Saturday 5 February 1910 · page 4

The Paris police shot two hooligans. The marines encountered a party pillaging a house and fired upon thorn. A brisk encounter followed, the brigands eventually…

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The Flood. the River Still Rising-no Danger of the Town Being Flooded. Up-stream Waters Falling

The Western Herald · Saturday 5 February 1910 · page 4

Although the river Darling at Bourke is still rising fast, (1ft 9in during the past 24 hours) and at time of writing was about 27 feet, there is no possible danger of any of…

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The Floods in France

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 5 February 1910 · page 4

Marines encountered a party of brigands pillaring a house at Asnieries, paris, and fired upon them. The brigands returned a brisk fire and afterwards excaped by jumping from this…

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The Northern Floods. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 5 February 1910 · page 4

The Barwon and Namol rivers at Walgett are still falling slowly, but thousands of acres are still submerged…

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The Flood

The Western Herald · Wednesday 9 February 1910 · page 2

The River Darling is still rising, the height now being about 34ft, but the rise will not last much longer. The river at Brewarrina is falling very fast, and the…

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The Brewarrina Flood

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 9 February 1910 · page 3

THE flood reached its height on Sunday at 38 feet. There are three houses at the end of Bourke-street submerged, one as high as the caves of the roof. The water reached within…

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The Northern Floods. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 9 February 1910 · page 2

The flood reached its highest at Brewarrina on Sunday. Three houses at the end of one street were submerged. The water reached within three yards…

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The Flood. the River Still Rising

The Western Herald · Saturday 12 February 1910 · page 4

The height of the flood is now about 34 feet, and the water is still creeping up the gauge. The color of the water had considerably improved until to-day, but it is…

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Our Federal Member. His Whereabouts Beset by Flood and Wash a Ways

The Bligh Watchman and Coonabarabran Gazette · Tuesday 15 February 1910 · page 1

Mr. Webster, M.H.R. started out on his tout of the electorate on January 6th. and delivered an address there the same day, Burren Junction 7th, Wee Waa 8th…

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The French Floods

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 16 February 1910 · page 3

The Bank of France intends to make advances of £4,000,000 sterling free of interest and repayable in a quinquennium, for grants to flood sufferers. The Government propose to issue…

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The French Floods. London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 16 February 1910 · page 2

Of 185,000 houses in Paris, 14,100 were affected by the floods. The work of fighting the floods has been resumed in the eastern suburbs. The…

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Gales and Wrecks

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 23 February 1910 · page 3

During the gales in Great Britain a three-masted vessel was wrecked on the Pembroke coast. Spectators watched a boat full of people rowing shoreward but it was suddenly swam ped…

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GALE v PAGE

The Western Herald · Wednesday 23 February 1910 · page 2

This afternoon at a quarter to 3 o'clock the first match between tho teams selected by captains T. Gale and A. E. Page will be played on the cricket ground. Players are…

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Severe Storm iu South Australia. Two Trains Held Up

The Cobar Herald · Friday 25 February 1910 · page 4

A severe thunder storm occurred in the Oodlawirra district, South Australia, by which 15 chains of the railway line were washed away…

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Cricket. Page v. GALE

The Western Herald · Saturday 5 March 1910 · page 4

The first match of the season was concluded on Wednesday afternoon last. On the previous Wednesday, the teams chosen by captains Page and Gale met and each…

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