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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1914

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Damage by Floods

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 27 March 1914 · page 6

There has been a phenomenal rainfall on the South Coast. At Wollongong 26 inclrs have fallen, which is a record. In five days at Dapto 27…

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Bathurst Flooded

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 27 March 1914 · page 6

Extensive damage was wrought by the flood at Bathurst on Tuesday, on the low-lying parts of the city the flood waters entered several of the…

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Terrific Storms

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 31 March 1914 · page 4

A severe storm on the Obley road last week caused the cr[?]cks to overflow, and the road was like a river. Mrs. J. Moore, who had started out…

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Saturday's Storm. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 31 March 1914 · page 2

The cyclone on Saturday afternoon wrought havoc among the fleet of boats fishing on the Hawkesbury River…

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A Terrific Storm

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 7 April 1914 · page 1

A terrify storm raged in parts of Queensland on Saturday. The town of Tambo[?] was completely demolished and another named Heligan…

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Queensland Storms

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 10 April 1914 · page 6

A terrific storm raged in parts of Queensland on Saturday. Considerable damage was done throughout the affected area. The town of Tsmboya…

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Marthaguy Flooded

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 10 April 1914 · page 4

The Marthaguy was flooded as a result of the recent rains, the highest flood in the recollection of the oldest inhabitant, and the Marthaguy, in…

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A Storm

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 17 April 1914 · page 1

A series of storms broke over Dubbo yesterday afternoon. The rain was accompanied at intervals by particularly vivid lightning. The street gutters…

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The Rainfall. Thunderstorm at Dubbo

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 17 April 1914 · page 4

Dubbo was visited by a sharp and continuous thunderstorm yesterday, rain frequently falling in torrents, while the thunder was as loud as the…

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Phenomenal Storm

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 24 April 1914 · page 6

An inch and seventeen points of rain fell at Gulgong on Thursday of last week. At Talawang and Sandy Creek the fall was exceptionally…

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Storm at Gular

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 24 April 1914 · page 6

On Monday night a storm of cyclonic dimension struck Gular. It was so severe that three stock trucks were blown off the line. The trucks were…

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Pilgrims Storm Ship. Light Fires on Steamer's Deck

The Western Herald · Saturday 2 May 1914 · page 6

Remarkable scenes on a British vessel were described at Bristol when, at the instance of the Board of Trade, Captain George Arthur, master of the steamship Nith, was charged…

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Disastrous Storm, Quebec

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 9 June 1914 · page 2

A big storm has been experienced on the Northern Coast of New Brunswick, Forty fishing schooners were wrecked, and 20 fishermen perished. Eight…

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A Big Storm

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 19 June 1914 · page 6

A severe storm broke ever the metropolis on Tuesday night. Sydney registered 232 points of rain, while at Blackheath 232 points were recorded…

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The Storm Sydney

The Cobar Herald · Tuesday 23 June 1914 · page 2

Another boisterous night, although not as bad as the previous evening, was experienced last night. The wind reached a…

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Barque in a Gale. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 23 June 1914 · page 2

The barque Jordan Hill, which arrived last night, met the full force of the recent gale. The captain saw Sydney lights on Tuesday, but had to…

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Fall and Flood

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 30 June 1914 · page 3

Mr. S. Langdon, Assyriologist, of Oxford University, has found among the early Babylonian tablets disinterred at Nipper one giving an account…

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Death of Mr. Flood

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 4 August 1914 · page 2

Mr. John Joseph Flood, a very old and esteemed citizen of Dubbo, passed away this morning at the residence of his son, Mr. Jas. Flood, The late Mr…

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Äfter the Storm." Germany's Dream

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 21 August 1914 · page 7

"Na[?]h dem Storm." This is the title of a startling publication issued in Germany a few years age. It is intended to the prophetic…

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"After the Storm." Germany's Dream. Two Maps of the World

The Cobar Herald · Friday 21 August 1914 · page 4

"Nach dem Sturm." This is the title of a startling publication issued in Germany a lew years ago. It was intended to…

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