Damage by Floods
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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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Floods & storms
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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…
Continued on Trove, 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…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The cyclone on Saturday afternoon wrought havoc among the fleet of boats fishing on the Hawkesbury River…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A terrify storm raged in parts of Queensland on Saturday. The town of Tambo[?] was completely demolished and another named Heligan…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A terrific storm raged in parts of Queensland on Saturday. Considerable damage was done throughout the affected area. The town of Tsmboya…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A series of storms broke over Dubbo yesterday afternoon. The rain was accompanied at intervals by particularly vivid lightning. The street gutters…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dubbo was visited by a sharp and continuous thunderstorm yesterday, rain frequently falling in torrents, while the thunder was as loud as the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →An inch and seventeen points of rain fell at Gulgong on Thursday of last week. At Talawang and Sandy Creek the fall was exceptionally…
Continued on Trove, 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…
Continued on Trove, 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…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A big storm has been experienced on the Northern Coast of New Brunswick, Forty fishing schooners were wrecked, and 20 fishermen perished. Eight…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A severe storm broke ever the metropolis on Tuesday night. Sydney registered 232 points of rain, while at Blackheath 232 points were recorded…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Another boisterous night, although not as bad as the previous evening, was experienced last night. The wind reached a…
Continued on Trove, 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…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. S. Langdon, Assyriologist, of Oxford University, has found among the early Babylonian tablets disinterred at Nipper one giving an account…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →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…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"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…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"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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