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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1915

30 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 1 of 2

The Result of a Storm

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 8 January 1915 · page 4

Mr. R. Porton, of "Glengeera," Objey Rond, is a poorer man by the value of 400 bags of wheat, which he estimates as his loss by a storm in the…

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Damage by Floods

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 8 January 1915 · page 4

The rain that fell in the Emmagool district on New Year's Eve was the most copious downpour of the year. About 2[?] inches were registered at…

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Damage by Storm Rains

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 15 January 1915 · page 6

Much damage was done by the recent storm rains at Cumnock. Sherring. ham's bridge had one end taken clean away. Yullundry bridge was badly…

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A Big Dust Storm

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 4

The dust storm that enveloped Dubbo on Tuesday night passed over most of the central division of the State. According to reports, it…

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Flood Fighting. How the Germans Were Foiled

The Wellington Times · Thursday 28 January 1915 · page 6

The fight for the last strip of Belgian has brought into sudden fame an unassuming Belgian citizen who never sought notoriety, but in a simple effort…

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Flood Near Bathurst

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 23 February 1915 · page 2

There was it flood at Orton Park, near-Bathurst, on Friday. The Vale (reck quickly overflowed its banks, and inundated the surrounding…

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Flood Near Molong

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 5 March 1915 · page 2

A drought of two months' duration in the Cumnock, Larras Lake, and Copper Hill districts, was broken by heavy rain, which fell so fast and…

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Cheques Lifted on the Gale

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 12 March 1915 · page 3

A trying day was experienced in Bathurst, on Monday. A heavy gale blow about midday, and dust cast a haze over the town. A clerk in the…

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The War. Along the Yser. Italy's Intervention Regarded as Inevitable. The Capture of Przemysl. Gale in the Dardanelles. London, Thursday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 26 March 1915 · page 4

The outskirts of Przemysl are a vast cemetery; Forty thousand dead have been buried, and piles of corpses are everywhere, with abandoned guns and…

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District News. NARROMINE. Thunderstorm

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 2 April 1915 · page 5

Quite a refreshing storm passed over the town and district on Monday night last, resulting in 10 points in the town, Much heavier falls occurred in various…

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Violent Storm

The Wellington Times · Thursday 8 April 1915 · page 8

A violent storm was experienced in the Spicer's Creek district on Saturday evening. It was exceptionally heavy at Hope Royal, where six inches of rain…

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Terrific Storm

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 9 April 1915 · page 4

During a terrific storm at Adelong on Tuesday the offices and assay premises of the Gibraltar Consolidated Mine were struck by lightning and…

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Damage by Storm

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 9 April 1915 · page 6

The big storm which broke over the Molong district on 30th ult. caused a great deal of damage to outlying parts, where miles of, fencing wore washed…

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The Recent Storms

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 23 April 1915 · page 6

Wandong station, by contrast, looks a veritable paradise. The district holdings as a rule are parched and barelooking, but on Wandong there is long…

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Heavy Rain

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 7 May 1915 · page 1

Heavy gales, accompanied by torrential rains, are raging on the coast. Many vessels are sheltering. Heavy rain fell in Sydney throughout last…

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Wambangalang Flooded

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 18 May 1915 · page 2

Wambangalang Creek came down a banker on Friday and Saturday, the heaviest rain for years falling in the localities which it drains. At…

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Petition in Divorce. William Gale v. Maud Gale

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 20 July 1915 · page 2

A divorce issue, in which William Gale was the petitioner and Maud Gale the respondent, was heard before Judge Bevan at Dubbo on Friday. Mr…

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In Divorce. (Before his Honor Judge Revan). Friday, June 16, 1915. GALE v. GALE

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 20 July 1915 · page 2

This was a case in which William Gale sued for adissolution of his marriage with Mand Gale (nee Bruce) on the grounds of descrtion…

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Heavy Rain

Western Age · Wednesday 25 August 1915 · page 2

The best rain since December fell in Cobar on Monday and Tuesday. After exceptionally warm weather for this time of the year last Saturday…

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Mr. A. M. Gale Enlists

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 14 September 1915 · page 2

Mr. A. M. Gale, late of Narromine, a son-in-law of Mr. Donald Cameron, of Dubbo, has gone into camp in Victoria, preparatory to sailing for the…

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