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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1916

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Coaching in Flood Time. Mr. Ross Hood's Reminiscences

The Wellington Times · Thursday 7 September 1916 · page 7

Continuing the story of his coaching experiences in flood time, Mr. Ross Hood writes:— After getting out of the boggy and…

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Deluge of Steel

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 12 September 1916 · page 2

French correspondents on the British front speak of the swelling sea of re serves, which, owing to the air mastery, do not move secretly. They hind…

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Coaching in Flood Time. Mr. Boss Hood's Reminiscences (Continued)

The Wellington Times · Thursday 14 September 1916 · page 6

As the flood waters still kept up at the one level for about two weeks, the coaches between Wellington and Dubbo continued to use the tracks away from…

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A Flood Scare

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 15 September 1916 · page 6

The dreaded flood that was expected at Forbes has passed and gone without doing any serious damage. In fact, it appears to have been quite a…

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Coaching in Flood Time. Mr. Boss Hood's Reminiscences (Continued)

The Wellington Times · Thursday 21 September 1916 · page 3

In Cobb and Co.'s old coaching days, Wellington did not have any formed streets and parks, such as there are at the present time. The principal street…

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Coaching in Flood Time. Mr. Ross Hood's Reminiscences (Continued)

The Wellington Times · Thursday 28 September 1916 · page 3

Continuing his reminiscences of coach-in flood time, Mr. Ross Hood writes:— There would be still a few Dubbo folks who would remember Mr. Schugal,…

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Deluge of Steel and Flame

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 29 September 1916 · page 4

Reuter s Puns correspondent says that a French correspondent 12 miles behind the front gives a graphic account of the bombardment which…

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Victorian Floods

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 29 September 1916 · page 4

A telegram from Melbourne on Tuesday road:--Rain is still falling steadily. The Yarra is flooded, but in the Maribyrnong district the waters have…

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Bain and Small Floods

The Wellington Times · Monday 2 October 1916 · page 2

Wet conditions which were suspended on Saturday after several days' rain last week, operated during yesterday, and in consequence the rivers are…

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Another Flood

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 3 October 1916 · page 2

At no time in the memory of the oldest inhabitant has the Macquaric River carried so much water during one winter as it has for the season through…

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A Groomsman in a Flooded River

The Wellington Times · Thursday 5 October 1916 · page 6

Mr. Henry Blackburn, son of Mr. and Mrs. George E. Blackburn, of Arthurville, had a narrow escape from drowning in the Little River on Tuesday…

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Flood Expected

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 6 October 1916 · page 1

A flood, which is considered one of the worst on record, caused much damage at Bathurst yesterday. All the flat country was submerged. The train…

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Disastrous Floods. Bathurst Camp Flooded

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 6 October 1916 · page 2

The phenomenal rainfall that has taken place over the greater portion of the State during the pact week has resulted in the creeks and rivers in many…

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The Macquarie Again in Flood

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 10 October 1916 · page 2

Yes another flood at Dubbo has to be recorded. Throughout the whole of Saturday the river rose steadily, until late in the evening it had reached a…

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Coaching in Flood Time. Mr. Ross Hood's Reminiscences

The Wellington Times · Thursday 12 October 1916 · page 2

Continuing his reminiscences, Mr. Boss Hood writes:— As the summer was coming on, the bush roads were improving, and the…

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Coaching in Flood Time. Mb. Ross Hood's Reminiscences

The Wellington Times · Thursday 12 October 1916 · page 4

Continuing his reminiscences, Mt. Ross Hood writes:— As the summer was coming on, the bush roads were improving, and the…

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Flood Influences

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 17 October 1916 · page 1

The recent floods in the Macquarie have made many changes in the bed and banks of the Macquarie in the vicinity of Dubbo, and we may well…

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Flooded Country

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 20 October 1916 · page 5

Mr. McGarry, postal inspector, who has just returned from an inspectorial visit to the north-western centres, says that the plain country towards…

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Heavy Rain at Narromine

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 24 October 1916 · page 2

Heavy flood [?] [?]ed by strong wind, fe[?] [?]ght around Narromine, and much damage has been done to the wheat crops. The…

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Coaching in Flood Time. Mr. Boss Hood's Reminiscences

The Wellington Times · Thursday 26 October 1916 · page 2

Although the weather was keeping up, and it was not so wet, the bush country was getting more solid, and the coach was not so liable to bog if you…

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