Beware of Floods
The Government Meteorologist predicts disastrous floods in the western districts. The Inspector-General of Police sent on urgent wire to the…
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Floods & storms, 1916
83 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 4 of 5
A Flood Episode
A remarkable incident is reported from Soldiers Flat, where the Lachlan flood waters entered Mr. Bentley's house. Four little boys, the eldest…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Heavy Gales in the Channel
The British liner Bornu has foundered west of Ushant, on the French north-west coast, during a heavy gale. All hands were saved, and landed at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coaching in Flood Time. Me. Ross Hood's Reminiscences
The coachmen in those days had to provide themselves with a mail horn or bugle, and tho cost varied from a pound up.They were used to notify the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Cyclonic Storm
A heavy storm, accompanied by hail in places and of a cyclonic character passed over Wellington and contiguous districts on Saturday afternoon. It…
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Luckily for Mr. S. J. Laverack, of Emmagool, he sowed no wheat this year. Had be done so he would have last every grain of it in a terrific hall…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coaching in Flood Time. Mr. Ross Hood's Reminiscences
I took along another coach load that had been capsized by Tom Willock. In place of the mail arriving at eight o'clock at night it did not arrive until…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coaching in Flood Time. Mr. Boss Hood's Reminiscences
The coaching traffic was getting heavier on account of the Cobar mines, and part of the Coonamble traffic used to come through by way of Dubbo and…
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As the roads improved, there were people of all kinds travelling, and so the passenger traffic for the coaches increased both ways. I will relate an…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Terrific Storms in France
The extraordinary weather that has prevailed in France during the past week culminated in a huge tidal wave at Marseilles, where many vessels…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tuesday's Thunderstorm
The thunderstorm which broke over the district on Tuesday afternoon was preceded locally by violent guests of wind and accompanying…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Another Flood
Orange "Leader" on Wednesday morning was printed under extraordinary conditions. The incessant rain of the previous night had flooded the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →TRANGIE. Thunderstorm
A heavy thunderstorm passed over Trangie on Tuesday evening about 7 o'clock in which 120 points were recorded. The heaviest of the rain was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Violent Thunderstorm
A very violent storm accompanied by loud thunder peals and vivid lightning passed over the town shortly after six o'clock on Saturday evening. The wind…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wheat Area Damaged by Storm
A severe storm struck the town of Beckom, on the Temora-Barellan railway, on Thursday afternoon last, doing a great amount of damage. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Storm at Cumnock
A terrific hailstorm, accompanied by hail and rain, traversed a considerable portion of the Cumnock district a week ago. Messrs. N. Miller and M. Dwyer's…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Heavy Hail Storm
A heavy hail storm occurred on Sunday afternoon, and in some cases with disastrous results to the wheat growers in adverting to the disturbance it would…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Violent Monsoonal Storm. Much Damage From Hail
A monsoonal disturbance of considerable activity broke over most of the State on Saturday last, and in a number of places considerable damage…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Thunderstorms
As the result of monsoonal activity heavy thunderstorms passed over the Cobar district on Saturday and Sunday, accompanied by thunder…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Effects of a Storm
Mr. D. Cameron yesterday received a letter from the manager of his Marra Creek property, informing him that as the result of the hailstorm…
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