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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1917

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Latest Wires. Government Helps Distress. Flood at Wentworth. Australia Anti-german. Western Lands Legislation. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 5 October 1917 · page 4

The following is the latest forecast to hand:—More general rain, with some thunderstorms and squalls: some heavy falls; warm northerly winds: cool…

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INTERNATIONAL Floods In China London, Oct. 10

The Western Herald · Saturday 13 October 1917 · page 2

Enormous floods have occurred in the north of China in a densely populated area. 20,000 square miles of country has…

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Flood of 1892

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 9 November 1917 · page 5

The Warren "Herald" reviews the flood of 1892, as it was seen through Warren spectacles-- During the last week of September…

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A Heavy Storm

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 7 December 1917 · page 7

A heavy store broke over. The Pinnacle district on Thursday afternoon. Rain simply poured down in spouts, and in few minutes the whole of the…

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From the War Zone Private Tom Gale

The Western Herald · Saturday 29 December 1917 · page 2

Writing to his brother, Mr. W. C. Gale, from "Somewhere in France," says:— "I have had little chance of writing…

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