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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1918

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Queensland Floods. Barcladine Under Water. Brisbane

Western Age · Friday 11 January 1918 · page 3

Heavy floods have occurred in Northern Queensland. At Barcaldine the streets are under water, and it has been raining incessantly for…

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Floods in Queensland

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 15 January 1918 · page 2

Heavy floods continue in the Charleville district. Queensland…

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Cyclone at Bathurst

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 18 January 1918 · page 2

A cyclonic storm at Bathurst on Monday afternoon did considerable damage to buildings, crops, orchards, trees, and fences, and caused a…

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Queensland Cyclone Telegraph Lines Down. Fears for Mackay and St Lawrence Flood Rains Predicted. Sydney

Western Age · Tuesday 22 January 1918 · page 2

Brisbane reports the serious interruption of the telegraph line northward, believed to be the result of a big cyclone, the centre of which…

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Mackay Disaster. Great Loss of Life. Cyclone, Tidal Wave and Flood

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 29 January 1918 · page 2

The little news received so far indicates that a terrible disaster has befallen Mackay. A wireless message received by the…

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The Cyclone at Mackay. Latest Details. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 29 January 1918 · page 2

The latest messages from North Queensland show the effects of the cyclone and floods at Mackay to be worse than was hitherto reported. Already…

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Queensland Floods

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 29 January 1918 · page 1

A wireless message received by the Premier of Queensland states that Mackay is in rains, and there is tremendous loss of life. The sugar stores…

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Nogoa River in Flood

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 29 January 1918 · page 2

Fears are entertained for the safety of the townships of Emerald and Duaringa on the Ro[?]khampton railway line…

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Central Western Queensland Floods

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 29 January 1918 · page 2

News has reached Brisbane that the river at Muttaburra (C.Q.) is rising rapidly, and the township and nearby homesteads are endangered…

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A Great Cyclone. Port Mackay Flooded 14 Persons Browned Great Destruction Sydney, Jan. 25

The Western Herald · Wednesday 30 January 1918 · page 2

Port Mackay, Queensland, was struck by a cyclone and tidal wave flood. Several vessels were sunk and…

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The Queensland Floods

The Western Herald · Wednesday 30 January 1918 · page 2

The disastrous floods in Queensland command attention, not only on account of the great economic interests involved and endangered, but from…

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The Melbourne Cyclone

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 5 February 1918 · page 2

The Melbourne cyclone, after a brief stay on the coast, yesterday worked to the north-east, and is now over the Tasman Sea…

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Damage Done by Melbourne Cyclone

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 5 February 1918 · page 2

The damage wrought by the Brighton tornado is estimated at £150,000…

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Mackay Flood

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 12 February 1918 · page 1

The local picture cambination has secured the use of a film of the big flood at Mackay, which will be shown at Dubbo to-morrow night. This should…

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Pictures of the Queensland Floods

The Wellington Times · Thursday 14 February 1918 · page 4

In addition to the ordinary programme at the Monarch Pictures this evening there will be screened a series of pictures of the recent Queensland floods…

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Heavy Rain in Queensland

The Western Herald · Saturday 23 February 1918 · page 2

The "Thargomindah Herald" reports that on Monday afternoon, February 4, a heavy storm from the north-west broke over the town about…

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Flooded Country

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 1 March 1918 · page 2

The flood waters at Bourke a fortnight ago i[?]iduted about 35,000 acres of Multagoona Station, the property of Messrs. Baird Bros. Mr. W…

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Gales on Public Roads

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 8 March 1918 · page 2

Messrs. Frank Mack and T. H. Scott differ very widely on the question of gates on main roads. Mr. R. Stewart, of Tyree, agrees with Mr. Scott. Mr…

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Diverting Flood Waters

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 8 March 1918 · page 1

Many years ago the owners of Jemalong Station, on the Lacblan River, near Forbes, mixed a high embankment to prevent flod waters from…

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A Dust Storm

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 12 March 1918 · page 1

A southerly "buster," blew over the Narromine road on Saturday afternoon between 5 and 6 o'clock. A smoke screen in a naval battle could…

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