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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Floods & storms
177 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 6 of 9
July 6, 1900, is spoken of by old-timers as the coldest and bleakest day on record in Dubbo. Yesterday, history made a big effort…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A fierce gale and tossing rain raged all day at Woy Woy and Gosford, with all creeks flooded, causing anxiety in that centre. The water was two…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A torrential downpour and violent gale swept the coast last night and this morning. AT Sydney 333 points of rain were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Weather Bureau reported to- day that the cyclone has moved away from the New South Wales coast and there is no danger of further heavy or…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Murrumbidgee River at Hay has reached a record height and is six miles wide in places. Several families have abandoned…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Portion of the Kiama District Hospital was flooded yesterday, when flood waters rose to a height of nearly a foot in several of the wards…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →From time to time portions of the State are seriously affected by floods, and the actual loss thus sustained cannot be acurately…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Apprehension is felt at Urana as the result of Urana Lake becoming flooded and backing up over about 15000 acres. Some residents threatened…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →It is learned that twenty men have been marooned in the flood waters in the Jerilderie district for over a week. They built a 5ft. sandbag wall to keep…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The low lying lend along the Marray has been submerged. The railway line near Echuca is three feet underwater. Residents on the lower…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Apprehension is felt at Urana as the result of Urana Lake becoming flooded and bucking up over about 15,000 acres. Some residents threatened[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →From time to time portions of the State are seriously affected by floods, and the actual loss thus sustained cannot be acurately…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flood danger in the Urana, Jerilderie and Moulamein districts, now appears to be [?]. Water released front the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →No rain fell yesterday in the Western Riverina, where the flood position has eased considerably. Shearing in many sheds was held up…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The floods of the past week remind us of the devastation wrought along the eastern seaboard of Australia in the year 1893. The loss…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Portion of the town of Balranald is now in danger of being flooded. The flood waters are now only a few inches below the top of the level…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →For some weeks, about 2300 ewes with lambs at foot have been marooned by flood waters on a portion of Marebone Station, on the Lower…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A portion of Balranald is now in danger of being flooded. The water is only a few inches below the top of the levee which is protecting low lying…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →We have been asked by various readers where the 1890 flood level was measured, and we had to plead ignorance, as it was before our time…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Eighteen were killed, 300 injured, a thousand homes demolished, buildings blown down and trees uprooted, in a terrific storm which devastated the…
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