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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Floods & storms
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The photograph appearing on this and inside pages were specially taken for the "Liberal" at the height of the flood on Wednesday when the Macquarie River broke its banks at Dubbo. A view of the flooded Macquarie Ri vcr showing Coles' store and the Post Of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →People were driven from their homes at several places in Southern England yesterday as swollen rivers burst their banks…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Warnings given by Mr.R. Stevenson, of "Terrabella," Geurie, during the recent flood had enabled Dubbo growers to get a great deal of equipment raised, it was stated at a meeting of the Buninyong…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The biggest flood in the Macquarie River, also the Mudgee River, occurred last Monday week, after very steady and…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The culmination of the heavy rains which fell over a very wide area at the beginning of the month is the flooding of the Bogan River, which…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rain commenced to fall in Dubbo on Friday afternoon and continued until midday on Saturday, 116 points being recorded…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A town is isolated, 60 square miles of rich grasing country are flooded, two highways are impassable,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Binnaway Post Office records that 139 points of rain fell for the week ending 9 a.m. on Monday, including 21 points over…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE President of the Wellington branch of the Vegetable Growers' Association, Mr. R. Tyacke, and other members trenchantly criticised the Molong Pastures Protection Board at a meeting of the branch in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Although battered for 18 hours on Saturday by a 60 m.p.h..gale, the liner Orcades yesterday reached the Thames…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Eighty people are standing by their homes with boats near Walkers Point in the Maryborough district ready to dash…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →FEBRUARY has been an unusually wet month, the total rain recorded at Wellington being 519 points making the total for the first two months of the year exactly nine inches. This total has only been exceeded three…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Although at a casual glance one might doubt if the twirling waters of the Macquarie and Castlereagh Rivers during the recent floods could, bring any benefit to the community, rabbit hordes…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flood gauge plates will be erected on bridges along the Macquarie-River by the Talbragar Shire Council so that district growers can be given adequaite flood warnings…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →TWO men were drowned yesterday in the worst floods in Queensland for years. According to Weather Bureau officials, about two thirds of the State is water-logged. Five suburbs of Townsville are submerged…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →From Saturday night until last Monday morning there had been 190 points of rain, In the early hours of the Sunday…
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Continued on Trove, page 2 →A storm broke over Nyngan late last night resulting in 68 points being recorded Steady rain continued to fall this…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Six thousand people are being evacuated from their homes in low lying areas of Wagga today as roaring waters of the Murrumbidgee engulf the city in the worst flood in the history…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →THREATENED with the worst flooding for a quarter of a century, a virtual state of emergency has been declared at Wagga. Floodwaters racing down the Tumut and Murrumbidgee Rivers are converging on Wagga and…
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