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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Floods & storms
581 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 24 of 30
The flood at Dubbo yesterday equalled the July levels but was about two feet under the record flood experienced in April. After reaching a peak of 43ft. 4ins. the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Nyngan district graziers are experiencing another serious outbreak of fly strike. Messrs. Fisher Bros, of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE sustained flooding of the Bell River flats on Wednesday night, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, caused extensive damage to vegetable crops, lucerne, fencing, farm machinery, wells and pumping plant and severely scoured the valuable vegetable producing area in the vicinity of the river. Crops of potatoes and carrots with…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →At least 500 homes are flooded and more than 1000 people have been evacuated in Forbes on the Lachlan River…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Flood waters at Warren had reached the height of the big April floods, and were still rising steadily. Police said this…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Flood waters which cut West Dubbo off from the rest of the town, did not prevent a number of golfing enthusiasts getting to the course—via the Railway bridge—for games on Saturday and Sunday…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Hopes of residents of flood-bound Forbes and Warren were dashed today when heavy rain fell over the two towns…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →If rain continues to fall tonight and tomorrow, Dubbo will face fresh flood dangers. Eighty points fell in the town from the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →If rain continues, Nyngan will again be faced with a threat of serious flooding. Many roads in the district are impassable, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Macquarie River at Dubbo this morning was rising it the rate of a foot an hour. Readings at the railway…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rain commenced to fall last Tuesday week and up until Thursday morning 320 points were recorded. The…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →THE floods in the Bell and Macquarie Rivers during the past week have occasioned little public excitement. In this year of extraordinary rainfall the descent of the waters upon the river flats and the destruction of crops…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Bell River rose quickly to flood heights last night following yesterday's heavy general rain, and this morning a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A dead platypus was left behind by receding flood [?] at Dubbo on Friday. Very fow of the[?] rare [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Although the Macquarie River r[?] after the looks of the week-end, there has been another rise, keeping it at a high lovel. In the Narromine district there are many people who are…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A man was drowned while trying to cross the flooded Narran River near the Queensland border yesterday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wool worth nearly £10,000 is being brought by air to Dubbo from lonely flood-bound stations in the Carinda district in the heart of the Macquarie marshes…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A horse and sulky, a rowing boat, two Army Ducks and an ambulance were used to bring a seriously ill woman through miles of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →With Dubbo's thirteenth flood this year receding rapidly yesterday, many people throughout the district were taking stock of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →MEMBERS of the Central Flood Relief Committee will confer with representatives of the Wellington Shire Council and other interested organisations in the Agricultural Hall at 10.15 a.m. to-morrow to discuss financial assistance to vegetable growers and others who have suffered losses as a result of recent floods…
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