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Floods & storms, 1900

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Flood at Wagga. Wagga Wagga

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 11 July 1900 · page 3

The flood waters which inundated the upper river towns, and which were expected aud the people were partially prepared for, reached Wagga Waegn during the…

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After the Flood the Damage Done

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 11 July 1900 · page 2

The flood waters have now gone down mid although the river is still high (20ft. above summer level) the danger of a further flood is over. All the…

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The Floods

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 11 July 1900 · page 2

The floods are subsiding, but reports indicate severe losses. The woolscouriug works, Nepean, damage is estimated at £0,000; Twigg Bros., near Canowindra,…

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A Flood Tragedy

The Temora Star · Wednesday 11 July 1900 · page 2

GOULBURN, Friday. -- The floods have greatly subsided, reveling that considerable damage has been done. The dead bodies of horses, cattle, pigs and…

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Flood at Wagga

The Cootamundra Liberal · Wednesday 11 July 1900 · page 3

Half Wagga has been under water for days, and a very great amount of damage has been done. WAGGA, Saturday,--The…

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Relief for Flood Sufferers

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 12 July 1900 · page 2

THE meeting on Tuesday night decided to leave the administration of the Flood Relief Fund in the hands of the Mayor and the Police Magistrate…

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The Flood. Relief Measures. Works Committee Inspect the Roads. Damage Estimated at £1000

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 12 July 1900 · page 2

THE flood waters continue to reccde slowly. Yesterday at 6 p.m. the level was 24ft., a fall of nearly 9ft. since the decline set in at 8 o'clock' on Saturday morning. The average…

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Flood Relief Fund. to Be Administered by the Mayor and P.m. Few Applications Expected

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 12 July 1900 · page 2

AFTER the big flood of 1870, a fund was inaugurated for the relief of indigent sufferers. A large sum of money was subscribed, and an unexpended balance…

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The Flood at Gundagai

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 12 July 1900 · page 2

At Gundagai on Friday morning last the river rose to a height of 33ft. 6in., flooding the [?]ts and low[?]ying portions of the town. A great amount of destruction…

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Wagga Flood Relief Fund

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 12 July 1900 · page 3

A meeting of sub[?] and others to the Wagga Flood Relief Fund was held at the instance of the Mayor (Ald. G. Rudd) at the , Town Ball, on Tuesday craning, to consider…

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The Flood

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 12 July 1900 · page 2

The flood waters in the Murrumbidgee have receded very slowly, and it was not until Tuesday afternoon that the streets were clear, with the receding of the waters the…

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This New South Wales Floods. Loss of Life at Katoomba. Some Narrow Escapes

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 12 July 1900 · page 4

Telegraphic communication with Katoomba, which was interrupted since 5th inst, was resumed on Monday, and reports arc to hand of damage and low of…

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The Flood. a Great Spectacle. Slowly Receding

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 13 July 1900 · page 3

The flood of 1900 did not reach expectations, though the settlers along the banks of the Murrumbidge are fully satisfied. After last Saturday, when the river reached…

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A Long Nervous Storm

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 14 July 1900 · page 4
Also in Wagga Wagga Express

IF you ever watched a dentist drawa nerve out of a tooth, you will remember how much it looked like a little snip of wet, white cotton thread. How can so contemptible a…

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The Flood

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 14 July 1900 · page 7

The Mayor tabled a minute dealing with the destruction effected to council property by the late flood. No loss, he said, had occurred which could have been prevented,…

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The Recent Flood. Damage to Municipal Property. Reference by the Mayor

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 14 July 1900 · page 7

At Thursday night's meeting of the Wagga Municipal Council the Mayor, Ald. Rudd, submitted a lengthy minute regarding the recent flood and the damage caused by it to…

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The Recent Floods. Terrible Experience of a Man and His Wife

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 14 July 1900 · page 7

The flood waters on the Hawkesbury have now almost subsided. The country is in a deplorable state. Fences have disappeared, and houses, barns, stables, and other…

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A Long Nervous Storm

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 18 July 1900 · page 3

IF you ever watched a dentist draw a nerve out of a tooth, you will remember how much it looked like a little snip of wet, white cotton thread. How can so contemptible a…

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Jugiong. the Recent Flood

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 18 July 1900 · page 3

THE recent flood has strewn the Jugiong Flat with mud and debris of miscellaneous kinds, but nothing like the serious damage anticipated…

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