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Floods & storms, 1910

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Floods in Paris. Widespread Desolation. City Under Water. Eighty Thousand Homeless and Starving

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 1 February 1910 · page 2

Terrific floods, unparalleled in the last century, have inundated Paris during the past week, through the Seine overflowing its banks. A very large portion of…

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The Floods. Waters Receding. One Station Loses 30,000 Sheep Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 3 February 1910 · page 2

The flood waters are receding fast at Collarenebri. On one station alone it is said they have lost 39,000 sheep. A number of settlers lost every hoof…

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Floods in France Exciting Incidents. Dealing with Hooligans. Thieves Stripped Naked. an Infuriated Mob. London, Feb. 2

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 3 February 1910 · page 2

French blue jackets pursued a boat load of hooligans at Alforthville, a suburb of Paris. Shots were exchanged and the boat of the Apaches…

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The Floods. Water Receding. Heavy Losses of Stock. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 3 February 1910 · page 2

The flood waters are receding fast at Collarenabri, leaving a trail of disastrous losses of stook. One station alone lost 30,000 sheep. No Sydney papers have…

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Floods in France the Seine Falling. Precautions for City's Safety. Motor Boats From England. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 3 February 1910 · page 2

There has been two days' fine weather in France and a sharp frost. The river Seine is falling steadily. Each section of Paris is under the…

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A Summer Storm. Extraordinary Downpour

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 4 February 1910 · page 4

In reading the accounts of the devastating floods that have occurred in the northern districts of the State, local residents have been went to…

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The Floods in Prance

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 4 February 1910 · page 4

The entire valley of the Seine between Paris and Havre is flooded. Other cities along the Scine are inundated. The boat service in the streets…

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The Floods in France

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 4 February 1910 · page 2

The entire valley of the Seine between Paris and Havre is flooded. Other cities along the Seine are inundated. The boat service in the stoets…

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Flood Relief. John Norton’s Donations

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 4 February 1910 · page 4

Last Monday Mr. Norton forwarder from Nyngan cheques for the following donations in aid of the destitute victims of the disastrous floods in the…

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What to Do in Thunderstorms

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 5 February 1910 · page 8

Many people have quite an unquiet time in the summer, especially when the weather looks threatening, because of their fear of thunderstorms…

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Coolac News. a Cyclone

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 8 February 1910 · page 2

ON Friday night last, about 8 o'clock, a cyclone on a small seale struck the village with considerable force, and raged for about twenty minutes…

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Floods in Paris

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 8 February 1910 · page 2

Forty-eight thousand people are unemployed in Paris owing to the floods. The authorities are supplying clothing and lodging thousands daily…

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Floods in France 48,000 Workless. Canadian Generosity. London, Feb. 7

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 8 February 1910 · page 2

Owing to the floods in Paris 48,000 workers are unemployed. The authorities are feeding, clothing and lodging thousands daily. The…

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Parisian Floods. Subsidence of Boads. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 8 February 1910 · page 2

The subeidence of the watere in Pane in causing the collapse of many rods, embankments, and houses. The Maneion House fund now stands…

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Cyclone at Brewarrina

The Worker · Thursday 10 February 1910 · page 27

Brewarrina, N.S.W., was swept by a cyclone on Friday, January 28, which lasted about an hour and a half, and practically demolished every building in the…

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Severe Gale in New York. Causes Eight Deaths. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 10 February 1910 · page 2

Ad intensely cold gate swept over New York yesterday, and had a severe effect on the population generally. Scores were received into the hospitals…

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Wagga Flood Relief Fund

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 12 February 1910 · page 2

At the Wagga Municipal Council on Thursday night, the Mayor (said Geo.Rudd) said that in response to enquiries that he had made, he had ascertained…

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Serious Flood Losses

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 15 February 1910 · page 2

Fourteen thousand houses have been affected by the floods in Paris. The Bank of France will advance £4,000,000 free of interest to the…

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French Floods. Loans Free of Interest to Sufferers. London, Feb. 14

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 15 February 1910 · page 2

Out of 85,000 houses in Paris, 14,100 were affected by the recent floods. The bank of France will advance £4,000,000 free of interest, repayable in…

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Wast End Scene. Gallant Frenchman Storms Fair American's Flat. Arrest by Fire Escape

Tumbarumba Times · Friday 18 February 1910 · page 4

A West End scene of a most extra ordinary character was described at Marylebone Police Court on Friday (says a London paper of July 18), when a…

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