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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1910

1,565 stories in Sydney's papers · page 14 of 79

The Flood at Walgett Father and Son's Unique Experience. Ten-mile Walk Through Water. All Night in a Tree Top. a Long Swim for Assistance

Evening News · Friday 28 January 1910 · page 7

WALGETT, Friday Arternoon,—The Barwon and Namoi Rivers are both falling here. Reports from Mogil Mogil, Mungindi, Collarenebri, and Wee Was state that the river…

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Late Cable News. Received To-day. The Floods in Paris. Immense Damage. Rise in Price of Food. Bread Riots Threatened

Evening News · Friday 28 January 1910 · page 6

LONDON, Thursday Evening.—Thousands of people were rescued from the floods in the eastern suburbs of Paris yesterday. Six hundred still cling to the submerged dwellings…

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Fencers Wanted for the Flooded Country

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 28 January 1910 · page 6

A message from Moree states that grear difficulty is being experienced in obtaining fencers. the whole country from Bingara to Moree being…

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The Flood Relief Funds. a "Stock Journal' Fund

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 28 January 1910 · page 13

The rivers are up and the floods have been fearfully destructive. About Gunnidah and other places there are hundreds of poor selectors who have…

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Walgett Safe. Floodwaters Subsiding

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 28 January 1910 · page 13

Latest news from the flood country is reassuring specially that it states Walzett will escape the destruction that seem d almost inevitable, and…

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Floods in France. Public Offices Inundated1 Fever Epidemic Feared. Damages Forty Millions Sterling. London, Jan. 26

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 January 1910 · page 7

Traffic on the railway between Paris and Orleans has been suspended. Charenton is flooded, and the inhabitants of Macon have abandoned their…

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The Floods. Walgett Still Isolated. Settlers in Banger. Another Boat Despatched. Walgett

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 January 1910 · page 7

Great excitement prevailed here last night, and but for prompt action the greater portion of the town would probably have been flooded. This morning the embankments had…

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The Queensland Coast. Heavy Seas Running. Flood Feared at Geraldton. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 January 1910 · page 7

The easterly gale continues at Cairns, with squalls of hurricane force and heavy seas. All pleasure craft along the esplanade have been swamped. The rainfall to 9 o'clock this…

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The Paris Floods. Serious Rise in Provisions. Bread Riots Threatening. London, Thursday, 4.25 pm

The Star · Friday 28 January 1910 · page 1

Latest reports regarding the French floods state that the Seine and its tributary, the Marne, are subsiding. A serious rise in the prices of provisions…

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After the Floods. Linking Up the Lines

The Star · Friday 28 January 1910 · page 4

In anticipation of the flood waters reacting Bourke two beats are to be despatched from Darling Harbor to-day. The Railway Department is hurrying on…

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After Tee Floods. the Wrecked Railway' Lines. Pushing on Repairs

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 28 January 1910 · page 8

A train is now running as far as Gravesend, on the Moree to Inverell line, and lit about three days' time the Railway Department hopes to have the ballast trains meeting at Warialda…

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French Floods. Thirty Thousand Homeless. Damage Estimated at £40,000,000. Refugees Sheltering in the Pantheon. Outbreak of Typhoid Feared

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 28 January 1910 · page 7

LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--Traffic on the Paris-Orleans railway has been suspended, owing to the flood. Charenton is flooded, and the inhabitants…

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Heavy Rain in the City

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 29 January 1910 · page 14

Heavy rain commenced to fall in the city during yesterday morning, and continued throughout the day. At times the rain was of on exceptionally heavy character, driving…

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Big Rain Storm. More Floods Expected. on the Coast and Highlands. Gales on the Seaboard

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 29 January 1910 · page 14

Heavy gales and high seas on the north coast of Queensland; gales moderating in the Straits, but sustained strong south to south-east gales on the New South Wales…

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Gales and Rain. Developing Off Queensland

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 29 January 1910 · page 14

BRISBANE, Friday.--The postmaster (Captain Mackay) yesterday received a wire from the harbormaster at Geraldton, despatched at 1.20, stating that all beacons were down and the…

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Presentation to Mr. Alfred Gale

Evening News · Saturday 29 January 1910 · page 10

Mr. Alfred Gale, who has occupied the position of postmaster at Paddington for a quarter of a century. Will leave Sydney for England by the ship Glen Doone on Tuesday next on a…

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Storm at Narrandera. Narrandera

The Star · Saturday 29 January 1910 · page 5

A severe thunderstorm, accompanied by heavy rain, punned over the town yesterday morning. About three inches of rain fell in an hour, the heaviest rain in the history of…

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Late Cable News. Received To-day. The Floods in Paris. Spreading Farther. 100,000 Workers Idle. Great Misery

Evening News · Saturday 29 January 1910 · page 8

LONDON, Friday Evening.—Though the waters in the upper reaches of the Seine and Marne yesterday appeared to be subsiding, and there were signs of the Seine receding—which…

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Floods in the Country. Conditions at Walgett. the Eiders Falling

Evening News · Saturday 29 January 1910 · page 9

WALGETT, Saturday.—The Barwon has fallen two inches and the Namoi three inches in the past 24 hours. It is reported from Collarenebri, Mogil, Mungindl, and Wee Waa…

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To Assist the Flood Sufferers

Evening News · Saturday 29 January 1910 · page 16

An excellent programme has been prepared for the concert to be given this evening tinder the direction of Mr. H. N. Southwell in the Sydney Town Hall, to assist the sufferers by…

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