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Floods & storms, 1910

1,565 stories in Sydney's papers · page 22 of 79

The Paris Floods

Evening News · Tuesday 8 February 1910 · page 4

LONDON, Monday.—A woman and a young girl returned to an abandoned house at Alfortville, Paris. The house immediately collapsed, and the woman was killed. The girl was…

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The Floods

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 8 February 1910 · page 4

"Subsiding" sums up the situation. The Barwon and the Nan[?] are falling and Walgett is getting its mails through. The mail sent by train…

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The Floods. the Delayed Mails

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 February 1910 · page 10

The district inspector telegraphs from Narrabri that the temporary combined train and trolly service between Burren Junction and Collarenebri East connects effectively on the…

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The Paris Floods. Substantial Relief Funds. Assisting Thousands Daily. London, Feb. 6

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 February 1910 · page 7

Owing to the floods in Paris, 48,000 people are unemployed. The conduct of the post-office employees throughout the inundations has led to the…

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Delayed by Floods

The Star · Tuesday 8 February 1910 · page 6

The Postmaster at Bourke reports that the Brewarrina mails, despatched, from his office on Saturday last, were returned on Sunday, the Began River being in high…

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After the Flood. Gruesome Discovery Near Moree. Moree

The Star · Tuesday 8 February 1910 · page 4

A grim discovery was made by Mr. R. O. Walker, yesterday, while on a fishing excursion in the Gwydir River, about seven miles from Moree. He was walking along when…

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The Floods. Bourke Anticipations

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 8 February 1910 · page 4

BOURKE, Monday.--The river Darling at Bourke is at 30ft., and rising. Judging from reports higher up. about another 3ft. rise is anticipated…

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The Floods in France. Distributing Relief. Thousands of Unemployed

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 8 February 1910 · page 7

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

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Disastrous Cyclone at Brewarrina

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 9 February 1910 · page 25

BREWARRINA was recently visited by a cyclonic storm which caused damage to the extent of £10,000. The wind was accompanied by hail of great size, which fell for half an hour. It is estimated that during the time the storm lasted…

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Cyclone at Brewarrina. Damage, £10,000

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 9 February 1910 · page 27

Side of a Brewarrina Hotel Shattered by the Storm. Damage at the Brewarrina Public School…

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Storm in Queensland. Township Damaged

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 February 1910 · page 7

LAIDLEY Q.), Tuesday.--The town was visited shortly before 6 o'clock last evening by a severe thunderstorm. The lightning accompanying the storm was of a particularly…

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Floods and Storms in Europe. Disastrous Visitations in Spain and Portugal. Great and Widespread Damage

The Star · Wednesday 9 February 1910 · page 7

A few details regarding the recent Hoods in Spain and Portugal are embodied in the following telegrams taken from London papers to hand by the last mail:--…

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French Floods. Comprehensive Relief Scheme. Seine Again Rising. London, Feb. 8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 February 1910 · page 9

The French Government will ask Parliament for a further £800,000 to relieve the sufferers. After falling 14ft the Scine is showing a…

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The Floods. Railway Arrangements

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 February 1910 · page 10

The Railway Department has arranged to run a trolly service to-day between Old Burren Junction and Collarenebri. The trolly will leave Old Burren Junction at 11.30 a.m.,…

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The Recent Floods. How Walgett Was Saved

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 9 February 1910 · page 24

WALGETT was saved from inundation during the recent floods by the embankment which the council constructed. For some days the congested waters lapped greedily at the bank…

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The Recent Floods. Mails Delayed

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 February 1910 · page 7

The postmaster, Bourke, reports that the Brewarrina mails despatched from his office on Saturday last were returned on Sunday, the Bogan River being in high flood. Until the…

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Paris After the Floods. Seine Rising Once More. Government Asks for a Larger Grant

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 February 1910 · page 9

LONDON, Tuesday.—The French Government is asking Parliament for a further grant of £800,000 in order to compensate sufferers from the recent floods…

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Floods in the Country

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 9 February 1910 · page 50

With the Barwon and Namoi Rivers falling, the worst has been experienced of the floods which have lately prevailed in the northwestern parts of the State. Tamworth,…

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Floods in France

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 9 February 1910 · page 50

The terrible floods in France, which were reported in our last issue, affected the entire valley of the Seine, between Paris and Havre. At Rouen, the quays. wharves, and suburbs were…

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Floods in the North and North-West—Pictures from Walgett and Bingara

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 9 February 1910 · page 33

It is many years since Walgett previously passed through an experience similar to that which it has had during the last few weeks. More often than not the district suffers from the want of water, rather than from a superabundance of it, but the country…

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