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Floods & storms, 1910

1,565 stories in Sydney's papers · page 33 of 79

Queensland Floods. Several Towns Inundated

Evening News · Tuesday 22 March 1910 · page 3

Reports have been received of a number of mishaps and damage done in certain parts of Queensland as a result of the heavy rains in that State. At Rockhampton on Monday the…

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Second Edition, Queensland Floods. Exciting Experiences. People Take Refuge in Tree-tops. One Man Drowned. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 March 1910 · page 9

Reports from Rockhampton state that all railway communication with the south and west is still interrupted. This evening the low-lying portions of…

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Floods in Queensland. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 March 1910 · page 10

A telegram received by the Railway Commissioner from Rockhampton sums up the position thus:—"Further heavy rains all over the district since last report. Water over rails…

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Delayed by Flood

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 22 March 1910 · page 8

The postmaster at Boomi telegraphs that the mails despatched from that place by the Garah- Moree and Dolgelly-Moree mail routes on Friday and Saturday last respectively were…

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Flood in Queensland. Much Damage Done

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 22 March 1910 · page 9

ROCKHAMPTON, Monday.--For the second time this year the city is in the throes of a flood. The present visitation is likely to prove more disastrous than its predecessor…

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Heavy Rain at Glen Innes. Four Feet of Water in the Streets

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 23 March 1910 · page 8

GLEN INNES, Tuesday.--About 4 p.m. on Saturday the heaviest downpour of rain here for many years occurred. In 45 minutes 174 points were registered. Every stream overflowed its…

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Queensland Floods Three Men Missing. Bridges in Danger. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 23 March 1910 · page 8

A report from Cunnamulla, states that the Warrego River is still rising there slowly but steadily. Reports from Wypandra this afternoon state that the flood there is the highest…

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Queensland Floods

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 23 March 1910 · page 16

BRISBANE, Tuesday.--Heavy rain fell at Rockbampton throughout Sunday night, but the weather yesterday was fine. The rainfall for March to date has totalled 20.44 inches. The…

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Remarkable Storm

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 24 March 1910 · page 4

A remarkable storm was experienced by Messrs. Burns, Philp, and Co.'s steamer Guthrie, which returned to Sydney yesterday from the East. It was on the last voyage from…

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Brigantine in a Gale. Sallor Drowned. Townsville

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 24 March 1910 · page 9

The brigantine Swordtish arrived to-day from Maryborough. Whilst ort Gloucester Heads on Thursday a sailor named Otto Kennln fell from the foroyard of the vessel into the water…

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The Paris Floods. The Archbishop of Paris and the Lord Mayor of London. a Cheque for £1000

The Catholic Press · Thursday 24 March 1910 · page 32

Monsignor Amette, Archbishop of Paris, has received a letter from the Lord Mayor of London, enclosing a cheque for 25,000 francs towards the fund which the…

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Mails Delayed. Effects of the Queensland Floods

Evening News · Thursday 24 March 1910 · page 7

The Bullarah mailman, who was due at Millie at 10.30 a.m. on Saturday last arrived at 11.25 a.m. on Tuesday, over 72 hours late. Moomi Creek was in flood. The mailman from Boomi…

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The Queensland Floods. Loss of Life. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 24 March 1910 · page 9

A wire from Charleville states that the Warrege River is rising there. Three streams of water are now running between the railway station and the town, and several people…

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Mails Delayed by Flood

The Star · Thursday 24 March 1910 · page 6

The postal authorities have advised the following delays by the recent floods:-- The Bullarah mailman, who was due at Mhlie at 10.30 a.m. on Saturday last,…

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Floods in Fiji

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 24 March 1910 · page 5

The Island steamer Atua yesterday brought news of floods in Fiji. In the Labasa district rather serious damage was done. The rain began to fall steadily towards the end of…

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Queensland Floods. Loss of Life and Stock. Many Stations Deserted

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 24 March 1910 · page 11

CHARLEVILLE, Wednesday Evening.--Three musterers who were caught by flood waters on Dillalah Station yesternight took to trees. One of them(Frederick Brushaber) dropped off. He…

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The Value of a Flood

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 24 March 1910 · page 8

"And while the Seine rose and burst over its banks, Paris, brave and tranquil, defended itself gaily in the true French way, with a smile on its lips." Madame Yvonne Sarcey, in an article…

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Heavy Rain at Murwillumbah. H Bain

Evening News · Friday 25 March 1910 · page 8

HEAVY rain fell at Murwillumbah on Wedsday night and Thurstay morning, .the [?] for 24 hours being 185 points, making the [?] rainfall [?] the beginning of the year…

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Damage Caused by Floods

Evening News · Friday 25 March 1910 · page 2

The recent rains in the north-western portion of New South Wales and southern parts of Queensland, have covered much damage, and the flood waters have, not, yet subsided…

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Queensland Floods, Railways Blocked. Cunnamulla Threatened

Evening News · Friday 25 March 1910 · page 4

BRISBANE, Friday.—The floods in the central and south-western districts are assuming a serious aspect. The central railway in the Emerald district is blocked at several places…

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