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Floods & storms, 1910

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The Floods. Further Fatalities Reported. Huge Area Under Water

The Star · Tuesday 18 January 1910 · page 4

The floods in the north-western portion of the State have in many places exceeded the highest marks of any previous flood in the State…

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Fighting the Floods. West Maitland

The Star · Tuesday 18 January 1910 · page 4

From West Maitland comes an exciting story, telling how the local residents fought the rising flood at Dunmore. From 6 o'clock on Sunday morning until 2 o'clock…

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The Floods in the North-west

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 January 1910 · page 6

It is a long time since the metropolitan newspapers had to record flood-rains comparable with those which have fallen in the north-west during the last week, inundating…

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The Mails. How They Are Affected by Flood. Departmental Arrangements

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 January 1910 · page 7

The Postal Department advises that owing to railway washaways, the Brisbane express due here Saturday, 11.10 a.m., arrived on Sunday at 1.5 p.m., and that the Brisbane express due…

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Bingara Isolated. Residents Seeking Refuge. Record Flood Waters

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 January 1910 · page 7

BINGARA, Monday.--Phenomenal rains have fallen here during last two days. On Wednesday afternoon 354 points fell in about three hours, and after raining a little during…

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The Railways. Critical Situation at Moree and Narrabri. Departmental Survey of the Flood

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 January 1910 · page 7

The Railway Commissioners yesterday were in receipt of hundreds of telegrams telling the story of the great flood in the north-western districts of the State. In all the engineering…

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The Floods. Moke Records Exceeded. Namoi and Cwydir Overflow. Critical Situations at Moree and Narrabr1. Four Lives Lost at Wee Waa. the Gunnedah Fatality

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 January 1910 · page 7

All the official records received in Sydney show that the present floods in the north-western districts of the State are much the worst recorded in the history of New South Wales. The floods in the valleys of the Namoi and Gwydir have exceeded by fully…

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Married in Storm

Evening News · Wednesday 19 January 1910 · page 4

In spite of a perfect hurricane, which swept the Bristol Channel on the night of December on a wedding ceremony was performed in a [?]…

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Bathurst Experimental Farm. Recent Storm Effects

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 19 January 1910 · page 7

BATHURST, Tuesday.--Mr. R. W. Peacock, manager of the Bathurst Experimental Farm, stated last night that the damage caused to the farm by the recent rains was not nearly so…

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The Inverell Flood. Extensive Damage to Railway. Miles of Fencing Gone

Evening News · Wednesday 19 January 1910 · page 6

Wednesday; Morning.-Between here and Warialda no fewer than 40 wash always have occurred on the railway line. Much damage has also been done to roads and culverts, and it Is estimated that more than a…

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Rescue Work. Saved From the Floods. Activitty of the Police. Relief bOATS and Rations. Home People Housed in Churches

Evening News · Wednesday 19 January 1910 · page 7

Good work has been done, and Is still being done, by the police in connection with the disastrous floods in the northern and north-western districts of New South Wales, the men…

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The Floods at Tamworth

Evening News · Wednesday 19 January 1910 · page 8

A VIEW ON MONDAY AFTERNOON LAST OF PEEL-STREET, THE PRINCIPAL THOROUGHFARE OF TAMWORTH. The rushing water was pour feet deep in some parts. FEEL-STREET, TAMWORTH, NEAR THE POST OFFICE, LOOKING SOUTH. The photo, shows a crowd of flooded-out residents as sightseers…

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Moree Inundated. Residents Taken by Surprise. a Record Flood. Rescue-party's Adventure. Moree

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 January 1910 · page 9

A disastrous flood swept over Moree yesterday commencing with the breaking of the Meh[?] River over its banks in several places simultaneously at 9.30 am., caused by the…

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The Floods. by Water 40 Miles. the Country Laid Waste. by Boat From Gunnedah to Boggabri. Dead Stock Everywhere. Boggabri

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 January 1910 · page 9

As it was imperative to get boats through to Wee Waa and other parts of the flat country, a suggestion was made that the boats should bo taken down the swollen river to…

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Through Flood Waters. a Postmaster's Swim

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 January 1910 · page 10

The Railway Commissioners are in receipt of a telegram from Narrabri West informing them of the arrival there of the acting postmaster of Narrabri after swimming part of…

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Devastation by Flood

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 January 1910 · page 8

As the detailed news of the great floods comes to hand, it is seen that the damage is much more extensive than appeared, though at the first the destruction wrought…

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Disastrous Floods at Tamworth

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 19 January 1910 · page 31

AT the end of last week Tamworth experienced the most disastrous flood in its history. The completeness of disaster wrought by the rushing torrent of flood waters is utterly bewildering. Some of the business firms have been ruined,…

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A Sensational Flood Incident

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 19 January 1910 · page 32

On Saturday morning there were many incidents of a sensational nature. In several eases men, who had remained in shops, nearly lost their lives in their efforts to escape. In one instance, George Andronio, who was in a fruit shop,…

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Notes of the Week. the Floods

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 19 January 1910 · page 6

Our most capricious climate has once again established its claim to eccentricity, and those abroad who have been reading of droughts in desert Australia will be profoundly mystified…

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Floods

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 19 January 1910 · page 6

The year 1910 bids fair to be memorable in the flood annals of the State of New South Wales. The deluge on the eastern half of the watershed of the Darling has…

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