Historical information
In this image, store merchandise, including drapery, is hung out to dry after the flood. On 20th August,1909 the Laanecoorie Weir broke away and released 18.3 million cubic metres of water through the opening and causing severe damage to all towns downstream. At Newbridge, Petersen's bakery collapsed and Simpson's Store and Hotel flooded to the roof. The billiard table was later found in a tree five miles down the Loddon near Learmonth.
Murray Comrie Collection.
Physical description
Monochrome photograph, image depicting buildings in the area near Loddon River at Newbridge after major flood in 1909.
This is a very grainy and dark copy of an older original. Copy probably made by Murray Comrie in the 1960s.
