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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1916

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Floods in Tasmania. Hobart

Daily Examiner · Saturday 23 December 1916 · page 5

Heavy and almost continuous record rainfall throughout Tasmania during the last few weeks reached its climax in a terrific storm this morning. Floods are…

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A Coming Cyclone. Disastrous Rain. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 27 December 1916 · page 2

It is officially announced that a cyclone is developing in Queensland, south-east from Bowen, arid is approaching the coast, line between…

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A Terrific Storm. Several Lives Lost. Wheat and Other Crops Ruined. Story of Devastation. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 27 December 1916 · page 3

A terrific storm broke over the Orange district on Sunday night with tremendous damage to orchards, cereal crops, pasture lands and stock. Vineyards were…

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Floods at Orange. Six Persons Drowned. Sydney, Tuesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 27 December 1916 · page 2

The damage done by the terrific storm which broke over Orange on Sunday night is very extensive, and withe stories to hand show the complete…

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The Western Storm £200,000 Damage at Millthorpe. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 28 December 1916 · page 3

Further particulars of the storm in the Orange district show the extent of damage at Millthorpe alone, will run into £200,000. Sheep owners are busily…

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[?]E Gale Up North. [?]Ial Rain and Floods. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 29 December 1916 · page 6

[?]has been raging at Mackay [?] some days and doing much [?] Rain of a torrential nature [?] the influence of a tropical…

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Orange Floods. Reports of Devastation Continue. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 29 December 1916 · page 3

Reports of devastation and ruin continue to arrive from the Orange, Millthorpe and Mandurama and other districts visited by the recent terrific storm. Crops are…

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