Queensland Floods. Loss of Life on the Flinders. Family Marooned for Three Days. Brisbane
Daily Examiner · Wednesday 10 January 1917 · page 3
A terrible and calamitous flood is reported from Hughenden, Queensland. Five members of the Jenkensen family, J. Jenkensen, his wife, their son John, aged…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Clermont Flood. Damage Between £250,000 AND £300,000. BRISBANE
Daily Examiner · Wednesday 10 January 1917 · page 3
The damage by flood at Clermont is estimated at between £250,000 and £300,000. The ruined buildings in the town number over 100. Cleaning operations are being…
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The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 2
The damage by the floods at Clermont is estimated at between £250,000 and £300,000. Cleansing operations are now being carried out; the ruined build…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Storm at Lismore. Lismore
Daily Examiner · Monday 15 January 1917 · page 3
Hot weather yesterday culminated in a sharp fall of rain 219 points being registered. Thunder and lightning were pronounced, whist a fierce wind also…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Severe Storm. Grafton Buildings Damaged. Crown Hotel and Gerard's Store Suffer
The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 15 January 1917 · page 3
As the result of the excessive heat prevailing during the past week, a violent thunderstorm passed over Grafton on Friday evening, which considerably…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Severe Thunderstorm. Damage in Grafton
Daily Examiner · Monday 15 January 1917 · page 2
The unpleasant heat of the last week or so culminated in a series of thunderstorms, which swept over the town during the week-end, doing considerable damage…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Floods. Bridge Swept Away. No Trains for Rockhampton. Brisbane
Daily Examiner · Monday 15 January 1917 · page 3
A telegram from Townsville states that one-third of the Inkermau bridge over the Burdekin River, in Queensland, was washed away by the recent floods…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The New Hebrides. Swept by Terrific Storms. Sydney
Daily Examiner · Tuesday 16 January 1917 · page 5
The New Hebrides Group was recently swept by terrific storm[?], shipping suffering considerably…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →News of the World. Macedonia. Bad Weather and Floods. London
Daily Examiner · Wednesday 17 January 1917 · page 3
Bad weather caused numerous floods in Macedonia…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Von Mackensen. the Centre of Attraction. the Lull Before the Storm. London
Daily Examiner · Thursday 18 January 1917 · page 5
Von Mackensen's advance on Galatz at present is the most conspicuous feature of the fighting in all the theatres of war. A German communique states the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rabaul. Serious Floods. Brisbane
Daily Examiner · Thursday 18 January 1917 · page 5
New has been received of serious floods at Rabaul (New Guinea). Natives assert that many villages have been washed away…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Queensland. Normanton Floods. Land Communication Cut Off. Brisbane
Daily Examiner · Thursday 18 January 1917 · page 5
Further floods are reported from Quensland. A terrific storm at Normanton is responsible for a considerable amount of damage. A great part of the country…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Roumania. German and Russian News. Russians Storm Vadeni. London
Daily Examiner · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 3
A German communique states that fighting has developed south of Smorgon. A wireless Russian official message says the enemy attacked the Roumanians…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Severe Storm
The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 20 January 1917 · page 2
The torrid conditions obtaining here last week, culminated on Friday evening, when a violent disturbance occurred throughout the district,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Floods. New South Wales Washaways. Traffic Held Up. Sydney
Daily Examiner · Saturday 20 January 1917 · page 5
Washaways are reported at Brogan's Creek, on the Mudgee line, and at Eumeralla, on the Cooma line, owing to heavy rains. Traffic is considerably held up…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Early Day Recollections. Floods on the Clarence River
Daily Examiner · Monday 22 January 1917 · page 2
I have seen five -big floods on the Clarence River--two at Grafton, and three on the Lower Clarence at Chatsworth [?]land, but I never saw of heard of the s.s…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Floods on the Clarence
Daily Examiner · Wednesday 24 January 1917 · page 1
"A.S." writes:--"I was much interested in the reminiscences of Mr. McFarlane re above. He quotes an old Clarence resident with having said he saw the flood…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cyclone. in the Young District. Sydney
Daily Examiner · Thursday 25 January 1917 · page 5
A cyclone at Milvale, in the Young district, damaged a wheat, stack of 21,000 bags, causing a loss of £200. Twenty tents nearby--a navvies' camp…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Flood at Glen Innes. a Torrential Downpour. Crops, Fences and Stock Swept Away. Glen Innes
Daily Examiner · Thursday 25 January 1917 · page 4
A torrential downpour at Glen Innes yesterday resulted in the biggest flood in the history of the district. Fences were washed away in all directions. Many…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Senate Speech. a Storm of Indignation. "For God's Sake Be American." an Amazing and Humiliating Episode. Washington
Daily Examiner · Friday 26 January 1917 · page 3
President Wilson is planning a third move, which is believed in diplomatic circles to be the last. The purport is undisclosed…
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