Flooding the Rain Gauge
The Cloncurry (Q.) "Advocate" tells of a record rain-storm:--A phenomenal storm is reported from Carbine Creek, at the end of the new line under…
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Floods & storms, 1917
207 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 5 of 11
The French Front. Floods Impede French Advance. German Line in Danger. London
The position on the thirty-two miles of the French front between St. Quentin and Laffaux had been a mystery since the early days of the German…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Torrential Floods Prevail. Auckland
Torrential rains continue throughout New Zealand. All the rivers are in flood and the railways are blocked. Traffic is suspended on several lines…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Storms and Floods in New Zealand
Severe winery conditions prevail over the greater part of New Zealand. For two days exceptionally heavy rain has fallen in the Otago province, and all…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Calm Before the Storm. Huns Uneasy. London, Thursday Night
Correspondents at British headquarters say a portentious quiet hovers over !the front. The Germans are visibly nervous. A small British…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Heavy Thunderstorm
Parts of the Mid-Clarence district were visited by a particularly heavy thunderstorm on Saturday evening. At Ulmarra the storm was accompanied by torrents…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Floods in the Murray. Six Deaths Reported. Fears of Big Disaster. Sydney
Six deaths have occurred at Wangarratta, Victoria, in consequence of serious floods. Many miles of the Wangarratta-Whitfield railway are under…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Floods in Victoria. Several People Drowned. the River Murray Rising. Railway Under Water. Melbourne
Serious floods have occurred in many parts of Victoria, particularly in the Wangaratta district, where three men and a woman and her two daughters were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Victorian Floods. Heavy Damage. Melbourne
The flood waters at Wangaratta Victoria, are slowly subsiding, but are still higher than for the last 20 years. The loss of stock and property in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Floods in Victoria. Rivers Again Rising. Melbourne
The latest reports regarding the floods in Victoria show serious damage has been done. Heavy rain fell again yesterday. The Goulburn and other rivers are rising…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Murray Flood. Tocumwal in Danger. Men Fight for Life. Sydney
Owing to the heavy rain, the Murray River at Tocumwal passed the critical height of 19 feet and is still rising. The level banks which protect the town are…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Italian Offensive. Attack in a Storm. Notable Successes Rome, Monday Night
An Italian official message states: -- Our artillery destroyed the enemy's complex defences at several points on the Asiago Plateau…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Enemies' Internal Troubles Coming Storm in Germany. People Realising the Truth. Rome
Swiss telegrams say that the political situation in Germany is darkening. The failure to conclude a separate peace with Russia, and the military…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Floods in Victoria. Echuca Preparing for the Worst. Six Bodies Recovered. Melbourne
There is every probability that the flood waters of the Murray and Goulburn Rivers will descend upon Echuca within the next 48 hours…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Serious Floods. in N.Z. AND N.S.W. SYDNEY
Serious floods have occurred in the Hawkes Bay district of New Zealand, also near Auckland. Large areas of country in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Murray Floods. Huge Sheet of Water. Slowly But Steadily Rising. Sydney
The Murray is now a vast lake, over 30o miles long, from Euchuca to Albury. It is fifteen to twenty miles wide, and is rising slowly but…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Murray in Flood. Gravest Anxiety Shown. Every Man Ready at Tocumwal
SYDNEY, Tuesday. The Murray River at Baroogo, is now a vast sheet of water. The height is the greatest ever recorded, being 22 feet…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Nature at the War. Violent Thunderstorms and Typhoons. London
Reuter's correspondent reports a series of most violent thunderstorms in the battle area, accompanied by typhoons. There is much general activity on the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Riverina Floods. Township Under Water. Melbourne
Further rain has fallen on the Riverina. At Deniliquin almost the whole township is under water, with the river still rising, with the result that the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gale on the Coast. City and Suburbs Suffer. Sydney
A heavy storm passed over the city and suburbs at an early hour this morning. Torrential rains fell, accompanied by vivid lightning. The wind reached a velocity…
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