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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1916

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Soldiers Flooded Out

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 6 April 1916 · page 4

Heavy rain fell at Cootamundra on Sunday, 380 points being registered. The soldiers' camp at the showground suffered considerably, the water flooding out tents and damaging property…

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The Russians Flooded Trenches London, April 5

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 7 April 1916 · page 2

A Petrograd communique received hare states:-- The floods ere still rising We fired on the Germans south of Dvinsk…

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Clarence River in Flood. Rise of Seventeen Feet. Sydney

Young Witness · Tuesday 11 April 1916 · page 3

A wire from Grafton states: Just on [?]inin of rain have fallen locally during the past eight days. All low-lying places are flooded throughout the…

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The War. Mesopotamia. Fighting the Floods

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 22 April 1916 · page 4

London, April 20.—Mr. Edmund Candler, wrating from the Mesopotamian front, says:—We are fighting the Tigris floods as well as the T[?]rko. Much labour is spent building bunds…

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Violent Storm

Young Witness · Friday 28 April 1916 · page 1

The storms which broke over Young on Good Friday morning and throughout the day were of exceptional violence. Early on Thursday evening a…

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Floods in Tasmania. Hobart

Young Witness · Friday 28 April 1916 · page 2

Heavy rain has fallen in Tasmania during the past three days. The Huon river is in flood, and many orchards are under water. The road…

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Verdun. a Deluge of Metal

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 11 May 1916 · page 4

Paris, May 9.—A comunique says: The bombardment of Avocourt Wood and the whole region of Hill 304 has been continued with undiminished violence. Our curtain of fire…

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Violent Thunderstorm

Young Witness · Friday 19 May 1916 · page 2

About 1 p.m. yesterday residents of Young and district were startled by an exceptionally vivid flash of lightning, followed almost…

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Goulburn and the War. Lance-cpl. Noel Gale

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 23 May 1916 · page 2

Mr. and Mrs. W. Gale, of Verner-street, have received official notification from the Defence Department that their son, Lance-Cpl. Noel Gale, was killed in action on May 2, 1915…

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The War. the Capture of Douaumont. Storm of Artillery. London

Young Witness · Friday 26 May 1916 · page 4

A message from Trance states that the attack at Dounumont was dictated by the fact that General Nivelle had learned that the enemy was…

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Ireland. Sergt. Flood Acquitted. London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 15 June 1916 · page 4

At the Court-martial regarding Sergt. Flood, charged with the murder of Lieut. Lucas and man named Rice, evidence was given by accused that many circumstances caused him to suspect…

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Zeppelin Wrecked. Caught in a Storm. London

Young Witness · Friday 16 June 1916 · page 2

A Zeppelin of the largest latest type was caught in a wind storm at Chateliner, in southern Belgium, and dashed against telegraph wires The…

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Floods at Adelong. Adelong

Young Witness · Friday 23 June 1916 · page 2

Typical mid-winter weather now prevails. It rained torrents during the past two days. Adelong Creek is now in heavy flood. During June 454…

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Forbes Flood Scare

Young Witness · Friday 30 June 1916 · page 6

As is perhaps only natural (writes the "Forbes Times") though the idle rumors give rise to concern in some quarters, there has been a lot of talk…

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Murray in Flood. Narrow Escapes From Drown. Ing. Albury

Young Witness · Friday 14 July 1916 · page 2

The River Murray has been steadlly pising all the week, and yesterday reached 14ft. 4in. It is now stationary. The river 4s at present higher…

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Flooded Rivers. Sydney

Young Witness · Friday 21 July 1916 · page 2

As a result of the recent heavy rains In the central and southern districts, many of the rivers there have overflowed the banks, and caused…

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Latest Russian Communique. Flooded Rivers Hamper Operations. Petrograd

Young Witness · Friday 21 July 1916 · page 2

The latest communique states:—The Russians have checked an advance of the enemy south east of Gorokbov in the Lutsk region. The overflow of…

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A Storm in the Desert of Sinai

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 22 July 1916 · page 2

The following description of a storm in the desert has been received from Sergeant Harold Wedd, who is now with his battalion in France :—About noon the wind considerably…

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Floods on Dniester. Russians' Heavy Task, Petrograd, July 21

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 25 July 1916 · page 2

A communique sates:--eventeen enemy aeroplanes bombed the capital and lazarctt at Ziml[?]en, north cast of Bararewltachi, killing…

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Heavy Rain at Wyalong

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 27 July 1916 · page 2

During recent heavy rains at Wyalong the water flowed rapidly into Lake Cowal, between 5000 and 6000 acres being submerged. One thousand lambing ewes were surrounded by…

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