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

Floods & storms, 1918

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Floods in New Zealand

Young Witness · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 3

Great damage has been done by flood rains at Greymouth, New Zealand, during the past few days. Several slips occurred on the railway, and the…

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Floods in Queensland. Bounteous Rains

Young Witness · Friday 11 January 1918 · page 2

BRISBANE, Friday.—There have been heavy floods in Northern Queensland. The streets of Barcaldine are under water. It has been raining…

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Flood Waters Near Wyalong

Young Witness · Tuesday 15 January 1918 · page 2

WYALONG, Monday.— The heavy rain at the week-end were responsible for some washaways near Wyalong. The Railway Department received a…

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Cyclone at Bathurst Railway Buildings Damaged

Young Witness · Friday 18 January 1918 · page 4

A cyclonic storm swept through Batturst late on Monday afternoon, doing considerable damage to buildings, crops orchards and fences,…

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Cyclones in Queensland Heavy Flood Rains Expected

Young Witness · Tuesday 22 January 1918 · page 2

BRISBANE, Tuesday. — Serious interruptions in the telegraph service in the north is believed to be the result of a big cyclonic centre which…

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Cyclonic Storm. Queensland Towns Flooded

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 24 January 1918 · page 2

Brisbane, Wednesday.—Definite news concerning the fate of Mackay is anxiously awaited. It is now certain the town received the full force of the cyclone which struck the Queensland…

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Queensland Floods. Widespread Damage. Nine Persons. Reported Drowned. Brisbaned

Young Witness · Friday 25 January 1918 · page 2

It is reported that nine persons were drowned by the floods at Reckhampton, but the report is not confirmed. The Fitzroy River at this town…

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Floods in Europe. (Reuter's Telegram). LONDON

Young Witness · Friday 25 January 1918 · page 5

Reuter's Amsterdam correspondent stales that at Frankfort, the sudden rising of the Nahe done damage to the extent of some million marks…

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Queensland Cyclone. Disaster at Mackay

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 26 January 1918 · page 2

Brisbane, Friday.—The harbourmaster at Mackay has notified the Marine Department by wireless, and indicates that disaster has over-taken the town. The message states that the…

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Floods in Germany and Holland. (United Service Message.) LONDON

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 26 January 1918 · page 4

Reuter's Amsterdam correspondent states that at Frankfort the sudden rising of the Nahe has done damage of some millions of marks. The town of Soberheim collapsed like a house of…

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Cyclone in North Queensland. Loss of Life at Mackay

The Yass Courier · Monday 28 January 1918 · page 2

Mackay has been struck by a cyclone and tidal wave. There has been heavy loss of life. Fourteen bodies have been…

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Heavy Rain on Coast

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 29 January 1918 · page 2

Unsettled, warm conditions prevailed over the whole of Ne wSouth Wales yesterday, and eventually eulminated in from light to heavy but scattered rain in the south-eastern quarter…

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The Queensland Cyclone

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 29 January 1918 · page 1

The Queensland Government has voted £1000 for relief work in Mackay and the district. Fifty tons of foodstuffs have been shipped at Brisbane by the Aramac. Bowen reports that…

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Queensland Cyclone. Over 56 Inches of Rain

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 29 January 1918 · page 2

The sum of £5000 has been granted by the Commonwealth Government for relief purposes in connection with the Mackay disaster. Latest news from Rockhampton states that…

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Four Feet of Rain Queensland Cyclone. North Country Isolated. Sydney

Young Witness · Tuesday 29 January 1918 · page 2

A wire from Brisbane this morning states that the telegraph [?]nes to Muttaburrah are new cut off. Thus the whole of Northern Queensland is…

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The Queensland Floods

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 29 January 1918 · page 2

The disastrous floods in Queensland command attention, not only on account of the great economic interests involved and endangered, but from…

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Heavy Rain

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 31 January 1918 · page 2

The rainfall was practically general in New South Wales on Wednesday, the heaviest falls occurring in the South constal areas. A further 2½ inches fell at Wollongong, making a…

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Queensland Floods

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 31 January 1918 · page 4

The Queensland Railway Commissioner says that the floods are the worst in his experience. He returned to Brisbane on Tuesday from an attempt to get through to Rockhampton, but…

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Queensland Floods

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 31 January 1918 · page 2

There has been 15 days' continuous rain at Mackay. The damage by the cyclone is estimated at £1,500,000. The reports bear out the appalling nature of tile catastrophe, which…

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Waiting for the Storm

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 1 February 1918 · page 4

In the seclusion of 'the House cloakrooms, a story is being told on a Western member (says the " Washington 'Post"). There are 357 men In the House. Three hundred…

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