Floods in Queensland
Advices from Comet, on Central Railway state that Mackenzie River, al its junction with the Negoa, was 66 Feet above summer lovel on Friday evening. The previous…
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Floods & storms, 1917
259 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 13
Flood in Tasmania. Heavy Damage
A Hobart message states that Saturday's floods following on Friday's cloud-burst, caused great damage to property and that railway lines at Bridgewater along the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Floods N Queensland. Disaster at Clermont. Fifty People Drowned. Houses Washed Away
The cyclonic weather which has been raging in Northern and Central Queensland for some time past has been responsible for a dreadful disaster…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Clermont Disaster. Unprecedented Flood. the Fatalities. Rockhampton
Light rain commenced at midday on Wednesday at Clermont, and this proved the pre[?] to the most disastrous floods. the rain became heavy about sundown and continued…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Licensing Court. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale P.M.)
The transfer of the license of the Northumberland Hotel, Cessnock, from William Ward to William J, Collier was granted…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →West Maitland Police Court. Thursday, January 4. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale, P.m.). Vagrancy
Henry Oswalt Mason, 39, was [?] with being an idle and disorderly [?] having insufficient lawful means of [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Queensland Floods. Clermont Isolated. Heartrending Scenes. More Floods Feared. Rockhampton
The floods on the Central Railway are abating, except in the Dawson Valley, where the waters are rising and it is expected they will cause an interruption to traffic…
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Telegrams received by the Queensland Railway Department on Tuesday from the deputy-commissioner at Townsville show that floods are occurring over…
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An urgent telegram was received by the Queensland Postmaster-General on Monday from Black Ridge in the Clermont mining district, situated by rail…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Clermont Flood. Many People Swept Away. Terrifying Scenes. Great Loss of Life. Clermont (Q.)
Immediately following upon the [?] holidays with appalling suddenness the town of Clermont met with a disaster compared with which previous troubles were the veriest…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Train Held Up. Record Flood at Richmond. Richmond (Q.)
It has been raining here for the past week and there has been a recorded fall of fourteen inches. Flinders River is in flood—the biggest flood on record. It is…
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Reuter's Amsterdam correspondent states that the Rhine has risen 23 feet at Cologne, and much damage has been caused by floods…
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Two former residents or Maitland. Messrs. Frank and Dave Walz, sons of Mr. Jacob Walz. of Bolwarra, have for the past two or three years been residing in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Municipality or Shire. a Flood Mitigation Aspects
The subject of the inundation of the low-lying lands of the Hunter, an ever present nightmare to the residents thereof, has been engaging the attention of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Clermont. [?]strous Floods
Over 40 bodies of persons drowned at Clermont, Queensland, have been recovered. 60 fatalities are known…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A Sudden Catastrophe. How the Floods Came. Brisbane
Mr. Alpin W. Cameron, of the Bank of N.S.W., who has resided in Clermont for some years, was able to-night to throw some light on the…
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The Postmaster-General's Department advises that the following telegram was received from the Post, master at Clermont:…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Floods in Queensland. Dreadful Loss of Life. Town Destroyed. Scene of Desolation. Rockhampton
Light rain commenced at midday on Wednesday at Clermont, and this proved the prelude to the moot disastrous floods. The rain became…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Licensing Court. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M.)
The transfer of the license of the Northumberland Hotel, Cessnock, from William Ward to William J. Collier was granted…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Thursday, January 4. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale, P.m.). Vagrancy
Henry Oswald Mason, 39, was charged with being an idle and disorderly person, having insufficient lawful means of support…
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