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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1917

259 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 11 of 13

Murray Floods Streets Under Water

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 9 October 1917 · page 2

The flood in the Murray reached serious dimensions on Sunday, when the water broke through Doctor's Point, south-east of Albury, pouring…

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The Recent Big Battle Anglo-french Success. Fighting in a Storm. (Australian Cable Assn. Message.) London, Tuesday Night

Singleton Argus · Thursday 11 October 1917 · page 2

The United Press correspondent, writing at noon on Tuesday, says:— The English, French, and overseas troops made attacks, wherein hurricane…

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Floods of Useless Oratory. London

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 October 1917 · page 14

The "Daily Mail's" Petrograd correspondent states that the week of the Democratic Conference has resulted in floods of useless oratory, with no concrete decision and an…

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Great Defences Captured. Fighting in Heavy Rain

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 15 October 1917 · page 6

Mr. Pierre Robinson ("Times" correspondent) telegraphs from headquarters:— There has been desperate fighting since the morning, and the battle still rages along the…

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The War. British Advance Stopped by Storms. Many Positions Captured. Large Number of Prisoners. London

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 16 October 1917 · page 2

Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, the British Commandant on the West front, reporting on Friday, stated:—We attacked at 5.25 this…

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The War British Advance Stopped by Storms Many Positions Captured. large Number of Prisoners. (Australian Cable Assn. Message.)

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 16 October 1917 · page 4

London, Sunday.—Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, the British Commandant on the West Front, reporting on Friday, stated:—We attacked at 5.25 this…

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Great Defences Captured. Fighting in Heavy Rain

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 October 1917 · page 14

Mr. Pierre Robinson ("Times" correspondent) telegraphs from headquarters:—There has been desperate fighting since the morning, and the battle still rages along the…

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The Murray Floods. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 22 October 1917 · page 5

The latest news from Albury states that practically all the residents of the low-lying country have been complied to abandon their homes…

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Hurricanes and Floods

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 22 October 1917 · page 8

Reuter's Rome correspondent states that hurricanes on the 16th and 17th instant devastated Messina and its environs. A hundred dwellings were destroyed and floods…

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The Murray Flood. Highest on Record. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 October 1917 · page 4

Shortly after midnight the flood reached its highest point at Albury, sixteen feet nine inches above summer lovel the highest on record. The whole area of southern Albury…

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Telegraphic News Bob Fitzsimmons Dead. the Guoit Divorce Suit. Flood in the Murray

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 23 October 1917 · page 3

Bob Fitzsimmons, the ex-champion pugilist, is dead. (An American cable of yesterday announced that the great boxer was…

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Floods in the Murray Highest for 50 Years

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 23 October 1917 · page 2

The climax of the various serious floods experienced at Albury this year was reached on Sunday, when the Murray rose to the highest point since 1867…

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Scattered by a Gale. London

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 24 October 1917 · page 5

Reuter's Paris correspondent states that only five Zeppelins are definitely known to have been brought down in France. The one between Sisteron and Gap is identical…

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Flooded Streams. Massing Troops in the Mud. London

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 24 October 1917 · page 5

Mr. Phillips, "Dally Mail" correspondent, states that the British overcame the German defences in marshy ground intersected by three flooded streams. The action…

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Murray Floods Township Under Water Railway Traffic Interrupted

Singleton Argus · Thursday 25 October 1917 · page 2

Reports from Cobram on Tuesday state that the Murray River rose with startling rapidity on Monday night, and that the water, overflowing the…

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Disastrous Gale in England. London

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 October 1917 · page 5

A gale in Great Britain on Wednesday and Thursday blow at a velocity of 70 miles an hour in London, rooting up numberless trees and wrecking houses…

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Scattered by a Gale. London

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 October 1917 · page 3

Reuter's Paris correspondent states that only live Zeppelins are definitely known to have, been brought down in France. The one between Sisteron and Gap is identical…

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Murray Floods. Water Receding

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 October 1917 · page 7

The Murray River at Yarrawohga fell 2 feet 1 inch on Thursday, to 21 feet 6 inches above summer level. At Cobram a fall of a foot was registered on Friday and the main…

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Flooded Streams. Massing Troops in the Mud. London

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 October 1917 · page 3

Mr. Phillips, "Daily Mail" correspondent, states that the British overcame the German defences in marshy ground intersected by three flooded streams. The action…

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The Murray Floods. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 27 October 1917 · page 4

The Murray at Cobram has fallen six inches. Many streets are now free from the waters, though the main streets are still flooded at Cobram and…

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