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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1917

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Story of the Advance a Triumphal Progress. Turks Ever Falling Back. Duststorms and Gales Help British. (Australian Cable Assn. Message.) London, Sunday Night

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 13 March 1917 · page 2

A Mesopotamia official report says: We made a surprise crossing at the Diala by moonlight on Thursday and established a strong post on the right…

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Floods in Queensland. Waters Falling

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 March 1917 · page 6

The Railway Department advises that passengers to and from Clerment were taken across Theresa Creek, where the flood the flood waters had fallen considerably and traffic would be…

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Queensland Floods

Singleton Argus · Thursday 15 March 1917 · page 4

Further floods have occurred in parts of Queensland. An average of six inches of rain has fallen throughout Chillagoe, Etheridge, and Mount Garnet…

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Hampering Snow Storms. LONDON

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 March 1917 · page 12

Reuter's correspondent at British headquarters in France, under Thursday's date, reports a furious gale sweeping the battlefield on the Ancre. He states that blinding snow…

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Floods in Queensland. Waters Falling

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 17 March 1917 · page 6

The Railway Department advises that passengers to and from Clermont were taken across Theresa Creek, where the flood waters had fallen considerably, and traffic would be…

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Floods at Honolu[?] Uonlulu

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 March 1917 · page 4

A cloudburst caused floods w[?] mined many buildings. The streets[?] like rivers. The steamer Ma[?] wrecked, and has lost a earga of…

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Alabama Cyclone. Town Wiped Out. (Australian Cable Assn. Message.) Vancouver, Tuesday Night

Singleton Argus · Thursday 29 March 1917 · page 2

Birmingham, Alabama, reports taht a cyclone has wiped out the twon of Petery. Fourteen people are deed and 20 injured…

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Expectation. Is It the Big Storm? Movement on Whole Front. London

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 April 1917 · page 5

The offensive has commenced and there is darkness on the whole front from Lens to St. Quentin…

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Heavy Rain on Coast. Weather Interferes with Show. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 12 April 1917 · page 3

All last-night heavy rain fell in the city and suburbs and along the coast. Up to 9 o'clock to-day the Observatory recorded- 316 points. The suburb of…

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Violent Thunderstorm. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 19 April 1917 · page 6

A violent thunderstorm passed over the [?] at an early hour this morning, during which torrential rain f[?]ll…

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Heavy Rain

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 April 1917 · page 5

It rained heavily during the night and throughout this morning. Randwick course and some low-lying suburbs were flooded, and the train and tram traffic disarranged…

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Sly Grog at Storm's Cafe. Heavy Penalties. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 24 April 1917 · page 2

Frederiek Storm was fined £50, Ernest Jenny £30, and Richard Pololi £100 at the Central Police Court to-day for selling liquer without a licence at Storm's…

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Floods in East Africa. Surrender of German Hospital. (Australian Cable Assn. Message.) London, Thursday Night

Singleton Argus · Saturday 28 April 1917 · page 4

An East African official message says:—This season is the wettest for the past nine years. Important operations are suspended. A large…

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Mayday in Germany. Government Anxious. Storm Threatening. Amsterdam

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 30 April 1917 · page 6

"The 'Independent Socialist Party has carried a resolution inviting workpeople on May Day to demand an eight-hour day, the world pence, and international…

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May Day in Germany. Government Anxious. Storm Threatening. Amsterdam

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 May 1917 · page 3

The Independent Socialist Party has carried a resolution inviting workpeople on May Day to demand an eight-hour day, the world peace, and international…

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Loss by Floods in the United States

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 12 May 1917 · page 6

During the year 1915 the losses due to flood waters throughout the United States aggregated nearly 21,000,000 dollars. Of this amount, more than half was sustained by the…

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Germans Flood Oise Valley

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 22 May 1917 · page 2

The "Daily Chronicle'e" Paris correspondent forwards the following message:—The 32 miles of French front…

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German Counter-trick Flooding Oise Valley. (Australian Cable Assn. Message.) London, Sunday Night

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 22 May 1917 · page 2

The "Daily Chronicle's" Paris correspondent says:—Thirty-two miles from the French front, between St. Quentin and Laffaux, there has been a…

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Flooding Oise Vauley. London

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 23 May 1917 · page 3

The "Daily Chronicle's" Paris correspondent says:—Thirty-two miles from the French front, between St, Quentin and Laffaux. there has been a mystery since the…

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Dash From a German Camp. British Party's Flight Across Frozen Flood-waters. Solder Who Was Thrice Recaptured. Preston, March 7

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 May 1917 · page 11

Rifleman Douglas Charles Millner, who enlisted at the age of 17½ in the 12the London Regiment (the Rangers) gives a dramatic story of his escape from Germany…

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