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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1917

65 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 2 of 4

Casual Comments. Some Flood

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 13 March 1917 · page 1

Queensland has been favored with a series of deluges lately. First a big flood wiped out Clermont, and since that several minor floods have been…

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Hard Times in the Trenches. Soldiers' Bedrooms Flooded. Rats in Haversacks

Forbes Times · Tuesday 8 May 1917 · page 4

To crawl, battleword and weary, into one's dug-out, and find several inches of water on the floor, is one of the discomforts with which the Fench…

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The Broken Coin. Kendalls Pictures Monday, May 15, 1917. Episode 15.-- "The Deluge"

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 9 May 1917 · page 12

Sachio's men enter the palace by the window, but cannot find Hugo, Michael and Lucille, who are hidden in the Dungeon. Hugo is about to…

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Loss by Floods in the United States

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 16 May 1917 · page 4

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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Late Telegrams. Floods in New Zealand. Lives Lost Sydney

Forbes Times · Tuesday 29 May 1917 · page 2

Exceptionally heavy rain has occurred in the Otage provinces of New Zealand. The railways are blocked on several lines and one river is in the…

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Guarding the Bank of England. Bullion Department Flooded

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 30 May 1917 · page 9

The Bank of England is quite the best guarded institution in the world. No burglar or bank-thief has ever succeeded in making it part with a penny. The great outer…

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Any Port in a Storm

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 5 June 1917 · page 2

Mr Holcombe's reply is indeed a renarkable one. The writer of this article, who also reported his utterances at the Court, now desires to…

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Latest Telegraphic. Floods in Victoria. Six People Drowned. Sydney

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 8 June 1917 · page 4

There have been serious floods in many parts of Victoria, particularly Wangaratta district, where three men and a woman and her two…

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Late Telegrams. Floods in Victoria. Six Deaths. Red Triangle Funds. Sydney

Forbes Times · Friday 8 June 1917 · page 4

A locomotive on Millar and company's timber railway at Jarrahdale Westralin, was capsized yesterday morning and Fireman McNess killed. The…

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Latest Telegraphic. Need for Men. W.A. Government Resigns. Floods at Deniliquin. Sydney

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 26 June 1917 · page 2

The French Consul speaking at the unveiling of a Roll of Honor, at Annandale containing over a 1000 names, paid a tribute to the men…

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Latest Telegraphic. Floods in the Murray. Macquarie Seat. Anthrax in Shaving Brushes. Commercial Traveller Found Dead. Sydney

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 24 July 1917 · page 2

The latest casualty list contains 908 names, including 140 killed in action, 372 wounded, and 102 prisoners of war…

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Flood Talk

Forbes Times · Tuesday 24 July 1917 · page 2

Fears of a flood in the Forbes-district were again awakened at the latter and of last week. On Saturday morning the water was reported to be over the…

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The War Preparing for the Deluge. Lloyd George on Michaelis. Vacillating Russian Troops. Roumanian Counter Attack Restores Situation. Sydney, Monday 8.12 a.m

Western Champion · Thursday 26 July 1917 · page 31

The New York "World" publishes a confidential report that the Kaiser has summoned 2,000,000 men to join the colors on the 1st March, 1918. It…

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Lachlan in Flood

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 27 July 1917 · page 6

As a result of the general rainfall at the latter end of last week, the Lachlan has added another flood to its already long list. The latest,…

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BEDGERABONG. (From Our Own Correspondent). FLOODS

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 27 July 1917 · page 6

History is repeating itself as far as floods in the Lachlan are concerned. Last year we were in the throe of the floods from early July till…

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The Flooded Lachlan Man Missing Neak Goolagong. Believed to Have Been Drowned

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 21 August 1917 · page 2

At Forbes during the past 24 hours there has been a tot of flood talk, and some alarming rumors were in circulation. From latest reports, it…

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Fears of Forbes Flood. the Laohlah River Swoollen Heavy Rains Along Its Course

Forbes Times · Tuesday 21 August 1917 · page 2

A startling flood scare was raised at Forbes on Sunday last when reports from up the river came to hand. These reports stated that 155 points of rain…

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The Flood

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 24 August 1917 · page 2

In connection with a paragraph appearing in Tuesday's "Advocate," M[?] J. T. Fountain, postmaster at Forbes, states that he is only too pleased to…

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A Miniature Flood

Forbes Times · Friday 24 August 1917 · page 4

As rightly predicted in our last issue, the rise up the river in the carly part of the week resulted only in a small flood so far as Forbes was concerned…

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BEDGERABOHG. (From Our Own Correspondent). in This Flooded Country

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 31 August 1917 · page 6

Owing to the great spread of the flood waters, we have had a very quiet week. Scarcely anyone can get to see a neighbor without wading…

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