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Murray · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1917

172 stories in Murray's papers · page 2 of 9

Great Storm in the Sun. Violent Movements

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 16 February 1917 · page 4

Mr. Walter Gale, president of the New South Wales branch of the British Astronomical Association, writes to the "Sydney Morning Herald":—…

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Out in the Storm. Kia Ora, Mullengudgery

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 February 1917 · page 12

Dear Uncle Jeff,—"We had 28 points of rain the other day, and I hope it puts all the bush fires out. There was a very big fire about 15 or 20 miles away from…

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The Flooded Barwon

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 16 February 1917 · page 1

A Mungindi wire states that the Barwon River is now 24ft. 5inches, and rising slowly. The water is now all over the town, and under the post…

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Great Solar Storm

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 17 February 1917 · page 6

Mr Walter Gale writes:— One of the greatest, disturbance ever recorded is now in progress upon the sun. It shows as an enormous group…

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Floods in the State

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 20 February 1917 · page 2

Floods are being experienced in the Collarendebri district…

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Fatal Cyclone in New Caledonia

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 March 1917 · page 7

Details of the disastrous cyclone which swept over New Caledonia oh February 14 and 15, causing the Joss of many lives and considerable damage to shipping, were…

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The Queensland Floods

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 9 March 1917 · page 2

There are record floods in parts of Queensland. The railway bridge, spanning the Bulloo river, is 13 feet under water. The floods have damaged the…

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A Storm in the North-west

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 16 March 1917 · page 2

A great storm is raging on the north-west coast of Australia, and severe damage is feared…

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Germans Flooding Flanders

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 April 1917 · page 20

It is stated in Paris that the Germans are flooding the western part of Flanders, and have burned several villages. It is believed that they contemplate a…

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Heavy Rain in the City

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 13 April 1917 · page 1

Heavy rain commenced in the city about noon, and completely spoilt the attendance at the Show…

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Storm of Shells

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 May 1917 · page 19

In the House of Commons on Friday, the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Munitions (Mr. F. Kellaway) moved the second reading of the Munitions Bill. This…

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The Lachlan Flood Waters Effect on Road Formations

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 22 May 1917 · page 1

The big floods in the Lachlan river last year occasioned a good deal of damage to the roads in the Carrathool Shire, especially to the northeast of…

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French Held Up by Marshes. Germans Flood Oise Valley

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 25 May 1917 · page 6

The "Daily Chronicle's'" Paris correspondent says that thirty-two miles ol the French front between Saint Quentin and Laffaux have been a mystery since the early days of the German retreat. The explanation is that the Germans played us the trick we played them of flooding the Yser…

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Lake Urana. Flood Waters Gone. Minister's Reference. Previous Promises of Subdivision

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 1 June 1917 · page 1

In reference to the proposed inspection of Lalce Urana by the Minister for Lands, with a view to its settlement by soldiers, a report…

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A Deluge of Rain. Eight Inches in Two Days in Bright District. Heavy Flood in Murray Expected

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 June 1917 · page 28

Heavy rain has been falling at Bright without intermission since Monday night, gauging, nearly 5 inches, and there does not appear to be any prospect of an…

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Heavy Floods. in North-east Victoria. Washaways on Railway Lines

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 8 June 1917 · page 3

During this week there has been an exceptionally heavy fall of rain in the north-eastern district of Victoria, as a result of which the whole of that…

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The Floods in the Goulburn Valley

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 12 June 1917 · page 2

As the railway between Shepparton and Numurkah, Victoria, on the Goulburn Valley line, is three feet under water, all services beyond…

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[?] Flood. Levee Banks Break at Tocumwal

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 14 June 1917 · page 2

The heavy rains during last week closed the Murray river at Tocumwal on Monday last to rise to a height of nineteen feet above…

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The Floods. Position at Tocumwal. Splendid Efforts by Townspeople Residents Leave Their Homes. Stock Endangered

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Echo · Friday 15 June 1917 · page 2

As was expected, owing to the big floods in Victoria, and the heavy rains around Albury and the Murray basin, the river here…

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The Floods Levee Bank Gives Way at Tocumwal

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 15 June 1917 · page 2

Word was received at this office by telephone on Monday last, to the effect that the rapid rise in the Murray—which was then 20 feet and…

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