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New England · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1916

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Cyclone in India. London, Friday Morning

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 2 December 1916 · page 4

Nearly 300 persons were killed by a cyclone at Pondicherry, in India. There was great damage, but relief work has been started…

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Melbourne floods

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 2 December 1916 · page 7

Flood stories are mow all over the place, writes "Atticus," in the Lea-, der.' A family in low-lying corner beyond, Richmond provides this. They…

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A flood Idea

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 12 December 1916 · page 4

The plan adopted by Gostwyck (Uralla) Shire Council of asking ratepayers to meet a representative of their Riding in…

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Phenomenal Rainfall. Four and a Half Inches in 24 Hours. Town and Country in Flooded State

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 14 December 1916 · page 5

One of the most phenomenal down pours ever experienced in Glen Innes and district occurred on Tuesday. Even the "oldest inhabitant''--and…

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Hunter in Flood

The Inverell Times · Friday 15 December 1916 · page 4

The flood water of the Hunter River are running six knots an hour through Newcastle harbor. Two large steamers broke adrift, but…

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Flood News

The Uralla Times and District Advocate · Saturday 16 December 1916 · page 2

Early Sunday morning a heavy rainstorm came np, and the rain fairly pelted down. It continued at intervals until 3 in the afternoon, a total of 154…

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Walgett District Flood. People Wire for Boats

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 16 December 1916 · page 4

The railway line near Camurra, seven miles from Moree, is under water. The floods are still rising, and train traffic is suspended. The people…

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Heavy Rain in Queensland

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 19 December 1916 · page 4

Torrential rains have fallen in the northern part of Queensland during the last three weeks. Ten inches fell at Innisfail…

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The Crops and Storms

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 19 December 1916 · page 4

A gentleman from Inverell who was recently on a trip to Manilla gives an appalling account of the devastation [?]ought among the crops in the…

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Saved 13 Lives. "Tom Boney's" Great Swim. Incident of "Seventy" Flood

The Inverell Times · Friday 22 December 1916 · page 7

In the year 1870, on the banks of the Lachlan, some miles above Forbes, stood the out-station of Eugowra, at that time owned by Mr. Andrew…

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"Flood-lighting."

The Uralla Times and District Advocate · Saturday 23 December 1916 · page 6

A bill authorising the New York World to raise, by popular subscription, 30,000 dollars to install apparatus for the flood lighting of the Statue of…

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Disastrous Storm at Orange. Six People Drowned

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 28 December 1916 · page 6

A terrible storm broke over the Orange District on Sunday night, doing tremendous damage to orchards, cereal crops, pasture lands, and stock…

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Heavy Rain in Queensland

The Inverell Times · Friday 29 December 1916 · page 5

A gale has been raging at Mackay for some days, and much damage has been done. Rain of a torrential nature fell, under the influence of a…

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Drowned by Flood Waters

The Inverell Times · Friday 29 December 1916 · page 5

A terrific storm broke over the Orange district on Sunday night doing tremendous damage to orchards, cereal crops, pasture lands, and stock…

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Floods in Queensland

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 30 December 1916 · page 4

The recent heavy rains in Queensland were responsible for big floods and extensive damage. There were many railway washaways…

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