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New England · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1917

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Telegraphic Sydney, Tuesday. Disastrous Floods in Queensland. Hundreds of Lives Lost

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 3 January 1917 · page 4

Terrible floods are reported in Queensland. Clermont has been partly trashed away, many houses being demolished and hundreds of lives lost…

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Disastrous Floods in Queensland. Great Less of Life. Clermont Partly Washed Away

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 4 January 1917 · page 3

An urgent telegram was received by the Deputy Postmaster-General at Brisbane on Monday from Black Ridge, in Clermont mining district, situated…

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Disastrous Floods in Queensland. Latest Particulars

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 4 January 1917 · page 4

The late reports concerning the Queensland floods show that 10,000 tons of sugar were lost. The flood waters are pouring into the…

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Floods in Queensland. Olermont Partly Washed Away. Hundred Lives Lost

The Inverell Times · Friday 5 January 1917 · page 7

Disastrous floods have occurred in the Clermont mining district, situated by rail 228 miles from Rockhampton. Three parts of the main street are…

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Latest Telegrams. Queensland Floods. Government Help. Enormous Damage. Sydney

The Inverell Times · Friday 5 January 1917 · page 4

The Queensland Government is distributing relief to the people rendered destitute by the floods at Clermont. The authorities are also taking steps…

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Floods in New Zealand

The Inverell Times · Friday 5 January 1917 · page 4

The rivers in the Hawkes Bay district, New Zealand, are flooded…

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Shocking Flood Disaster. Many Persons Drowned

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 5 January 1917 · page 1

The cyclonic weather, which has been raging in Northern and Central Queensland for some time past, has been responsible for a dreadful…

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The Queensland Floods

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 5 January 1917 · page 2

Sydney, Thursday.—The floods in Central Queensland are abating except in the Dawson Valley. The Fitzroy Hirer is still rising. The weather is cow fine at…

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The Queensland Floods. Brisbane

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 5 January 1917 · page 2

The Police [?] ports that there are sufficient food supplies for three weeks. Considerable quantities of flour and…

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Big Flood in Queensland

The Uralla Times and District Advocate · Saturday 6 January 1917 · page 6

Disastrous floods have occurred in the Clermont stirring district, situated by rail 228 miles from Rockhampton. Three parts of the main street are…

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Queensland Floods. Only Half Clermont Bodies Recovered. Sydney

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 6 January 1917 · page 9

The latest reports concerning the Queensland floods show that 10,000 tons of sugar were lost. The flood waters are pouring into the upper…

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The Queensland Floods

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 8 January 1917 · page 3

The Queensland Government contain Navy heavy rain fall at Clermont on Thursday afternoon and night. It is possible that have bodies not yet…

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Queensland Floods

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 8 January 1917 · page 4
Also in Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser

The latest advices from Hughenden, Queensland, state that all North Hughenden and the Chinese gardens are totally submerged…

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Queensland Disaster. Rivers Still in Flood. Fifty-one Bodies Buried

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 9 January 1917 · page 2

All interest continues to centre on the disaster which has overcome Clermont Fifty-one bodies have now been buried. All are now identified…

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Severe Storm at Willowvale

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 10

A PHENOMENAL storm occurred at Willow valeon Saturday afternoon between 3 and 4 o'clock. It was of comparatively short duration, but there was an…

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Swept by Storms

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 15 January 1917 · page 4

A New Hebrides group was swept by terrific storms, shipping suffering considerably…

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Floods in Macedonia. (Router's Telegram). London, Monday Night

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 17 January 1917 · page 4

Bad weather, has caused numerous floods in Macedonia, Later. A Mesopotamia message says that…

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Floods in Macedonia

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 18 January 1917 · page 3

Bad weather has caused numerious floods in [?]. A [?]…

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The Clermont Floods

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 3

MR. P. Capper, of 'Brookstead, Armidale, who has landed interests in the Clermont (Q.) district, informs us that he has received word from his managers…

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