Belwarra Flood Boat. Matter of Its Housing
On Thursday last a meeting was hel[?] at Mr. M. J. Hickey's residence. [?] of persons interested in [?]warra flood boat, with the…
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Floods & storms, 1917
160 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 8
Queensland Floods. Tragedy at Clermont. Several People Drowned. Houses Swept Away. Brisbane
The cyclonic weather which has been raging in Northern and Central Queensland for some time past, has been responsible for a dreadful disaster, but…
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BRISBANE. Wednesday.—In the disastrous flood that suddenly inundated Clermont, Northern Queensland on Wednesday last, and cut off…
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One of the most violent rainstorms experienced at Wallsend for many yearn tools place last night, between eight and nine o'clock, 100 points being registered…
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The Information which is available as to the conditions which led up to the disastrous floods in Queensland is not complete, and is not likely to be…
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BRISBANE, Friday.—The Dawson River is still rising. The Fitzroy is also rising and warnngs have been issued to the residents on its banks…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Suvia Flood. Terrible Experiences of Fusileer
Captain R. G. Roberts, a nephew of Mr. W. P. Roberts, of Ingall Street, Waratah, has forwarded to his uncle a natrative of the experiences that…
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The Commissioner of Police this afternoon received the following telegram from Inspector M'Grath, from Clermont :—"Arrived here to-day. Fifty-one…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Queensland Floods. Further Drowning Cases. Brisbane
The Commissioner of Police has received a telegram from Hughenden, reporting the drowning of five members of the Jenkinson family at Torna Valley, the…
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BRISBANE, Wednesday.—Serious floods are reported from the Daw gon's Flats in the Capella district. Sapphiretown had about 20 inches of rain…
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The Deputy Commissioner of Railways at Townsville advises that the water is receding out west. He hoped to get a train through to Cloncurry to-morrow…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Weather. Thunderstorm Last Night. District Benefits
Though the weather conditions in Newcastle yesterday were not so oppressive as on the previous day the temperature rose slowly in the…
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Quite an amusing situation recently developed at San Diego as an aftermath of the disastrous flood which swept southern California recently. in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →In Macedonia. Floods and Snowstorms. Paris
A French communique states:—Bad weather has caused numerous floods, and there have boon heavy snowstorms in the Lake Prespa reglon…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Storm at Madang. Melbourne
Senator Pearce, the Minister for Defence, stated to-day that news had been received from Brigadier-General S. A. Pethebridge, Administrator of Rabaul,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bolwarra Flood Boats. New Boat Wanted. Shire's Decisions
The clerk of the Bolwarra Shire Council reported to the last meeting of the council that arrangements had been made for the housing in suitable…
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The Commonwealth Meteorologist (Mr. Hunt) directs public attention to the special arrangements which are made every year to give warning to…
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To-morrow, January 21st. will be the anniversary of the destructive Hunter River flood of 1874. In those days there were no high embankments to keep the river in its own…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"Bank to Bank." Flood-time Needs at Melville
The "bank-to-bank" problem is one which ag[?]lates other districts than the coat-hearling areas, for at yesterday's meeting of the Cessnock Shire…
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Although Clermont bas for many years been the centre of a gold and mineral old, there has for a long while been practically no mining near the township,…
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