Heavy Hall Storm. Considerable Damage Done. Several Orchards Destroyed
On Sunday week a very heavy thunderstorm passed over some parts of the district being especially destructive in the locality of the Ningdoo…
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Floods & storms, 1917
136 stories in North West (Tamworth to Moree)'s papers · page 1 of 7
Floods in Queensland. Town Washed Away. One Hundred Lives Lost. Sydney
Tremendous floods am reported in Queensland. The township of Clermont was partly washed away and the houses demolished. One hundred…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sergt. Flood
A number of friends of Sergt H. A. Flood (Inspector of Stock)met at the Criterion Hotal on Thursday to wish him good luck and safe return Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Floods. Terrible Disaster in Queensland. Clermont Partly Washed Away. a Hundred Lives Lost. Railway Lines Destroyed
Disastrous floods have occurred in the Clenmont mining district, situated by rail 228 miles from Roc[?]pton. Three parts of the main street are…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Saved Thletoon Lives. "Tom Boney's Grtat Swim. Incident of 'Seventy' Flood
In the year 1870, on the banks of the Lachlan some miles above Forbes. stood the out station of Eugowrs at that time owned by Mr. Andrew…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Heavy Storm Near Sydney Parramatta Streets Flooded. SYDNEY
A heavy storm broke over Parramatta this afternoon. Heavy rain, accompanied by hail, fell and gradually became worse. The lightning was very…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Troopship in a Cyclone. Three Seamen Washed Overboard. SYDNEY
The sick and wounded soldiers, who returned to Sydney this morning by the second troopship has an exciting time. A few days after leaving the port of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Queensland Floods. Only Half Clermont Bodies Recovered. Rockhampton in Peril. Enormous Damage to Railways. SYDNEY
The latest reports concerning the Queensland floods show that 10,000 tons of sugar were lost. The flood waters are pouring into the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Queensland Floods. Clermont Isolnted. Rockrampton
The latest reports concerning the Queensland floods show that 10,000 tons of sugar were lost. The loss of live stock is reported to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest Telegrams Sydney, Friday. the Oleremont Flood
A Cleremont correspondent describes that place as like a town in France after being battered by the Huns…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Queensland Floods. Clermont Like a Town in France. SYDNEY
A Clermont correspondent describes the place as like a town in France after being battered by the Huns. The local boat's crew saved between…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Queensland Floods. Heavy Losses of Stock. SYDNEY
A telegram from Richmond in the North West of Queensland states the flood waters are sixteen miles wide at Noida…
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The Flinders River at Hughnden has overflowed. All North Hughenden is inudated. Hughenden station woolshed is subinerged and many…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →More Terrible Floods. Hughenden District New Scene. Five Persons Drowned. SYDNEY
A terrible and calamitous flood is reported from Hughenden. Queensland. Five members of the Jenkensen family J. Jenkensen. his wife and their son…
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The floods at Clermont have now subsided, and at Hughenden the waters have fallen, the Flinders River being almost down to a normal level…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Welcome Storm
After a week of the heat wave conditions which had become almost intolerable, especially owing to the hot muggy nights, a heavy thunderstorm broke over…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Late Telegrams. Fierce Storms. Cyclonic Force at Grafton. Roofs Blown Away. SYDNEY
The terrific heat last week culminated in a fierce thunderstorm at Grafton on Friday night and yesterday afternoon, both storms doing considerable damage…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Queensland Floods. Railway Service Interrupted. SYDNEY
A telegram from Townsville states that one third of the Inkerman bridge over the Burdekin river, the longest bridge in Queensland, was washed away…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Floods Near Rabaul. Sydney
News has been received of serious flood near Rabaul. The natives assert that villages have been washed away…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Storm at Bulladelah
At 5.30 on Thursday afternoon last a wind and bail storm broke over Bulladelah. The River View Hotel [?]lcony was taken bodily up and…
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