RUSSIA. In a State of Revolution. Czar Abdicates. Reactionary Ministers Under Arrest. Duma Controls Situation. Army and Navy Support the Populace. Mobs Storm Shops. VANCOUVER
Daily Observer · Saturday 17 March 1917 · page 2
It is reported that the Executive of the Russian Duma has accomplished a successful revolution in Russia. It now controls the Government and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Commonwealth Meteorology. Warm with Scattered Thunderstorms. SYDNEY
Daily Observer · Wednesday 21 March 1917 · page 1
The monsoonal depression is not quite so energetic as on the previous day. The southern portion has become disunited from the main body and joined the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wool Gales. Business After the War
Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 23 March 1917 · page 6
The Present series of wool ap[?] sales to[?]minates this wool and no further catalogues will be [?] in Sydney until after Easter,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Heavy Rain in the City. Sydney, Monday, 10 a.m
The North Western Courier · Monday 23 April 1917 · page 2
Exceptionally keavy rain has fallen in the city during the past [?] hours. Many of the low lying parts have been stimerged…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Child Swept Away by Storm Waters. Sydney. Monday, 10 a.m
The North Western Courier · Monday 23 April 1917 · page 2
During the heavy rain in Sydney a child named John Kennedy, aged 7 years was swept away in a storm water channel at Croydon, a suburb of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Destructive Cyclone. Sydney, Monday, 10 a.m
The North Western Courier · Monday 30 April 1917 · page 2
The recent cyclone caused great destruction in the South Sea Islands. In the New Hebrides, the storm raged willi unabated fury for two days…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Telegrams. Serious Floods. Sydney, Friday, 11 a.m
The North Western Courier · Friday 8 June 1917 · page 5
Serious floods have occurred in many parts of Victoria, especially in the Wangaratta district, where three men and a woman and her two…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Victorian Floods. Heavy Stock and Property Losses. SYDNEY
Daily Observer · Monday 11 June 1917 · page 2
The flood waters at Wangaratta (Victoria), are slowly subsiding but are still higher than for the last 20 years. The loss to stock and properity in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Floods in Victoria. Sydney, Monday, 11 a.m
The North Western Courier · Monday 11 June 1917 · page 2
The latest reports regarding the floods in Victoria, show that serious damage has been done. Heavy rains again fell yesterday,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Victorian Floods. Railway Traffic Held Up. SYDNEY
Daily Observer · 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 Shepparton…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Threatened by Flood. Tocumwal in Danger
Daily Observer · Tuesday 12 June 1917 · page 2
SYDNEY, Monday. Owing to the heavy rain the Murray River at Tocumwal has passed the critical height of 19 feet and is still rising…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Floods Threatening. Murray River Towns Endangered. Inhabitants Fleeing for Safety. SYDNEY
Daily Observer · Wednesday 13 June 1917 · page 2
Reports received from the Victorian flooded, areas are rather more hopeful. The levees on the Goulburn River have given way, causing considerable…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Floods in New Zealand. Sydney
Daily Observer · Thursday 14 June 1917 · page 2
Floods continue in New Zealand where the train services are dislocated. There have been heavy losses of stock. In one instance 3000 sheep were drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Storm in City. Gale Reaches 50 Miles an Hour. SYDNEY
Daily Observer · Friday 22 June 1917 · page 2
A heavy storm passed over the city and suburbs at an early hour this morning. Torrential rain fell accompanied by vivid lightning. The wind reached…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Riverina Floods. Sydney, Friday. 2 p.m
The North Western Courier · Friday 22 June 1917 · page 2
The Murray flood waters are receding and the position is now more satisfactory…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Storm Conditions Moderate. Sydney
Daily Observer · Saturday 23 June 1917 · page 2
Storm conditions on the coast have moderated somewhat, but the sea is still rough and shipping is gutting a pretty, bad time outside the heads…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tossed by Storms. Sailing Ship's Officer Drowned. SYDNEY
Daily Observer · Friday 29 June 1917 · page 2
A brigantine, which loft Sydney last Tuesday week encountered a heavy gale when a few days out. The vessel put into Newcastle last night and reported…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Heavy Rain. Sydney, Wednesday. 11 a.m
The North Western Courier · Wednesday 4 July 1917 · page 2
Heavy rain has fallen of Perth (W. A.), and the country districts. Several washaways are reported…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Storm Centre
Daily Observer · Saturday 14 July 1917 · page 6
It is possible that Sir William Irvine will make a spirited attack on the course Ministers have taken as regards recruiting. If he does not, and the assault is…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Murray in Flood. River Nine Miles Wide. Settlers Rendered Homeless. SYDNEY
Daily Observer · Saturday 28 July 1917 · page 2
As the result of washaways caused by the flood the railway was washed away at Myee, six miles from Tocumwal. It is expected that it will be ten days…
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