Aeroplanes in a Storm. Four Lost. LONDON
Field Marshal Haig reports: We raided last night in the neighborhood of Lombartzyde. The enemy artillery is more active in the region of Armentieres…
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Floods & storms, 1917
136 stories in North West (Tamworth to Moree)'s papers · page 4 of 7
Floods in Riverina. Immense Area Inundated. SYDNEY
The Edward River at Deniliquin has readied a height of 24ft. 4-inches. A number of houses are flooded and the butter factory is inundated, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Women Storm Federal House. Sydney. Friday. 11.30 a.m
A crowd of "women, headed by Miss Adcia Pankhurst, the English Sufrrnfette, endeavored to storm the Federal Parliament House yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Murray Floods. Sydney
The Murray River From its junction with the Goulburn, is still in high flood. At Echuca the low-lying flats are submerged, and the residents are compelled…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Serious Floods in the West. Sydney
Further serious floods have occurred in Western Australia. The railways are held up…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Thunderstorm
A storm, accompanied by vivid lightning and heavy thunder; passed over Moree on Saturday night, during which 35 points of rain fell…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Kaiser's "Storm Troops." Expedient of a Declining Army
One of the most significant of recent developments in the German armies is the multiplication of "Stosstruppen," or special troops of assault as to which…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Terrific Thunderstorm. Mistaken for Air Raid. LONDON
A thunder-storm, the worst for 50 years, was mistaken for an air raid in the London theatres, several of the audience rushing the doors…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fight in a Storm How Italians Won San Gabriele. An Awe-Inspiring Spectacle. LONDON
The struggle for San Gaibriele continues fiercely, unflinchingly and incessantly. It seems hardly possible that any of the troops in this awful hell are…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Floods in China. Three Million Homeless. LONDON
Owing to great floods in China three million are homeless, and destitute. Numbers were drowned. Great destruction of property is inevitable…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gales at Maitland Considerable Damage Done. Buildings Unroofed. MA[?]TLAND
A storm of a cyclonic nature occurred early this morning when a fierce southerly gale sprang up. The wind at times attained tremendous [?]velocity, being…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gale in Sydney. Damage in the Suburbs. Old Man Killed. Steamer's Narrow Escape. SYDNEY
A terrific gale swept over the City and suburbs early this moraine accompanied by a torrential downpour. The wind reached a velocity of 50 miles per…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Flood Rains. Nearly Five Inches at Tamworth. Heavy Snow Fall. Peel River Overflows Banks
Further substantial, and in some cases heavy, rain has fallen on a wide area in the north and north-west since Tuesday, the heaviest registrations…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Flood Danger. Steady Rise of the Peel River
Tamworth has not had a flood scare since last January, when the rain ceased, and the river subsided in the nick of time. Last night there was some alarm…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sydney's Storm. Over 500 Houses Unroofed. SYDNEY
Additional particulars are coming to hand of the ravages of yesterday's storm. Destruction is reported everywhere. Few places escaped…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Commonwealth Meteorology More Rain and Thunderstorms. SYDNEY
During the past 24 hours the cyclonic disturbances, which yesterday were centred between Newcastle and Norfolk Island moved to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Nemingha Flood Embankment
In connection with the report of the effect of the recent rain on the flood embankment at Nemingha, a Nemingha farmer writes to say that this was not…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Typhoon and Flood. Enormous Destruction in Japan. LONDON
A Tokio message says that the most destructive typhoon and flood for twenty years destroyed thousands or buildings and rendered 40,000 homeless. Upwards…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Serious Floods
A serious flood has occurred at Went worth, owing to the town dam baring been carried away. Culwa, and the isolated country, for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Further Heavy Rain. Good Falls in the North and North-West
Yesterday afternoon intermittent rain set in at Tamworth, and towards evening it became heavy and soaking. Up to 9 o'clock nearly an inch had fallen, with…
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