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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1917

136 stories in North West (Tamworth to Moree)'s papers · page 5 of 7

Commonwealth Meteorology. Further Rain and Thunderstorms. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Saturday 6 October 1917 · page 2

The high pressure which has been lagging over the Tasman Sea for some time past has at last made a movement to the south-east. It is a present centred…

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Flood Feared. Sydney

Daily Observer · Monday 8 October 1917 · page 2

The river is rising rapidly at Gundagai and Wagga. There is every evidence that there will be a Hood in the course of a low days…

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Murray in Flood. Sydney, Monday, 11 a.m

The North Western Courier · Monday 8 October 1917 · page 2

Advices from Albury state that the Murray River came down in flood yesterday. So rapidly did the flood waters…

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Rain and Hail Remarkable Storms in the District

Daily Observer · Tuesday 9 October 1917 · page 2

The heavy clouds which had formed in the north-east during the morning fell over Tamworth about 11 o'clock. The rain lasted for about half a hour, and…

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Floods of Oratory. London

Daily Observer · Tuesday 9 October 1917 · page 2

Reuter's Petrograd correspondent says that the week's Democratic Conference has resulted in floods of oratory…

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Murray River in Flood. Sydney, Tuesday, 10 a.m

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 9 October 1917 · page 3

The flood in the Murray reached 15 feet 7 inches above summer level at Albury on Sunday night. The low-lying ground was inundated and many…

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Great Floods in China. London

The North Western Courier · Wednesday 10 October 1917 · page 2

Tremendous floods have occurred in the north, of China. "A densely populated area of over 2000 squarw miles, have been…

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Floods in China. Capital Hay Have to be Removed. LONDON

Daily Observer · Thursday 11 October 1917 · page 2

Reuter's Shantung correspondent reports that the enormous floods have affected North China. A densely populated area of 20,000 square miles has…

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Another Infantry Battle. Fighting in a Cyclone. LONDON

Daily Observer · Saturday 13 October 1917 · page 2

War correspondents at headquarters on October 9 state that the full since the last battle was again broken by a few hours of intense infantry fighting this…

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Manilla Shire Works. Damage Done by Recent Gales. MANILLA

Daily Observer · Thursday 18 October 1917 · page 4

At the monthly meeting of the Shire Council the report of the engineer was adopted, disclosed the serious extent of the damage done in the district by the…

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Murray in Flood. Sydney, Monday, 11 a.m

The North Western Courier · Monday 22 October 1917 · page 2

The latest particulars of the floods at Albury show that the water has entered many houses, and hundreds of other tenements are surrounded by…

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Murray Floods. Albury in Danger. Homes Abandoned. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Tuesday 23 October 1917 · page 2

The latest news from Albury states that practically all the residents of the residents of the low-laying country have been complled to abandon their homes. The main road…

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Flood Rains in the South. Sydney

Daily Observer · Tuesday 23 October 1917 · page 2

Extensive rain has fallen over practically the whole of N.S.W. All the rivers in the south [?] rising…

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Late Telegrams. Murray Floods. Part of Albury Under Water. River Still Rising. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Wednesday 24 October 1917 · page 2

Shortly after midnight the flood reached its highest point at Albury, 16 feet 9 inches above summer level, the highest on record…

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Floods in the Murray. Waters Still Rising. Sydney, Wednesday, 11 a.m

The North Western Courier · Wednesday 24 October 1917 · page 2

The flood waters in the Murray River are still rising. The embankment at the Adelaide Camp, occupied by a large number of…

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Murray Floods

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 26 October 1917 · page 5

A disastrous flood is occurring in the Murray river, and already much damage has been done. At Albury about 100 families, representing nearly 500…

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Murray Flood Waters Subsiding. Sydney, Friday, 10 a.m

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 26 October 1917 · page 5

The floods in the Murray are subsiding…

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Floods in the Murray. Sydney, Friday, 11 a.m

The North Western Courier · Friday 26 October 1917 · page 2

Reports received last night regarding the floods in the Upper Murray, state the water was mailing through, the town of Cobram (Victoria), and…

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Disastrous Gale in England LONDON

Daily Observer · Saturday 27 October 1917 · page 2

A gale in Great Britain on Wednesday and Thursday blew, at a velocity of 70 miles an hour in London, rooting up numberless trees and wrecking houses…

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Murray Floods. Sydney

Daily Observer · Monday 29 October 1917 · page 2

The height of the Murray River is now two feet above flood stage. It is feared that the position at Echuca is likely to grow Worse. Concern has been…

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