Big Flood. in Central Queensland
BRISBANE, Sunday. -- There is a great flood in the Mackenzie and Nogoa Rivers, Central Queensland. The present flood there is the highest in history. The previous flood…
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Floods & storms, 1917
338 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 1 of 17
Starvation in Germany. Women Storm Neutral Ships. LONDON
A Copenhagen, message says, that crowd of starving men and women are assembling on the quays at Stettin and Lubeck awaiting the arrival of ships…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Disastrous Floods. Claremont Inundated. Many Lives Lost
BRISBANE, Monday.--The cyclonic weather which has been raging in Northern arid Central Queensland for some time past has been responsible for dreadful disaster, but…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Queensland Floods Many Lives Lost. Fifty Bodies "Recovered. Clermont Severely Damaged. Sydney
Disastrous floods continue in Queensland. Three parts of the main street of Clermont were washed away, and all nouses m the lowlying parts have…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Floods in Queensland. Town Partly Washed Away. Large Number of Lives Lost
BRISBANE, Tuesday. -- In the floods in Central Queensland Clermont has been partly washed away. Houses have been demolished and a hundred lives lost. Fifty-two bodies…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fearful Floods. Central Queensland Inundated. Large Numbers Drowned. Sydney
There is a great flood in the Mackenzie and Nogoa Rivers, Central Queensland. The flood is the highest in history. The previous flood was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Heavy Storms. Houses Swamped at Hobart
HOBART, Wednesday. -- A terrific tropical storm occurred at Hobart yesterday. Many private houses were swamped to a depth of several feet and furniture floated about in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Queensland Flood the Clermont Tragedy. Sixty-two Bodies Recovered. Many Persons Missing. Great Distress. SYDNEY
Further details concerning the disastrous floods at Clermont, Queensland, show that 62 bodies have been recovered. The town was partly washed away, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Parramatta Flooded
SYDNEY, Wednesday. -- A heavy storm broke over Parramatta this afternoon. Heavy vain, accompanied by hail, fell and gradually became worse. The lightning was very…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Terrible Floods in Queensland. Deluge at Clermont
One of the most disastrous floods in the history of Australia from the point of view of the loss of life—if not the most disastrous—occurred…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Great Floods in Queensland. 100 Lives Lost. Sydney
Terrible floods have occurred in Queensland. The town of Clermont was partly washed away, and many houses demelished. So far it is known that 100…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Queensland Flood the Clermont Tragedy. The Waters Abating Deplorable Damage. Heartrendering Scenes. SYDNEY
The floods in Central Queensland are abating, except in the Dawson Valley. The Fitzroy River is rising. The amount of damage at Clermont is deplorable, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Clermont's History. As It Was Before the Flood
Clermont was a pleasant looking town at the head of a basalt valley, enclosed on the east by the Peak Range, and on the north and west by a curve of the Drummond Range…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Clermont Floods. a Heartrending Story. Families Swept Away and Drowned. Damage to Property £100,000
Light rain commenced at midday on Wednesday at Clermont, several Other places advising a fall commencing about the same time. The rain only became heavy about…
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Further particulars of the terrific storm which occurred on Christmas Day in the Orange district show the extent of the damage at Milthorpe alone will…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →More Floods Expected. Rivers Stll Rising. The Flinders Overflows. Sympathy from London. Loss of Lives Smaller than Expected. BRISBANE
The Dawson river is still rising. The Litzroy is also rising, and a warning has been issued to many low lying places The wharves were under water…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rebuilding Clermont. Government Assistance. Floods Elsewhere. BRISBANE
The Queensland Government are distributing relief to the people rendered destitute by the flood at Clermont. The authorities are also taking steps to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Queensland Flood Trolly Service to Clermont. Northern Railway Services. A Cancellation BRISBANE
A trolly service is being inaugurated between Capella and Clermont. AS the Northern Railway is several feet under water in some places,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Flood and Drought. Sydney
The rivers in the Hawke's Bay district, New Zealand, are flooded. A drought in the ulbert Islands is being severely felt. It is now over time…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Thunderstorms
SYDNEY, Friday. -- To-day's forecast is: -- Fine, except for isolated thunderstorms in the extreme north-east, with variable winds and warm to moderate temperatures…
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