Queensland Floods. Train Blocked
BRISBANE, Tuesday.--The Railway Department to-day received advice that the Warrego River was eighteen inches over the rails and a train was blocked at Wanko. The…
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Floods & storms, 1917
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Phenomenal Rain. Floods at Longreach. Brisbane
Owing to phenomenal rain a sensational flood occurred at Gin Creek Longreach, Queensland. All dwellings in the lower, part of the town were…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.--The forecast is:--Rain and thunderstorms on the coast and highlands. At first sultry in the east but cooler later, with southerly winds; strong to…
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The heavy showers of the last few days have brought the rainfall for the current month up to 426 points. The fall for the 24 hours, ending at 9 a.m…
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The northern and central-western parts of Queensland are again flooded. The railway bridge crossing the Bull[?]o River is over 13ft under water. The…
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Owing to a phenomenal fall of rain a sensational flood has occurred in Gin Creek, Longreach, Queensland. All the dwellings in the lower part…
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Phenomenal rain in the Ilfracombe district was responsible for a sensational flood in Gin Creek, south of Longreach, on Sunday night. At…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Fleet in a Gale. What a "Dirty Night" Really Means. Antics of a T.b.d
As I battled my way round steet corners against the gale of the week-end (writes H. C. Ferrary, in the London Daily Express") I could not help recalling the old Navy jape,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Any Port in a Storm Germany Now Wants Alliance with Japan New York
Berlin advices show that Herr Heeksler, a member of the Reichstag Foreign Relations Committee, predicts that if the United States enters the war, it will…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Queensland Floods Clermont Again Endangered BRISBANE
The floods in the northern and central districts of Queensland are again causing anxiety. The Inkerman bridge, Over the Burdekin River, is submerged,…
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BRISBANE, Saturday.--Floods in Northern and Central Queensland are again arousing, anxiety. Mails and the railways have been interrupted. Clermont is again in…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.--A wireless message was received at Sydney this morning to the effect that the cable steamer had picked up the dismasted schooner Hawk 150 miles from…
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SYDNEY, Friday.--A great storm is raging along the north-west coast of Australia. Severe damage is feared…
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SYDNEY, Friday.--A great storm is raging along the north-west coast of Australia. Severe damage is feared. The motor launch Gem, from Melbourne to Sydney, was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An Armed Populace. Troops Storm Police Stations
LONDON, Thursday.--A large, percentage of the population are armed and have joined the troops, who stormed and gutted, the police stations and prisons and released the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Destructive Cyclone. Vancouver
A message from Birmingham, Alabama, states that a cyclone has practically wiped out the town of Petery. Fourteen of the residents are reported…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Heavy Storm at Gundagai Sydney
A terrific hail and rain storm passed over Gundagai on Monday. Windows were smashed and much damage done to business places…
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SYDNEY, Monday.--The forecast is :-- Clearing showers on the south west slopes; rain on the coast and highlands; fine in land cool west to south west winds; gales…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.--Heavy rain commenced to fall in the City about noon and completely spoilt the attendance at the Show after lunch…
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All night long heavy rain fell in the city and suburbs, and along the coast. Up to 9 o'clock this morning the Observatory recorded 316 points…
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