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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1917

14 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers

Floods in Queensland

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 5 January 1917 · page 8

Disastrous floods have occurred in Queensland. Three-parts of the main street in Clermont have been washed away. The houses in the…

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The Queensland Floods

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 9 January 1917 · page 4

The Queensland Government is distributing relief to the people rendered destitute by the flood at Clermont. The authorities are…

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Glermont Floods

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 16 January 1917 · page 4

The Commissioner of Railways received a message from Brisbane on Monday night, stating that the heavy rain on Sunday on the Dawson Flats…

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Heavy Thunderstorm

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 23 January 1917 · page 2

A remarkably heavy thunderstorm occurred in Braidwood yesterday afternoon, after a muggy morning. The rain fell in…

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Heavy Thunderstorm

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 20 February 1917 · page 2

On Saturday night last a particularly heavy thunderstorm broke over the town after an exceedingly muggy day. The rain literally…

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A Winter Cyclone

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 22 June 1917 · page 2

The violent cyclonic disturbance which passed over Majura, as reported by our correspondent in Friday's issue of the "Age," appears, from…

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A Snow-storm Episode

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 24 August 1917 · page 2

A remarkable occurrence Is said to have taken place in Goulburn at 11 o'clock on Tuesday night during a pause in the snowstorm. It is…

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Published by Special Arrangement. a Secret Revealed, Copyright. Chapter I.—sunshine Before the Storm

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 14 September 1917 · page 6

"You haven't forgotten the cream, Morris?" "No, sir." The faultless factotum made a…

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Chapter Ii.—the Storm Breaks

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 21 September 1917 · page 6

It was an unpleasant ending to a pleasant afternoon. The ladies left hurriedly, and Frank caught the seven o'clock train, wondering at the…

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Big Storm in Sydney. Man Electrocuted

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 21 September 1917 · page 3

A terrific gale swept over Sydney and suburbs early on Wednesday morning, accompanied by a torrential downpour. The wind reached…

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Big Flood at Brindabella

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 16 October 1917 · page 2

The incessant rain through the winter culminated last Friday (5th inst.) in the biggest flood the very oldest and most truthful pioneer…

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The Murray Flood

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 26 October 1917 · page 7

Reports from Cobram state that the Murray River rose with starting rapidity, and has overflowed the levee banks. Practically the…

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Destructive Hail Storm

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 4 December 1917 · page 2

A very heavy hailstorm occurred on Saturday afternoon, doing a lot of damage to the orchards and vegetable gardens. Nearly three inches…

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Local and General News Heavy Thunderstorm

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 7 December 1917 · page 9

A very heavy thunderstorm passed over the town at noon yesterday. The rain fell in torrents for a quarter of an hour. So heavy…

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