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Riverina · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1916

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Riverina Crops. Rain, Hail, and Storms

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 1 December 1916 · page 5

Mr. H. M. Somer, secretary of the Royal Agricultural Society returned to Sydney towards the end of last week, after a trip,…

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Cyclone at Pobedicherry. 300 Persons Killed, Sydney

Coolamon Farmers' Review · Friday 1 December 1916 · page 3

Hearty 300 persons were jailed in a cyclone at Pobedicherry, India. Great damage was caused. relief-works have started. '…

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The Weather. Heavy Rain

Daily Advertiser · Monday 4 December 1916 · page 2

Rainy conditions prevailed in Wagga on Saturday afternoon and evening and Sunday. Just about dusk on Saturday very heavy rain fell for a short time…

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Damage From Storms. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 5 December 1916 · page 4

The effects of last week's storm in the Orange district are far-reaching and caused thousands of pounds worth of damage…

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[?] for 22 Years. Heavy Thunderstorms

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 5 December 1916 · page 4

After a few days warm weather, during which time farmers hurried on with hay-cutting operations, further heavy thunderstorms became…

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Damaged Crops. Rain and Thunderstorms. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 11 December 1916 · page 3

Kain and thunderstorms occurred yesterday over the greater portion of the grain-growing area of New South Wales. There were great falls in…

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"Flood-lighting."

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Thursday 14 December 1916 · page 6

A bill authorising the New York World to raise, by popular subscription, 30,000 dollars to install apparatus for the flood lighting of the Statue of…

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Floods Threatened. Torrential Rains. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 14 December 1916 · page 4

Torrential rains are again reported throughout the State. The rivers are rising in all districts, and serious floods are anticipated at many places…

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Floods Anticipated

Daily Advertiser · Friday 15 December 1916 · page 2

Owing to heavy thunderstorms thunderstrorms [?] the Coonamble district all the [?]ks are running hankers. The Castle-reach River rose right feet last night…

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Flood Boats Requisitioned

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 16 December 1916 · page 4

The railway line near Camurra, seven[?] miles from Moree, is under water. The flood waters are still rising. Train traffic has been suspended…

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Rivers in Flood. Wheat Crops Ruined. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 16 December 1916 · page 4

The Namoi River and the Mocki River are both in flood. All low-lying country near Gunnedah is under water, wheat crops in some cases being totally…

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Northern Floods. Walgett Threatened Railway Traffic Suspended; Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 16 December 1916 · page 2

The rains are now confined to the central and southern coastal districts. The rivers are all subsiding. Railway traffic is suspended beyond…

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Convent School Concert. a flood Effort, and a Big House

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 19 December 1916 · page 2

"EVERYBODY pleased !" The annual concert by the pupils of St. Stanislaus' School is an event that is always looked for to provide…

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Floods in Tasmania. Great Damage Done. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 22 December 1916 · page 3

A heavy and almost continuous record rainfall throughout Tasmania during the last few weeks reached its climax in a terrific storm this morning…

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Tasmanian Floods Thousands of Pounds of Damage

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 23 December 1916 · page 4

The heavy and almost continuous record rainfall throughout Tasmania during the last few weeks reached its climax in a terrific storm early…

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Electric Storm

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 26 December 1916 · page 2

An electric storm of great severity passed over the country cast of Wagga between 7 and 8 o'clock on Sunday night. For the duration of the storm…

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Terrific Storm. Immense Damage. Several Liver Lost. Great Destruction on Farms. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 27 December 1916 · page 3

A terrific storm broke over the Orange district on Sunday night, doing tremendous damage to orchards, cereal crops, pasture lands and stock…

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A Terrific Storm. Five People Drowned

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 28 December 1916 · page 4

On Sunday evening at about 6 o'clock the most devastating storm in the history or the Orange district, which came as a…

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Orange Storm. Very Heavy Damage. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 28 December 1916 · page 3

Further particulars of the storm in the Orange district show that the extent of the damage at Milthorpealone will run into £200,000, Sheep…

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In the Wheat Lands. a Farmer's Travels. Loss by Storms and Rust

Daily Advertiser · Friday 29 December 1916 · page 3

Mr. H. Carter, of Mosman, a wheat-grower of more than 40 years' experience in South Australia, recently, took a trip through tome of the…

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