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Floods & storms, 1917

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Floods Near Rabaul. Villages Washed Away. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 18 January 1917 · page 4

New has been received of serious floods near Rabaul. The natives assert that many villages were washed away…

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A New Deluge Tablet

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 2

It is reported from the Smithsonian Museum that there has been found among the museum's large store of uncollated Mesopotamian texts a small tablet containing an account of…

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Storm Warnings for Herders of Sheep

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 2

During the past spring the Weather Bureau established a special storm-warning service for the sheep ranges om Oregon, Washington and Idaho, to enable the owners of some 2,000,000…

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The War Great Western Offensive Preparing. Calm Before the Storm. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 23 January 1917 · page 3

German newspapers are emphasising the Allies' preparations for a great western offensive. The "Kolnische Zetiung" says—…

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Cyclone at Young. Young

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 25 January 1917 · page 2

A cyclone damaged a wheat stack at Milvale causing £200 worth of damage…

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Wheat Stacks Damaged in Cyclone

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 25 January 1917 · page 3

A cyclone at Milvale, in the Young district, damaged a wheat stack of 21,000 bags, causing the loss of [?]. Twenty tents at a near-by navvies…

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Black Watch Charge. Through a Deluge of Fire

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 25 January 1917 · page 7

Speaking of an advance of the Black Watch to the attack on German trenches, an officer who served with the particular battalion says :…

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Fierce Storm at Temora. Disastrous Effect on Crops. Temora

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 25 January 1917 · page 3

After several days of sultry weather a heavy thunderstorm, accompanied by a fierce wind, reached Temora on Monday, when 139 points of rain fell in a…

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Queensland Floods

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 25 January 1917 · page 4

Floods are reported all over the west of Queensland. Mail couches are stuck up, and many low-lying parts are submerged…

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The Weather. Flood at Glen Innes. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 25 January 1917 · page 3

Further light to heavy rains were recorded in the north-east quarter of the State yesterday and at scattered places on the south coast…

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Storm at Temora

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 26 January 1917 · page 2

After several days of sultry weather a heavy thunderstorm, accompanied by a tierce wind, reached Temora on Monday, when 139 points of rain fell in a…

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Thunderstorms. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 30 January 1917 · page 2

The week-end was marked by a series of thunderstorms throughout the State…

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Heavy Rain. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 1 February 1917 · page 2

Heavy rain was reported this morning throughout the whole of the State…

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Cold Blooded Brutality. Crew Adrift in Mid-winter Gale. London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 2 February 1917 · page 2

The Admiralty announces that the British steamship Artist, while 48 miles from land, in a heavy easterly gale, was submarined on January 27. In…

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Further Heavy Rain. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 6 February 1917 · page 2

Further heavy rain has fallen along the coast, on the northern border, at scattered places in the central districts, and in the extreme southern…

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Floods in New Zealand

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 6 February 1917 · page 2

Heavy and continuous rain fell throughout the northern portion of New Zealand, causing severe floods, besides considerable damage to…

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New Zealand Floods. Five Lives Lost. Auckland, N.Z.

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 6 February 1917 · page 2

Heavy rain has falllen throughout the Northern portion of the Island, with severe floods Considerable damage has been done to property. Four…

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Floods in Queensland. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 8 February 1917 · page 4

Floods have decurred on the Southern Queensland border. They are heavy at Thallon and other townships, which are isolated…

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Floods in Queensland. Brisbane

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 8 February 1917 · page 4

Farther floods are reported on the southern Queensland border. Thallon land other townships are isolated…

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Light to Heavy Rain. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 9 February 1917 · page 4

Monsoonal influences were responsible for further light to heavy rain in many parts of the State yesterday…

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