Guarding the Bank of England. Bullion Department Flooded
The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 25 May 1917 · page 3
The Bank of England is quite the best-guarded institution in the world. No burglar or bank-thief has ever succeeded in making it part with a penny. The great outer…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lake Urana. Flood Waters Gone. Minister's Reference. Previous Promises of Subdivision
Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 26 May 1917 · page 2
In reference to the proposed inspection of Lake Urana by the Minister for Lands, with a view to its settlement by soldiers, a report…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Storm in a Tea-shop
The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 31 May 1917 · page 3
He was a smart young soldier-boy, and as he took his seat in the teashop he smiled affably at the waitress and remarked:…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Lachlan Flood Waters Effect on Road Formation
The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 1 June 1917 · page 8
The big floods in the Lachlan river last year occasioned a good deal of damage to the roads in the Carrathool Shire, especially to the north-east of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Euroa and Benalla Flooded
Daily Advertiser · Saturday 9 June 1917 · page 3
Euroa has also been visited by floods. The water rushed down Templeton-street on Wednesday evening, and entered houses, the residents being…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Disastrous Floods. Victorian Towns Inundated. Six Lives Lost
Daily Advertiser · Saturday 9 June 1917 · page 3
The must disastrous flood in the history of the town and district occurred at Wangaratta. At 7.30 p.m. on Thursday the Ovens River reached 18ft. lin…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Six Drowned Floods in Victoria
Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 9 June 1917 · page 2
Consequent on the heavy rains during the past few days, serious floods have occurred in many parts of Victoria, particularly in the Wangaratta…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Victorian Floods. Sydney
Daily Advertiser · Monday 11 June 1917 · page 3
The flood waters at Wangaratta (Vic.) are slowly Subsiding, but are still higher than for the last twenty years. The loss of stock and property in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Floods. Tocumwal in Danger. Sydney
Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 12 June 1917 · page 4
Owing to heavy rain the Murray River at Tocumwal has passed the critical height of 19 feet, and is still rising to the level of the banks which…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Victorian Floods. More Hopeful Reports. Sydney
Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 13 June 1917 · page 4
Reports received from the Victorian flooded area are rather more hopeful. The levees on the Goulburn River gave way, causing considerable…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Floods in New Zealand. Sydney
Daily Advertiser · Thursday 14 June 1917 · page 2
Floods continue in New Zealand. Train services are dislocated, and there are heavy losses of stock. In one instance 3000 sheep were drowsed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Zealand Floods Trains Dislocated Heavy Stock Losses. Wellington
Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 14 June 1917 · page 2
Floods in the Hawkes and Poverty Day districts continue. The train services are dislocated. Heavy losses of stock are reported, and in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Floods Goulburn Levees. Numerous Breaks Expected
Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 14 June 1917 · page 4
The Water Commission had been advised by the engineer whom it sent to the Goulburn levee district that breaks in the levees have occurred at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Floods on the Murray. Highest on Record. Hanks at Tocumwal Broken. Sydney
Daily Advertiser · Friday 15 June 1917 · page 3
The highest floods on record are being experienced on the Murray River at Barwooga and Tocumwal. Several breaks occurred at the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Floods in Tasmania
Daily Advertiser · Friday 15 June 1917 · page 3
Owing to floods the northern express, leaving Launceston yesterday afternoon, did not reach Hobart till midnight, the lines being several feet under…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Zealand Floods
Daily Advertiser · Friday 15 June 1917 · page 3
A New Zetland cable states it is estimated that between 10,000 and 12,000 sheep have been lost in the Hawkes Bay district, owing to flood. The waters…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Murray Floods. Waters Invade the Townships
Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 19 June 1917 · page 3
From Echuca up to Albury, a distance of over 300 miles following the river. the low-lying land along the Murray is now a vast lake anything…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Murray Flood. a Record in Heights
Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 20 June 1917 · page 3
The Murray River at Barooga is now a vast sheet of water, and the height on Monday was the highest ever recorded, being 22 feet above…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Floods at Deniliquin. Sydney
Daily Advertiser · Thursday 21 June 1917 · page 2
Further rain has fallen in the Riverina at Deniliquin. Almost the whole township is under water and the river is still rising, with the result that the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Storm at Sydney. Heavy Seas. Sydney
Daily Advertiser · Friday 22 June 1917 · page 4
A heavy storm parsed over the city and suburbs at an early hour this morning. Torrential rain fell, accompanied by vivid lightning. The…
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