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Riverina · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1917

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Coastal Storm Continues. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 23 June 1917 · page 3

The storm continues on the coast although moderated somewhat. The seat however, is still rough and shipping is getting a rather bad time out…

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And Floods on the Murrumbidgee. (No. 1.)

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 23 June 1917 · page 8

Three articles have been written by the Hon. James Gormly, M.L.C., dealing with an interesting period in the history of the State. Following is the first…

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Floods Receding. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 25 June 1917 · page 4

Hopeful reports have been received regarding the floods in the Murray and Goulburn. Merhein and Mildura settlers are now safe…

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Serious Situation. Will Russia Weather the Storm? Women's Battalions Ready for the Front German Disguised Explosives in Norway. Dutch Potatoes Complicate Position. Russia. From Bad to Worse. Determined Amazonians. Petrograd

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 26 June 1917 · page 2

The situation is serious. A Minister recently described Russia as a patient suffering from high fever, and said it depended on the toughness oF…

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Heavy Rain in Sydney. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 27 June 1917 · page 2

Further rains have fallen in various parts of the State. There were 352 points of rain recorded at Sydney since Saturday last…

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The Murray Floods. Damage at Deniliquin

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 27 June 1917 · page 2

According to advices from Denihquin on Monday the flood waters have caused anxiety. The surrounding country is flooded for miles, and…

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Droughts and Floods on the Murrumbidgee. No. 11

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 27 June 1917 · page 4

Fifteen years ago (50 years after the Gundagai flood) a representative of one of the Sydney daily newspapers waited on me at Parliament House…

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Brigantine in Gale. Mate Washed Overboard. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 29 June 1917 · page 3

A brigantine which last Sydney last Tuesday week encountered a heavy gale when a few days out. The vessel put into Newcastle last night, and…

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The Lachlan Flood Waters Their Effect About Whealbah. Letters to Carrathool Shire

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 29 June 1917 · page 3

At the meeting of the Carrathool Shire Council on Wednesday, 13th inst., the following letters and reports were read respecting the effect of the…

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For the General Reader. The Great Gundagai Flood. a Tragedy of the Past. the Murrumbidgee Claimed 185 VICTIMS

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 29 June 1917 · page 4

The 18th of June last was the 65th anniversary of the big Gundagal flood which practically swept away the old town on the flat…

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Floods at Deniliquin

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 29 June 1917 · page 2

Reports from Deniliquin state that at the beginning of the week the country was flooded for miles, and a large number of private residents…

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Droughts and Floods on the Murrumbidgee. No. Iii. First Big Flood at Wagga

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 30 June 1917 · page 8

Soon after the flood went off the site of the town I went to where our home had stood. Although the principal buildings were gone there…

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Damage by Thunderstorms. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 2 July 1917 · page 4

A number of buildings at Perth were partly wrecked yesterday morning during a thunderstorm. A thunderbolt struck some buildings and the iron roof…

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Items of News. More Floods Possible

Daily Advertiser · Friday 13 July 1917 · page 2

A warning that more floods may occur was given by the Victorian Water Commission on Wednesday. Though reports from the district which have…

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"Fairy Tales" the '52 FLOOD. To the Editor

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 19 July 1917 · page 4

Sir,—My attention has been called to the last article by Mr. James Gormly, M.L.C., on "droughts and Floods," appearing in a…

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River in Flood. Trouble Threatens

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 19 July 1917 · page 4

Will the rain ever stop? That's what we are asking. The present July is just about the dampest on record. We have not…

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Floods in South Australia. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 20 July 1917 · page 4

Further particulars of a fierce gale in South Australia show that the floods are so severe at Henley that the beach trams cannot get through. The service…

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Floods and Pioneers

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 24 July 1917 · page 2

In giving an account of the flood that swept away the old town of Gundagi in 1852, Mr. H.N. Turnbull has written the following paragraph,…

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Murray in Flood

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 24 July 1917 · page 2

On Saturday afternoon the Murray River at Albury was 14ft. 4in. above summer level, or three inches higher than the highest level in last month's…

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Heavy Rain at Gundagai

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 25 July 1917 · page 4

The rainfall in Gundagai last week totalled 396 points—the heaviest week's fall recorded locally for many years. The July fall up to the present…

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