Terrific Gale in Sydney. Excitement in the Harbor. One Man Electrocuted. SYDNEY
Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 19 September 1917 · page 2
A terrific gale swept over the city and suburbs early this morning, accompanied by a torrential downpour. The wind reached the velocity of 50…
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The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 20 September 1917 · page 5
The storm has now passed away. The steamer Archer, which met the full force of the gale…
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Daily Advertiser · Thursday 20 September 1917 · page 3
A terrific gale swept over the city and suburbs early this morning, accompanied by a torrential downpour. The wind reached a velocity of 50 miles per…
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Daily Advertiser · Friday 21 September 1917 · page 1
It is estimated that the damage in the eastern suburbs by the storm was nearly £20,000. At North Sydney alone the damage was fully £5000…
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Daily Advertiser · Saturday 29 September 1917 · page 3
A series of thunderstorms, preceded by a considerable rise in temperature, visited Wagga and district yesterday afternoon and evening. In the town…
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Daily Advertiser · Friday 5 October 1917 · page 3
A message from Tokio states that the most destructive typhoon and flood that has occurred within 20 years destroyed thousands of buildings and rendered…
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The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Monday 8 October 1917 · page 3
An Albury message states that a great flood came down the Murray River yesterday, and overtook South Albury by surprise…
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The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Monday 8 October 1917 · page 2
Gundagai woke up on Saturday morning in a manner similar to what the populace of old Gundagai did in the year 1852…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Murray Above Flood Stage. Critical Position in North-east Victoria. Sydney
Daily Advertiser · Monday 8 October 1917 · page 2
The River Murray at Albury is now ten inches above flood stage. The upper part of the river near Walwa is greatly swollen…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Storm and Rain. Enemy Advance Broken. London
Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 9 October 1917 · page 2
Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports:—The weather was stormy and heavy rain fell all day. An attempted enemy…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Storm and Rain. Fighting in Flanders Bogs. Wounded Men Dug Out. British Success on Euphrates. Hemming in the Turks. Western Front. German Lies. Attempt to Allay Uneasiness. London
Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 9 October 1917 · page 2
A German General Staff communique attempts to allay German uneasiness, stating that there is a movement in Britain against the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Flood. Wholesale Damage and Devastation
The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 9 October 1917 · page 3
THE Tumut district experienced its record flood for 75 years on Friday last, the waters between 6 and 7 p.m. reaching 13ft 6in above summer level…
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Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 9 October 1917 · page 4
The Murray River, after being in intermittent flood for over four months, reached the highest point recorded since 1870 on Sunday and scores of residents…
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Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 10 October 1917 · page 3
The river heights, as officially recorded at 9 a.m. yesterday, were:—Wagga, 27ft., and Gundagai 20ft 10in., showing a subsidence, so far as Wagga…
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Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 10 October 1917 · page 2
Enormous floods are reported in the north of China, in a densely populated area of 20,000 square miles. It has become an immense…
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Daily Advertiser · Thursday 11 October 1917 · page 3
Reuter's Shanghai correspondent reports enormous floods in North China. A densely-populated area of 20,000 square miles has become an immense…
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Daily Advertiser · Friday 12 October 1917 · page 2
When the works committee's recommendation was before the Wagga Council last night, relative to the purchase of a new flood boat, Ald. Dobney…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soldiers' Letters. [The editor would be glad to receive soldiers letters for publication.] Pte. Stan Flood
Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 17 October 1917 · page 4
Franco, 10/8/17: I am still all right, although I haven't the health I used to enjoy. After two years of this life I am not suite sure that…
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Daily Advertiser · Thursday 18 October 1917 · page 2
A violent electrical disturbance passel over Wagga about 4.30 yesterday morning. Vivid lightning lit up the town and the district for miles around and…
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The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 19 October 1917 · page 3
It was a wonderful experience on Wednesday to be in one of the worst storms known in Sydney. Few women braved the elements. Yet when the disturbance reached its height it was…
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