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Floods & storms, 1918

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Big Floods. One Deluge Causes a Loss of £200,000,000

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 27 June 1918 · page 3

Recent floods in North China have wrought damage to the extent of over £200,000,000. Streams have been turned into rivers two miles wide…

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Back to Old Line. Austrians Showing Strong Resistance Flooded River Hampers Italians. Australian Success at Meteren. Czecho-slovaks in Siberia. London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 27 June 1918 · page 2

The latest information received in London was despatched from Italy at 6 p.m. on Monday, and shows that the Italians in the mountains are attacking Monte di Val Bella and Monte Asolone. They were advancing,…

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Little Change in Situation. Piave Still Flooded

Daily Advertiser · Friday 28 June 1918 · page 2

There is little change in the Italian military situation. Both belligercuts are apparently surveying their positions. The Italians have decided to…

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Storm of Criticism. "Coarse Abuse and Vile Insinuations." London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 1 July 1918 · page 2

A storm of Newspaper criticism has broken out around Mr. Hughes. The "Daily News" in a leader says that Mr. Hughes is bespattering the…

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Storm In Tasmania. SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 10 July 1918 · page 2

A heavy thunder and wind storm occurred throughout the west coast of Tasmania. The Grand Hotel and Gaiety…

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Disastrous Floods. in Austria and South Germany. London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 12 July 1918 · page 2

Reuter's Zurich correspondent, writing on Wednesday, says that Vienna newspapers give further details of the heavy and continuous rains and serious…

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Storm Portents. Ominous Silence Reigns

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 16 July 1918 · page 2

Reuter's correspondent at British headquarters says that the peacefulness at the front has now reached a pitch which may be labelled suspicious. The…

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Wagga's New Flood Boat Purchase Agreed Upon

Daily Advertiser · Friday 19 July 1918 · page 2

A letter was read at last night's meeting of the Wagga Municipal Council, submitting prices and designs in boats which it was thought…

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Flood Abatement Scheme

Daily Advertiser · Friday 19 July 1918 · page 2

The Works Committee of the Wagga Council reported at the meeting last night that Messrs. Edwardes and Oxley had submitted a report and…

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Drought Finally Broken. But Floods Feared. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 24 July 1918 · page 2

Mr. Mares, State Meteorologist, stated this morning that owing to the persistent heavy nature of the rains since the break of the dry spell he was afraid…

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Rain in Sydney. Suburbs Drenched. Flood at Wollongong. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 25 July 1918 · page 2

Heavy rains continued in many parts of the State yesterday. Since the storm commenced 15 inches of rain has been registered over the…

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Flood Prevention Scheme. the Wagga-proposal. Joint Report by Shire Engineers

Daily Advertiser · Friday 2 August 1918 · page 3

At last night's meeting of the Wagga Council Messrs. F.N. Oxley and P. L. Edwardes, engineers respectively of the Kyeamba and…

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Heavy Rain at Holbrook

Daily Advertiser · Monday 12 August 1918 · page 4

Our Holbrook correspondent writes: —Heavy rains have fallen since Sunday and 442 points had been registered up to Friday morning. All the creeks are…

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The Rush of Rain. the Flood Misses

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Monday 12 August 1918 · page 2

On Friday night many Gundagai folk went to bed in the belief that next morning would see a flood!…

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Flood Boat's Trial Trip

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 13 August 1918 · page 2

The council's new Hood boat arrived at the end of last week and pending the erection of a suitable shed has been placed on the bank of the Wollundry…

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Pte. Sam. Flood

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 13 August 1918 · page 4

Writing to his sister Mrs. Darlow, on 9/6/18: I am getting along all right after being wounded on the 5th of this month. I was…

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Sensation in Assembly. Mr. M'girr Raises a Storm. Cabinet Members Accused of Profiteering. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 16 August 1918 · page 3

In the Assembly to-night, Mr. J. J. G. M'Girr (Yass) raised a veritable governmental hornets' nest around his head when he asked the Acting-Premier…

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Miscellaneous Stolen Crown. Restored by a Big Storm

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Thursday 22 August 1918 · page 6

European Powers may be pretty hard-up when the war comes to an end, and all manner of schemes will probably have to be adopted to scrape…

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A Real Flood

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 23 August 1918 · page 2

Onyx: "My wife burst into a flood of tears the other night." Bronx: "Did she cause any trouble" Onyx: "I should say so. Swept away three…

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A Lucky Thunderstorm

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 29 August 1918 · page 2

It had been a "dour", brooding day—one felt oppressed with that curious sense of dread and expectancy which a storm in the air produces…

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