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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1916

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Flood of Munitions. Australian Workers in England. Britain's Mighty Fleet

Evening News · Monday 7 August 1916 · page 3

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Floods in New Zealand. Large Tracts [?]undated

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 8 August 1916 · page 5

The storm that visited the North Island of New Zealand has now abated Napier reports a heavy rainfall: parts of the town were flooded, and the adjacent…

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Mail Delayed by Flooded Creeks. Cowra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 August 1916 · page 8

Owing to the continuous rains the creeks and watercourses emptying into the river are running strong. By reason of their boggy condition the roads are generally impassable…

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Preparing for a Flood Forbes Looks Ahead

The Sun · Tuesday 8 August 1916 · page 3

Forbes is preparing for a rainy day. Recently the Federal Weather Department predicted flood rains in the district to which Forbes belongs. The local authorities…

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Two Brothers Drowned Boat Upsets in Flooded River FORBES

The Sun · Tuesday 8 August 1916 · page 5

A drowning fatality occured in the Lachlan River, near Eugowra, yesterday afternoon, Albert and Charles Herbert, aged 21 and 20 respectively, sons of Mr. James Herbert,…

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Australians Storm the Trenches

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 9 August 1916 · page 13

Mr. Philip Gibbs, the special correspondent of the ''Daily Chronicle''on' the western front, sends the following to that newspaper:-— At dusk on August: 4 the Australians, with…

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The Lachlan in Flood. Forbes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 August 1916 · page 12

The Lachlan River, which has been practically in a flooded state since early in June, is again beginning to rise, and as rain is now falling the danger of a flood is causing concern to many residents of…

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Storm in the City. Heavy Rain and Hail This Morning. Ten Points in Three Minutes

Evening News · Thursday 10 August 1916 · page 4

The southerly surge of the pressure condition brought monsoonal activity into co-operation with the high pressure and resulted in some useful rain over the north-eastern half…

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Heavy Rain and Hail. Deluge in Eastern Suburbs

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 August 1916 · page 8

A shurp thunderstorm of tropical origin broke over the metropolitan area shortly be fore 5 o'clock yesterday morning. Vivid lightning and remarkably heavy peals of thunder…

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Mail Delayed by Floods

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 11 August 1916 · page 4

[?] says: [?] she continues rains the [?] complying theis the [?] are running [?] Hy reason of theis Boggy [?] the [?]…

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Dense Morning Fog Heavy Rain on North Coast Fine Conditions Elsewhere

The Sun · Saturday 12 August 1916 · page 6

New South Wales.--Fine, with cold, frosty, foggy night, followed us unsettled weather, with showers in the far west, gradually extending eastwards. Variable…

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The Coming of the Storm

The Mirror of Australia · Saturday 12 August 1916 · page 6

But now the whole sky was covered with cloud, which shut out the sun. To hold to an easterly direction without the guidance of a compass was practically…

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How the Money Goes. Floods at Canberra. Waste in Machinery

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 August 1916 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Friday.--Mr. W. G. Hiscock, expert accountant and valuer, was further examined before the Home Affairs inquiry to-day. He stated, in reply to Mr. Owen (director of…

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Broken Hill. Socialist Storm Centre City of Dust and Discord Paradise for Red-raggers

The Sun · Sunday 13 August 1916 · page 3

Broken Hill perennially comes into the limelight for one reason or another. Usually it is on account of a strike. Just now the place is gaining notoriety because of its…

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Worn Cut! Houses Past Their Prime Flooded in Wet Weather

Sunday Times · Sunday 13 August 1916 · page 13

In Ultimo-road, not far from George-street, and well within the metropolitan area, arc a few buildings which could with advantage lo the general prospect be replaced by others…

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Storm Passes Eastward

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 14 August 1916 · page 8

The monsoonal storm responsible for the recent widespread rains in New South Wales has passed away eastward, but, before clearing the Australian coast, it caused further heavy…

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Believed Lost in Flood

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 15 August 1916 · page 3

NARRANDERA, Monday.-- Mr. George Begg, a farmer at Della Pool, about 15 miles from Narrandera, left home on Friday with the intention of going to Narrandera. but he has not been…

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At the Front. Letters From Soldiers. Storms of Shelis

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 August 1916 · page 7

A vivid description of the conditions surrounding the Australians on the Western front in France is given by Gunner Dave Worrall in a letter to a Bathurst friend. "I…

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Farmer Drowned in Flood

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 17 August 1916 · page 6

NARRANDERA, Wednesday.--A search party yesterday found the body of George Beggs, a farmer, of Delia Pool Estate, who left home on Friday, driving a horse and sulky, with the…

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A Farmer's Disappearance. Body Found in Flooded Creek

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 18 August 1916 · page 4

George Begg, a farmer at Della Pool, about fifteen miles from Narrandera, left home on Friday with intention of going to Narrandera, but he has not been…

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