Final Gallops for Epsom and Metrop. Randwick Tracks Heavy. Rain Spoils Morning's Woke
Evening News · Thursday 28 September 1916 · page 1
[?] was felt when rain set in on Wednesday night as trainers were [?] to give their horses their final gallops under more [?] conditions at Randwick before…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Floods. Many Townships Under Water. Residents in Danger. Melbourne
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 28 September 1916 · page 8
A somewhat anxious time is being passed by the railway authorities, owing to the Interruptions in traffic occasioned by the floods. The Goulburn Valley district has, so far, been…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Floods in Victoria. Mooroopna Under Water
The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 28 September 1916 · page 8
MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--The flood waters around Melbourne are subsiding consequent on the cessation of rain; but disastrous reports continuo to come from the countrty districts…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Markambo in a Gale
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 29 September 1916 · page 9
The Burns, Philip steamer Makambo, which arrived at Sydney yesterday evening at 5 o'clock from the New Hebrides, had a rough passage. Head winds and high seas were experienced throught the trip. When…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Steamers in the Storm
Evening News · Friday 29 September 1916 · page 7
The steamer [?] of the Australian [?] which arrived at Sydney this morning from [?] under commenced of Cap[?] force of a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Rain Storm Serious Floods Victoria Many Lives Lost and Much Damage
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 29 September 1916 · page 4
[?] have occurred in con[?] with the Victorian floods, which have become more and more devastating with each day of unprecedented rain…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Industrial Strife a Stop-Work on the Wharves Mutterings of the Coming Storm
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 29 September 1916 · page 5
The Sydney wharf laborers [?] a stop-work meeting at the Sydney Town Hall yesterday (Thursday) to discuss what attitude they would take in respect to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Flemington Sales Exceptional Prices Paid the Market Disorganised by Floods
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 29 September 1916 · page 5
At the Flemington (Melbourne) live stock market on Tuesday about 13,800 sheep were yarded. The heavy rains and floods were responsible for a shortage of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →To-morrow's Races. Will They Be Held? Condition of Randwick Course. Partially Flooded
Evening News · Friday 29 September 1916 · page 6
The question [?]at agitated racing meo to-day was whether or not the Australian Jockey Club would open its spring campaign to-morrow at Randwick Inquiry at the office, 6…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Rain. Heavy in Suburbs. Floods at Canterbury. (Continued from Page 6.)
Evening News · Friday 29 September 1916 · page 7
[?] in terr[?] to the Western Suburbs [?] night, and if anything increased in [?] early [?] of this [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Murray in Flood. [?]R[?]
Evening News · Friday 29 September 1916 · page 7
A[?] his [?] [?] car[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Flood in Murrumbidgee. Balranald
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 29 September 1916 · page 6
The Murrumbidgee River to-day reached 17 feet, being the highest flood since 1906. Phenomenal rains have fallen in the back country, registering up to 4½ inches in places…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Goulburn Valley Floods Large Inland Sea. Melbourne
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 29 September 1916 · page 6
Though the Goulburn River waa falling to-day at Shepparton and Mooroopna, the position downstream was growing worse, and the floods were spreading…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cook's River in Flood Traffic Disorganised
The Sun · Friday 29 September 1916 · page 5
The total rainfall in Sydney for the 24 hours ending at 9 a.m. today amounted to 186 points, and in the suburbs the falls wore even heavier…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sydney's Water Supply. Increased As Result of Heavy Rain Cataract and Prospect Filling
Evening News · Saturday 30 September 1916 · page 6
As a result of yesterday's rain, which [?]minated in heavy falls, sufficient extra water has run into Calaract and Prospect dams, or wall drain into them to-day, to supply Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Flemington Racecourse in Flood. Victoria's Famous Course Becomes a Vast Lake
The Mirror of Australia · Saturday 30 September 1916 · page 4
The recent disastrous floods in Victoria have done extensive damage to property. Flemington Racecourse, where the Melbourne Cup will be run in a few weeks, is under water. Our photo, shows a view of the flooded course from the St. Leger Stand…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Cycling Strenuous Victorian Trial: Experiences in Floods
Arrow · Saturday 30 September 1916 · page 7
While everything else was postponed owing to the record floods in Victoria, the big motor-cycle reliability trial was contested on Saturday day. It proved to be one of the most…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The South Coast. Business Places Flooded
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 September 1916 · page 20
WOLLONGONG.—-Heavy rain started to fall here on Thursday night and up to 9 o'clock on Friday morning, 180 points had fallen, About 10 o'clock on Friday morning torrential rains fell, over and inch…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 September 1916 · page 20
In Sydney, the rainstorm was much in evidence throughout Thursday, and light showers during the day were followed by heavy rain in the evening, and a further downpour, with…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Cataract Dam Rising Upper Nepean in Flood Good Flow Into Prospect
The Sun · Saturday 30 September 1916 · page 6
One feature of the improvement in the city water supply is the good rise in the Upper Nepean. The water is now flowing very strongly to Pheasant's Nest, and is…
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