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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1916

894 stories in Sydney's papers · page 34 of 45

Commercial. Sussex-street Trade. To-day's Business. Poultry Delayed by Floods Mortality Among Chicks

Evening News · Monday 9 October 1916 · page 3

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Floods. Losses on the Hawkesbury' Wilberforce

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 October 1916 · page 8

The Hawkesbury is in flood. It is the biggest flood for over 12 years; the river having risen 33 feet at Windsor. All the orchards and farms at Wilbeiforce, Freeman's Reach,…

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Flood at Forbes Exciting Experiences Wheat Stack Suffers Heavily FORBES

The Sun · Monday 9 October 1916 · page 3

The River Lachlan is now subsiding, although Forbes is cut off from its main suburbs--North Hill and Camp Hill. People are being brought across in boats. The…

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The Floods. Belubula River

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 October 1916 · page 6

CANOWINDRA, Sunday.—The biggest flood ever known in the history of the district occurred on Thursday night. The Belubula River reached a height never known before. The…

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Randwick Training. Morning Storm Restricts Gallops

Evening News · Tuesday 10 October 1916 · page 4

As only so points of rain fell at Randwick during last night, the middle grass track was open this morning at half-past 5 o'clock. Only about half a dozen horses has worked steadily, when a…

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Forbes Flooded. Houses Washed Away. Coach Capsized and Passenger Drowned. Railway Damaged

Evening News · Tuesday 10 October 1916 · page 4

A [?]rush of madly fifthy water invaded the town about 3 o'clock on Saturday afternoon. Owing to the heavy soaking rats of the past week [?] at Cowra had risen…

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A Week of Floods N.S.W. Rivsrs Overflow Serious Destruction of Property

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 10 October 1916 · page 5

Such rains as New South Wales has had during the Past [?]night had necessarily to be allowed by flouds, for Naruie has not bank Australian rivers, of sufficient…

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Caught by the Flood

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 10 October 1916 · page 4

Last week, while attempting to cross the Barwon near 20-mile gate, a blind man and his wife, who are well-known in the district, were caught in the…

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Floods. Damage on the Lachlan. Heavy Losses. Forbes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 October 1916 · page 10

In the Lachlan Valley this will be known as the year of floods, as seven of considerable magnitude have occurred since the wet season commenced; but none so serious as the last…

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Country Floods. Houses Carried Away. a Boy Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 October 1916 · page 6

FORBES, Monday.—The flood waters reached their maximum on Saturday at midnight—five inches above the 1900 mark. The flood has fallen since at about an inch an hour, and is…

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Unsettled on the Coast. Light to Heavy Rain

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 October 1916 · page 11

Storm influence in New South Wales was yesterday morning confined to the central and south coastal districts, and to scattered places on the tablelands, cloudy to overcast conditions…

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Trawling in a Gale

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 11 October 1916 · page 11

The State trawler Brolga, under command of Captain M. Cole, put up a fine performance during the bad weather in the early part of this week. The vessel went to sea on…

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Forbes Flood Subsides. Boy's Body Found

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 October 1916 · page 14

FORBES, Tuesday.--The flood water is slowly receding, and foot traffic is possible between the north and Camp Hill and town. The body of the boy Hurley was found…

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Floods at Manly, near Sydney

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 11 October 1916 · page 46

View from Queenscliff, showing Freshwater Lagoon and Manly Golf Links during the recent Floods. Cottages in Pittwater-road, North Manly, surrounded by water…

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Hints to Producers. Dairy Pastures Flooded

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 11 October 1916 · page 4

The butter and cheese makers along the South Coast have a vivid recollection of how floods in past years reduced the output of milk, and consequently of butter and cheese,…

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The Cumberland Argus AND Fruitgrowers' Advocate, with Which Are Incorporated The Cumberland Mercury, River Times, Weekly Advance, Cumberland Free Press and Ryde Electorate Press. Parramatta, October 11, 1916. Current News. a Big Flood

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 11 October 1916 · page 2

The biggest flood the Hawkesbury has experienced for 15 years occurred on Friday. The river rose to a height of 42ft., being 16ft. over the bridge at North…

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Lachlan Flood. Settlers Sustain Heavy Loss. Goolagong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 October 1916 · page 8

residents of the Lachlan Valley are experiencing a most disastrous flood. For miles the country is under water. People living along the river are homeless, and in some…

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