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Floods & storms, 1916

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Orchards Damaged. Business Premises Flooded. Millthorpe

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 28 December 1916 · page 7

The most destructive storm within living memory broke over the town and district on Christmas Eve at about 5 p.m. Rain fell in torrents, accompanied by bailstones, and…

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Heavy Rain in the West. Six Lives Lost

The Land · Friday 29 December 1916 · page 9

Six persons were drowned in heavy floods on Monday in the western district. Heavy rain fell on Sunday in the Millthorpe district, and soon all the district…

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Coastal Gale. Damage to Property. Mackay

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 29 December 1916 · page 7

A gale has raged here during the past few days. Roofs were blown off several houses, and at Flat Top portion of the wall erected by the Harbour Board during the progress of…

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Holiday Tragedies Many Persons Drowned Devastating Storms in the Orange District

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 29 December 1916 · page 4

The most devastating storm in the history of the Orange(N.S.W.)district occurred on Sunday evening, and as a result six persons were drowned and an…

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Floods and Hailstorms

The Land · Friday 29 December 1916 · page 9

Millthorpe: Christmas 1916 will be long remembered as the darkest in the history of Millthorpe and district. The scene of destruction upon which…

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Queensland Floods. Considerable Damage Done

Evening News · Friday 29 December 1916 · page 1

Torrential rains have fallen in Queensland from the coast to the [?]waters of the [?] River and the head of M[?] creek, had considerable damage has been done. The…

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Floods in Tasmania

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 29 December 1916 · page 4

Heavy rains felt in Tasmania last week, and there were floods in the midlands. The train service between [?] and Hobart was so pended for some time…

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Terrible Thunderstorm. Black Christmas Eve. Heavy Damage in Number of Districts

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 29 December 1916 · page 13

Christmas Eve, 1916, will be long remembered in a number of districts of New South Wales for its terrible storm of rain, hail and wind. The damage…

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Queensland Floods. Extensive Damage. Railway Washaways

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 29 December 1916 · page 5

BRISBANE, Thursday,The latest advices concerning the cyclonic - disturbance affecting the central coastal and western districts of Queensland Indicate that it has passed to the…

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Storms in the Country

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 30 December 1916 · page 12

A wire from Bathurst gives particulars of a most violent storm on Monday in the near west:—Six persons were drowned in heavy Hoods on Christmas Day in the…

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The Regent Storm. Damage at Carcoar

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 30 December 1916 · page 10

CARCOAR, Friday.--An estimate of the damage done by the recent hailstorm within a 15 mile radius of Carcoar can now be roughly formed…

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Floods in Queensland

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 30 December 1916 · page 11

BRISBANE, Friday.--It rained heavily to-day in the west, and Hoods are feared at Charieville. Shearing is hung up. The main railway line at Blackall has been washed away, and the…

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Scattered Thunderstorms

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 30 December 1916 · page 11

Monsooual rainstorm energy is still predominant in Queensland, and has produced another light to moderate rainfall there fairly generally, except to the south-east. The storm to…

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Great Floods in Queensland Brisbane

Sunday Times · Sunday 31 December 1916 · page 2

At the junction of the Goa and Comet rivers there is the highest flood in the history of the district. The water has risen above the flood gauge, which registers to 66ft above Summer…

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River in Flood Brisbane

The Sun · Sunday 31 December 1916 · page 2

The Mackenzie River, in Central Queensland, is in flood. The gauge indicating 69ft. above summer level at Comet was covered by several feet of water at 9 o'clock to-day…

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