Fierce Storm. Considerable Damage Done. Fremantle
Evening News · Tuesday 3 April 1917 · page 3
Particulars of the storm at Cossack, on the north-west coast, are to hand, stating that on Wednesday night torrential rain fell, and a fierce gale unroofed hours, uprooted trees,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Destructive Storm
Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 4 April 1917 · page 35
A violent thunderstorm broke over the Orange district on Monday afternoon, resulting in one of the heaviest downpours for a long while. The roar of the rain could be heard ten…
Continued on Trove, page 35 →Heavy Rain in Gippsland Sports, Races, and Regatta Postponed MELBOURNE
Sunday Times · Sunday 8 April 1917 · page 7
Owing to heavy rains, in Gippsland rendering the Sports Ground under water, the Athlone sports, arranged for to-day, have been postponed, and also Drouin races, until Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Launches in a Gale Smart Rescue Work
The Sun · Sunday 8 April 1917 · page 4
The gale which blew from the west on Friday and Saturday played havoc with motor launches venturing outside Sydney Heads during the blow…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hopes of Empire Based on Britain's Mighty Efforts Offensive Brilliantly Opens Canadians Storm Vimy Ridge Villages Captured After Terrific Gunfire Many Thousands of Prisoners Taken 250th Day of the Third Year of the War LONDON, Monday Night
The Sun · Tuesday 10 April 1917 · page 1
The British commenced their great offensive in the darkness along the whole front from Lens to St. Quentin. News from the front received late to-night shows that the spirit of our soldiers is magnificent…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Storms on the Coast. Southerly Gale and Large Seas
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 April 1917 · page 10
To-day's forecast:-- Further rain. Some heavy falls over coastal and on parts of the highland districts. Squally south-west to south-east winds, reaching gale force on the coast,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Show Concluded. Grounds Almost Empty. Ring Events in Heavy Rain
The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 12 April 1917 · page 6
The most successful show in the history of the Royal Agricultural Society closed yesterday. Heavy rain fell all day, and the attendance was a negligible quantity. The few…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Storm-swept Coast. Rough Seas. Total of 436 Points in the City
The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 12 April 1917 · page 6
Rough conditions continue along the coast. A southerly gale was raging yesterday, accompanied by heavy rain squalls and high seas. There was a heavy sea rolling in at the Heads,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Serious Fire in Sydney. Heavy Rain Assists Fireman
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 13 April 1917 · page 4
Sha[?] before ten o'clock on tuesday night a Are broke out in a four-storeyed brick building in Druitt S treet, Sydney. Heavy rain [?] the fire brigadr and in a [?] time the fire was put…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cyclone at the New Hebrides
The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 April 1917 · page 6
News was received in Sydney from the New Hebrides yesterday that a cyclonic storm of great fury had passed over the northern part of the group. The storm lasted several…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Gallant Men Who Defied A Storm. How Three Dauntless Mariners Won A Fortune
The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 14 April 1917 · page 1
"The courage and fine spirit and absence of physical fear displayed by these men command instant and unstinted admiration,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Mimic World Flooding Town for Films Jim Bludso Provides Thrills
Sunday Times · Sunday 15 April 1917 · page 28
The Mississippi is the scene of the action of Jim Bludso, the Triangle Fine Arts drama, in which Wilfred Lucas is starred. The old stern-wheel steamboats that were quite a feature of…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Hard Times in Trenches Soldiers' Bedrooms Flooded Eats in Haversacks Melbourne
The Sun · Sunday 15 April 1917 · page 2
To crawl, battleworn and weary, into one's dugout, and find several inches of water on the floor, is one of the discomforts with which the trench fighters in France have to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Haig's Prisoners. Week's Tally 14,000. Heavy Rain in West. London Monday Night
Evening News · Tuesday 17 April 1917 · page 1
[?] Sir Pouglas Hang [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Before the Storm
Sydney Mail · Wednesday 18 April 1917 · page 5
This fine photograph was obtained in the Cootamundra district, where, as in nearly every other part of New South Wales, the pastures are just now, as a result of the ample rains, in a wonderful state. All the indications point to another splendid wool season being experienced…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Flooding the Council
Evening News · Wednesday 18 April 1917 · page 4
The announcement in our columns yesterday that the Government intends to appoint twenty or more gentlemen to the Legislative Council will mike the ordinary citisen…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Weather. Heavy Rain in City
Evening News · Thursday 19 April 1917 · page 5
Under the influence of [?] winds, fine but [?] weather was experiments in the city on Wednesday the temperature using to [?] in the early part of the evening however heavy clouds…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →More Heavy Rain. on Coast and Highlands
Evening News · Friday 20 April 1917 · page 5
Duty to overseas weather attained along the [?] district of New South Wales yesterday, and [?] to heavy rainfalls were experienced in these [?] heavy for [?] in the Plus…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Thunderstorms on the Coast. 195 Points in Sydney
The Daily Telegraph · Friday 20 April 1917 · page 7
As the result of the slight south-east movement of the high pressure, light to heavy rain, accompanied by a few thunderstorms, has been recorded over coastal districts, and light at…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Severe Storm. in City and Suburbs. 260 Points at Undercliffe
Evening News · Saturday 21 April 1917 · page 3
One of the most severe thunderstorms experienced in the metropo[?] area for some time occurred between 3 and 4 o'clock this morning. Lighting of an intense character was followed…
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