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Floods & storms, 1917

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Adrift in a Gale. Astoria Breaks Away From Corio

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 30 July 1917 · page 3

The foundering of the tug Nyora off the coast is recalled by the arrival at Sydney yesterday of the schooner Astoria. The Nyora, it will be remembered, had the schooner in tow bound for…

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Fury in Flanders When will Storm Break ? Guns Roar From Coast to Lens Countryside Being Lashed to Pieces 361st Day of the Third Year of the War

The Sun · Monday 30 July 1917 · page 1

The vast battle in Flanders is reaching the height of its first stage. The appalling roar of the guns and the explosions of shells keep the countryside Shaking…

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Murray Flood. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 July 1917 · page 8

Great fears are being entertained by the Water Commission that the Murray flood will be the heaviest experienced for some years. The chairman stated on Saturday that the…

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Murray Flood. Waters Falling Slowly

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 30 July 1917 · page 7

BERRIGAN, Saturday. -- The flood waters on the Victorian side of the Murray River have subsided only a few inches since yesterday. There is still considerable anxiety around…

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An Unkind Wind. Money Lost in a Gale. Soldiers Story of Hard Luck

Evening News · Tuesday 31 July 1917 · page 5

In the sydney [?] and David [?] had [?]…

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Air Activity. on Western Front. Planes Missing in Storm. London, Monday Evening

Evening News · Tuesday 31 July 1917 · page 5

The following despatch has been received [?] Field Marchal Sir [?]. We carried out raids last night in the [?]ond of Lom[?]. The [?]…

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Eyes of the Army Airmen Busy in Flanders Four Lost in Severe Storm LONDON, Monday Night

The Sun · Tuesday 31 July 1917 · page 5

Field-Marshal Haig reported to-night:-- We raided the enemy's line last night in the neighborhood of Lombartzyde. The enemy's artillery is more active in…

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Murray Floods. Rise of Several Inches at Albury. [?]

Evening News · Tuesday 31 July 1917 · page 5

The flood to the Murray [?] cobram and [?] has [?] during the past two days, but a [?] of [?] Albury has been responsibilities for the [?]…

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Flood at Deniliquin Houses Inundated Large Area Under Water Deniliquin

The Sun · Tuesday 31 July 1917 · page 5

The Edward River has reached a height of 25ft. 4in., or 10in. below last month's flood level. A number of houses in North Deniliquin, on…

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Murray Floods Serious

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 1 August 1917 · page 9

As a result of washaways in the levee banks below Cobram, on the Victorian side, the railway was washed away at Mywee, six miles from Tocumwal. The Goulburn Valley train from…

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Some Storm

Co-operator · Thursday 2 August 1917 · page 5

An unusual accident is reported from Bombay. An up mixed train on the Kohat That Railway on the 6th June, between Doaba and Kaln, on…

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Women Storm Parliament Melbourne

The Sun · Thursday 2 August 1917 · page 5

Two hundred women, claiming to represent the unemployed, assembled at Federal Parliament House at 3.30 this afternoon, and clamored for admission to the galleries. As…

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Murray River Floods. Damage to Wheat Crops. [?]

Evening News · Friday 3 August 1917 · page 5

The Murray River between [?] and [?]…

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Huns' Terrible Crime. Steamer's Grew Deliberately Murdered. Flanders Battle Proceeds in a Storm. LONDON,Friday Night

Evening News · Saturday 4 August 1917 · page 1

A crime of unparalled ferocity has been revealed Germany delibrately [?] thirty-eight of the crew of the steamer Belgian…

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Enormous Damage Done by Murray Flood Many Settlers Rescued by Boats Tocumwal

Sunday Times · Sunday 5 August 1917 · page 11

The river, which has been at an exceedingly high level for the past fortnight, is still at the critical stage (19 feet), but no further dancer is feared. No damage was done on this side of…

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Murray Floods. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 August 1917 · page 8

Reports received by the Water Commission this afternon showed that the River Murray is 31ft 6in at Echuca, or 2ft above the critical flood stage; that the Goulburn River, having…

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Murray Above Flood Level. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 August 1917 · page 8

Advices received on Saturday afternoon indicated that the Murray River had risen to he height of 2ft Sin above the critical flood stage. At most of the other registering…

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Light to Heavy Rain. 175 Points at Byron Bay

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 August 1917 · page 7

Light to heavy rainfall has been recorded in the constat regions of New South Wales and on parts of tho Central tablelands. At Byron Buy 175 points were recorded, and 150 points at…

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This Morning's Cables. Deluge of Fire. Allies' Stoicism. London

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 August 1917 · page 6

M, Marcel Hutin. writing In the "Echo de Paris," says on the whole Belgian front the cannonade has been resumed with ever increasing Intensity…

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Murray Floods. Gondolas on the Flats. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 August 1917 · page 8

On the submerged parts on the Murray flats gondolas have been improvised in flotillas. They are tied up at the doorsteps of the houses and shoot in and out amongst…

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