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Floods & storms, 1917

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The Floods in Queensland. Extensive Submerged Areas. the Comet Creek Deluge. Heroic Rescue Work

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 January 1917 · page 5

EMERALD, Thursday.—The falling of the waters of Comet Greek and elsewhere is bringing many stories of suffering and heroism; and there have been enormous losses of stock…

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The Monsoonal Storm. Further Rain

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 January 1917 · page 7

The monsoonal rainstorm still extends over most of eastern Australia, but its influence in New South Wales during the 24 hours ended at 9 a.m. yesterday was limited to the…

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Steamer Canberra in the Storm

Evening News · Friday 5 January 1917 · page 3

The Canberra of the [?] line, which arrived at Sydney [?] from Queensland [?] the rain storm which [?]…

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The Wheat Harvest. Storms, Rust and Pools. Can the Farmers' Get through?

The Land · Friday 5 January 1917 · page 5

People in Sydney cannot realise that the last few weeks Have made all the difference in this State between a good havest and an indifferent one. In the…

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The Soulless Hun Boat Crews Left in Howling Gale LONDON, Thursday Night

The Sun · Friday 5 January 1917 · page 5

The Admiralty made the following announcement to-day;-- Besides the cases of the Rappahannock and Westminster a further instance has…

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Queensland Floods. Enormous Damage. Rivers Still Rising. Rescue Work on a Raft. Brisbane, Friday Morning

Evening News · Friday 5 January 1917 · page 1

As details of the great [?] they indicate that it was, indeed, a record, and that its discussions effects are by no means over. Many thrilling rescues are now being…

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Queensland Floods An Unprecedented Disaster Sixty Dead and Buried; Sixty Missing

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 5 January 1917 · page 4

Abnormally heavy rains are still fulling in Queensland and the latest information shows that the floods are extending over almost the whole of the interior…

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The Rain. Light to Heavy Showers. Many Thunderstorms

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 5 January 1917 · page 13

During the last three days, ended Thursday, light to heavy rain has fallen in every division of the State, with the exception of the North Coast and Northern…

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The Clermont Flood. Heavy Death Roll. the Wrecking of a Town. Sixteen Inches of Rain

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 5 January 1917 · page 5

A most disastrous flood is reported from Clermont, Queensland. Up to Tuesday morning sixty fatalities were known. The story of the flood is told…

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The Clermont Flood. Losses in Stock

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 5 January 1917 · page 13

Mr. A. E. Williams, secretary of the Building Employees' Union, who returned to Brisbane, status that between. Yamala and Comet there are hundreds…

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Train Held Up. Record Flood at Richmond. Richmond (Q.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 January 1917 · page 8

It has been raining here for the past week, and there has been a recorded fall of fourteen inches. Flinders River is in flood—the biggest flood on record. It is reported that…

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The Flood. Many People Swept Away. Destruction of Clermont Terrifying Scenes. Great Loss of Life. Clermont (Q.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 January 1917 · page 7

Immediately following upon the Christmas holidays with appalling suddenness the town of Clermont met with a disaster compared with which previous troubles were the veriest…

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Queensland Floods

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 January 1917 · page 6

Central Queeusland has been passing through deep waters, actually and figuratively, in the last week or two, and much sympathy has gone out to the…

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New Zealand Floods. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 January 1917 · page 8

Following upon an exceptional heavy rainfal, the Hawkes Bay rivers are flooded. Unless the stormy weather abates soon serious damage is expected…

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Queensland's Trial Mere Floods Feared Rockhampton's Danger 10,000 Sheep Lost Brisbane

The Sun · Friday 5 January 1917 · page 5

The Divisional Meteorological Office, in its notes last evening, states that conditions are very suspicious north eastwards and eastwards from Townsville. A disturbance will…

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Floods in New Zealand

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 January 1917 · page 6

WELLINGTON. Thursday.—Heavy rains have been recorded at Hawkes Bay. The rivers are rising, and some low-lying areas have been flooded, causing fear among the residents…

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Earlier Great Floods. Old-time Reminiscences

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 January 1917 · page 5

"You have asked me for a yarn about the early days of Clermont," said Mr. W. Douglas Campbell, an old Queenslander, now resident in Sydney, yesterday. "Well, I have known…

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Flinders River in Flood. Surrounding Country Submerged

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 January 1917 · page 5

BRISBANE, Thursday.—Advice has been received from Hughenden that the Flinders River is in high flood, and has broken its banks. The surrounding country is under water…

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Another Flood Anticipated Muttaburra Preparing

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 January 1917 · page 5

BRISBANE, Thursday.--The Deputy-Postmaster-General is in receipt of the following urgent wire from the postmaster at Longreach:-- "Muttaburra advises that a big flood is…

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Destructive Storm. Narrabri

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 January 1917 · page 14

A storm, accompanied by heavy rain, passed over the town last evening. The rain lasted only about half an hour, but did considerable damage at West Narrabri, where a…

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