Murray Floods. Highest for Forty Years. Albury
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 October 1917 · page 8
The flood in the Murray at Albury reached 15ft 7in above summer level late last night. This is the greatest height registered for 40 years. At 9 o'clock this morning the waters…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Rivers in Flood. Boats in Albury Streets
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 9 October 1917 · page 4
ALBURY, Monday.--The Murray River gauge to-night showed a fall of 8in. during the previous 12 hours. All boats available in the town were used this morning for ferrying shop girls…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Murray River Flood. Much Above Levels. [?]
Evening News · Wednesday 10 October 1917 · page 1
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Continued on Trove, page 1 →Lonesome Heights. [All Rights Reserved.] Chapter Xvii. Flood-tide
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 October 1917 · page 6
June had come to Cringle Dene. Not long ago buds had been afraid to break, for the wind would shift from west to cast in a night, and come snarling down the meer in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Albury Floods No Serious Damage Albury
The Sun · Wednesday 10 October 1917 · page 4
Greatly exaggerated reports concerning the Hoods at Albury have been published in Sydney papers. Only residents on the extreme low-lying portions of the town have been affected…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Murray Floods. Danger Below Echuca
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 10 October 1917 · page 8
ALBURY. Tuesday.--Flood waters continue to recede slowly. There has been a fall of inches since last night. Many homes area still uninhabitable, and infected with insects…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Murray Floods
Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 10 October 1917 · page 36
Increased anxiety has been occasioned in regard to the Murray floods. There were heavy falls of rain last week, measuring 148 points. South Albury, known as The Flat, was flooded…
Continued on Trove, page 36 →Floods in China. Business Paralysed. London, Wednesday Night
Evening News · Thursday 11 October 1917 · page 5
A report from Tientsin states that business is almost at a standstill owing to the floods. Fifteen thousand square miles of country are [?]nundaled. The French, British, and Japanese…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Murray Floods. Waters Abating. Howlong
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 October 1917 · page 8
Intense anxiety has been felt by residents on both sides of the Murray during the last few days owing to the floods, which have been the highest the town has experienced for…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Murray Flood. Berrigan
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 October 1917 · page 5
The Murray river at Barooga receded 3in to-day, after reaching 22ft 3in yesterday. Fulls were also recorded up the stream. Nurse Mary Roe, William-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Floods in China. Tientsin, Oct. 10
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 October 1917 · page 7
Business is almost at a standstill owing to the floods, 15,000 square miles of country being inundated. The French, British, and Japanese authorities are making efforts to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Floods in China. London
The Daily Telegraph · Friday 12 October 1917 · page 5
A message from Tientsin says that business is almost at a standstill owing to the floods. Fifteen thousand square miles of territory are inundated. The French, British, and Japanese…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →500 Prisoners Taken Heavy Rain Stops Advance
Sunday Times · Sunday 14 October 1917 · page 1
Sir Douglas Haig's report, issued at 1 a.m. states :— Notwithstanding the night's heavy rain the troops formed up for this morning's attack made…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Floods at Albury
Sunday Times · Sunday 14 October 1917 · page 9
BOWLING GREEN UNDER WATER. RESIDENTIAL AREA INUNDATED. ANOTHER WATERY AREA…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The New Breakwater at Burnie. Damaged by Gale
Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 16 October 1917 · page 2
At the Burnie Marine Board meeting last week the engineer reported that the total distance of the new breakwater from high-water mark was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Great World War From Day to Day. Fifth Heavy Blow Rain Retards the Advance Hand-to-hand Fighting in Quagmires
The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 16 October 1917 · page 2
Blow follows blow with increasing rapidity upon the German positions north-east of Ypres along the Passchendacle Ridge. Sir Douglas Haig began his…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miss Ada Reeve Carries New Zealand by Storm Dunedin Contributes £650 in Two Nights to Anzac Buffet Fund
Referee · Wednesday 17 October 1917 · page 14
Miss Ada Reeve is accustomed to big houses and exuberant success, but in New Zealand she is eclipsing her own records. She crowded the theatre in Auckland, and right through to…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Summer Weather. Thunderstorms in the West
Evening News · Wednesday 17 October 1917 · page 5
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Continued on Trove, page 5 →Thunderstorms. Hot and Sultry Weather. Good Rain in the Country
Evening News · Thursday 18 October 1917 · page 5
T[?] the influence [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Murray Forests a Profitably "Joke" How the Flooded Gums Were Saved
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 19 October 1917 · page 3
In connection with the re-afforestation proposals for New South Wales, the following particulars of the red gum trees on the state forests on the banks of the…
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