Murray Floods. Great Areas Under Water. 500 People Homeless. Melbourne
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 October 1917 · page 7
At Albury about a nundred familles, representing nearly 500 people, have been rendered homeless, and the total number whom the water has driven from their homes in…
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The Sun · Thursday 25 October 1917 · page 2
The bridge on the main road from Albury to Wodonga. A section of thirty yards has disappeared in the flood waters. The railway bridge connecting New South Wales and Victoria. Part of the over the flat near the railway bridge…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Murray Floods Wentworth Threatened
The Sun · Thursday 25 October 1917 · page 7
A telegram was received by the Chief Secretary, through the Police Department, this morning, intimating that a further flood of the Murray waters is reaching Wentworth,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Squally and Unsettled. Heavy Rain at Bullahdelah
The Daily Telegraph · Friday 26 October 1917 · page 6
Unsettled, showery conditions, with cool and squally southerly winds, were experienced along the coast, and on ports of the highlands and slopes. The resultant amounts of rainfall…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Land Court Storm a Queensland Scandal Charges by the Minister for Lands
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 26 October 1917 · page 3
Before commencing the business of the Queensland Land Court in Brisbane last week the chairman (Mr. P. W. Shannon) referred to a paragraph that had…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Disastrous Floods The Murray Basin a Sea Huge Damage in Town and Country
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 26 October 1917 · page 4
Serious floods have occurred in the Murray River valley and although, fortunately, unattended by loss of life, enormous damage has been done. For…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Flemington Sales Floods Affect the Supply Exceptionally High Rates for Cattle
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 26 October 1917 · page 5
At the Flemington (Melbourne) live stock market on Tuesday 17,400 fat sheep were invoiced, but owing to floods a number of consignments failed to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Murray River Flood. Damage to Streets and Bridges. Albury [?]
Evening News · Friday 26 October 1917 · page 5
[?] South Albury the [?] who [?] to temporarily leave their [?] to [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Murray Floods. Waters Receding. Albury
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 October 1917 · page 7
The Murray to-night had fallen 2ft 2ln since Monday night, the present height being 14ft 8ln above summer level. The water is now passing out of the flooded houses of South Albury,…
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The Daily Telegraph · Friday 26 October 1917 · page 6
BERRIGAN, Thursday.--The Murray River at Cobram up to 5 p.m. to-day had scarcely receded two inches during the past 24 hours. It is feared that owing to the swollen state of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Cyclone
The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 27 October 1917 · page 5
A cyclone is [?] air at a high pressure into or toward a centre of low present in constantly our rowing circles or spirals and through…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Storm in London (Published in "The Times") LONDON, Friday Night
The Sun · Saturday 27 October 1917 · page 5
A gale with a velocity of 70 miles an hour passed over London on Wednesday and Thursday, uprooting numberless trees and wrecking houses. Two people were killed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Murray Floods. Water Receding. Berrigan
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 October 1917 · page 18
The Murray River at Yarrawonga fell 2 feet 1 inch yesterday, and is now 21 feet 6 inches above summer level. At Cobram a fall of 1 foot was registered to-day, [?]d the main street…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →The Murray Flood Mildura May Be Inundated Melbourne
The Sun · Saturday 27 October 1917 · page 5
Official reports received by the water Commission today show that the Murray River at Echuca has risen 7in. since yesterday. The height of the water is now 31ft. or…
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Sunday Times · Sunday 28 October 1917 · page 5
At Echuca there has been a rise of seven inches in the Murray since yesterday. The river now registers 31 feet or 2 feet above flood level. A serious Hood at Mildura is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Victorian Floods Murray Dangerously High Damage on the Railways MELBOURNE
The Sun · Sunday 28 October 1917 · page 2
Through the junctioning of the waters of the Upper Murray and the Goulburn Rivers the Murray River at Echuca has risen 7[?]in. since yesterday. The height of the water is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Murray Flood. Lower River Districts Threatened. Melbourne
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 October 1917 · page 7
The chairman of the Water Commission stated on Saturday that the flooding in the Upper Murray was then being concentrated at Echuca, where the river had risen 7in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Flood at Deniliquin Business Suspended Deniliquin
The Sun · Monday 29 October 1917 · page 5
The flood now being experienced hero is the highest that has occurred during the past 47 years. The water from the Murray reached the Edward River on Thursday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Damage by Floods. Crops and Bridges. Houses Surrounded by Water
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 29 October 1917 · page 5
CULCAIRN, Saturday.--Some of the residents along the banks of the Billabong had narrow escapes during the flood. In the house of Mr. W. Brown, of Walbundrle, the flood…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →South-west Gale Reported
Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 30 October 1917 · page 2
Last evening the lighthouse keeper at Gabo Island reported a' south-west moderate gale, with the sea rather rough…
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