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Floods & storms, 1917

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Serious Floods Woman Drowned at Several Narrow Escapes Wollongong

Sunday Times · Sunday 11 November 1917 · page 9

The full extent of yesterday's terrific rainstorm, which was accompanied by the tragic death of an old lady and the narrow escape from drowning of three other people, was fully…

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Strenuous Campaign Floods Interrupt Polling TAREE

Sunday Times · Sunday 11 November 1917 · page 2

Torrential rains caused the creeks to rise and prevented some electors voting in the outlaying parts of the electorate. At three polling places the voting has been postponed for a week in…

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Mail Bags Lost in Floods Bangalow

Sunday Times · Sunday 11 November 1917 · page 8

Bangalow was partly inundated by the floods, and on Thursday night people were leaving their homes. There was about two feet of water in many of them. About 14 inches of…

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Big Rainfalls Over 16 Inches at Tweed Heads Floods on North Coast

Sunday Times · Sunday 11 November 1917 · page 8

The chief feature of the weather of the past week has been the predominance of monsoonal influences, the activity of which was productive of general rains in Queensland at first, which…

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Farms Flooded West Maitland

The Sun · Sunday 11 November 1917 · page 4

Heavy rain fell over the Lower Hunter on Thursday night and Friday, and caused a sudden fresh in the river, which rose 13 feet in three hours…

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Floods in Country Loss of Life Woman Drowned at Wollongong Ten Inches in Four Hours Wollongong

The Sun · Sunday 11 November 1917 · page 4

In the storm yesterday Mrs. Mary M'Ilwraith, 59, of Woonona, was drowned while endeavoring to get over Cabbage Tree Creek, which crosses the main road at Para Meadow…

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The Floods. Man Drowned at Lismore, Lismore

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 November 1917 · page 8

Reports from outlying districts state that the water was higher than the big flood. A feature was the rapidity of the rise, and this was the cause of most of the stock losses,…

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Shipping Traffic Suspended. High Flood on the Richmond River

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 12 November 1917 · page 6

As the outcome of the phenomenal rains on the North Coast, the Richmond River is in high flood, and a telegram was received from the pilot on Saturday intimating that…

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Flood Damage. Incalculable Losses

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 12 November 1917 · page 6

CORAKI, Sunday.-- Torrential rains have fallen over the district during three days, 679 points being registered for the 24 hours ended Saturday at 9 a.m. There was good rain in…

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This Morning's Storm. Heavy Rain in City and Suburbs

Evening News · Tuesday 13 November 1917 · page 5

The weather in [?] during yesterday was decidedly [?] and under the influence of north-east win's the temperature reached [?] There was a high…

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Floods on the Coast Serious L0ss of Life and Property. Many Crops Cone

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 13 November 1917 · page 5

Owing to torrential rains over the northern districts of New South Wales several districts on the north coast have been flooded. In most places the rain…

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Sussex-street Trade. Millet Spoilt by Floods. on the Richmond

Evening News · Tuesday 13 November 1917 · page 3

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Violent Thunderstorms. Hail and Rain

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 November 1917 · page 7

Warn ti hot weather has been experienced generally in New South- Wales, and the sultriness cuiminated in light to heavy rain, with thunderstorms, at many places cast from the…

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Monsoonal Activity. Thunderstorms and Heavy Rain

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 14 November 1917 · page 11

Monsoonal activity has again been very much in evidence over New South Wales. On Monday and Yesterday its influnence in this State was depicted on the weather chart as a…

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Photography for Amateurs-- A Wonderful Storm Picture. The Plate-Camera

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 14 November 1917 · page 32

For some unaccountable reason many amateur photographers appear to shun the plate-camera in favor of the roll-film equipment. The peculiar fact about this…

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The Storm. The Sight at the River. A Big Wash at Toongabbie

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 14 November 1917 · page 2

Just as we went to press on Friday afternoon last a great rainstorm swept over the district-one of the heaviest for many years. Four inches of rain fell in…

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Lower Murray Floods: Scenes in South Australia

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 14 November 1917 · page 14

GREAT damage has been done as a result of the Murray [?]oods in South Australia. In the Legislative Assembly a member asked to what extent steps were being, taken to raise the banks along the Murray. The Treasurer said about £200,000 was being provided this year for work of that character. Certain amounts which had been…

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Floods on North Coast. Several Lives Lost

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 14 November 1917 · page 18

Torrential rain has fallen on the North Coast of New South Wales, causing floods in a number of towns, resulting in loss of life at Lismore and Bellingen, and much destruction to…

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