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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1917

935 stories in Sydney's papers · page 43 of 47

Great Floods on Northern Rivers

The Australian Worker · Thursday 15 November 1917 · page 9

Owing to heavy rainfalls along the coastal areas of New South Wales last week great floods occurred on all the rivers of the northern districts, and much…

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District Court. (Before Judge Backhouse.) Architect's Commission Summerhayes v Flood

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 November 1917 · page 4

Charles Robert Summerhayes, and Claude Walter Trescott Summerhayes, trading as C. R. Summerhayes and Son, of Sydney and Eastwood, architects, sued William Haydon Flood,…

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Still Unsettled Thunderstorm in the City

The Sun · Thursday 15 November 1917 · page 3

City Forecast.--Showery, with south-west winds. New South Wales Forecast.--Cloudy gnerally, with more rain and taunder in the eastern…

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Thunderstorm in the City. 43 Points in 10 Minutes

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 15 November 1917 · page 4

A violent thunderstorm, accompanied by vivid lightning and a heavy downpour of rain, passed over the city between 8 and 10 o'clock last evening. The storm worked from the north-east, and…

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Heavy Rain in the North. Warialda

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 November 1917 · page 9

Heavy rain commenced about 6 O'clock last night, and continued for several hours, 245 points falling. At Gravesend 303 points fell, and other parts of the district report heavy…

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Storm at Tamworth

Evening News · Friday 16 November 1917 · page 6

Owing to a phenomenal thunderstorm which swept over Tamworth and district on Wednesday night, the town is threatened with flood. The Peel [?] broke its banks early in the morning, and at midday…

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Drowning Accidents While Crossing a Flooded Creek. a Farmer' S Plight

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 16 November 1917 · page 4

It Is feared that Air. William Grundy, of Miles (Q.). has been drowned. He went to Tnornybank selection, about twelve miles from Miles, to take delivery…

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Mails Delayed by Floods

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 November 1917 · page 8

The postal authorities intimate that advice has been received from the postmaster, Bundarra, that, as the river and creeks are in flood, outgoing mails for Sydney, Armidale, Barraba, etc., are being helf up, but…

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Floods

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 16 November 1917 · page 7

BINGARA, Thursday.--After tho torrential rains of the past two days all the creeks and watercourses are in high flood, and consider able damage has been done to fencing. The…

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Thunderstorms in the Country. Over Three Inches of Rain in Places

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 16 November 1917 · page 7

As the result of the operations of the pronounced monsoonal disturbance, which was the chief feature in Wednesday's chart, light to heavy rainfall, with thunderstoms, has been…

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Toongabbie. Storm Damage

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 17 November 1917 · page 11

The overseer reported to this week's Sherwood Council meeting:— "Re damage to roads by the late, rainstorm: I have to report that the late rainstorm has caused…

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Damaged by the Storm

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 17 November 1917 · page 8

The engineer reported to Baulkham Hills Shire Council on Tuesday:— "The heavy rainfall caused slight damage throughout the shire on surface…

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Cabra-vale. Damage by the Storm

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 17 November 1917 · page 5

Friday's heavy downpour was responsible for some damage in Cabra-Vale district, Cabramatta Creek overflowed its banks as did Orphan School Creek…

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Tingha Flooded. Tingha

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 November 1917 · page 13

The biggest flood in the history of Tingha is now being experienced. Since the beginning of the month eight inches of rain have fallen, the storms of the past two days accounting…

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Mails Delayed Floods in the Country

The Sun · Saturday 17 November 1917 · page 3

The Postal Department advises that the postmaster at Bundarra reported yesterday morning that by reason of the heavy rain the mail due at Bundarra, by way of Ural[?]a,…

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Flood Waters. Goondiwindi's Danger

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 November 1917 · page 10

BRISBANE, Friday.--Reports from Goondiwindi state that the Macintyre River has reached a level of 30 feet 6 inches, and is still rising at the rate of three inches an hour…

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River Floods Week's Heavy Rain Caused by Tropical Disturbance

Sunday Times · Sunday 18 November 1917 · page 8

The weather of the past week again owed its unsettled, thundery character to the influence of tropical conditions. The latter became so pronounced that, over the inland districts, the…

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6 A.M. Edition Desperate Defence the Italian Verdun Canals Broken to Flood Land LONDON

The Sun · Sunday 18 November 1917 · page 2

Reuter's correspondent at Italian headquarters writes:--"The battle is raging in brilliant weather, 75 miles from the mountains to the sea…

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The Floods. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 November 1917 · page 7

Advices received on Saturday by the Water Commission indicate that the last of the flood waters was then reaching Euston, where, although a slight rise had been…

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