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Floods & storms, 1917

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Thursday's "No" Storm

The Australian Worker · Thursday 20 December 1917 · page 11

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Floods in Queensland. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 December 1917 · page 8

Mr. Gibson, Agricultural Instructor, who has been on visit to the Milmerran district, reports that floods have been particularly heavy in that locality. At Yandilla, the…

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The Weather. Floods in the North

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 21 December 1917 · page 4

In the Milmerian (Q.) district there have been particularly heavy floods during the week. The Condamine River at Yandilla overflowed its banks as far as…

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Floods in Queensland

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 21 December 1917 · page 12

Mr. Gibson, Agricultural Instructor, who has been on a visit to the Milmerran district (Queensland), reports that floods have been particularly heavy in…

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Gulf Country Flooded

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 21 December 1917 · page 12

A telegram received in Brisbane from Croydon, on Monday, states:—"Owing to the heavy rains, all the rivers in the Gulf country are in high…

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Our Boys' Xmas Happiest of the War Flooded with Kindness London, Tuesday Night

The Sun · Wednesday 26 December 1917 · page 1

"The happiest Christmas of the war," is the verdict of Australians in Britain. There are thousands scattered over the country, and they have been overwhelmed…

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A Flood in the Hawkesbury

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 26 December 1917 · page 21

The events recorded in the following occurred before I was born, but so great was the trouble, devastation, and destruction to property, as well as loss of life among the inhabitants of…

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Unsettled Conditions. Thunderstorms and Rain

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 28 December 1917 · page 7

Unsettled sultry weather was experienced almost generally throughout the State on Boxing Day and yesterday. In the Western Division temperatures ranged from…

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Hundred-mile Flood East-west Railway Damaged Traffic Held Up Melbourne

The Sun · Saturday 29 December 1917 · page 5

Heavy rain fell this week on the east west railway line, washing away portions of the ballast and holding up traffic for some hours…

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Transcontinental Line Traffic Stopped by Flood MELBOURNE

Sunday Times · Sunday 30 December 1917 · page 1

Railway traffic was suspended for five hours on the east-west railway owing to heavy rain which fell between the 230 mile and the 350 mile post on the Kalgoorlie side on December 20…

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Flood and Fire East-west Line Submerged Crops Damaged; Life Lost Melbourne

The Sun · Sunday 30 December 1917 · page 2

Heavy rain fell this week on the east-west railway line, washing away portions of the ballast and holding up traffic for some hours…

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Domain Sunday. Quiet After the Storm

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 31 December 1917 · page 4

Sydney Domain is a quiet place these Sundays. Where these were tens of thousands pulsating with the enthusiasm of their causes in the referendum campaign there are now a few…

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Teans-austealian Railway. Floods and Washaways. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 31 December 1917 · page 4

What are stated to be unusual weather conditions have interfered somewhat with trafile on the East-West railway. During the past few days there has been an extraordinarily…

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