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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1917

935 stories in Sydney's papers · page 6 of 47

After the Floods Some Thrilling Adventures Terrific Power of Water Face of Country Changed Brisbane

The Sun · Thursday 11 January 1917 · page 8

Thrilling stories continue to come through regarding adventures of the dwellers in the flood-swept, regions. Mr. Thompson, of Fairlight Station, in the Hugaendon district, who…

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The Queensland Floods. Burdekin River Falling

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 11 January 1917 · page 4

BRISBANE, Wednesday.--The mailman from, St. Lawrence and Nebo, due on December "9 last, has not yet reached Clermont owing to the floods…

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Suliry and Oppressive Some Heavy Rain

The Sun · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 3

City Forecast.-- At first sultry, with west to north -west winds, hut veering to cool, squally southerlies about 1 p.m. A thunderstorm likely during the evening…

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Drownings in N.S.W. Victims of the Floods, Crussome Discovery near Jerlidaria

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 4

The body of a man, about seventy years of age, was found on the bank of Yanco Creck, on Hurtwood station near Jerildcrie, N.S.W., on Monday. Evidently the…

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The Floods. Railway Services Restored Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 8

A telegram has been received by the Railway Department from Mr. Pagan, Deputy Commissioner at Townsville, stating that the whole of the train service in the north has…

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Terrible Power of Water. Experiences at Hughenden, the Queensland Floods

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 4

BRISBANE, Thursday.--A telegram from Hughenden, detained by interruption, gives further particulars concerning the experiences of the family, Thompson's Mr. Thompson and…

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Thunderstorms. 256 Points at Deniliquin

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 6

The sultry, muggy conditions which prevailed in the city yesterday resulted in a light thunderstorm last night. As the storm Influence worked over from the west light rain set in,…

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Heavy Storm

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 13 January 1917 · page 8

On Thursday a heavy rainstrom, accompained by a gale, broke over this district. For about ten minutes the rain fell in torrents. The wind blew down several…

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The Weather. Thunderstorms General

Evening News · Saturday 13 January 1917 · page 6

Another [?] was experienced over the [?]…

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The Brewing Storm

Sunday Times · Sunday 14 January 1917 · page 8

Comparative quiet still reigns on the western front; but it is clear that behind the veil feverish preparations are toward for one of the grimmest struggles of the whole grim…

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Storms at Grafton Brief Hurricane Roofs Torn Away Grafton

The Sun · Sunday 14 January 1917 · page 2

The terrine heat of the past week culminated in fierce thunderstorms last night and this afternoon. Both storms did considerable damage. The wind to-day was of hurricane…

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Homestead Washed Away By. Flinders Flood Brisbane

Sunday Times · Sunday 14 January 1917 · page 2

Latest news from Hughenden of the flood on the Flinders shows that at Rosedale Station, owned by F. W. Duncombe, the homestead, outbuildings, windmill, and tanks were all…

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The Queensland Floods -- Scene at Rockhampton

The Sun · Sunday 14 January 1917 · page 5

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Queensland Floods Inkeman Bridge Wrecked Brisbane

The Sun · Sunday 14 January 1917 · page 2

A telegram from Towasville states that about one-third of the Inkerman Bridge, over the Burdekin River -- the longest bridge in Queensland -- was washed away in the recent…

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Flood and Field Stirring Days of the 'Sixties Old-time Drover's Memories

The Sun · Sunday 14 January 1917 · page 11

Mr. W. W. Boyes, of 69 Woolcott-street. Darlinghurst, is a man whose experiences go back to the days when the world was wide. His memory, moreover, is excellent, and, in…

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Storms at the New Hebrides. Island Shipping Hampered

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 15 January 1917 · page 4

The New Hebrides group has been swept by terrific storms, and news was brought to Sydney yesterday by the French mail steamer Pacifique that island shipping was suffering…

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Clermont Floods. Clermont

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 January 1917 · page 8

Cleansing operations have been completed as far as the main street is concerned, and salvage operations are proceeding vigorously. There was a cyclonic wind yesterday…

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The Queensland Floods

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 15 January 1917 · page 4

BRISBANE, Sunday.—The Railway Department was advised on Saturday afternoon by the district traffic manager at Rockhampton that the western line was still blockod…

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