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Floods & storms, 1917

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The Queensland Floods

The Methodist · Saturday 20 January 1917 · page 3

Recent disastrous floods have drawn universal attention to Clermont, Queensland. My thoughts have been, carried back to my journey thither in February, of 1876. I came to Sydney from England during the…

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Close and Oppressive Heavy Thunderstorms Over 4 Inches at Coonambly

The Sun · Saturday 20 January 1917 · page 6

City Forecast. -- Warm and sultry, thundershowers likely at night; northeast winds. New South Wales Forecast. -- More rain…

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Flood at Coonamble Five Inches of Rain Coonamble

The Sun · Saturday 20 January 1917 · page 6

A heavy rainstorm started on Thursday night, and up to 9 this morning over 5in. had been registered. It is still raining heavily, and there is every prospect of a…

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Progress of the War Floods Help Russia

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 January 1917 · page 11

This morning's cables confirm and extend the reported success of the Russo-Roumanian counter offensive…

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Heavy Rain at Coonamble Coonamble

Sunday Times · Sunday 21 January 1917 · page 2

Heavy rains set in on Thursday night and continued throughout yesterday, and it is still raining. Over four inches fell during the last 24 hours, making a total of over five inches…

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The Coming Storm

Sunday Times · Sunday 21 January 1917 · page 1

Wilhelm: "I don't like me der look of dose Clouds!"…

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Deluge in Country Five Inches in Night Floods at Coonamble COONAMBLE

The Sun · Sunday 21 January 1917 · page 4

A heavy rainstorm started on Thursday night, and up to 9 this morning over 5in. had been registered. It is still raining heavily, and there is every prospect of a…

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Calm Before the Storm Huns Dread Great Offensive Miserable Domestic Conditions Ground Bones and Offal Eaten 171 st Day of the Third Year of the War LONDON

The Sun · Sunday 21 January 1917 · page 1

German newspapers are emphasising the Allies' preparations for a great western offensive. The "Kolnische Zeitung" says:--…

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Thunder Inland Further Heavy Rain Change in the South

The Sun · Monday 22 January 1917 · page 3

City Forecast.--Warm and sultry, thunderstorm likely at night; north-east winds. New South Wales Forecast.--Cloudy…

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Queensland Floods. Cleaning Up Clermont

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 22 January 1917 · page 4

BRISBANE, Saturday.--The Government has advanced £300 to the Clermont Citizens' Committee for the purpose of paying a salvage gang, which lain been some time engaged In…

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Danube in Flood. Bridges Carried Away. Enemy Facing Disaster

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 22 January 1917 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday.--A Petrograd message states Unit (Roaster has overtaken the enemy armies on the Danube, the bridges over which wore carried away by the currents…

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Storm in the City Heavy Rain Inland Cooler Generally

The Sun · Tuesday 23 January 1917 · page 3

City Forecast.-- Clearing, cool; squally southerly winds. New South Wales Forecast.-- Thunder storms in the north east, more rain on…

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Thunderstorm. Heavy Rain in the City

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 January 1917 · page 10

At 6.40 p.m. yesterday a heavy thunderstorm occurred in the city. It was one of a serles of cyclonic thunderstorms associated with a monsoonal disturbance which at 9 a.m…

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Dust, Hail and Rain Thunderstorm in City. Experiences in Suburbs

Evening News · Tuesday 23 January 1917 · page 4

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Heavy Rain in the North. Over Four Inotes at Glen Mines. Streets and Parks Flooded

Evening News · Wednesday 24 January 1917 · page 7

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Great Rain Storms. Damage in Country

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 24 January 1917 · page 10

DUBBO, Tuesday.--Yesterday afternoon torrential rain, accompanied by a fierce southerly wind and an occasional loud clap of thunder, fell in Dubbo, and in less than half-an-hour the…

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Cyclone Wrecks Wheat Stack. Young, Sednesday

Evening News · Wednesday 24 January 1917 · page 7

A Revoler's M'Rald damage a wheat slice of 21,000 bags lossing timber, Iron and 1000 bags of wheat to all corners of the railway yard, and causing about £200 damage. Twenty…

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Storm at Dubbo. Dubbo

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 January 1917 · page 12

Yesterday evening a severe storm passed over Dubbo. The wind blew with hurricane violence, and was accompanied by torrential rains. The streets and gutters were flooded,…

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The Disastrous Queensland Floods

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 24 January 1917 · page 21

Cleaning Up the Debris in Drummond-street. THE shop in the foreground, which has been gutted, was occupied by Mr. Pold, chemist, the Mayor of Cle[?] whose handling of the affairs of the township during the stressing period called [?]rth whole[?]ted praise and appreciation…

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The Queensland Floods--The Flinders River Many Miles Wide

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 24 January 1917 · page 30

The Flinders River, the normal width of which is about 100 yards. The Flooded Country around the Flinders River. Walker's Creek, between Richmond and Hughenden, where the mail train was stuck up by the flood…

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