The Floods in Holland. Important Dyke Collapses
London, Thursday Night.—Additional collapses of important dykes are reported near Wyndewormer, in North Holland. The railway is threatened…
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Floods & storms, 1916
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Good Rain. Flood at Barraba
Sydney, Friday.—Valuable rain fell in many parts of the country. A storm at Barraba resulted in several business places being flooded, 190 points…
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Petrograd, Thursday.—A thaw has rendered the German trenches in the Pinsk district untenable, flooding them with subterranean water. Posts to…
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Very heavy rain fell at several places on the Darling Downs last week. In the Pittworth district extensive damage was done. The wind blew…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cunarder Lost in a Gale. London
An Italian steamer picked up boats containing the crew and passengers of the Canard steamer Pollentis, which was lost in a gale in the Atlautic…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Floods in Holland. Amsterdam, Jan, 25
The flood waters continue to rise higher than during the great floods of 1825. The situation in many new areas in serious, people having been ordered to evacuate their…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cunarder Lost in a Gale. London
An Italian steamer picked up boats containing the crew and passengers of the Cunard steamer Pollentia, which was lost in a gale in the Atlantic…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Welcome Storm
After experiencing extremely hot weather for a considerable time, with a few changes which promised but did not bring rain, a thunderstorm occurred this afternoon shortly…
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A severe ev[?]lonic storm passed over the southern portion of Queensland last night. Portion of the main railway, beyond Ipswich, was washed away…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Soldier Killed. Violent Storm at Brisbane
A severe thunderstorm, accompanied by heavy rain, occurred in Brisbane and district on Friday. Many low-lying districts were flooded. There was a serious of…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Queensland Cyclone a Railway Washaway. (By Telegraph.) Brisbane
A portion of the main railway was washed away at Ipswieh, being the result of a severe cylonie storm in Southern Queensland…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Unity of Empire Stress of Storm. Standing the Strain. Mr Fisher in London
London, Wednesday.—The Empire Parliamentary Association entertained Mr Fisher at luncheon yesterday in the House of Commons…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Heavy Storms in Queensland
The heaviest thunderstorm experienced in Brisbane for many years burst over the city and suburbs about midnight on Sunday, an continued with unabated violence until…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Heavy Storms in Queensland
The heaviest thunderstorm experienced in Brisbane for many years burst over the city and suburbs about midnight on Sunday, and continued with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soldier Killed. Violent Storm at Brisbane
A severe thunderstorm accompained by heavy rain, occurred in Brisbane and district on Friday, Many low-lylag districts were flooded. There was a series of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Flooded Trenches. Disaster for Germans. (By Cable.) London, Thursday Night
Owing to the overflowing of the Oghinsk Canal, the result of a sudden thaw, the Germans were obliged to evacuate the Whole of their second line…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Floods in the Lowlands. Large District's Imperilled. Amsterdam
A storm has occurred imperilling fresh districts in Holland. The waste rushing in on Monnikendam and the inhabitants are again evacuating…
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The captain of the steamer St. Louts, which has arrived here from Noumea, states that on Saturday last, the Vessel enccuntered an electrical storm of exceptional…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Terrific Storm at Portland. Sydney
A heavy thunderstorm broke over parts of Sydney early tills morning and continued for upwards of an hour. Very little rain fell except in confined areas…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer in a Cyclone. Member of the Crew Lost
The Island steamer Indian, the property of Messrs. Burns, Philip and Co., ran into a cyclone on January 5, on the outward run from Sydney and survived a severe buffeting…
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