Forecasting Drought and Flood Can Scientists Find a Method? New Federal Research
Science has transformed human existence in a generation, but is as baffled as in the days when Clamant Wraggo studied the…
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366 stories in Murray's papers · page 10 of 19
Violent Gales Batter Steamers Sydney
Violent gales are sweeping the Tasman Sea and shipping is behind schedule. The Awatea from New Zealand to Sydney was almost have to last…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gale Causes Havoc Church Roof Collapses Congregation Escapes Kalgoorlie
Heavy timbers crashed on a congregation of 17 in the Southern Cross Methodist Church last night, when the town was swept by a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →N.Z. Experiences Abnormal Weather . Gales, Snow and Rain Auckland
New Zealand is experiencing a[?] normal weather conditions, which are causing great damage and inconvenience. A house was wrecked in a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Jack Fingleton Is Centre of Storm English Crowd Annoyed. Jeering and Clapping Outburst. Stood Back From Wicket. LONDON, June 13
Jack Fingleton has aroused a storm by his action in standing back the crease while the crowd was jeering and clapping because of the stone-wall tactics he and Brown were adopting when they resumed the Australian second innings in the first Test match…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Floods in China Drown 5000 Japanese Shanghai, June 14
The Yangtsze-Kiang floods now threaten the line of the Japanese advance for many miles, necessitating the diversion of the attack on Hankow,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gales Pound Shipping in Tasman Sea Anxiety About Ketch. Auckland
Heavy seas continue to pound Tasman shipping and vessels are daily limping into port with damage to the deck gear…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →150,000 Chinese Drowned in Floods a New and Terrible Enemy. Entire Villages Submerged. Breaches in the Yellow River. LONDON, June 14
The Shanghai correspondent of “The Times” says that owing to further breaches of the dykes the floods from the Yellow river are pouring across the Honan plains and the position is becoming more serious each day. If the rains continue it is feared that the disaster will exceed the…
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A storm of hurricane force caused extensive damage at Southern Cross, 237 miles east of Perth (W.A.). The Methodist Church was demolished…
Continued on Trove, page 37 →Floods in Sweden Villages Submerged Stockholm, June 10
The worst floods in Sweden's history have occurred owing to the rising of the Ume and Vindel rivers. The waters submerged whole villages in the…
Continued on Trove, page 35 →100,000 Chinese Believed Drowned Flood Waters Broken Dykes in Yellow River Hong Kong, June 15
Reports from Tokio say that 100,000 Chinese peasants have been drowned in North Honan by flood waters from the Yellow River. Chinese sources…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Country Edition The following appeared in our Country Edition of Wednesday. China and Japan. Floods to China's Rescue. LONDON
The British United Press correspondent at Hankow says the Chinese claim that 5000 Japanese were trapped in the Yangtse floods at Paishan…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Floods Come to China's Aid. SHANGHAI
As the floods swell, under relentless rain, the Chinese resistance to the Japanese advance on Hankow is stiffening…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Yellow River Sweeps on in Flood Japanese Allegations Against Chinese Guerillas HANKOW, .June 16
The rain has not yet abated and the Yellow River flood bus now readied a joint 70 miles due south of Koifong and is sweeping towards Chowkiakow…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Floods Add to Horror of War Position Becomes Worse Half a Million Flee Thousands of Farm Houses Submerged London, June 17
As a result of a day of ceaseless rain, a worsening of the floods in the Yellow and Yangt[?] rivers is threatened. The absence of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Yellow River Strikes Blow for China Japanese Waterbound Floods Worst Since 1855 700,000 Chinese Homeless London. June 17
Some foreign quarters are of the opinion that the floods from the Yellow River may be one of the greatest defensive measures and may…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Big Storms Yesterday. In Victoria and on Coast. MELBOURNE
There was a terrific storm practically over the whole of Victoria yesterday, the wind reaching a velocity of more than 60 miles an hour. Many…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Overseas News China and Japan. Fearful Floods. Drown Thousands and Hold Up War. LONDON
Abnormal floods in China have inundated 1,000 square miles of country and submerged 2,000 villages. The Japanese admit that they are…
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The foods in China will have a major effect on the war. The Japanese high command will be forced to make drastic changes in the plan of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Floods Aid Chinese in Their Fight Japanese Advance Held Up Northern Communications Cut High Command Faced With Serious Problems LONDON, June 19
It is averred by the Shanghai correspondent of the “Daily Telegraph” that the floods will have a major effect on the war, and the Japanese High Command will be forced drastically to change its plan of campaign, because the northern communications have been cut, and the…
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