Camped in the Desert. Severe Dust Storms
Private Leonard J. Smith writing to Miss Millie Heyman of Tamworth on April 4 said that he was still camped in Egypt, and was stationed about 12 miles in the…
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Floods & storms, 1916
170 stories in North West (Tamworth to Moree)'s papers · page 4 of 9
Light to Heavy Rain. Sydney
Further light to heavy rain is reported from the norht-western portion of the State…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dublin Court Martial. Sergeant Flood Acquitted. LONDON
The court martial on Sergeant Flood has concluded. The accused stated that when he shot. Lieutenant Lucas he did not believe him to be an officer, but…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Floods in Bathurst District. Low-Lying Country Under Water. SYDNEY
As the result of heavy rains in the Bathurst district all the low-lying parts are more o[?] less under water. Traffic between Perthville and Bathurst is held…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hampshire's End Evidence of Twelve Survivors' Heavy Gale Blowing. "Make Way for Lord Kitchener." War Lord Remained Calm and Collected Went Down with the Ship. Many Deaths from Exposure. LONDON
The Admiralty report, after examining the twelve survivors, that the Hampshire was preceeding along the West Coast of the Orkneys in a heavy gale. Seas were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hampshire's End Evidence of Twelve Survivors. Heavy Gale Blowing. "Make Way for Lord Kitchener." War Lord Remained Calm & Collected. Went Down With the Ship. Many Deaths from Exposure. LONDON
The Admiralty report after examining the twelve curvivors that the Hampshire was proceeding along the West Coast of the Orkneys in a heavy…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Russian Flood Still Rolling. 44 Miles from Lemberg. Bulgarian Troops Arrive Too Late. LONDON
The Russians are within 44 miles of Lemberg. Swiss and Dutch newspaper agree that Austro-German military writers are…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Storms Handicap Italians. London
A Rome message says violent storms have increased the difficulties of the Italian advance on the Settscomuni plateau. We repulsed persistent enemy…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Russian Flood Still Rolling. 44 Miles From Lemberg. LONDON
The Russians are within 44 miles of Lemberg. Swiss and Dutch newspapers agree that Austro-German military writers…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Verdun Struggle. Germans Storm Thiaumont Wood. Heavy Aeroplane Losses. LONDON, June 23
A Paris semi-official message says that the battle or Verdun has been resumed with sudden brutality, infernal violence of artillery fire, and extrem fierceness…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Advanced As If on Parade. Through Storm of Shot. British Cross 200 Yards of No Man's Land. (Reuter's Telegram.) LONDON
Reuter's correspondent says the most dramatic incident of Monday's fighting was the junction of the two British forces encircling Fricourt…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Trooper Flood
Writing to Mr. J. T. Crane, M.L.A., from the 7th Light Horse Field Hospital on June 36, Trooper Flood says: "We may be getting more men in here…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →General War News Forcing German Front Line. British Storm Village. Prussian Guard Brought Up hut Fails. (Reuter's Telegram.) LONDON
General Haig in a communique states: The Leipsig redoubt situated in the German salient, and which had been fortified to the utmost of enemy ingenuity…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →River Murray in Flood. Low-Lying Country Under Water. SYDNEY
The River to-day reached [?] feet 4 inches and is now stationary. The flat is submerged at many points. Stock owners has due warning which…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Italians Advancing. Heavy Fighting in Thunderstorms. (Reuter's Telegram.) LONDON
An Italian communique reports heavy lighting at Posina, and says: Despite violent thunderstorms we progressed south of Borcola and the Boste valley,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cyclonic Storm in Adelaide. Woman Killed. Extensive Damage Done. SYDNEY
Further particulars of the cyclone in South Australia show that the storm was one of the worst experienced in the history of the State. A woman was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Floods at Bathurst. Worst for Many Years. SYDNEY
Very heavy rain fell in Bathurst yesterday with the result that Vale Creek overflowed its banks, causing the largest and most destructive flood for many…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Delville Wood the Storm Centre. British Resolutely Pushing Offensive. (Rimler's Telegram.) LONDON
Reuter's correspondent at Headquarters, on the Western front says there is an impression that Tuesday's [?]hting was the heaviest since the beginning…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Half Pozieres Taken and Held Australians Storm Difficult Positions. British Troops Help. (Reuter's Telegram.) LONDON, Tuesdays
"A correspondent in the west describing the preliminaries at Pozieres says it was a day of severe fighting. The Australians took niul now hold half…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gale of Sheep. Alleged Breach of Contract
In the Tamworth District Court on Friday before his Honor Judge Docker, Michael Franics McKeon, of Mountain View, Manilla, plaintiff, claimed from…
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