North Holland Flood
AMSTERDAM, Monday.—The flood was the worst since 1825. Sixteen persons were drowned at Marken…
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Floods & storms, 1916
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Floods in Holland. Fishing Fleet Almost Destroyed. Immense Damage to Property. Many Lives Lost. Rich Farmers Rendered Penniless in a Night
AMSTERDAM, Monday.—Queen Wilhelmina has gone to the flooded Zuyder Zee and Prince Henry to Marken, where 22 persons, are already dead. The greater part of the…
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The steamer Makambo arrived yesterday evening from the Islands. She was delayed by heavy weather, as, after leaving Lord Howe Island on…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—The forecast is:— Hot and sultry over the north-eastern, half with some scattered showers, thunderstorms, [?] a north-east wind. Fine in the…
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PETROGRAD, Wednesday.—A thaw has rendered the German trenches in the Pinsk district untenable, flooding them. The subterranean water posts to which barbed wire is…
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Valuable rain fell in many parts of the country. A storm at Barraba resulted in business places being flooded. One hundred and ninety points falling…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Heavy Rain at Chelmsford
Our Chelmsford correspondent, writing on Friday, says:—A very heavy rain storm passed over Chelmsford last night. It began to rain about half-past 6, and from 7 till 8 it…
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LONDON, Sunday.—Lieut General Sir Percy Lake reports that there was pouring rain at Essin and the movement of troops was extremely difficult. There was fighting all…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Floods in the North. Cairns Under Water. Sixteen Inches of Rain in Two Days. Twenty-two Inches at Babinda. Brisbane
During the past two days a flood has been experienced in Cairns, and the surrounding districts. It was feared last night that a cyclonic blow was…
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AMSTERDAM, Tuesday.—The flood waters in North Holland continue to rise and are higher than the great floods of 1825. The situation in many new areas is serious and…
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LONDON, Wednesday.—An Italian steamer picked up the boats, containing the crew and passengers of the Canadian liner Polentia, which was lost in a gale in the Atlantic…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—The forecast is:— Hot, sultry, and unsettled with widespread thunderstorms within the next 48 hours; northerly winds…
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A heavy thunderstorm, accompanied by a gale, passed over tie districts to the southwest yesterday, eaily in the afternoon. Lismore did not experience the force of the…
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A great windstorm occurred at Stratneden on Sunday afternoon. Mr. A. E. Harris suffered from its [?]cts. It unr[?]led the eng[?]room…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Storm Ax Byron Bay. Byron Bay
A heavy thunderstorm passed partly over the town on Sunday afternoon, but little rain fall. The Storm appeared to be most violent towards the sea, the Wind being very strong from the north-west…
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A great windstorm occurred at Stratheden on Sunday afternoon. Mr. A. E. Harris suffered from its effects. It unroofed the engineroom, bails, and fowlhouse, and took some…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The forecast is:— Warm to hot and sultry generally; thunderstorms in the north-east and later scattered in the north and north-eastern districts; fine…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cyclonic Storm Sweeps the Solomons. Considerable Damage Done. Sydney
The cyclonic storm which swept over the Solomon group caused a good deal of damage. Advices received to–day state that considerable damage…
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Burns, Philp, and Co's, steamer Mindin arrived at Pinkenba from the Solomon Islands on Monday morning. The cessel had a fair…
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