Big Floods. One Deluge Causes a Loss of £200,000,000
Recent floods in North China have wrought damage to the extent of over £200,000,000. Streams have been turned into rivers two miles wide…
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Back to Old Line. Austrians Showing Strong Resistance Flooded River Hampers Italians. Australian Success at Meteren. Czecho-slovaks in Siberia. London
The latest information received in London was despatched from Italy at 6 p.m. on Monday, and shows that the Italians in the mountains are attacking Monte di Val Bella and Monte Asolone. They were advancing,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Little Change in Situation. Piave Still Flooded
There is little change in the Italian military situation. Both belligercuts are apparently surveying their positions. The Italians have decided to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Storm of Criticism. "Coarse Abuse and Vile Insinuations." London
A storm of Newspaper criticism has broken out around Mr. Hughes. The "Daily News" in a leader says that Mr. Hughes is bespattering the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Storm In Tasmania. SYDNEY
A heavy thunder and wind storm occurred throughout the west coast of Tasmania. The Grand Hotel and Gaiety…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Disastrous Floods. in Austria and South Germany. London
Reuter's Zurich correspondent, writing on Wednesday, says that Vienna newspapers give further details of the heavy and continuous rains and serious…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Storm Portents. Ominous Silence Reigns
Reuter's correspondent at British headquarters says that the peacefulness at the front has now reached a pitch which may be labelled suspicious. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wagga's New Flood Boat Purchase Agreed Upon
A letter was read at last night's meeting of the Wagga Municipal Council, submitting prices and designs in boats which it was thought…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Flood Abatement Scheme
The Works Committee of the Wagga Council reported at the meeting last night that Messrs. Edwardes and Oxley had submitted a report and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Drought Finally Broken. But Floods Feared. Sydney
Mr. Mares, State Meteorologist, stated this morning that owing to the persistent heavy nature of the rains since the break of the dry spell he was afraid…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rain in Sydney. Suburbs Drenched. Flood at Wollongong. Sydney
Heavy rains continued in many parts of the State yesterday. Since the storm commenced 15 inches of rain has been registered over the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Flood Prevention Scheme. the Wagga-proposal. Joint Report by Shire Engineers
At last night's meeting of the Wagga Council Messrs. F.N. Oxley and P. L. Edwardes, engineers respectively of the Kyeamba and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Heavy Rain at Holbrook
Our Holbrook correspondent writes: —Heavy rains have fallen since Sunday and 442 points had been registered up to Friday morning. All the creeks are…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Rush of Rain. the Flood Misses
On Friday night many Gundagai folk went to bed in the belief that next morning would see a flood!…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Flood Boat's Trial Trip
The council's new Hood boat arrived at the end of last week and pending the erection of a suitable shed has been placed on the bank of the Wollundry…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pte. Sam. Flood
Writing to his sister Mrs. Darlow, on 9/6/18: I am getting along all right after being wounded on the 5th of this month. I was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sensation in Assembly. Mr. M'girr Raises a Storm. Cabinet Members Accused of Profiteering. Sydney
In the Assembly to-night, Mr. J. J. G. M'Girr (Yass) raised a veritable governmental hornets' nest around his head when he asked the Acting-Premier…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miscellaneous Stolen Crown. Restored by a Big Storm
European Powers may be pretty hard-up when the war comes to an end, and all manner of schemes will probably have to be adopted to scrape…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Real Flood
Onyx: "My wife burst into a flood of tears the other night." Bronx: "Did she cause any trouble" Onyx: "I should say so. Swept away three…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Lucky Thunderstorm
It had been a "dour", brooding day—one felt oppressed with that curious sense of dread and expectancy which a storm in the air produces…
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