Fierce Storm in Adelaide
Fierce winds began to blow in Adelaide shortly after 5 o'clock on Wednesday of afternoon, and increased to tempestuous fury before dark. Great destruction…
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Severe Storms. Chops Ruined. Molong
A heavy storm passed over this district at midday on Wednesday. Rain fell in torrents, as much as an inch being registered in half an hour. The rain was accompanied…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Hospital Ship. Wrecked in a Gale. the Nurses Saved. London, Friday Afternoon
The hospital ship [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Old Warship Turns Turtle 21 Missing, 43 Saved. Rescues in Channel Gale. Hundred of Spectators
The Secretary of the Admiralty announced on September 17 that H.M.S. fiagard II. (late Erobus), which was being towed in the Channel, founded during the towed in the Channel, foundered during the gale, twenty-one of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Flooding the Germans Out: Opening the Dykes Near Antwerp
Drawn for the "Graphic" by J. R. Skelton from the description of Mr. Frank Hillier, Antwerp Correspondent at to the "Daily Mail." The resourceful Belgians achieved a great coup by opening the dykes on the south-east section of Antwerp and allowing the high tide to inundate the environs of Termonde. The Gentian artillery was nearly all lost, notwithstanding herculean efforts to save it, and the soldiers who failed to get out of the inundated area before the water rose too high had to take to houses and tree tops, whence they were later gathered in as prisoners by the Belgians. They were all very angry indeed at such an undignified end. How many men the Germans lost cannot exactly be stated. Officially, 1000 were killed, but, with wounded and prisoners, their casualties must have…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →A Torrid Time in the State Highest Heat Wave Since 1900 a Temporary "Cooler" Scattered Thunderstorms and Rainfall
"Phew ! isn't it hot ?" How often has the exclamation been heard during the last few days ! Sometimes in the past it has not been…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Hospital Ship. Wrecked in a Gale. Great Loss of Life. London, Oct.30
The hospital ship Rohilla, while proceeding, from Queensferry to Dunkirk to pick up Belgian wounded, was wrecked in a gale at Whitby, at 4 o'clock in the morning. A…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Nurses Wrecked. Fate of the Rohilla. a Terrific Gale. Hazardous Work of Rescue. London. Sunday Evening. I
Further details have been received of the week of the hospital ship Robilla, which was on her way from Queenaferry to dunkirk, to pick up wounded…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Floods in Belgium. Havre, Oct. 31
The inundation of the country between the river Yser and Dixmude, and along the Nieuport railway is proceeding. The water has now reached Pervyse (a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire on Luceric. Hold Flooded
News has reached Sydney to the effect that what promised to be a very serious outbreak of fire occurred on board the Weir liner Luceric, just…
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HAVRE, Sunday.--The inundation bettwen the Yser and the Dixrrrade-Nienport : railway has now reached Pervyse…
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VIENNA, Saturday.--Budapest telegrams stale that' the whole of Hungary is again flooded with wounded, showing the Sanguinary character of the Vistula fighting…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gales in New Zealand
WELLINGTON, Monday.--A gale on Sunday night did considerable damage to the telegraph telephone, and electric light wires, fences were demolished, and some houses in Wellington…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Run in Heavy Rain
A heavy shower fell during the running of the Coburg Stakes, but it did not upset the calculations of the supporters of De Gama. That horse was backed from 5 to 1 down to 6 to 4, and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fierce Gale. Wellington (N.z.)
Wellington, Walrarapa, Manawatu, and Hawkes Bay have experienced a' severe northerly gale, the wind occasionally reaching the pace of 60 miles an hour. The damage done…
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In the five days' battle the Austro-German troops suffered enormous losses, and large heaps of unburied dead lie scattered along the whole 250 miles of battle front over which the struggle…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flooding the Valley
The Germans began to retreat across the Yser owing to the allies having inundated the valley. The retreating forces were heavily bombarded by French and Belgian artillery. The…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Storm at Casino. Casino
A heavy rainstorm, accompanied by hail, occurred on Monday afternoon in Casino, The rain fell in torrents for nearly half an hour. About 122 points fell…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fight in a Snow Storm
The final assault took place on Saturday after a snowstorm. The Germans sacrificed line after line before a murderous miles and machine-gun fire. At…
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BERLIN. Wednesday.--It is officially reported Hint, the inundations south of Nicuport preclude all operations and that the whole district has been destroyed. The…
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