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Floods & storms, 1916

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The Sangola From Calcutta. in a Cyclone

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 7 March 1916 · page 4

The British-India steamer Sangola, which is due at Sydney about Friday from Calcutta, via ports, had an exceedingly rough passage to the…

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Gossip of Sydney Pony Racing "Scout" on Victoria Park Sport and an Incident Victoria Park Successes Despite Heavy Rain in the Last Two Races

Referee · Wednesday 8 March 1916 · page 5

Wednesday's meeting of the Victoria Park Racing Club was extensively patronised, but the successes of Kind Lady, Miss Bunty, Wherry, and Sturdee enabled the ringmen to declare…

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Driven Out by the Floods

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 March 1916 · page 11

MANY FAMILIES WERE DRIVEN FROM HOME BY THE REGENT FLOODS IN HOLLAND. THE GROUP SHOWN IN ILLUSTRATION ARE APPARENTLY TAKING THEIR TROUBLES PHILOSOPHICALLY…

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Eastern Front Gathering Storm Both Sides Preparing London

The Sun · Monday 13 March 1916 · page 1

The operations of the Russian European armies are like the play of distant lightning on the fringe of slowly gathering clouds. Both sides are making strenuous…

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Labor and the Farmers a Tea Cup Storm

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 14 March 1916 · page 5

The N.S.W. Minister for Lands and Mr. Hunt, president of the F.S.S., have been tilting at each other, and presonalities now stand forward in the…

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The Beaver As a Pest. Flooding Wisconsin Farms

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 14 March 1916 · page 6

Every land its own pests! A Wisconsin message states that a colony of more than 300 beavers engaged in building dams in preparation for their coming…

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Warmer Weather Thunderstorms in North Queensland Rainfalls

The Sun · Wednesday 15 March 1916 · page 3

City Forecast.--Warm and sultry, north-east winds. New South Wales Forecast.--Generally fine, with scattered showers and isolated…

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Change of Weathers Scattered Thunderstorms Squally on the Coast

The Sun · Thursday 16 March 1916 · page 3

City Forecast.--Cloudy, with showers towards evening. New South Wales Forecast.--Unsettled and showery on the coast and highlands…

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No Further Forward Infantry Quiet at Verdun River Meuse in Flood (Published in the Times) LONDON, Thursday Morning

The Sun · Thursday 16 March 1916 · page 5

A Paris official message issued at midnight says:--"The bombardment west of the River Mouse has appreciably slackened, and there…

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Violent Storm. Eden

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 March 1916 · page 10

A violent thunderstorm, accompanied by a fall of hailstones of enormous size, occurred last night. The storm was heralded by the approach of dense masses of clouds of a…

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Floods in the Territory

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 March 1916 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--A report from Dr. Gilruth, Administrator of the Northern Territory, statos that the floods which occurred in the Roper River Valley at the end of the year…

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Gale on the Coast

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 March 1916 · page 7

Boisterous weather set in along the coast yesterday and last night. Most stations reported a gale. It was blowing strong from N.N.W. at Gabo, and Moruya had a southerly…

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Will Weather the Storm Germany Still Boasts Chancellor's Belief

The Sun · Sunday 19 March 1916 · page 1

According to a German wireless message Br. von Bethmann-Hollweg, the Imperial Chancellor, assured the Federal Council that Germany was inspired by a firm, unshaken…

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The Coming Storm The Czar Exerting Pressure the Clash on the Russian Frontier. Waiting for the Spring

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 21 March 1916 · page 1

The operations of the Russian European armies are like the play of distant lightning on the fringe of slowly gathering clouds. Both sides are making…

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The Italian Front Fierce Avalanche Warfare Fighting Among Trentino Hills. Snowdrifts and Floods

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 21 March 1916 · page 1

The Italian operation against Austria have been seriously impeded by persistent bad weather. rain falls continually, and the communication trenches are…

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A New Zealand Cyclone

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 22 March 1916 · page 8

WELLINGTON, N.Z., Tuesday.--A cyclonic wind struck Stratford, near live racecoursh, this morning, and for a mile cut a 60ft. track through the outskirts of the town. Trees, sheds,…

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The Persian Gulf Campaign-- Tommies Flooded Out of Their Camp

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 22 March 1916 · page 30

(Photos. by "Daily Mirror," London.)…

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Mining. Slump in Edna May Deep. Mine Flooded. Tin, Barriers, and Copper Steady

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 March 1916 · page 9

There were some kaleidscopic changes in the market yesterday. Edna May Deep shares having finished firm the previous evening at 42/3—a noticeable rise—a further movement…

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Pasture Grasses For Swampy Country Growths That Thrive Under Flooding

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 28 March 1916 · page 7

Although over the most of Australia the, tanners complain more frequently of drought than deluge, there are regions here and there subject to flooding, and…

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Storms in Queensland

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 30 March 1916 · page 9

BRISBANE, Wednesday.--Boisterous weather conditions prevelled on the south eastern coast of Queensland to-day, and there was heavy equally weather at cap Moreten . The steamer…

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