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Floods & storms, 1916

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Some Random Boxing Recollections When the Masters Reigned Fritz Holland As a Knocker-out Storm Among Those Queensland Amateurs When the S.a.g.c. Flourised L. Foley, Jackson, Slavin, Jim Hall, Bob Fitzsimmons

Referee · Wednesday 7 June 1916 · page 9

What pleasant and vivid recollections "rush upon me thronging" as I recall early chapters in the boxing ring life of Sydney, and see again in fancy some of the famous gladiators of the…

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Beatty's Daring Manoeuvre British Squadron Between Two Fires. Forty Thunderstorms in One

The Farmer and Settler · Wednesday 7 June 1916 · page 1

Admiral Beatty by brilliant manoeuvring, succeeded In netting between the German ships and their base, but the full [?] of these tactics were…

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“Arrows in the Gale”

Co-operator · Thursday 8 June 1916 · page 4

The “Bung” plea of “Be Moderate” and “Do not go to Extremes,” are similar to the pleas used by Mc-Carthy, Lawton, Warton and Co.,…

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American Storms. Heavy Death Roll

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 8 June 1916 · page 6

KANSAS CITY (Missouri), Wednesday. -- The death-toll from the storm-swept sections Arkansas, Missouri, Mississippi, and Illinois has reached the total of 126 deaths. A…

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Violent Storm. One Hundred and Seventy-six Deaths. Kansas City (Missouri), June 7

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 8 June 1916 · page 10

The death-roll in the storm-swept sections of Arkansas, Missouri, Mississippi, and Illinois, has reached a total of 126. A number of persons are still unaccounted for…

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Like 40 Thunderstorms

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 9 June 1916 · page 15

Another eye-witness says the fight between the battle, cruisers was like 40 thunderstorms rolled into one. It was hell. A great shell ploughed through…

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Heavy Rain. Central District Benefits

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 June 1916 · page 20

Heavy falls of rain have occurred in parts of the central districts of New South Wales, and light to moderate registrations were made fairly generally south of a line joining Byrock,…

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London Letter. Hughes the Storm-centre. Freedom of London Ceremony. Australians in Britain and France. London, April20, 1916

Evening News · Saturday 10 June 1916 · page 8

Mr. Burghes is again in the thick of the fight. His [?] acclersted by excessive activity laid [?] at the Cecil Hotel for several weeks [?] he is nearly himself again and has…

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Ketch Swansea's Trip to Moresby. Vessel in Cyclone

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 13 June 1916 · page 4

This small vessel (42 tons register) had a very rough handling on her way up to Port Moresby, having passed through the recent severe cyclone on…

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Shot in Mistake Flood Found Not Guilty London, Tuesday Night

The Sun · Wednesday 14 June 1916 · page 5

Sergeant Flood, of the 5th Royal Dublin Fusiliers; who was court martialled at Dublin on a charge of murdering Lieutenant Lucas, of the 2nd King Edward's Horse, and…

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Floods Near Bathurst Traffic Held Up Bathurst

The Sun · Wednesday 14 June 1916 · page 3

Since Friday 496 points of rain have fallen here and the weather is still unsettled. All the low lying parts of the district are more or less under water, particularly in the…

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“Arrows in the Gale”

Co-operator · Thursday 15 June 1916 · page 7

The movement, known as the Universal Service League desires to adopt conscription. Be not led astray by the cry that conscription means…

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Dublin Riots. Flood Acquitted

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 15 June 1916 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.--Further evidence was heard to-day at the Dublin court-martial at which Sergeant Robert Flood, of the Dublin Fusiliers, was charged with having murdered…

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More Rain Rough Weather on the Coast Cyclone Predicted

The Sun · Friday 16 June 1916 · page 3

City Forecast.--Showery, with strong squally southerly winds. New South Wales Forecast,--Strong southerly winds, showers on the coast…

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Cyclonic Storm. Heavy Seas on the Coast

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 16 June 1916 · page 4

Cyclonic conditions off the coast--between Norfolk Island and Brisbane--have caused rough seas along the seaboard. At Kiama "stand off" signals were flying, the son there…

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Wintry Weather. Gales, Rain, and Rough Seas Useful Falls in the North

Evening News · Friday 16 June 1916 · page 5

Though there were evidences of the [?] improving yesterday morning the con[?] became [?] as the day advanced and this morning a reports showed that there was a further intensificaiton of…

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Canadians' Great Charge Over Storm-sodden Ground Deadly British Artillery

The Sun · Friday 16 June 1916 · page 5

The London Times correspondent at headquarters on the western front says that an incessant week of rain has made infantry attacks almost impossible…

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Storm Centre of the Flanders Front Coming Struggle at Ypres for the Command of the Channel the Australians and New Zealanders Hold a Sector in the Pressure Area

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 16 June 1916 · page 1

It is now evident that the Australians on the British front are mainly in the neighborhood of Ypres and southward to-wards Little, a district in which everything…

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Ypres Again the Storm Centre. Is Germany Preparing for a New Offensive? With the British Armies in the Field, April 2[?]

The World's News · Saturday 17 June 1916 · page 6

IT is just a year ago since the beginning of the second battle of Ypres, when, on April 20, after heavy…

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Storm Abating. Byron Bay

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 June 1916 · page 10

After six days the sea moderated on Friday night, and three steamers and two motor boats have left. The Wollongbar broke away from the jetty on Friday, after landing…

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