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Floods & storms, 1916

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Hot and Sultry. Heat in the Country. More Scattered Thunder-storms

Evening News · Monday 17 January 1916 · page 5

Hot and sultry weather with clouds at sea[?] places and winds chi[?] from the north were the prev[?] conditions throughout New South wales this morning. The temperatures…

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Floods in Holland. Bursting of Dykes. Amsterdam, Jan. 14

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 January 1916 · page 10

The whole of the North of Holland is in danser of being flooded owing to the bursting of the Zuyder Zee dykes at various points. People have f[?]ed from Edam and other towns…

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Floods in Ireland

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 17 January 1916 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday.--Unprecedented floods burst the banks of the Grand Canal at Edenderry. King's County, Ireland, and washed away houses, cattle, and crops. The damage…

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Dutch Floods. Enormous Losses. Queen Visits District. [?]

Evening News · Tuesday 18 January 1916 · page 1

Queen Wil[?] near the [?] south has gone to [?]…

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Heavy Thunderstorme

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 18 January 1916 · page 5

The principal feature of the weather reported on Saturday was the occurrence of severe thunderstorms, chiefly in the north eastern quarter of the State…

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Foreign Cables North Holland in Peril Dykes Burst and Towns Flooded

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 18 January 1916 · page 4

A serious disaster has over taken a large portion of the Netherlands. The whole of North Holland is in danger of being flooded owing, to the bursuing of the…

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Floods in Ireland

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 18 January 1916 · page 4

Unprecedented floods burst the banks of the canal at Edenbery, in King's County, Ireland, and washed away houses, cattle, and crops. The damage is…

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Floods in Holland. Worst Since 1825. AMSTERDAM, Jan. 17

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 January 1916 · page 10

The flood is the worst since 1825. Sixteen persons were drowned at Marken (10 miles north-east of Amsterdam)…

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Dutch Floods Worse London, Monday Night

The Sun · Tuesday 18 January 1916 · page 5

Amsterdam reports state that the Dutch floods are increasing. Twenty-two people were drowned on the island of Marken, in the Zuyder Zee. Queen Wilhelmina is visiting…

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Worst Since 1825. Floods in Holland

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 January 1916 · page 6

AMSTERDAM, Monday.--The floods in Northern Holland are the worst since 1825. Sixteen people were drowned on Marken Island…

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Wind-storm at Temora Temora

The Sun · Wednesday 19 January 1916 · page 3

Monday was one of the dirtiest days on record. The heat was intense, the mercury climbing to 105 degrees. The dust blow in heavy clouds all the afternoon. During the…

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Holland Floods. Many Fatalities. Great Financial Loss. Amsterdam, Jan. 17

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 January 1916 · page 14

Queen Wilhelmina visited the flooded co[?] of the Zuyder Zee. Prince Henry has gone to Marken [?] miles north-east of Amsterdam), where…

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Getting Warm Again Scattered Thunderstorms

The Sun · Wednesday 19 January 1916 · page 3

City Forecast.--Fine, but becoming sultry, with squally north east winds. Now South Wales Forecast.--Hot and sultry, north east winds, scattered…

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Flooded Holland

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 19 January 1916 · page 11

THE CANAL AT EDAM, WHERE THE RECENT FLOODS HAVE WROUGHT CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE. TYPICAL SCENE, SHOWING BISSCH UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS…

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Holland Floods. Serious Loss of Life. Many People Ruined

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 19 January 1916 · page 9

AMSTERDAM, Tuesday.--Queen Wilhelmina visited the flooded Zuyder Zoo area. Prince Henry has gone to Marken, where 22 inhabitants have already been found dead…

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A Severe Storm

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 20 January 1916 · page 6

SINGLETON, Wednesday.--A severe storm was experienced a low miles from town. In its course it blow in the side of a room of Mrs. S. Irwin's residence at Archerfield, and a large…

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Storm at the Islands. Makambo Has Rough Experience

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 20 January 1916 · page 7

The steamer Makambo, of Messrs. Burns, Philp, and Co.'s Line, arrived last evening from the islands was delayed by heavy weather. After leaving Lord Howe Island on…

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Effect of a Thaw. German Trenches Flooded. What the Russians Got. Petrograd, Wednesday Evening

Evening News · Thursday 20 January 1916 · page 1

A [?] has rendered untenable the German trenches in the [?] district ([?] miles case of [?] flooding them with subterranean water…

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Coastal Rain. Light Thunderstorm in the City

Evening News · Thursday 20 January 1916 · page 5

The weather throughout New South Wales this [?] was [?]…

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