Warm Weather Thunderstorms in the North-East
City Forecast,--At first sultry, with fresh north-east winds, but temporary cool southerly change later. New South Wales Forecast.--Fine…
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Floods in Tasmania Holdiay Travellers Held Up Hobart
Floods in the midlands, besides causing extensive damage to property and crops, have seriously inconvenienced Christmas holiday travellers, both to and from the mainland…
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LAUNCESTON, Thursday.—Heavy rain fell yesterday, and there were heavy floods in the midland's. The train service between Launceston and Hobart had to be suspended, although…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →French Submarine Surface-cruising in a Gale
So much has been made of the exploits of one or two Hun submarines that it is well now and then to remind our readers that all that the. Huns can do in this direction the Allies can do, and occasionally a little more. Much stress was laid on the behaviour of the merchant submarine Deutschland as a surface-boat in a gale. This picture, which is from "L'Illustration," shows a French submarine surface-cruising in a stormy sea on…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Mr. T. W. Keele Honoured Flood Periodicity
M. T. W. Keele, Harbour Trust Commissioner, and formerly president of the Water Supply and Sewerage Board, has received information that he has been awarded the…
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LAUNCESTON, Friday.--The flood waters having subsided, trains from Hobart arrived here this afternoon and evening bringing passengers and mails. The service has now been…
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WELLINGTON, Sunday.--The heavy rainfall in the Auckland district has given place to fine weather. Thursday and Fridays fall in Auckland totalled nearly six and a quarter…
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On Sunday evening about 6 o'clock the most devastating storm in the history of the district, which came as a climax to the wettest year known in this part of the west,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Disastrous Storm. Six Persons [?]Rowned. Great Damage at Orange. Fruit and Grain Crops Destroyed. Orange, Tuesday Afternoon
The most disaltous storm ever recorded in this district occured on Sunday evening. At [?]bount 5 o'clock, rain fell in torrents, and the creeks and gullies soon overflowed the banks…
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The trouble caused by the fall of earth on the main trunk line, near Auckland, has now been rectified. The rain was torrential, and 6.22 inches were recorded in two days…
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BATHURST, Tuesday.—Six persons were drowned in heavy floods yesterday, in the western district. Heavy rain fell on Sunday in the Millthorpe district, and soon all the…
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It is officially announced that a serious atmospheric disturbance is taking place to the northwards. The wind, at 8 p.m., had reached the force of a gale from the…
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Severe damage has been caused to the fruit and grain crops by a heavy thunderstorm, accompanied by hall, which commenced about 5 a.m. on Sunday, and resulted in over 5 inches…
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The following special advice was issued by the Weather Bureau at 11.15 this morning:— "Owing to telegraphic interruption no reports have yet been received from coastal…
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For six years a bitter feud had existed between the Browns and Robinsons, next-door neighbours. The trouble had originated through the depredations of Brown's cat…
Continued on Trove, page 35 →In the Wheat Lands. a Farmer's Travels. Loss Ry Storms and Rust
Mr. H. Carter, of Mosman, a wheatgrower of more than 40 years' experience in South Australia, recently took a trip through some of the wheatgrowing districts of the State,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Rain and Hail Storms in the Country Damage to Crops and Houses
A cyclone, with torrential rain and large hailstones, passed over the Mandurama district on Sunday night, and did damage to the extent of several thousands of pounds. From…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Storm. Damage to Property Over £150,000. Farmers Suffer Heavily. [?]
A review of the damage caused by the disastrous storm which passed over the district on Sunday evening indicates that the greatest destruction was caused in the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Black Christmas. Remarkable Storms. Country Districts Suffer Heavily. Several Lives Lost. Millthorpe Damage Estimated at Over £150,000
MILLTHORPE. Wednesday.--Christmas. 1916, will be long remembered as the darkest in the history of Milithorpe and district. The scone of destruction upon which Christmas…
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