Terrific Wind Storm. Adelaide Visitation. Adelaide
A terrific wind storm visited Adelaide on Wednesday night, causing damage estimated at thousands of pounds. Many buildings were unroofed and others were…
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Floods & storms, 1925
256 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 4 of 13
Calm After Storm. London
News from Paris indicates a calm after the storm. There is a feeling of relief that the tension has broken. The President yesterday had numerous interviews…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →News of the World a Flood Tragedy. Heroic Woman's Fate. London
By the bursting of a reservoir bank at Skelmorlil, near Greenock, following an abnormal rainfall, four children between the ages of 7 and 14 and a woman…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →English Floods. a Tragic Incident. London
The Skelmorlie disaster was due to the carrying away of a 30 feet dam in consequence of torrential rains raising the level of the water in the reservoir until…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Barque in Gale Steering Gear Damaged. Sydney
The German barque, Hamburg, which left Melbourne a fortnight ago with 2800 tons of wheat for the United Kingdom, met with a terrific gale when three…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Storm Over a Teapot
When a constable was in George street, Brisbane, last Wednesday night he saw a man carrying a teapot tenderly under one arm, and he immediately suspected that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Deluge
Rain! It literally tumbled down in sheets during the early hours of yesterday morning. The previous evening from 6 o'clock till about midnight…
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Special forecast for North Coast and Tablelands:--Unsettled, with further rain, heavy falls on the coast, with strong south-east winds to gales…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sydney Deluged. 7½ Inches in 48 Hours. Railway Traffic Dislocated Flood Rains Predicted in South. Sydney
As the result of 24 hours continuous rain which has fallen about Sydney, serious dislocation of railway traffic has been caused. At O[?]ford and Coalcliff, on the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →WEMBLEY. 112,000 Attend Reopening Thunderstorm Christening Thrilling Pageant. London
Stupendous crowds were at Wembley Exhibition for the opening day, and all roads thither were blocked with traffic. The stadium was packed long before the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Flood Rains. Damage in Suburbs. Cataract Dam Almost Full Extensive Railway Washaways. Sydney
Torrential rain which fell in the metropolitan area during the week-end was responsible for widespread damage in the city and suburbs…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Vessel in Gale. Difficult Voyage. Sydney
The steamer Narani met the worst of the gale on Sunday and after considerable difficulty succeeded in entering Ulladulla…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coaster in Gale Narani Knocked About Sydney
The steamer Narani met the worst of the gale on Sunday, and after considerable difficulty succeeded in entering Ulladulla. The vessel had her rudder and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Heavy Flood in Hawkesbury. Heavy Damage to Crops. Sydney
As a result of the recent heavy rains all the bridges over the Hawkesbury River are now under water and many of the outlying centres are cut…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Flooded River. Houses Carried Away Wrecks Looted and Robbed. Sydney
At a meeting of St. Peters Council last night it was stated the Woronora River rose nine feet in an hour during the heavy rains on Sunday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In Flood Waters Two Men Drowned. Bega
In attempting to cross a flooded flat in a van and sulky, Henry Duncan, jun., and Edward Walker, both married men, were drowned. Two boys named Munro…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hawkesbury Floods. Waters Slowly Falling. Sydney
The Hawkesbury River, which threatened to flood the Richmond and Windsor towns, has slowly commenced to fall. All the punt services have been suspended. As…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Flood Damage at Windsor. Sydney
The damage at Windsor as a result of the recent heavy rains followed by floods, is estimated at £15,000…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →£50,000 Flood Damage Maize Crops Ruined. Melbourne
The floods along the Snowy River caused tremendous damage, and maize crops along the river banks have been ruined. The damage is estimated at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Marooned Man Thrilling Flood Rescues. Wollongong
A story of a thrilling rescue during the recent floods on the South Coast has just been told. During the height of the storm James…
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