Violent Storm Widespread Damage. Wellington (N.z.)
A violent storm passed ever Westport early to-day causing widespread damage. Many buildings, including the school house, were completely demolished, while…
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Floods & storms, 1927
289 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 11 of 15
Floods in India Cotton Crops Damaged Villagers Marooned Dramatic Rescue Work. Calcutta
Serious damage was done to the cotton crops in Western India by recent floods in the provinces of Gujerat and Kathiawar where the loss is estimated at 150,000…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mississippi Floods Work of Red Cross. Washington
The Red Cross has announced that it is still providing for over 130,000 destitute victims of the flood an Arkansas, Mississippi and Louisiana. The total number…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Enormous Damage Extensive Floods in France. Paris
A violent storm over the Seine and Loire district caused damage estimated at 10,000,000 to 35,000,000 francs. Crops were destroyed, cattle killed, woods…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Flood Trotection Great Marlow Embankm Question of Governmen Subsidy
At a recent meeting of residents ested in the repair of the flood emment near Leonard's' farm Mr. W. A. who acted as secretary, was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In a Gale Youth Mends Broken Rudder Melbourne
When the American barquentine Centennial arrived to-day, the story of a youth's bravery was told by the crew. During a gale on the way out the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →£50,000 Damages Hail Eight Feet Deep Fierce Storm at Dubbo
A message received from Sydney last night stated that a terrific hailstorm passed over Dubbo between 3 and! 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon. In places the hail…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Storm at Sea Waves Mountains High Lifeboats Smashed Liners Tossed Like Corks .New York
Five liners brought stories of one of the most terrific storms for many years in the Atlantic Ocean. Five hundred passengers on the liner,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →No News Brunswick-Brazil Flier Silence Since Starting May Have Been Caught in Storm. New York
Another airman is missing Since leaving Brunswick (Georgia), U.S.A., on Thursday, in a Stinson monoplane on a 4600 miles non-stop…
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Although Coffs Harbour almost missed out for rain, some places had nice falls from the storm on Friday afternoon. Urunga had about an inch,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →180 Deaths Floods in Galicia Damage Estimated at Million. Berlin
More than 180 deaths are reported as the result of floods in Galicia. Bridges across the San and Dniester Rivers collapsed, railways were torn up, mines…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gale in Victoria 3Lo Station Breaks Down. Melbourne
A strong gale swept across part of Victoria yesterday, and several buildings Were unroofed. Broadcasting from Station 3LO was interrupted, owing to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Galician Floods Over 300 Villages Inundated. Warsaw
Seven towns and 347 villages in Galicia have been flooded by the Dniester, which normally is eighteen yards wide, but is now a raging four-mile torrent…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →RUIN Flood Victims in Mississippi Valley Thousands of Farmers Bankrupt. New York
A message from Greenville, Mississippi, states that Mr. H. Hoover, Secretary of Commerce, on returning to the Mississippi flood regions for the first time since July…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Forty Lives Lost in Nova Scotia Storm. Halifax
It is feared that forty lives on two schooners belonging to the fishing fleet must be added to the toll of the recent storm, which swept Nova Scotia…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rain in Sydney Lowlying Land Flooded. Sydney
Heavy rain fell in Sydney during the forenoon. All the lowlying parts were quickly flooded, and traffic in some instances was held up…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →600 DEAD Cyclone--Tidal Wave Thousands Missing Appalling Loss of Life in Japan Tokio
OFFICIAL REPORTS FROM VARIOUS PREFECTURAL HEADQUARTERS THROUGHOUT THE EASTERN SECTION OF THE…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cyclone at Sea Warning to Shipping. Sydney
Mr. Mares this afternoon issued a warning to shipping that a very severe cyclone had worked in a south-western direction, from New Caledonia, and is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Heavy Rain Floods in England Crops Damaged, Stock Drowned London
For the fifth day in succession; very heavy rain fell yesterday over Central and Southern England. Flooding occurred at several places, and the Thames has…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Storm at Canberra. Canberra
A heavy thunderstorm swept over Canberra yesterday, converting the newly formed roads surrounding the Commonwealth offices into seas of mud. Operators…
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