Friday's Storm Rough Night at Harwood. Maclean
The rainfall at Harwood for the week ending Sunday last aft 9 a.m. was 36.8 points, 150 of which fell on Friday night during the cyclonic storm. The wind blew…
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Floods & storms, 1927
289 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 6 of 15
Mailman's Thrill. a Flood Episode
For years before the railway came, Hughie Kenny used to drive mails and passengers between Bellingen end Coffs Harbor, meeting the boats…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Steamer in Cyclone Deck Cargo Washed Overboard. Sydney
While the steamer City of Melbourne, from Capetown, was off the Australian coast she encountered a terrific cyclonic disturbance, during which part of the deck…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Heavy Rain For Royal Show Opening Judging the Cattle North Coast Awards
Unpleasant weather prevailed for the opening of the Royal Show to-day, heavy rain having commenced to fall during the night…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Don Moon Rush to Get on Him Heavy Rain in Sydney. Sydney
Heavy rain has fallen in Sydney almost continuously to-day, and unless morrow is fine, with a good drying wind, the track will be very heavy at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Renown Departs in Deluge of Rain Hobart Next Port of Call. Sydney
Heavy rain was falling when the Duke and Duchess of York returned to Sydney this morning from their tour of Queensland…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →100 KILLED Terrific Cyclone Two Towns Wrecked Houses Smashed to Pieces. Vancouver
The town of Rock Spring was wrecked by a cyclonic storm while the inhabitants slept. Sixty-eight bodies already have…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Flood of Whisky Five Barrels Burst Extraordinary Scenes. London
Extraordinary scenes were witnessed in Stock well street, Glasgow, when a tram collided with a distiller's lorry, bursting five barrels of whisky…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →All Sports Off Deluge in Sydney FIFTY M.P.H. Gale Doncaster and Cup To-day and Wednesday. Sydney
All sporting fixtures set down for Sydney, to-day were either postponed or abandoned as the result of heavy rain which has been falling since…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ashore in Storm Passenger Steamer Riverina Off Again? Sydney
A message was received in Sydney tonight stating that the s.s. Riverina went ashore on the west of Gabo Island during a storm…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →After the Storm 100 Rescued at Newcastle Man Killed--girl Missing Thrilling Incident at Windsor R.A.S, Attendance Drops 95,000 SYDNEY
Rain fell in Sydney for twenty-three hours without a minute's break. It is the wettest Easter for 10 years. From a.m. to 3 p.m. yesterday 257 points of rain fell…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →CLOUDBURST Streets Like Rivers Wauchope Flooded Rain Fell in Sheets Roads and Railways Badly Damaged. Wauchope
Streets and shops at Wauchope were flooded last night following what appeared to have been a cloudburst. Sharp showers fell, yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Floods in U,s. Mississippi Overflows. New Orleans
The highest floods since 1921 in the Mississippi caused the river to break over in several plaices, and river towns from St. Louis to New Orleans are…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Flood Damage Bridges Washed Away Roads Cut to Pieces Hastings Shire Suffers. Badly. Wauchope
Now that the flood waters have received the shire authorities are in a better position to form some idea of the enormous damage which the phenomenal…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Floods in U. S. Rail Traffic Paralysed. Twenty-two Thousand Refugees. New York
The flood waters have now inundated extensive fertile areas bordering the Mississippi River. There are 22,000 refugees. Rail traffic at many places is paralysed,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Eight Lives Lost Sydney Lashed by Cyclonic Storm Wind Attains Velocity of 64 M. P. H. City and Suburban Property Severely Damaged Worst Visitation for 15 Years Nearly 14 Inches of Rain in Four Days Sydney
Sydney got in the track of another cyclone last night and was battered by a sixty mile an hour gale. Eight men lost their lives as a result of the storm, which is the worst for fifteen years. Three men were drowned in a launch, three were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Seven Drowned Four Others Missing Launch Dashed on Rocks Disaster During Storm Murwillumbah Youth Among Victims. Sydney
IT IS NOW CLEAR THAT SEVEN PERSONS LOST THEIR LIVES WHEN A LAUNCH IN WHICH THEY WERE GOING FROM…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In Heavy Rain Renown at Melbourne Tumultuous Welcome Melbourne
The Renown arrived at Port Phillip Bay early this morning in heavy rain. Several hours later their Royal Highnesses landed and were given a tumultuous reception…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Heavy Storms Train Travellers Have Hard Times
Dorrigo and the Far North Coast, which usually receive more than their fair share when rain is about, escaped the two big storms which…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Heavy Damage Storms in U.S.A. MONTREAL
A New York message states that the gravity of the disaster caused by floods and cyclones is increasing hourly…
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