Steamer's Rough Trip Storm in Australian Bight. Sydney
The steamer Katoomba experienced tempestuous weather in the Great Australian Bight The passengers had an alarming time. The boatswain was swept…
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Floods & storms, 1927
289 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 9 of 15
More Storms in U,s,a. Loss of Life and Great Damage Vancouver
A message from Bristol (Virginia) states that twelve were killed and over a score of people are missing while many, were injured and enormous, property…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cyclone in Germany Villages Blotted Out Berlin
A cyclone blotted out the villages of Lingen, Holthaus aud Lindner. There were several fatalities and hundreds were injured…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Terrific Cyclone In Netherlands 30 KILLED; 300 Injured Church and Factory Collapse. Amsterdam
A terrific cyclone in the Province of Gelderland, Holland, resulted in 30 being killed and 300 injured. The centre of the storm was at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Great Whirlwind Holland's Destructive Storm Five Killed, Hundreds Injured. the Hague
Eyewitnesses of the cyclone area in Holland describe the approach of the storm as similar to a heavy black pillar of smoke, like a distant fire…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In Open Boat Man Carried Out to Sea Cockleshell in Gale Thrilling Rescue Near Coff's. Coff's Harbor
A native of Malta, whose name is unknown, residing with other Maltese at Nambucca Heads, had a thrilling experience when he was carried out…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →100 Deaths in Kentucky Floods. Louisville (U.s.a.)
Floods, followed by disastrous storms in the mountains of Eastern Kentucky last week-end, resulted in upwards of 100 deaths, and property damage estimated…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Flood Prevention Conference at Chicago. Chicago
The flood conference terminated after three sessions and requested President Coolidge to call out civilian engineers for the purpose of formulating a plan for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Twice Down The Atlantic Airmen Struck Storm in Channel Held Up by Broken Propeller. London
Throughout this morning various telegrams gave a different name of the spot where the American Transatlantic airman, Charles…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Grafton Council Old Servant Retires Flood Protection Conference Superannuation and Endowment
A meeting of the Grafton City Council was held at the Town Hall last night, when there were present, the Deputy-Mayor (Ald. D. W. Macpherson), and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Four Rivers Flooded in Arkansas Unfortunate Farmers Driven Back to Hills Again. New York
A message from Little Rock, the capital of Arkansas, states that farmers who are engaged in work of rehabilitation after the Mississippi…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rival of Cutty Sark German Sailing Ship in Gale. London
The German ship Graaf, which has arrived at Falmouth from Port Pirie (South Australia) encountered a four days gale. The ship lost two seamen, three boats…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rough Weather Steamer in Storm Washed by 35Ft. Wave. Adelaide
The steamer City of Khios, which left Port Lincoln, South Australia, last Friday for Albany, encountered terrific weather two days later…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Flood Protection Great Marlow Embankment Council and Drainage Union Conference at Gear's Wharf
A conference of representatives of the Grafton City Council, the Copmanhurst Shire Council, the Great Marlow Drainage Union, the North street Drainage…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Storm in West Perth and Fremantle 70 Mile an Hour Gale. Fremantle
Fremantle and Perth have been swept by terrific gales during the past 24 hours. The spray of mountainous waves…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Flood Victims Rehabilitation Work Colossal Undertaking "Greatest Peacetime Calamity." New York
With the Mississippi flood waters having reached a low stage of recession, Mr. Hoover, Secretary, of Commerce, is leaving to-morrow to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rivers Rising More Floods in U,s,a, Three States Suffer. Kansas City
A fresh outbreak of floods heavily damaged sections of the wheat regions in the States of Oklahama, Missouri and Arkansas, Kansas being the heaviest hit…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →State Politics Attack on Baddeley Will Government Flood Electorates. Sydney
Members of the Opposition in the State Parliament are greatly concerned at the possibility of the Government flooding certain electorates…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Byrd's Flight Atlantic Again Crossed Lost in Midnight Storm Airman and Companions Safe. London
COMMANDER BYRD AND HIS COMPANIONS SUCCEEDED IN CROSSING THE ATLANTIC, FROM NEW YORK TO PARIS…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Big Flood. (Published by Arrangement.)
According to a compilation printed in the "Herald -Tribune" (New York), ''the net result of national Prohibition has been to increase the annual per capita…
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