Worst Storm for 60 Years
One night last week a terrific storm passed over Mr. C. J. Ross's ''Fern Brook'' property at Mt. Mitchell, near Glen Innes, uprooting giant trees and…
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Floods & storms, 1928
386 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 18 of 20
Sundays Storm Phone and Services Over 1600 Poles Levelled. Melbourne
Mr. Brown, Director-General of Postal Services, said that the full details of the damage caused to telegraph and telephone lines in New South Wales, through bush…
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Mr. E. C. Gates reports the following rainfall record: For September, 1927, 282 points, while in September, 1928, only 16 points fell. October 3, 41 points…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Nearing Azores Zeppelin Flight Dodging Storm Areas "Atlantic Not Ideal Route for Airship." Friedrichshafen
The Zeppelin's passengers were insured at a premium of 6½ per cent., and the airship itself at 9 per cent. The passengers include the British journalist, Lady…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Youth Drowned Fell Into Storm Water Channel. Melbourne
A youth named Reginald Utting, of Collingwood, while walking along the bank of the Yarra river, slipped into a storm water channel and was carried into…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Southern Cross Monoplane Narrowly Averted Disaster Landed with Only Three Gallons Fuel in Tanks Thrilling Return Flight From N.Z Delayed by Head Winds and Storms Lost for Hour and Half After Striking Coast Sydney
With only three gallons of petrol left in the tanks the Southern Cross landed at Richmond acrodrome at 2.15 this morning on the return flight from New Zealand. The monoplane took off from Blenheim, at 4:54 a.m. New Zealand time,…
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On arrival of the schooner Margaret W. in Sydney the captain of the vessel said a violent dust storm was encountered 400 miles off the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Heavy Storms in Qeeunsland Crops and Buildings Damaged. Brisbane
Destructive storms were experienced were a wide area in Southern Queensland last night. The wind was of cyclonic force and a heavy fall of hail caused…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Floods in India Heavy Loss of Life Feared Hundreds of Miles of Country Inundated. Calcutta
Floods are increasing on the Madras coast. They are the worst for twenty years. The countryside is inundated for hundreds of miles, and villages and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In Six Feet of Sand. Only Southerly Gale Will Shift Uralla
Owing to unfavorable conditions, salvage work on the stranded Uralla, which went ashore on Stockton Beach in a south-east gale in June last, has…
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Owing to unfavorable conditions, salvage work on the stranded Uralla, Which went ashore on Stockton Beach in a south-east gale in June last, has…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lost in Gale? Oil Tanker with 48 Hands Aboard. Boston
The steamer West. Carnifax arrived here from Alexandria, the officers expressing fears, that the American tanker, David C. Reid, with a crew of 48, foundered near…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Floods in India Train Passengers Marooned for Week. Calcutta
The Madras floods are continuing. The railway line between Samalkot and Waltair has been damaged for a hundred miles. Sixteen inches of rain have fallen…
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Havoc by floods in the East Godavari district, Madras coast, is related by villagers,who were rescued after being marooned nearly a week. There were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gloomy Picture Fire, Drought, Floods Soldier Settlers at Ardlethan. Sydney
A soldier settler of South Yalgogrin, near Ardlethan, who states that he speaks for other settlers, as well as himself, has asked the Returned Soldiers'…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cyclone at Condobolin Six Men Injured. Condobolin
The town was struck by a cyclone on Saturday and widespread damage was caused. Hundreds of people congregated…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Grafton Council The Special Loan Flood Embankment Proposals Triennial Elections
A meeting of the Grafton City Council was held last night when there were present the Mayor (Ald. D. W. Macpherson), Aids. B. C. Eggins, W. H. Henson, C…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Copmanhurst Shire Valedictory Meeting Valuer's Report Flood Embankment Deputation
The members of the present Copmanhurst Shire Council met for the last time at the Council Chambers, Victoria street, Grafton, yesterday. There were present…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Turned Back Singapore Victoria Point Hop Hurley Held Up by Storms. Singapore
Captain Hurley arrived here at 1.30 this afternoon in the Spirit of Australia. The wheels of the plane fouled a bunker on the racecourse, but were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Forty One Dead 150 Injured in Cyclone. Buenos Ayres
Forty-one persons are reported to have been killed and 150 injured, in a violent cyclone, [?] the vicinity of Villa Maria, in the province of Cordoba…
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