Sixteen Drowned Lifeboat Swamped Violent Channel Gale. London
A lifeboat at Rye, Sussex, was swamped while returning from an attempt to succour a distressed vessel. Sixteen of the crew were drowned,…
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Floods & storms, 1928
386 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 19 of 20
London Swept Terrific Gale People Blown Down Shipping Badly Menaced. London
London was swept by a great gale this afternoon, the wind attaining a velocity of 64 miles an hour. Much damage was done and telegraph and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Local and Genral. a Welcome Storm
Real rain fell in a storm last night —the best fall of rain we have bad for a lone time. At Coffs Harbour post Office 140 points were recorded,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lightning Flash Townspeople Startled Last Night's Storm
A severe electrical storm passed over Grafton early last night. Flashes of lightning illuminated the sky and towards the end of the disturbance there was a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Nine Lives Lost Floods in United States Kansas City
Floods at the week-end, in the States of Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma claimed at least nine lives and caused property damage estimated at millions of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →U.S. FLOODS Five States Deluged Rivers Breaking Banks Death and Destruction. Chicago
Following upon the floods, over flowing streams are spreading death and destruction in five States, and to-night the Mississippi is breaking…
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Dorrigo received 106 points from the storm which was experienced on Monday evening. The rain commenced to fall about 6 p.m. and continued till…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hail and Rain Heavy Storm in Brisbane. Brisbane
A heavy storm struck Brisbane and suburbs to-day, shortly after noon. Between two and three inches were recorded. Large hail fell in some of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Conquest of the Air Schedule Time Maintained Despite Furious Gale. London
A Dutch Fokker air liner, driven by two Bristol Jupiter 500 h.p. engines, flew from London to Rotterdam in 86 minutes, which is a record, averaging 168 miles…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →80 M.P.H. GALE Eight People Killed Air Services Suspended Ships in Distress. London
Almost a week after the gale which caused serious havoc in London and the South Coast last Friday, another great wind and rain storm swept…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lashed by Gale Scores Of Ships Sheltering Gallant Rescues Air Full of S.O.S. Calls. London
During the recent gale, several fatalities occurred in various parts of the country from falling trees and tiles. The Channel and Irish Sea shipping…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gale's Toll Two Ships Sink Thirty-four Seamen Drowned Thrilling Rescue Story. London
The weather in the North Sea is still most severe. Numerous casualties are reported, including a number of men washed off ships…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dykes Burst Floods In Belgium Villages Inundated Soldiers Rebuilding Embankments. Antwerp
Violent storms caused the Scheldt to overflow with last night's high tide, bursting three dykes and inundating the greater part of the villages of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Under Water Fifty Villages In Belgium Floods Burst Dykes Worst for Fifty Years. Brussels
The floods in Belgium are The worst for half a century. Fifty villages are partly under water. The dykes burst so rapidly…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gale's Aftermath Claim Fdr Damages Baths Proprietress Gets £2,500. MELBOURNE
Breaking from her moorings during the storm on November 17, 1926, the steamer Malaita drifted in Port Phillip Bay and crashed into the public sea baths at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →After Three Years Bottle Washed Down River by Floods. Southgate
Mr. L. G. Leeson recently found a bottle on his farm which had been washed down the river by the floods last February. On examination it was found to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fierce Storm Hail and Rain at Bendigo Funeral Turned Back. Melbourne
A fierce hail and rain storm was responsible for considerable damage at Bendigo yesterday afternoon. Cellars and basements were Hooded and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Welcome Storm Good Falls in District
The weather was very sultry in Grafton yesterday, though the temperature was not abnormally high, barely touching the 100 mark. Distant rumbles of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Flood Embankment
In connection with the discussion relating to the flood embankment at the meeting of the Grafton City Council on Monday last authority to make the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Violent Storm Damage in Maitland District Chimney Falls--roof Lifted. Sydney
The most destructive storm in the Maitland district for several years was experienced on Saturday afternoon. Many buildings suffered…
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