Fanned by Gale Fire at Waterloo Factory. Sydney
A fire which broke out early this morning at Waterloo, destroyed Sommerfield's upholstery factory, and damaged an adjoining disinfectant factory. A number…
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Floods & storms, 1929
311 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 13 of 16
Steamer Ashore Near Port Stephens Crew of 21 Landed Safely Pappinbarra Caught in Gale. Sydney
The steamer Pappinbarra ran ashore near the lighthouse at Port Stephens during the heavy gale to-day. The crew landed safely. There were no…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Heavy Weather Wind, Rain And Snow Hunter River in Flood Warning to North Coast Areas Torrential Rain Causes Derailment on Northern Line
Yesterday the following message was received by the Grafton postmaster from Mr. Mares, State Meteorologist:--…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Horse Killed During Gale
A horse owned by Mr. Lauritzen and which was sheltering in the lane between the Methodist Church and the Masonic Hall was killed during the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →North Coast Floods Hastings River Breaks Banks Young Farmer Killed Wauchope
The Hastings districts escaped by the narrowest margin arepetition of the disastrous floods of February last The upper river and tributaries rose…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Horse Killed During Gale
A horse owned by Mr. Lauritzen, which was sheltering in the lane between the Methodist Church and the Masonic Hall, at Dorrigo, was killed during the gale on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Weathered the Gale. Launch Pelligan at Yamba
A message from Yamha states that the motor launch Pelligan, which left Coffs Harbour during the gale last Wednesday and caused some anxiety…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Storms Floods in Brittany Train Buried in Landslide. London
A remarkably warm late summer in Europe culminated in a series of terrific thunderstorms, in which three persons were killed by lightning in England, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Ashore on Storm-swept Island. Colombo
The steamer Hochst, which sailed for Europe on Thursday, is aground oft Mini coy Island, and is reported badly disabled. In response to her S.O.S., the tug…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Storms in Italy Railways Washed Away. Rome
Torrential storms played havoc with the southern railways. A large section was swept away at Potenza. A repair gang of ten went out aboard a light engine and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →How Flood and Drought Hit the Manning
The annual report of the Manning River Dairy Co., Ltd., for the year ended June 30, 1929, reveals how the severe drought of last summer and the disastrous floods…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →HURRICANE Damage In Bahamas 29 Reported Killed Storm Moving Towards Florida. Miami (Florida)
Nassau (New Providence), in the Bahamas, has been hit by a tropical hurricane, which has been raging for two days…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Destructive Cyclone Damage Estimated at £100,000. CAPETOWN
A cyclone swept the southern suburbs of Johannesburg, demolishing Joel's stables. Two racehorses, Toureen and Tetratema, were so injured by falling on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Forty Drowned Norwegian Steamer Crashes Into Half-tide Rock Lark Night and Furious Storm Oslo
During a furious storm, the coastal steamer Hankon, travelling at 12 knots, was speedily sunk at Flore, Swing to crashing into a half-tide…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Murwillumbah Flood Prevention Scheme
At a meeting of the Murwillumbah Municipal Council, the Mayor (Ald. Black), and Alds. Eyles and Berdow were appointed a sub-committee to report on a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Flooded Rivers Interfere with Poll Glen Innes
Flooded rivers prevented voters in a number of places from recording their votes yesterday, and the poll at two polling places has been postponed to a date…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Weather Storms and Gales Flood on Hawkesbury. Sydney
One of the worst floods in the Hawkesbury for years is anticipated at Windsor. Already the water is six inches over the bridge, and the flats…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Rainfall. Floods in Parts
Altogether 714 points of rain, were registered at Coffs post office in the recent rainfall, spread over six days. The daily registrations were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →FLOODS On The Hawkesbury Windsor Isolated Dairy Farmers Lose Heavily. Sydney
One of the most disastrous floods in the the Hawkesbury River for many years was feared last night. Already damage estimated at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Flood Waters Subside. Sydney
It was officially stated to-day that the flood waters in Camden, Kurrajong and Richmond areas have fallen sufficiently to allow train services to be resumed…
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