Flood Damage Estimated at £100,000 Hawkesbury and Nepean Rivers Sydney
A survey of the damage caused by the floods in the Hawkesbury and Nepean Rivers shows that it amounts to approximately £100,000. Between £40,000 and…
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Floods & storms, 1929
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Moonee Street Drain. Engineer's Report on Flooding
The engineer submitted a report to the council on Wednesday on the flooding of the new 24-mch concrete pipe drain recently, constructed…
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A bottle was thrown into the river at Singleton on September 12 by David Pearce, of John street, and on September 17 the Engineer-in-Charge of Surveys and…
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Thomas Johnston, 22, was thrown from his horse while crossing the Barnald River, near Gloucester, and was drowned. The river was in flood. His body has not…
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Floods in the Hawkesbury district have subsided, but there is still much cleaning up to be done. An estimate of the damage is set down at £50,000,…
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From inquiries made in Murwillumbah on Monday it was ascertained that, since the hailstorm on Saturday four business houses in the town had disposed of more…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Missing 'Plane Fails to Reach Le Bourget Ran Into Fierce Gale. London
Mystery surrounds the whereabouts of a three-engined five-seater Avro aeroplane, which took off from Croydon this morning for Le Bourget, on the first stage…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lake Storm Car Ferry Missing Fifty-two Persons on Board Bodies and Wreckage Found. Vancouver
A message from Milwuakee (Wiseconsion), states that any hope that the Grand Truck ear ferry Milwauckee, with 52 persons on board, weathered the 48…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In Gale Indian Air Liner Forced Landing in Sea Seven Persons Perish Italian Tug Fails at Rescue. London
Early this evening Imperial Airways officially announced the loss of the Indian mail flying boat, City of Rome, during a gale in the Gulf of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Many Lives Lost Storm on Lake Michigan. Kenosha (Wisconsin)
Between ten and fifteen members of the crew were lost when the Lake steamer. Wisconsin sank in a storm on Lake Michigan to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cyclone at Auckland. Auckland
Considerable damage was caused by a cyclone which swept Auckland Harbor, A number of houses were unroofed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gale Over Now Gentle Zephyr Baldwin Supports Govt. the India Incident. London
The threatened, political gale over the India question has died more or less into a gentle zephyr. The week-end threats of a censure…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cyclonic Storms Damage at Two Queensland Towns. Brisbane
The towns, Kynuna and Cloncurry, were damaged by evelonie storms, which swept them last night. A number of building were unroofed in both towns. while the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →British Airships R101 Rides Out Gale. London
The second airship, R100, is completed and will be taken over by the Air Ministry in a few weeks. R101 is at Present at her mooring mast…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Discovery In Southern Seas Buffeted by Fierce Gale Message From Sir Douglas Mawson. (All Rights Reserved). CANBERRA
The following wireless message has been received from Sir Douglas Maw son: " A westerly gale swept' the Discovery radidly east from the Croze Islands. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Thrilling Rescue Italian Liner in Heavy Gale. London
A trilling rescue by means of a life line was accomplished early this morning by the New haven coastguards. The Italian liner, Nim bo 3870 tons, laden…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lismore Show Good Cattle Display Storm Keeps Crowd Away. Lismore
Lismore's 46th Annual Show commenced to-day with good entries in all sections. A hot morning, was followed by a storm which spoilt the afternoon attendance…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Three Lives Lost Fishing Fleet Disaster Swept by Gale Damage Estimated at £100,000. LONDON
In the House of Commons Mr. A. damson, Secretary to Scotland, said he was grieved to announce a disaster off the East Anglican coast on Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Terrific Storm Sweeps Sydney and Suburbs Three Boys Drowned Tram Struck by Lightning. Sydney
Tragedy accompanied a terrifie storm which swept Sydney and suburbs, this afternoon. Kevin Connor, 12, of Summer Hill,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Garden Ruined Storm Damage in Suburbs. Sydney
Damage estimated at £1000 was done by yesterday's hailstorms in the city and suburbs. Particularly heavy rain fell in the Ryde and Liverpool districts, where…
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