Houses Flooded Water Main Bursts. Sydney
Many houses were inundated when a torrent of water swept from a burst main in Junction Road. Summer Hill, last night. Furniture floated round the rooms…
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Floods & storms, 1930
230 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 3 of 12
Sensational Experience in Storm
Mrs. Watkins, who occupies a house of five or six rooms in Wardrop street. South Murwillnmbah, owned by Mrs. Gill, had a sensational experience during a severe…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Inverell Cyclone Collapse of a Dance Hall. Inverell
A cyclonic storm passed over Inverell yesterday doing considerable damage. Houses were unroofed, chimneys collapsed, fences were razed, communications…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →'No Gale' The Naval Conference Surface Undisturbed Optimistic British Spokesman. London
According to the British spokesman, while it is frankly admitted that some of France's statistical proposals do not suit the British idea, it is an…
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During last week-end a heavy storm passed over the Dorrigo district. A flash of lightning struck a tree near Mr. H. Leaver's residence on the outskirts of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Governor to Rescue Ropes for Yachts in Gale. Melbourne
It transpires that during the height of a storm, which raged in Port Phillip on Saturday, the Governor-General swam ashore from the yacht Corella, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Flood Difficulties Train Passengers Marooned. Melbourne
The secretary of the Commonwealth Railways, Mr. Sims, said to-day that flood difficulties were still being contended with on the Transcontinental railway,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →'63 FLOOD Lives Lost Prison Labor in Grafton a "Political Drama." January 1 to June 30, 1863
The "Bristol Times," states the "Examiner," is responsible for the announcement that owing to a glut of horses in New South Wales, a contractor has…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wiped Out Villages In France Terrific Rains-floods Heavy Death Roll Feared. Paris
Torrential rain in the Languedoc region caused a loss of more than thirty lives. Rivers have overflown, farms have been devastated, miles of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Flooded Long Stretch of East–west Line. Perth
One hundred and fifty–nine miles of the railway between Port Augusta and Kalgoorlie have been affected by the wash–aways, which caused the dislocation of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →300 DEAD Three Thousand Homeless Floods in France Worst Ever Known There Damage Will Total Millions. Paris
As a climax to the Montauban floods a dam burst and a torrent of water, ten feet deep, swept over Moissac, carrying away fifty houses…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →France's Floods 700 Dead Message From the King Sidelights on the Disaster Heroic Rescue Work. London
The King sent the following message to the French President:–"I have learned with the deepest concern of the disastrous inundations which have desolated such…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cost of Repairs Flood Damage on East–west Line. Melbourne
The repairs to the East–West railway as a result of flood damage cost between £12,000 and £13,000. Other flood damage on the line will cost about £43,000 to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →11 DROWNED Floods In S. Africa Houses Washed Away Two Rivers Overflow Banks. Capetown
Following heavy rains at Drakensburg, the Great and Little Bushman Rivers became raging torrents, which swept over the Estcourt district. A…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →'Horrible' Floods in France Terrible Stories of Eyewitnesses. Paris
Eyewitnesses report the flooded area is even more horrible to contemplate than the shell–shattered departments in 1914-18. The breakdown of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fierce Storm Damage in West Australia. Perth
During a fierce electrical storm, which swept through the south–east agricultural districts, extensive damage was caused to crops, houses and fences…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Flood Havoc Damage In France Estimated at £12,000,000 Day of Mourning. Paris
To–day is a day of mourning throughout France for the flood victims. Flags are flying at half-mast, members of the Government have…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Incessant Rains in France Fresh Floods Feared. Paris
Incessant rains on the Lower Pyreness have caused fears of fresh floods. All the rivers are again swollen. Many torrents have broken over the banks of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coffs Aerodrome. Effects of Heavy Rain
Members of Coffs Harbour Aero Club who re-erected the wind indicator on Sunday morning, after it had been blown down, inspected the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Storm Heavy Wind at Carr's Creek
Our Carr's Creek correspondent reports Wonderful rain fell throughout the district in the storm on Saturday afternoon. Mr. D. E. weeks' gauge registered 175…
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