Thrilling Trip in Gale
Constable Benson and Dr. Shallard (Government Medical Officer) had an exciting voyage in a motor launch on Monday from Tea Gardens to Soldiers'…
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Floods & storms, 1931
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Basement Flooded
When the employees of Bargain Arcade, Newcastle, arrived to commence duties on Monday morning they were surprised to find the big basement covered with 6ins…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Three Drowned Fishing Launch Sinks Caught in Terrific Storm Tragedy at Tuncurry. Sydney
Three men were drowned when a fishing launch sank during a cyclonic storm which swept Tuncurry this afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gale at Armidale Grandstand Unroofed. Armidale
Armidale was swept by a terrific gale late yesterday afternoon, which, although only of short duration, lifted the roof of the big grandstand at the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Nine Aeroplanes Caught in Storm on Manning. Taree
Flying back to Sydney after having taken part in the Coff's Harbor aerial pageant, nine aeroplanes were severely buffeted by a storm near the Manning…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cyclonic Storm Tweed Heads-Coolangatta Houses Completely Unroofed Seaside Camps Levelled or Destroyed. Tweed Heads
A severe storm cyclonic in character raged for about an hour last night doing extensive damage in both border towns, Tweed Heads and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fifty Missing Fishermen Caught in Storm. Moscow
Fifty men fishing through the ice on the Caspian Sea, were caught in a storm and are now missing. Aeroplanes and steamers are searching for them…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Storms To-day
The district was visited by another series of storms to-day. Though not nearly so heavy as yesterday's downpour, the rain was sufficient to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Decent Storm Dorrigo Registers Two Inches in Forty-five Minutes Havoc to Telephone Service
The heaviest storm experienced on Dorrigo for many moons passed over the district yesterday. In town exactly two inches were registered in 45…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rain at Last Welcome Thunderstorm Falls of From One to Two Inches
A thunderstorm, which passed over Grafton and many other Clarence River centres between 2 and 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon, came as a belated, but,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Another Thunderstorm More Beneficial Rain
A thunderstorm--the second in two days--passed over Grafton at about 9 o'clock last night and was productive of more welcome rain. The storm did not…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Storms
Further nice falls of rain from storms which passed over Coffs Harbour on Friday and Saturday afternoons have been recorded. Each one…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Violent Storm at Broome's Head Tree Struck. Horse Goes Over Cliffs. Maclean
A storm of great violence passed over Broome's Head about 9 o'clock on Friday night. There were three terrific flashes of lightning, and the first struck a tree…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hotel Unroofed Damage by Gale at Barcaldine
Following intense heat all the morning, an exceptionally severe and sudden cyclonic blow, of only a few minutes' duration, occurred at Barcaldine (Q.) on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Flood-broken Road
An echo of the disastrous 1930 floods in the Hunter Valley was heard at the meeting of the Hunter District Water Board on Tuesday. The chief engineer…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Palmer's Island Violent Storm
A storm of a rather violent nature passed over Palmer's Island, between 6 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Sunday last. The wind was only light, but some vivid flashes of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Testing 'Planes in Home-made Storms
The largest commercially operated wind tunnel in the world has been completed at the plant, of the Berliner-Joyce Aircraft Corporation, near the new municipal…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Deluge at Cairns
Torrential rain, believed to be the result of cyclonic influence, fell at Cairns a and Port Douglas during the week-end. At the former center nine inches were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Storm in Tea Cup' Electricity Charges Sequel to South Grafton Meeting Engineer Furnishes Special Report
Mr. N. V. S. Wilton, engineer and manager of the Clarence River County Council, at the request of the chairman, Cr. G. W. Fitzgerald,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Severe Hail Storm
A severe hail storm was recently experienced at Deervale. It was the worst hail storm that has ever been seen here. The hail destroyed…
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