What to Do in a Storm Keep Away From Trees
If but of doors, trees should be avoided and if, from the rapidity with which the explosion -follows the flash, it should be evident that the electric…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Floods & storms
Floods & storms, 1939
216 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 1 of 11
Palmer's Island Storm
Early on Saturday afternoon last a storm made its appearance over the Lower Clarence, and as a result a very acceptable shower was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Electrical Storm 17 Points of Rain at Grafton
Following a very muggy day, Grafton received a severe electrical storm shortly after 7 o'clock last night. Although rain fell for only a short…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lightning Lad Struck Dead Three Persons Shocked Fierce Electrical Storms Sydney
A lad was struck dead near Forbes, two men were shocked at Newcastle and a woman was rendered unconscious at Lakemba by lightning…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rain Follows Storm
Light but steady rain fell at Grafton after the electrical storm which took place early on Wednesday night. Fourteen points fell as a result of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →What to do in a Storm Keep Away From Trees
If out of doors, trees should, be avoided, and if, from the rapidity with which the explosion follows the flash, it should be evident that the electric…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Across Australia By Plane, Train And Steamer Flying in a Dust Storm Travelling in Comfort Through a Desert
"Fancy getting fresh, boiled snapper in the middle of the desert," writes Mr. c. E. Attwater, describing a trip on the transcontinental train…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Storms This Month Inigo Jones's Forecast
A better storm period than has been experienced recently can be expected about January 10. It may be little earlier because of the dry,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Economic War? Cyclone in W.A. Against Japanese Britain, France And U.S.A. Rumors Current in London London, Wednesday. Anxiety For Port Hedland Communications Cut. Perth
Rumors, apparently officially inspired, are current that Britain, in conjunction with France and the United States, is on the verge of A cyclone struck Port Hedland, 1300 miles away, on the North Coast, yesterday, and no word has since been received of the fate of the residents…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Flood Damage Downpour At Kalgoorlie Frogs Fall in Rain. Kalgoorlie
Damage was done to local government and public works to-day, when four inches of rain flooded Kalgoorlie and Boulder…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →W.A. CYCLONE No Lives Lost Sea Washes Through Township. Perth
Wireless communication was established to-day with Port Hedland, which was cut off by a cyclone yesterday. No loss of life occurred, but there was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Two Drowned Gale Overturns Skiff Auckland
Roy McKenzie and H. L. Reddell were drowned in Lyttleton harbor when a small sailing skiff overturned, after being swamped during a gale…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Washed Away Miles of Railway Floods In W.A. Hundreds of People Marooned Kalgoorlie
Townships in the Kalgoorlie district, following a downpour of rain for the last three days, are threatened by floods, and residents of many…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gales in N.Z. All Highways Blocked. Wellington (N.z.)
Violent gales are lashing the New Zealand coast and many parts of the country are isolated by floods. Homes in several townships have been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Heavy Rain 258 Points At Kyogle Storm Falls on Richmond. Lismore
Sixty-one points of rain fell in a storm at Lismore this morning and other parts of the Richmond River district report fails varying from 50 to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Valuable Cow's Untimely End Ethne Killed in Gale
The high-pedigreed Jersey cow, Ethne (imp.), owned by the Navua jersey Stud, Grose Wold, N.S.W., was killed in the gale which swept parts of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Severe Gale Damage in New Zealand Roads And Railways Power and Phone Lines Down Auckland
With the. exception of Auckland, which escaped the worst of the gale, every province in New Zealand has received the full blast of the fury of a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Six Planes Crash in England In Fog And Storm Old Woman's Amazing Escape London
There were six crashes of R.A.F. machines to-day, involving the death of four persons. A bomber crashed on top of a house…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Heavy Rain at Woolgoolga District Gets Thorough Soaking. Woolgoolga
Shortly after 1 p.m. yesterday light misty rain commenced to fall here. Heavy rain could be seen falling out to sea, but a strong south-westerly…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Storm Rains Shortly Herald of Normal Wet Season
Mr. Inigo Jones writing to the 'Courier-Mail" under date of January 4th, says: The storms cyclically due about January 10 may be…
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