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Broken Hill & the Far West · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1927

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Ratest News Issue. Floods in U.S.A. Proposal for Meeting [?] ENGINEERS [?] Message.) New York, June 5

Barrier Miner · Monday 6 June 1927 · page 4

[?] message states that the [?] has terminated after three sessions, and has requested President Coolidge to call out civilian…

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Football Crowd Storms Gates at Richmond Ground Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 7 June 1927 · page 1

There was much excitement at the Richmond Oval yesterday, when a crowd of over 40,000 stormed the gates. There was a League match…

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Floods in U.S.A. Four Rivers in Arkansas Again at Flood Stage Opwards of 20,000 People Mat Be Driven to Hills (A.p.a. Message.) New York, June 6

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 8 June 1927 · page 1

A Little Rock (Arkansas) message states that fanners engaged in the work of rehabilitation were again driven into the hills when new floods…

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Notes and Comments the U.s.a. Flood Problem

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 8 June 1927 · page 2

The Flood Conference which dealt with the question of preventing a recurrence of the floods which recently did sneh damage in the southern…

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Sevre Storm in Perth Buildings Unroofed Perth

Barrier Miner · Saturday 18 June 1927 · page 1

A severe wind and rain storm struck Perth and district yesterday afternoon, the wind blowing at a rate of from 50 to 70 miles an hour. A number…

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Schooner Ashore Driven by a Gale Fremantle

Barrier Miner · Monday 20 June 1927 · page 4

The three-masted schooner Abemana was driven ashore by a fierce gale on friday night while at anchor at Strath Fremantle, where she had been for…

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Cyclone in Victoria Much Damage Done in Bungaree District Buildings Wrecked Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Monday 20 June 1927 · page 1

A cyclone caused tremendous damage when it swept through the Bungaree district, near Ballarat, on Sunday afternoon. A number of buildings…

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Floods in U.S.A Reconstkuction Problem (A.p.a. Message.) New York, June 19

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 21 June 1927 · page 1

A Washington message says that the flood waters having reached alow stage, Mr. H. C. Hoover, the Secretary for Commerce, who is in charge of the…

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Floods in U.S.A. a Fresh Outbreak (A.p.a. Message.) Montreal, June 21

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 22 June 1927 · page 4

A Kansas City message slates that a fresh outbreak of Hoods heavily damaged section of the Oklahoma, Missouri, and Arkansas wheat regions,…

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Unemployed in State Opposition Have Fears of Flooded Electorates Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 23 June 1927 · page 1

Members of the Opposition in the State Parliament are greatly concerned at the possibility of the Government flooding certain electorates with…

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Notes and Comments More Floods in U.s.a

Barrier Miner · Friday 24 June 1927 · page 2

The United States seems to be passing through an abnormal climatic period as far as rain is concerned. For the third time in succession an…

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(Published by Arrangement.) the Big Flood

Barrier Miner · Thursday 7 July 1927 · page 3

According to a compilation printed in the "Herald-Tribune" (New York) "the net result of national prohibition has been to increase the annual per…

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The Wentworth District Heavy Storm Wednesday Causes Flooded Roads

Barrier Miner · Monday 11 July 1927 · page 3

Mr. R. C. Atkinson, S.M., who returned from Wentworth on Saturday evening, reported to-day that the country has improved greatly from the…

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Violent Storm in Paris (A.p.a. Message.) London, July 11

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 12 July 1927 · page 4

A Paris message states that a violent storm last night swept the city, considerable damage being caused by lightning…

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Floods in Saxony Death Roll Now 200 Outbreak of Disease Threatened in Area (A.p.a. Message.) London, July 11

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 12 July 1927 · page 4

The deaths through the floods in Saxony are now estimated at 200. The death roll is mounting steadily, as bodies are recovered in out of the way…

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London Thunderstorm Torrential Rain Falls a Baby Drowned (A.p.a. Message.) London, July 11

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 12 July 1927 · page 4

One of the most remarkable thunderstorms in the history of London broke in the Thames Valley this afternoon. Torrential rains fell, and in some…

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Notes and Comments the London Thunderstorm.—

Barrier Miner · Thursday 14 July 1927 · page 2

The cabled report of the London thunderstorm says that there were strange scenes when women were carried across the flooded streets on the…

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Storms in India Brahmaputra Rises. 15 Feet Above Normal (A.p.a. Message.). Calcutta, July 16

Barrier Miner · Monday 18 July 1927 · page 1

The tea gardens in the district of Dibrugarh (Assam) are inundated to a depth of 4ft over an' area of 10 square miles, as the result of the…

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Floods in Assam Tea Gardens Damaged Calcutta, July 16

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 19 July 1927 · page 1

The tea gardens in the district of Dibrugar[?] (Assam) have been inundated to a depth of 4ft. over an area of 10.miles. as the result of the…

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Storms in Germany Wine Industy Crippled (The "Times" Messnge.) Cologne, July 19

Barrier Miner · Thursday 21 July 1927 · page 4

Nine persons were killed during the recent storms. The German wine industry will take years to recuperate from the damage…

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