Gold Miking in W.a. Oroya North Blocks to Cease Baling Other Mines May Be Flooded
Consternation has been caused on the Golden Mile by an announcement that baling is to cease on the Oroya North Block, on April 7. These…
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Floods & storms, 1928
280 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 7 of 14
Storms in U.S.A. Four Deaths Reported and Hundreds Homeless Montreal, April 5
A Kansas City message says that rainstorms, cyclones, and windstorms whipped through the south-west, resulting in four people being killed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Storms in U.S.A. Four Deaths Reported and Hundreds Homeless Montreal, April 5
A Kansas City message says that rainstorms, cyclones, and windstorms whipped through the south-west, resulting in four people being killed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Storms in U.S.A. Snow, Rain, and Cold Damage to Property Exceeds £800,000 (A.P.A. Message.) New York, April 6
An Omaha message says that the whole of Eastern Nebraska is suffering one of the worst storms ever experienced. Telegraphic…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Floods in Canada Four Lives Lost (A.p.a. Message.) Quebec, April 9
Floods took four lives during Easter. Two men were swept from a bridge and drowned, and two others lost their lives when an engine crashed through…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Airship Damaged in Storm (A.p.a. Message.) London, April 16
A Berlin message says that General Nobile's airship Italia, which landed at Stettin, in Pommerania, was considerably damaged during a storm, the port…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Storm in Queensland Many Areas Flooded Brisbane
One of the severest storms in the annals of Queensland occurred yesterday. The whole of the coastal area was deluged. The low-lying parts of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sporting Edition. To-day's Racing L.v.r.c. Meeting Westgate Wins Hurdles the Storm's Handicap
The April meeting of the L.V.R.C. was held on the Broken Hill course this afternoon in sultry weather and in the presence of a poor attendance of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flood Damage in Queensland Three Drowing Cases in South-east District Brisbane Is Menaced Brisbane
Brisbane is menaced by the greatest flood since l965. Heavy downpours north and south of the city have swollen tho rivers and creeks to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flood Damage in Queensland Three Drowning Cases in South-east District Brisbane Is Menaced Brisbane
Erisbane is menaced by the greatest flood since 19[?]. Heavy downpours north and south of the city have swollen the rivers and creeks to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Queensland Floods Heavy Damage Reported in Mt. Morgan District Further Loss of Life Rockhampton
Information concerning the devastation wrought by floods is gradually trickling through. Bridges have been washed away. Gas mains have burst,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Queensland Floods Families Reported Missing in Fletcher's Creek Area Rockhampton Threatened Brisbane
There is still no trace of Lawrence Muldoon, owner of a farm near Fletcher's Creek, which was practically destroyed by the floods, or of a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Floods in United States Hundreds of Persons Driven From Their Homes (A.p.a. Message.) Montreal, April 24
A Mobile message says that the tributaries Of the Mississippi are again overflowing their banks. The floods have caused grievous distress. In…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Queensland Floods Fears Are Entertained for a Hundred Settlers Six People Missing
Fears are entertained for the safety of 100 settlers at Gelobera in the Dawson Valley district, where a raging torrent 40ft. high carried everything…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Queensland Floods More Bodies Recovered From Various Districts Cotton Pickers Missing Brisbane
It is feared that a tragedy, as a result of the [?]cods has occurred at Dunalba, at the farm of Mr. R. Baker, who with his wife, has been held up…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Votes and Comments the Queensland Floods.—
Great damage has been done by the Queensland floods, which were unhappily accompanied by the loss of at least one human life and possibly several…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Queensland Floods Two More Bodies Found Damage at Coal Mine Brisbane
Two more bodies, believed to b[?] those of Mrs. Williams, Junior, and the remaining child of the family, who disappeared when Muldoon's farm was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Queensland Floods More Incidents Related Rockhampton
During the recent floods two Greeks found themselves trapped by a raging torrent near the Don River. One attempted to shoot himself in order to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gale in New Zealand Damage at Auckland Auckland (N.Z.). May 1
A heavy gale occurred in parts of New Zealand last hight. The Auckland waterfront suffered severely, the damage being estimated at £10,000…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Floods in Victoria Horseman Reported Missing Melbourne
Heavy rams and the rising of the Snowy River, caused another flood at Orbost. The water is now receding. Alexander Smith, of Orbost, was…
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