News From Suburbs Four Houses Flooded at South Randwick Sydney
News from the suburbs this morning reveals that last night's storm was more severe than at first supposed. At Randwick more than 4in. of rain fell…
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Floods & storms, 1929
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Rain in Queensland Floods at Innisfail Innisfail (Qld.)
Shopgirls went to work to-day with-out shoes and stockings. Torrential rains continue, and 54in. have been registered in 22 days…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Storms in State Much Damage Reported From Town of Bogan Gate Bogan Gate
A violent storm which swept the town yesterday caused considerable damage to property. The Railway Hotel was struck by lightning.and half…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gipsies Storm an Inn Police Are Confronted by Ravenous Bears (Special to "The Miner.") Berlin. February 6
More than 100 gipsies with 25 performing bears arrived at Gandagh to-day and demanded that the innkeeper should provide lodging for everyone,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Floods at Dunedoo Over 1000 Sheep Drowned Dunedoo
During a terrific storm on Tuesday hundreds of miles Of fencing was destroyed. Two concrete bridges were washed away, and more than 1000…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Floods in Queensland Heavy Week-end Rains Brisbane
Railway communications in the Fan North are again threatened by floods as the result of heavy rain over the week-end. At 1 p.m. yesterday, the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Queensland Storm School Roof Torn Off Brisbane
Teachers and pupils were proceeding with their lessons when a cyclonic thunderstorm struck Condamine to-day wrenched the roof off the State school…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gloucester Floods Receding Five Buildings Washed Away Over £40.000 DAMAGE Sydney
Further particulars of the flood at Gloucester show that the waters reached a height of more than 40ft. and washed away five buildings. They…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Floods in State People Marooned Ac Hotel in the Town of Gloucester Two Men Drowned Sydney
Floods on the North Coast caused enormous damage, all rivers from Gloucester to Bellingen being affected. Two fatalities have occurred at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Floods in State Much Damage Reported in Wauchope District Gloucester Water Receding Sydney
The Gloucester floods continue to recede and residents are s[?]tting about cleaning out their houses. It will be many months, however, before the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Polar Exploration the Byrd Expedition Encounters Big Storm Ice Barrier Breaks Bay of Whales, February ll
Russel Owen, a member of the Byrd Antarctic expedition, in a wireless message states:— Owing to a storm having come up…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Floods in State Hawkesbury River District Now Chief Flood Centre Sydney
The flood centre has now apparently shifted from the North Coast to the Hawkesbury River district. On the North Coast the water is receding…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Heavy Rain Near Tamworth Damage to Railway Tamworth
A heavy downpour of rain occurred yesterday afternoon a few miles south of Tamworth. A wall of water half a mile wide and several feet deep later…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Floods in the State Waters Now Receding Sydney
At all centres the flood waters are now receding and farmers are beginning to take stock of theis losses. At Macksville the river is now only,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Floods in State Manning River Rising Sydney
The Manning River has risen again, and very heavy rains on the catchment areas of this and other coastal rivers are regarded by Mr. Mares,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Floods on the North Coast. Three Lives Lost
Serious floods have occurred on the north coast owing to torrential rain, and two lives have been lost at Gloucoster. A railway guard named Lives,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Floods in State Manning River Rising Sydney
The Manning River has risen again, and very heavy rains on the catchment areas of this and other coastal rivers are regarded by Mr. Mares,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Floods in the State Recovery of Two Bodies of Men Drowned in Floods Gloucester
The body of John Coulton, who was drowned last Saturday while trying to rescue people marooned by the flood in a hotel, was recovered five miles…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Floods in the State Recovery of Two Bodies of Men Drowned in Floods Gloucester
The body of John Coulton, who was drowned last Saturday while trying to rescue people marooned by the flood in a hotel, was recovered five miles…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cyclone at Longreach Much Damage to Buildings Brisbane
A cyclonic storm at Longreach (Queensland) on Saturday caused considerable damage to buildings in the town. In some instances roofs were…
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