Floods in Tasmania Some Bridges Submerged and Much Damage Done Launceston
Further serious landslides and floods have been caused by a continuation of the heavy rains. Some temporary bridges have been submerged and much…
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Floods & storms, 1929
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Floods in Tasmania Some Bridges Submerged and Much Damage Done Launceston
Further serious landslides and floods have been caused by a continuation of the heavy rains. Some temporary bridges have been submerged and much…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →More Floods in Tasmania Roads Closed to Traffic Bridge Washed Away Burnie
Just as Tasmania is recovering from the disastrous floods of April, further serious damage to property and dislocation to road and rail transport have…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Tasmanian Floods Aunceston to Pay £32,000 to Restore Electric Power Launceston
The Launceston City Council is faced with, very heavy expense in making good the damage caused by the recent floods The cost of fixing up the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gale in Sydney Rough Seas on Coast Sydney
Extremely unpleasant weather prevailed to-day, when a westerly gale caused the thermometer to fall to 43 degrees, which is extremely cold for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Floods in India Washaway Derails Engine Five Men Killed (Special to "The Miner.") Calcutta, June 11
Abnormal rains washed away a section of the Assam-Bengal railway. An engine was derailed at Semin, two enginedrivers and three others of the train…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Earthquake in N.Z. Much Damage Was Caused in the South Island Five Lives Were Lost Landslides at Westport May Be Cause of Flood Wellington (N.Z.), June 18
Serious damage was done at Blenheim by the earthquake experienced in New Zealand yesterday morning. At Marlborough the brewery was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Queensland Cyclone Motor Liner's Experience on Her Maiden Voyage Brisbane
The Adelaide Steamship Company's new motor passenger liner Manunda arrived here this afternoon on her maiden voyage from North Queensland ports…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Floods in South America 40 Drowned in Colombia and Over 100 INJURED (Special to "The Miner") Bogota (Colombia), June 19
It is believed that 40 people have been drowned and more than 100 injured by the flooding of the Quilcade River. The floods practically destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →N.Z. Earthquakes Floods Are Now Feared in Westport District Auckland (N.Z.), June 19
The latest news from New Zealand concerning the earthquakes states that backed-up waters are rising ominously, and that hundreds of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →N.Z. Earthquakes Families Are Isolated Owing to Flood Waters Wellington (N.Z.), June 21
Reports from Greymouth state that the Lyell district is safe, but several families between there and Murchison are isolated by floods. Relief parties…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Heavy Rain in Adelaide
Boys outside the office of the Adelaide "News," North-terrace, shovelling hailstones from the mouth of a box culvert after the deluge which was experienced yesterday afternoon. MISS NATICA ACOSTA of New Tork, who was selected by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Heavy Rain in Adelaide Damage Done in Shops Reservoirs Benefit Adelaide
Exceptionally heavy rain, accompained by much hail, fell in Adelaide shortly after 2 o'clock this afternoon. In a few minutes 53 points were…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Heavy Rain in Adelaide Damage Done in Shops Reservoirs Benefit Adelaide
Exceptionally heavy rain, accompanied by ranch hail, fell in Adelaide inertly after 2 o'clock this afternoon. In a few minutes 53 points were…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Storm in Melbourne Trains Delayed Melbourne
Considerable damage was done by a storm which broke over Melbourne to-night. The effect of the rain was felt most severely south of the Yarra…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cyclone in Palmerston North Many Buildings Damaged Auckland (N.Z.), June 24
The town of Palmerston North New Zealand, was struck by the most severe and most domaging cyclone in its history. Hardly a building in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tasmanian Floods Government to Provide for Families of Victims Hobart
The Tasmanian Parliament reassembled yesterday. The Governor's speech stated that the Government intended to consider proposals for the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gale in Tasman Sea Stud Sheep Die Sydney
Valuable sheep carried from New Zealand, by the steamer Maheno, for the sheep show in Sydney, died on the voyage, owing to the extremely rough…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tasmanian Floods Government Relief Grants Hobart
In the Tasmanian House of Assembly the Minister for Lands recommended the appropriation of £75,000 for the relief of primary…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Heavy Coal Consumption Due to Cyclone at Sea Steamer From New Hebrides Had to Burn Horse Boxes Sydney
The steamer Mattambo arrived at Sydney to-day after an exciting voyage from the New Hebrides. Cyclonic weather was struck on the outward…
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