Liner Battered by Storm Melbourne
After a stormy passage from Cape Town, the White Star—Aberdeen liner Themistocles has arrived at Melbourne with passenger's and general cargo…
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Floods & storms, 1934
200 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 5 of 10
Thousands' Homeless Through Floods
WARSAW, July 22.—It is officially stated that 50,000 families are homeless as a result of the sub-Carpathian floods, and a further 30,000 people…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Disaster in Poland 600 People Perish In Floods OVER 50,000 HOMELESS (Special to "The Miner") WARSAW, July 22
The floods in Poland have developed into a national disaster of the first magnitude. Typhoid fever has already broken out and an epidemic is feared…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →London Homes Flooded (Reprinted From Yesterday's Latest Edition.)
LONDON, July 22.—Heavy thunderstorms flooded thousands, of South London houses last night. Several trains were held up and a big smash…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Heavy rains, in some cases exceeding four inches, were experienced on the South Coast on Monday. A flood warning…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Poland Floods Thousands of People Imperilled (Reprinted from Yesterday's Latest Edition.) WARSAW, July 24
Heavy rain has aggravated the serious flood situation. The dams protecting the Warsaw suburbs of Czerninow and, Siekiosha have…
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SYDNEY, Thursday. — The flood danger has greatly minimised. The South Const rivers and creeks are again at their normal levels. With…
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The heaviest rain for any week end since 1981 was responsible for the Nepean and Hawkesbury rivers [?] considerably beyond their normal level…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Mr. D. J. Mares, Government Meteorolgist, said to-day that although the Hawkesbury River might be falling,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Big Floods Likely Windsor Farmers' Losses SYDNEY
Serious floods are threatened in the Windsor, Richmond and Camden districts. Last night communications were cut off by the flooded…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bishop Stranded in Flooded River
QUEANBEYAN, fRIDAY.—While a congregation waited patiently at Jerangle, Bishop Burgmann and Arcndeacon Pike were stranded in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Financiers Charged Storm Raised In Canada OTTAWA, August 5
A sensational pamphlet has been issued by the Ministor of Trade and Commerce (Mr. Stevens), who accused unscrupulous financiers and business…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Little Damage After Yesterday's Storm District Rainfall Was Again Scattered
Although the gale which raged in Broken Hill yesterday and last night at times reached a velocity of 50 miles an hour, there was comparatively little damage in the residential portion of the city. Prominent citizens agree that the storm was the worst since the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Pt. Pirie Houses Flooded Hundreds of Families Driven Out Phenomenal Tide In Spencer Gulf Sea in Pt. Augusta Shops Adelaide
Port. Pirie was thrown into confusion this morning when practically the whole of the residential area of the town was flooded as the result of the phenomenal tide driven by the fierce gale which had been raging since yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Two Drowned In Pirie Floods Thousand People Homeless State-wide Appeal for Aid to Victims Port Pikie
Two lives have been lost, at least 1000 people are homeless and damage running into many thousands of pounds has been caused by the tidal water which swept into Pirie when the embankment gave way on Tuesday night and inundated the greater part of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flood Fears in N.S.W. Residents Vacate Homes (Reprinted from Yesterday's Latest Edition.) SYDNEY
Violent wind storms, accompanied at times by heavy rain and hail, occurred in many parts of New South Wales last night, particularly in the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Desolated Pirie Flood Waters Receding Port Pirie
As the flood waters recede slightly, rendering visible the full extent of the havoc wrought on Tuesday night when the greater part of the town…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Weather Violent Wind Storms
The effect of the heavy gales along the [?] throughtout South Australia on [?] severely felt at Wilcannia and surrounding district…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Port Pirie Hospital Surrounded By Flood Waters
THE GROUNDS OF THE PORT PIRIE HOSPITAL were flooded to a depth of about a foot during the tidal floods, and water also entered the isolation ward, which, however, was unoccupied at the time. The patients were not told about the floods until Thursday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Floods in N.S.W. RIVERS (Reprinted From Yesterday's Latest Edition.)
SYDNEY, Friday.—The Murrumbidgee reached its peak at Gundagai last night and is now stationary. Flood waters yesterday reached the…
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