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Broken Hill & the Far West · Floods & storms
109 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 3 of 6
HOW THE TOWN OF LAWRENCEBURG, Indianapolis, on the Ohio River, fared during the recent disastrous floods—the worst in living memory. The township was almost completely, covered bywater, most residences being submerged. Only the taller buildings, such as the church (in foreground), the school, and several business…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →CARRYING 3000 tons of oil a Greek tanker, Loukia, struck a rebel mine during a storm off the northeast coast of Spain at almost the same spot that the British liner, Llandovery Castle, was damaged last…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →TF the Mayor (Ald. E. J. Barnes) is able to accede to the request of the Parkes Municipal Council to attend the official naming of the big…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →THE most unconcerned people during the fierce cyclone that early yesterday caused so much damage, were the lepers confined at the Channel Island Leprosarium, about eight miles from Darwin…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Believed to bo carrying special Alms ot the cyclone disaster lu Darwin last week, a plane arrived at the aerodrome from; Darwin to-day. it was in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE cyclone which caused such damage at Darwin brought tropical rains to the eastern part of New South Wales to-day. Mail 'plane…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →WARNED in time by a Japanese-owned lugger, the entire Darwin pearling fleet was able to escape the cyclone which swept the pearling grounds east of Darwin on Thursday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →DARWIN CYCLONE PICTURES rushed from, the stricken town by Guinea Airways Lockheed Electra plane. Top—Only a few planks remained of this home near the police paddock. Middle—Rebuilding a shanty…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A message from the North Coast last night stated that there was danger from floods in-several areas. William Lane (17) of Coffs…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY, Saturday.—Sheep losses in the north-west as a result of floods are believed to be more serious than at first expected. While it will be…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SYDNEY, Saturday.—Sheep losses in the north-west as a result of floods are believed to be more serious than at first expected. While it will be…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SYDNEY, Monday.—Floodwaters from the north western plains, which have been pouring into the Barwon River from many streams since the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →WITH a crash and a roar 80 yards of banks were swept away at Soham, a Cambridge shire village, after hundreds of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →ON her maiden trip to Egypt the Imperial Airways giant flying boat, Capri Cornus, which left Southampton early to-day, crashed during a snow storm in a pine forest about 35 miles north of Lyons,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →'Flu proves itself Hollywood's greatest scourge and a grave loss to insurance companies£Mary Astor follows an old Hollywood custom of denying a romance, then eloping the next day£Australian Constance Worth (nee Jocelyn…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →BLOWN ashore on to the rocks at St. Kilda in a storm, Messrs. G. Offen and C. Noakes, of Albert Park, lost their 22ft. cabin yacht Comet, all…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →THE worst April floods for years have again endangered an area extending into three States—Pennsylvania Maryland,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →(GERMANY'S anger at the criticism of Herr Hitler by Cardinal Mundelein, Roman Catholic prelate of Chicago, has not abated…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →GERMANY'S anger at the criticism of Herr Hitler by Cardinal Mundelein, Roman Catholic prelate of Chicago, has not abated…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →FIFTY deaths have already occurred in floods in central Poland, in addition to which 120 houses have been wrecked and 300 damaged…
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