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Broken Hill & the Far West · Floods & storms
112 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 3 of 6
THE worst start we have had for years—we must have replenishment of our depleted surface water supplies —denudation of feed is extremely serious—to-day's duststorm will do incalculable harm if not followed by a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THIRTY-THREE boats which put out from Brighton, Beaumaris, and Sandringham with fishing crews aboard were caught in a gale and duststorm which raged over Victoria yesterday, and were swept from the shore…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →BRISBANE, Wednesday.—A cyclone struck the city last night, carrying roofs, verandahs of houses, and fences away. A piece of wood which had…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →TORRENTIAL rains, which are feeding already swollen rivers, threaten further disastrous floods in North Island. Sixty homes in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The local manager of Bennett and Fisher Ltd. (Mr. R. Calder) received advice to-day of heavy falls of rain at northern stations…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →BRISBANE, Thursday.— Flood waters from the Stanley River toppea the 18ft. division wall at the 20million Somerset Dam construction…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Richmond River is rising rapidly as a result of torrential rain in the mountains. Families in the low-lying areas are preparing to leave…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →SHANGHAI.—Helped by a dust storm the Japanese to-day captured Kaifeng after an all night battle. So dense was the drift…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SHANGHAI, June 6.—Helped by a dust storm the Japanese to-day captured Kaifeng after an all night battle. So dense was the drift sand…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →AFTER fighting a gale of almost hurricane force with high head seas sweeping their decks, three liners with more than 10000passengers aboard are running hours late on the voyage from New Zealand to Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Seventeen people at worship in a Methodist church in Southern Cross near Kalgoorlie, last night had remarkable escapes from death when…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →WHILE floods have halted the Japanese land advance from the north on Hankow, the Japanese Navy is still steadily pushing its way up the Yangtse River. Naval units have cleared mines and booms from the river 45 miles up from Nanking, and the fall…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →ACANTON message says it is expected that the floods from the Yangtse and Yellow rivers will join,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SOME foreign military quarters think that the YellowRiver floods may be one of history's greatest defensive measures, proving as disastrous to the Japanese as the burning of Moscow was for Napoleon's great army…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →One of the fiercest storms on record accompanied by tremendous seas was reported in Victoria, where at times the wind reached more than 60…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →THE "Daily Telegraph's'' correspondent at Shanghai says that the floods will have a major effect on the war. The Japanese High Command has been forced to make drastic changes in its plan of campaign because the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →WARNING foreign ambassadors that the fighting in China was likely to spread over a huge area, the Foreign Minister (Mr. Ugaki) requested that all urge their nationals to evacuate the territory between the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →WAGGA, Saturday.—Australian National Airways' 'plane, which left Wagga yesterday afternoon with three passengers bound for Sydney,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Dodging storms the whole way and flying extremely low to keep sight of the ground through dense rain clouds, Mr. Fairbairn,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →AUCKLAND (N.Z.), July 7.—Then ketch Miena has arrived, from Hobart after a tempestuous voyage which lasted for 10 days. Gales,…
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