Dust Follows Heat Suffocating Storm Last Night
WITH the sudden strengthening of the force of the southerly wind as the only warning citizens enjoying the cool of the evening after a…
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Floods & storms, 1938
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Worst Dust Storms In S.A. For Years ADELAIDE
DUSTSTORMS raised by a hot north wind yesterday were reported to be the worst for years. Damage was done to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Barrier Miner. Monday, October 10, 1938. the Calm After the Storm
WITH the threat of war dispelled and a return to something like normal conditions overseas time is afforded to feflect upon the current…
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BRISBANE, Wednesday.—During a heavy storm in the Gore and Karara areas, west of Warwick, poultry, wild birds, and shorn sheep, were killed by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →People Blown Over in Fierce Gale In England
AN 80-M.P. GALE IN ENGLAND on October 4 caused much damage. Three people were killed, and many injured when a tree fell on a bus; 19 people were rescued from a schooner yacht, and people were blown over by the force of the wind. The above air-mail picture shows a typical street scene at Blackpool during the gale. Many willing helpers are assisting a girl knocked down by the strong wind…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Homestead Flooded at Langwell Unenviable Experience Of Seven Occupants
EIGHTEEN inches of water rushing through the homestead for 21 hours was the unenviable experience of Mr. and Mrs. Harrison, of Langwell Station, their two children, and three relatives who arrived from Adelaide…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Further rain was recorded bver practically the whole of the State yesterday, and additional falls are expected the State…
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A PIRE broke out in the German liner Deutschland (21,046 tons) when she was battling through a gale off Newfoundland…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—When a severe storm passed over Nyngan on Saturday roofs were torn from houses, sheds and galvanised iron was blown…
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AMATEUR meteorologists, who forecasted a dust storm when ominous clouds appeared late yesterday were not disappointed…
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Great thunder storms bombarded Britain over a belt stretching 300 miles from the West Country to the East Kent coast…
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AUCKLAND (N.Z.). November 9.—A cloudburst in Central Otago (N.Z.) last night was responsible for widespread…
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TELEPHONE services were interrupted, buildings were damaged, and trees and fences were blown down by gales in the…
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A VIOLENT windstorm played havoc in the Boggabilla district yesterday. The home of Mr. J. Cosh was blown off its foundations and Mr…
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A cyclonic storm which passed over North Star, two miles from Boggabilla, was responsible for great damage to wheat crops…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dangerous Driving Case Anti Jewish Rioting Continues Poland-Danzig Storm Centres (Special to "The Miner") LONDON, November 13
THE assassination of the secretary of the German Embassy in Paris (Dr. Von Rath) by a young Polish…
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AUCKLAND (N.Z.), Nov. 15—The Hikurangi coal mine has been flooded by a strong stream of water which floured through the main lead…
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MILDURA, Wednesday.—A blinding dust storm swept the Mallee. Motorists travelling to Mildura were held up for periods of from 15 minutes…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gale Leaves Trail Of Havoc Station Roof Torn Off
LEAVING a trail of havoc, a gale of tornado-like force struck the K. Tank homestead of Mr. Stan…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—With their freighter off her course in one of the worst hurricanes in the North Sea in recent years, two Melbourne girls,…
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