Girls' Ordeal in Storm Terrifying Voyage In North Sea
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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Floods & storms, 1938
112 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 6 of 6
Killed During Storm Driver Trapped In Cabin of Lorry SYDNEY
Frederick Lavis (26) was killed during the height of a storm yesterday afternoon when his lorry fell into Burrill Lake, about 7 miles from…
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Thirteen people were killed and many injured in one of the fiercest gales recorded in Britain. The wind velocity reached 108 miles an hour…
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Numerous rain storms were encountered by two Aero Club members while returning yesterday morning from Mildurs on a cross country…
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TWO men received severe shocks and several houses, a tram, and a city power-pole were struck by lightning in a severe storm in…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Heavy rain and a hail storm accompanied by a high wind was experienced in the Grafton district yesterday, when…
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ADELAIDE, Saturday.—Whipped up by a sharp westerly gale early to-day, heavy seas lashed South Australian beaches, causing extensive…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—It is estimated that Saturday's gale in various parts of the State caused damage estimated at £600,000. During the gale…
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THE Empire flying-boat Coorong, which arrived last night from Koepang with three tons of Christmas air mail, was swept ashore and wrecked by an 80-milean-hour gale which swept across Darwin Harbor…
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MELBOURNE, Saturday.—Struck by a windstorm yesterday afternoon, the little town of Urana, in the Riverina, was practically wrecked. Almost…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—A storm attained considerable intensity in the fruit-growing districts in the northern outer suburbs…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—A fire ball fell close to Cowra during a thunder storm. It lit up the whole countryside and exploded with a muffled…
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One bath a week in about three inches of water... a gale which practically stripped the ship of its sails... a real buster which…
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