Troubles of Missioner Ordeal On Trip Through Floods DARWIN
CAMPING gear, food, and saddles carried by eight pack horses, with the saddles and personal belongings of five horsemen, had to be…
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Floods & storms, 1940
57 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 2 of 3
Heavy Rain on North Coast
SYDNEY, Friday.— From an inch and a half to two inches of rain was registered on the North Coast yesterday and last night. Conditions…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →500 People Lose Homes in Floods San Francisco, February 29
Five thousand people have been forced to abandon their homes in Northern California as a result of floods…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—The State Meteorologist (Mr. Mares) said last night that the weather in the coastal districts was likely to become…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Queensland Fears Second Cyclone
BRISBANE, Wednesday.—Queensland coastal towns are tensely awaiting the approach of another cyclone, which has developed 100 miles to the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Plane Passehgers Wade Flooded Creek
SYDNEY, Wednesday.— The passengers and crew of the Java air express that landed at the Kingsford Smith airport last night, were separated…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Over 5 Inches Of Rain In Two Hours W.A. Town Hit by Cyclone Perth
WHEN & cyclone hit La Grange", 80 miles south-west of Broome, it whipped, up terrific seas, and brought with it five and a half inches of rain…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cooper in Flood High Water at Innamincka
THE level in Cooper Creek at Innamincka is hixher than during the 1936' flood. The creek, came down during the week-end…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Another Magnetic Storm
LONDON, March 31.—The second magnetic storm in a week disturbed radio communications in many parts of the world last night…
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NEW, YORK, April 2.—At least 15 persons have been drowned and about 40,000 have been forced to flee from their homes as a result…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Floodwaters Threaten Boats in Use to Cross the Cooper Mail Contractor Tells of Floods
EVEN if the reports that Norway was preparing to negotiate with the Nazis were well founded, the Allied Government would only regard such action as having been taken under duress. It would not affect…
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BRISBANE, Wednesday.—One heavy. loser in the recent floods at Ayr was a Chinese market gardener. Peter Sue, who lost his whole…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Art Storm in England Criticism Of Director LONDON, April 19
AN artistic storm has burst about the head of Sir Kenneth Clark, director of the National Gallery. Many famous old masters, placed…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Dutch Nazi Leader Causes Storm (Special to "The Miner")
AMSTERDAM, April 30. —Anton Mussert, Dutch Nazi leader, has created a storm by declaring in an interview to an American…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Germans In Narvik Face Desperate Communications Cut Off by the Allied Advance Heavy Fighting in Raging Storms (Special to "The Miner.") LONDON, May 5
THREE thousand Germans garrisoning Narvik are facing a desperate situation now that the steady and remorseless Allied advance has cut off all communications. Heavy fighting amid raging snowstorms is reported to be in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Two Killed In Furious Gale At Wollongong
WOLLONGONG, Saturday.—In one of the worst gales in the history of the Wollongong district two men lost their lives last night and a boy was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Heavy Rain in Sydney
SYDNEY. Monday— Torrential rains in Sydney during the week-end totalled 342 points, the largest recording for 48 hours since March…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Evacuation of Hongkong Party Leaves In Storm BRISBANE
ABOUT SO women and children who were evacuated from Hongkong arrived here yesterday. They are the vanguard of large parties, who may…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Flooded City Looted
NEW YORK. August 12.—Looting has broken out in the historic city of Charleston (South Carolina), which has been isolated by a, hurricane. is…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flying Doctor Forced Down Violent Dust Storm Encountered
ENCOUNTERING a violent dust storm while flying to Adelaide on Saturday afternoon the Flving Doctor (Dr. J. G. Woods). Pilot Hugh…
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