White Cliffs a Fierce Storm
Last Saturday While Cliffs experienced a fierce electric storm, accompanied by alternate ousts of dust and rain. At times the wind attained terrific violence,…
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Floods & storms, 1941
120 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 6 of 6
German Armies 120 Miles From Moscow Snow and Heavy, Rain Hampering Operations Timoshenko's Army Fighting Desperately Falls Back Under Tremendous Pressure LONDON, October 8
It is reliably reported in Stockholm that the Germans are 120 miles from Moscow. German panzer divisions were late tonight reported to have reached the outskirts of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Man Crushed To Death Fierce Gale Wrecks Brick Wall Workmen Had Fears for Children Melbourne
HIT by a gale yesterday, the 112-ton brick wall of a factory being erected in Fitzroy crashed into a street and crushed to death an old man who was walking along the street…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →News In Brief Freak Sydney Storm
SYDNEY, Monday.—A freak storm swept Sydney yesterday and caused considerable property damage. The wind reached a maximum force of 79…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Storm Damage In Berri Area
BERRI, Wednesday.—The irrigation areas suffered severe storm damage at Borri. Trees were uprooted, and sheds and plant severely damaged. At…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Western Desert Quiet Before The Storm ? A.A.P. LONDON, October 29
Newspaper correspondents who returned to Cairo after a 1,000 miles tour remark on the strange tense quiet along the Western Desert. It is the same quiet…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ivanhoe Notes Thunderstorm
A heavy thunderstorm, accompanied by vivid lightning and strong westerly winds, passed over Ivanhoe at 11.30 p.m. on Saturday last. It looked as…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New Flood Of U.S. Aid WASHINGTON, October 29
PRESIDENT Roosevelt translated the vigorous words of his address last night into action today when he signed the new £5,985,000,000 Lend-Lease Bill, which will provide a new food of war aid to the enemies of Hitler…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Verbal Storm In Queensland Parliament BRISBANE, November 4
There was a sudden verbal storm in Parliament today when Mr. Duncan McDonald, member for Stanley, was named by the Speaker and immediately…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cyclonic Storm Sweeps City Damage In Many Areas
FOR 15 hectic minutes this afternoon Broken Hill experienced one of the worst cyclonic storms for many years. Flying timber and sheet iron snapped electric light…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Yesterday's Storms Caused Much Damage
Broken Hill yesterday suffered one of its worst days for some time when wind and dust blew at full force. There were four separate storms and they dislocated light services in some centres, tore several verandahs from houses, uprooted…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Storms Lifted Tons Of Dust SYDNEY
LIFTED by yesterday's win[?]s tons of red dust from Central Australia have spread over nearly the whole of New South Wales in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cyclone Hits Telegraph Camp ADELAIDE, November 23
Tents, material, and even men, were flung about by a terrific cyclone which struck a camp occupied by telegraph linesmen near [?]nadatta on Friday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tibooburra News Dust Storm Damage
Tibooburra district was struck last week by a severe dust storm that left a lot damage in its wake. What good the recent rain did or promised to do…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wind Storm Causes Damage At Karpakora
Early this week considerable damage was caused at Karpakora Station, when below Tolarno, shearer's buts and woolshed were the centre of a terrific wind…
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PORT PIRIE, Tuesday.—A gale raged so fiercely here at the weekend that Brenda Smith (9), of Port Pirie, was blown over on to a broken…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Soviet Front, White Hell Nazis Retreat in Severe Storms; Thousands Die Hopeless Congestion On Roads (Special to "The Miner") LONDON, December 15
RETREATING through blinding snow storms which have converted the entire Russian front into a white hell the German columns, which are largely confined to the roads and railways, are becoming locked in hopeless…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Floods and Earth Shocks A.A.P., LIMA. December 15
Two strong earth shocks caused a panic among the population as President Manuel Prado was preparing to visit Huaraz (Pecu), which was devastated by…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cyclone Hits Tibooburra
Leaving a trail of destruction, a cyclone swept Tibooburra on Christmas Eve. Residents said that it nearly wrecked the town. Damage is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Much Damage Done By Cyclone At Tibooburra
Residents of Tibooburra had a most unwelcome Christmas present in the form of a cyclon on Christmas Eve. It was one of the [?]orst storms in the history…
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