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Broken Hill & the Far West · Floods & storms
161 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 8 of 9
On Sunday afternoon about 3 o'clock while it was still raining, a freak channel of wind, which was particularly" violent in force, and which was perhaps 80 miles per hour in force, swept from west to east across Radium, Brazil and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A frock wind-storm lasting barely 30 minutes, caused heavy ramage to property at North Bourke during the week end The area on Monday was a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The dust storm during the week, which was accompanied by an extremely strong wind which tore limbs from trees and did some damage to properly, was overshadowed by the storm of Sunday All day Sunday an easterly wind, that rolled dust, increased…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In general with quite a large portion of the State Ivanhoe has benefited from the numerous recent thunderstorms and resulting showers, although most of these have been light and scattered. Still a big rain is hoped for before the weather finally…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The roof pf the Janes' home at the corner of Radium and Brazil Streets, which was blown off in last Sunday's storm, was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →LONDON, November 25.—The worst weather in years is lashing Britain, flooding towns, inundating farm lands and tearing down sea walls at a dozen coastal villages. A ship is sinking in mid-Atlantic…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY. — Several buildings were struck and fires started by lightning during a seyere electrical storm which struck Sydney on Saturday. Several hundred people were watching a picture at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, November 25—Many rivers overflowed their banks and made roads impassable and held up railway services in many parts…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Brisbane, December 3.—Thousands of pounds worth of damage was caused in Brisbane and suburbs when the wool hurricane storm in Brisbane's history…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →LONDON, Dec. 4.—Twentytwo passengers were injured when the greater liner Queen Elizabeth ran into a westerly gale…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, December 10.—There were terrible scenes when the illegal Jewish migrant shir, Athina, with nearly 800 Jewish refugees aboard, was wrecked in a storm off Syrina (or Cyreno) Island, 50 miles west of Rhodes, early this week…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →ALICE SPRINGS. — An empty swimming pool was filled in a few minutes, every building except the sheltered main homestead was unroofed, and more than three inches of rain fell in less than an hour in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Alice Springs December 11—Nearly every building was blown down, the lighting plant, put out of action, and sheets of galvanised iron blown about…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY.—A violent thunderstorm, which swept the Mudgee-Gulgong area for two hours yesterday, flooded shops,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sydney, December 13,—Trade union leaders tonight described the basic wage increase of seven shillings a week as "an insult to the intelligence of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY.—Widespread ruin was caused by a tempest which lashed most of Sydney metropolis for less than an hour from about 1 p.m. on Saturday. Twelve houses, three factories, And two big stores were severely damaged, and transport, power and other essential services were seriously disrupted…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →PERTH.—Many buildings, including, both hotels, were unroofed or damaged by a cyclone that struck the small north-west town of Derby. It was the first willywilly of the wet season…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A unique cyclonic disturbance occurred over Southern Queensland early yesterday evening. At Yamba Station, near White…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →MELBOURNE.—Thousands of people were saturated today when a torrential downpour hit Kooyong at 1.15 p.m. when most…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →First steps to cater for the flood of oversea visitors who will spend holidays in Britain during the next few years are now being taken by the British…
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