Sydney Hit By Storm Lightning, Fireballs Cause Damage
Sydney, March 19—A fireball struck one of Sydney's largest stores, and lightning hit several tram and train…
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Floods & storms, 1953
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Cyclone Damage in W. A.
Perth. — A severe cyclone which swept the north-west coast has caused havoc in…
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Sydney.—A police constable's wife last, night fled in terror from a 10ft. wall of flood water which swept…
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Washington, Tuesday. — The United States Weather Bureau has just had its 83rt birthday…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Yagoona Rats Are Flooded Out
Sydney.—Residents of Yagoona, an outer suburb, woke yesterday to find huge rats scrambling over window ledges and hanging from branches of trees in their…
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The public appeal for English and Dutch flood victims will close at the Town Hall at 5 p.m. yesterday…
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Broken Hill has raised £1,090/4/9 for English and Dutch flood victims, and the amount will be remitted to…
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A freak rain-storm which swept Broken Hill about 4 p.m. yesterday gave a registration of 53 points and caused hundreds of pounds worth of damage…
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Wellington, (N.Z.), Fierce gales this weekend wrecked scores of homes and buildings in the South Island of…
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Further reports were received yesterday from the outback areas which shared in the sudden downpour of…
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Quebec, Wednesday.—The first flood victims from England under the Canadian Government…
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New York Sunday: At least 17 people were killed and nearly 400 were injured in…
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THIS IS HOW the S.A. State War Memorial on North Terrace will look, from Anzac Day onwards when it will be permanently floodlit. The striking effect was shown last night when the new lights were tested…
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Newcastle: A violent electrical storm drenched thousands of workers in Newcastle…
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London, Wednesday: The Queen has honored 68 men ond three women for bravery during the bloods on Britain's south-east and east coast in January…
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Sydney: Widespread unbroken rain in the clclonic weather, which has been lashing the east coast for the past two days, has caused two road deaths in…
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Sydney: Widespread unbroken rain in the cyclonic weather, which has been lashing the east coast for the past two days, has caused two road deaths in…
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Sydney: With heavy rain still falling about seven towns on a 100-mile strip of the N.S.W. South Coast are expected to be isolated later today or tomorrow…
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Sydney: Rain and gale force winds continued to lash Sydney today, swamping houses and streets…
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Sydney, May 7.—Fierce storms; which have lashed the N.S.W. coast for the past 24 hours, have disorganised…
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