Girls in a Cyclone. Narrow Escapes
That the pleasant task of picking and stoning, fruit is not altogether devoid of excitement has been demonstrated in a rather unfortunates way to ten…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hunter Valley · Floods & storms
Floods & storms, 1922
275 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 3 of 14
A Violent Storm. Picnickers' Plight
A picnic party from Armidale, in a motor bus, had an unenviable experience, on Sunday afternoon when from 9 to 12 miles out on Dangar's Creek…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Mr. Gale and Prisoner. "Gaol for Those Who Assault Police."
Mr. Gale, S.M., who quite recently sent two men to gaol for six months for a brutal assault upon a constable, was more lenient in dealing with Patrick…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fairly General Rainfall Severe Thunderstorms. (By Telegraph.) Sydney
The rainfall was fairly general over the whole of the State yesterday. Some severe thunderstorms were experienced in the south-western parts, and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Weather. Violent Hail, Storm. Sydney and Suburbs Swept
Sydney and suburbs were last night swept by a violent hailstorm, which left a man[?] of white in its track. Towards evening a heavy bank of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rand Strike. Mines Are Flooding. Johannesburg, Jan. 24
The Federation is again aiming at the maintenance of the essential services of the mines, and has requested the officials of the association to take…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Flood Mitigation
The Minister for Works (the Hon. J.Estell) has informed Mr.W. F. O'Hearn, M.L..A., that the full report of a comprehensive scheme of flood…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Queensland Floods. a Carrier Missing
Further [?] rain is reported from Central Queensland, and the railway services on many branch lines have been interfered with owing to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rand Strike. Mines Are Flooding. Johannesburg, Jan. 24
The federation is again aiming at the maintenance of the essential services of the mines, and has requested the officials of the association to take…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Queensland Floods. Narrow Escape of Train
Heavy rain fell throughout Queensland during the week-end. At Bowen, 12in. were registered. The River Don is within 8in. of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Flood at Coff's Harbour
Over eight inches of rain have fallen at Coffi's harbour in 12 hours. The low-lying portions of the town are under water, and the worst flood for five…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Flood Message
A flood message was found near Gostwyck House. Paterson River, in a bottle on the top of a tree on Sunday last by Mr. Vincent, relieving bank manager…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Queensland Floods. Heavy Stock Losses
A telegram from Longreach (Q.) states that messages from outside districts reported appalling losses in sheep and cattle owing to floods…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Torrential Rain. Floods in Queensland
Torrential downpours were recorded on Saturday and Sunday between Cairns and Townsville (Q). At Hali[?] 1860 points were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Torrential Rain. Deluge at Cairns. Brisbane
Reports in connection with the rodent disastrous rain show that 40 inches of rain have fallen in the Cairns district in five days. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sheep Losses. Perished in Queensland Floods
Visitors to Rockhampton (Q.) who travelled across from winton to Longreach give a vivid description of the ravages caused by the recent disastrous floods in that area…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Weather. Floods at Dorrigo. Dr. Barbour's Experience
Driver Alf Peaks was attempting to cross the lower Bellsdown, two miles from Dorrigo, when he was washed out of the sulky by the terrific current…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Floods in Quensland Forty-five Inches of Rain in Six Days
A telegram from Brisbane on Sunday stales that there has been no abatement of the floods in the Cairns district. Forty inches have fallen in the past…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Storm in Melbourne. Electric Wires Fused
Shortly after 11 o'clock on Tuesday morning a remarkably heavy thunderstorm burst over Melbourne and suburbs, 97 points of rain falling in 30…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Many Thunderstorms. Sydney
Many thunderstorms occurred over New South Wales yesterday. Several towns registered over an inch of rain…
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