Flood Facts and Factions
"Who shall decide when experts disagree?" This slightly revised version of an oft-quoted query represents the state of one's mind alter a…
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Floods & storms, 1927
739 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 11 of 37
Camp Flooded
Being on very flat ground, close to the stream, we kept a good look-out for its rising. It was, however, almost too quick for us, for at 1.30…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Flood Relief Carnival Brilliant Programme for April 2
For its carnival on April 2, the Flood Relief Committee has drawn up a programme calculated to draw a record crow…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →American Storm. Death Roll of Thirty. New York, Feb. 21
The total number of known dead from the great storm is now 30. The list is expected to be increased when, full reports are received from all the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Heavy Toll. Life and Property. Pacific and U.S.A. Storms. Vancouver. Feb
News from New Orleans Buys that, a tornado swept sections of Louisiana and Mississippi on Thursday evening…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Toll of Life. the Queensland Flood Bid Loss of Stock
It is estimated that damage, amounting to £300,000. had been caused by floods in the Herbert district (Q.). The lose…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Bodies Recovered. Victims of Queensland Floods
A telegram to the Commissioner for Police at Brisbane, from Inspector Mann at Cairns stated that it had been ascertained that the man…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Cut Off by Floods. Relief for Queensland Setters
Difficulty is being experienced in despatching supplies to the Einasleigh region (Q.) which has been cut off by flood waters and the railway…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Flood Relief Big Sports Meeting in April Enthusiasm Over Colliery Derby
The Cessnock Flood Relief Committee met in the Shire Chambers last night, when matters appertaining to the big sports carnival to be…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Coloured Snow Storms
There are records of coloured snowstorms dating as far back as the sixth century. According to Humboldt, a great traveller, a shower of red hall…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cairns Cyclone. Estimate of Damage
Police estimates of the damage done by the cyclone and floods total £64,000, but private estimates are much higher. At least 8000 tons of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Queensland Flood Damage £64,000. (By Telegraph.) Cairns
The police estimates of the damage done by the cyclone and floods total £64,000, but private estimates are much higher. At least 8000 tons of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cessnock Flood Relief Committee
The Cessnock Flood Relief Committee met in the Shire Chambers on Monday night to discuss matters in connection with the big sports…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Heavy Storm
The severe heat of the past few days culminated in a change carly this afternoon, when a heavy storm swept over the town. The weather…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cairns Cyclone. Estimate of Damage
Police estimates of the damage done by the cyclone and floods total £64,000. but private estimates are much higher. At least 8000 tons of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Forecast. Rain and Thunderstorms. Meteorological Bureau
New South Wales: Fine in the west and south-west: unsettled elsewhere, with rain and some thunderstorms, and some good falls; cool…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Yarrabah Mission. in Need of Assistance. Damage by Recent Cyclone
The Australian Board of Missions has received the following letter from the Superintendent of the Yarrabah Mission:—…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Madagascar. Destructive Cyclone. Coo Lives Lost. Capetown, March 7
The Port Louis correspondent of the "Cape Argus" cables that appalling destruction was caused by a cyclone on the east coast of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Town Demolished. Cyclone and Tidal Wave. Capetown, March 7
Later messages from Port Louis, on the coast of Madagascar, state that while the death roll of 500 in the cyclone and tidal wave is slightly…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Latest Cables. Cyclone and Tidal Wave Sweep Madagascar. 500 Lives Reported Lost. Capetown
A cyclone on tho oast coast of Madagascar, accompanied by a tidal wave, completely devastated Port Louis, sinking all manner of craft on the…
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