Rockhampton Floods Cotton-pickers Safe
A message from Rockhampton (Q.) states that the police have received advice that the nine cotton-pickers feared to have been drowned in the…
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Floods & storms, 1928
657 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 16 of 33
Bodies Recovered Victims of Queensland Floods State Coal Mine Damaged. BRISBANE
Two more bodies, believed to be those of Mrs. Williams, junior, and the remaining child of the family who disappeared when…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Houses Wrecked Severe Storm in West Australia
A telegram from Corrigin, W.A., states that a terrific storm, accompanied by rain and hall, passed over Bllbarrin, and did extensive damage…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Storm of Criticism American v. British Cars. Sir Granville Ryrie in Hot Water. London. April 19
Sir Granville Eyrie has called forth a storm, of criticism by his expression of views regarding the relative value of British…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Flood Boats. Cessnock Decides to Purchase
Kearsley Shire ouncil has agreed to purchase two flood boats, one each for Wollombi and Branxton. The boats at present in use have…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Brisbane Floods. Two Men Drowned. Bridges Submerged
All low—lying portions of Brisbane were again under water on 19th inst, as the result of heavy rains. Owing to water being over Bowen Bridge—road…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Another Victim. Claimed by Queensland Floods. Brisbane
The latest victim of the Queensland floods is Charles William Smeaton, 35, a fisherman, who was downed when his dinghy was…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Again in Flood Tributaries of Mississippi. People Driven Prom Homes. Montreal, April 24
The mobile tributaries of the Mississippi are again overflowing, and have caused grievous distress in many sections of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Flood Damage. Weston Soldier Settlers. Relief Asked For
A deputation comprising A. Burns, President of the Kearsley Shire Council, Councillor W. J. Grieve, shire clerk, was…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Atlanta Floods Seven Lives Claimed. Hundreds Rendered Homeless. Montreal, April 27
The Atlanta floods, caused by torrential rains, have taken seven lives, while hundreds are suffering from exposure, in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Queensland Floods Bodies Recovered
The bodies of two children of the Williams family, Elsie, aged 10, and Dorothy, seven, were found on Wednesday three-quarters of a mile from where…
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Although the Fitzroy River is rising, and there is a prospect of a flood in Rockhampton, all interest is now centred in the Dawson Valley, where a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Weather. Heavy Rain in South. Sydney
Scattered light rain was recorded during the week-end along the Tablelands and slopes, on the Central and South Coast, and at one r…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Refuge in Trees. Rockhampton Flood Stories. Heavy Live Stock Losses
Describing his experiences during the recent flood, Mr. G. Rainey, who had been cotton-picking on the farm of Mr. D. Thomas, on the Dun River…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Terrific Gale. Damage in New Zealand. Business Houses Flooded. Auckland
A terrific gale swept over parts of New Zealand, last night. The damage is estimated at £10,000. Along the Auckland waterfront a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Appalling Losses. Rockhampton Floods. Cattle Suspended in Trees. Brisbane
A message from Rockhampton states that as the flood waters begin to recede the appalling losses are being realised…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Atlanta Floods. Damage to Cotton Crops. Blizzard in Pennsylvania. Montreal, April 30
A message from Atlanta stated that the latest estimates of the southern flood disasters are 12 dead and 8000 temporarily homeless…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Queensland Floods. Thousands of Stock Destroyed
After having spent three days and nights on an improvised platform placed on trees, two of the nine cotton-pickers who were reported to be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Queensland Floods Peivations of Settlers
A message from Rockhampton states that hair breadth esapes, first from drowning and then from starvation, are reported from the Ranges district,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Floodgates Allow Water to Leak Through. Hyacinth Pest
A deputation from the Louth Park and Dagworth Progress Association, comprising Messrs. P. Smith, W. Walsh, and Gulliver, waited upon…
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