Fordwich Suffers Wednesday's Hail Storm
Considerable damage was done by the hail storm of Wednesday afternoon, fruit and vegetable growers being the heaviest losers…
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Floods & storms, 1928
657 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 2 of 33
Violent Storms. Hail at Singleton. Large and Jagged
After a warm, sultry day a violent storm from the south—west struck Singleton about 5 o'clock on Wednesday afternoon. It. was accompanied…
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Terrific gales have been raging in parts of South Australia and at Moorook, the velocity of the wind, with its volumes of sand and dust,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dismasted Sailer. tOW Delayed by Storm. London, January 2
Storms are delaying the salling vessel, E. R. Sterling, which is in tow of the steamer Undus. The E. R. Sterling was dismasted in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Toll of the Storm Damage at Singleton. Vineyards Ruined. Singleton
Further details are coming to hand concerning the damage caused by the hailstorm. The losses at Fordwich are…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Thrilling Air Trip. Adventures French Fliers. Epic Battle with Storm. London, Dec. 31
Colonel Antoniat and five companions, who left Le Bourget on December 19 intending to fly to Tonking. have reached Beirut. Their…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Violent Gale England Again Swept Five Killed and Many Injured. Wind at Eighty-five Miles an Hour. London, Jan. 6
After the blizzard and the floods, Britishers are beginning to think this winter rather exceptional. When the country yesterday was…
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Heavy falls of rain were received in Singleton and district on Wednesday and Thursday, as the result of a series of thunderstorms. Unfortunately, the…
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London, Wednesday.— Yesterday, when the ice weakened owing to the thaw, six boys and girls were drowned. In one instance three boys were…
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A terrific thunderstorm passed over the Alstonville and Rous districts at the week-end, causing heavy damage to property…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Thames Overflows. London Basements Flooded. Fourteen People Drowned. Terror-stricken People Rescued by Police
As a result of flood water from the melting snows meeting an unusually high tide, the Thames overflowed in the early hours of Saturday morning. London was flooded and many people were…
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Monday, December 23rd. 1833— We had a good deal of rain in heavy and frequent showers at Stroud; but we heard that more had fallen at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Heavy Rain. North Coast Again Drenched. Sydney
Rain fell throughout the North Coast, Hastings, and Manning and Northern and Central Tablelands areas yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Three Injured. House Collapses During Storm. Brisbane
During a heavy storm at Dagun, three members of a family named Comersall, were injured when their house was lifted off the stumps and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Muswellbrook Chronicle Tuesday, January 10, 1928. Big Storm at Singleton. DAMAGE £3000
The damage at Fordwich (Singleton) as. a result of a hailstorm is estimated at £3000. Vinegrowers were ruined, nothing remaining but wooden stakes and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Last Big Flood in 1235. Jan. 8
Saturday morning's flooding of London riverside districts was due to a combination of three factors-the high tide, the swollen state of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tidal Bore the Cause. Lord Desborough's View of Floods. London, January 9
Lord Desborough, chairman of the Thomas Conservancy Board, gives it as his opinion that the floods were not due to the Thames waters, but to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →London Flood. Waiting for High Tide Anxious Moments. London, Jan. 9
This afternoon's high tide, in the Thames was anxiously awaited by riverside inhabitants, and the barricades wore keenly watched by officials…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Heroic Girl. Rescued Many Flood Victims. Praised by Coroner. London, Jan. 11
When the bravery of Frances Keiss was told by flood victims at the inquest, in which it was revealed that she was in the water for more…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →London Floods Remedy Urged
London, Tuesday.—Lord Desborough, chairman of the Thames Conservancy Board has expressed the opinion that the London floods were not due to…
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