Storm at Sea Motor Ship's Story. Week's Tobacco Famine. Capetown. Dec. 31
The steamer Sutton Hall, with her load of cattle, has returned to port with the pens crushed in like matchwood. The cattlemen worked…
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Floods & storms, 1930
607 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 31
Footwear Imports United States Flooded by Czechoslovakia
Imports into the United States of Czecho-slovakian shoes and boots during the past year have checked American production, according to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Anna Bay. Abnormal Flood Tides
Last week the Hon. W. Bennett, M.L.A., for Gloucester, visited Anna Bay, and was shown over the farms in that locality that had suffered…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Reports of Flooded Area
Mr. W. F. O'Hearn, M.L.A., made further representations regarding the report of the engineer, who had inspected the area of flooded land, and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cabins Flooded Steamer in Cyclone. 85 Miles an Hour Blow. CAIRNS
A terrific cyclone, reaching 85 miles an hour struck the steamer Kallatina late in the afternoon while on her way from the Gulf of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Prince of Wales. a 60-Mile Gale. in Bay of Biscay. London, Jan. 8
The steamer Kenilworth Castle, on which the Prince of Wales is travelling, encountered a heavy gale on Sunday, reaching 60 miles an hour…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Floods Expected in North Queensland
On Monday morning, according to the Brisbane Weather Bureau, the cyclone which travelled on Sunday from the Coral Sea to the Gulf of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Trains Held Up. Floods in North Queensland
There was a continuance of cyclonic rain in North Queensland on Monday, and on Tuesday several of the coastal revers were flooded, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Weather. Weak-end Thunderstorms
Many places in New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia reported temperatures exceeding 100 degrees yesterday. In this state the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Queensland Floods
During the 24 hours ended at 8 a.m. on Wednesday, further heavy rain was recorded in tropical coast divisions, and was agnin very heavy…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Feet of Rain. Floods in Queensland. Cairns
Thirty-six inches of rain have been recorded at Paungilly during the past five days. The rivers have all been in flood, and a meeting of the Cardwell…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Meeting of Farmers. Swan Reach Flood Gates
Mr. W. F. O'Hearn, M.L.A., attended a meeting of farmers and residents of Osterley, Swan Reach, and district, held at the residence of Mr…
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Taking advantage of the visit of Mr. O'Hearn, M.L.A., to the Lower Hunter district, many requests were made to him, including that of flood mitigation…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Marooned in Tree Prospectors Caught by Flood
A message from Innisfall (Q.) states that four gold prospectors, Messrs. A. Opsell, W. Melrose, G. Koppie and P. McGrogan, were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Floods in Mauritius. Water Supply Broken, London, Jan. 9
Telegrams received by the Colonial Office from Mauritius report that, owing to heavy andunprecedented rainfall, severe floods have taken…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Safety Men Leave Associated Collieries Flooding of Mines. Mass Picketing To-morrow SYDNEY
The safety men and deputies withdrew from the associated collieries on the Northern coalfield this morning. There were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Brisbanefield Floodgates
The secretary to the Public Works Department has written to Mr. W. F. O'Hearn, M.L.A., as follows regarding the Brisbanefield floodgates:…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sank Like Stone. Tug Lost in Gale. London. Jan 14
It is reliably learned that the disaster overtook the St. Genny with incredible speed. Together with two other tugs, she was have to in an…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Forecast. Scattered Thunderstorms. Meteorological Bureau
New South Wales: Cloudy, with further showers likely on the coastal districts and scattered thunderstorms likely in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Zealand Floods
Following unusually heavy ruin since noon on Tuesday, the worst flood for 25 years occurred in Canterbury, N.Z., rain is still falling…
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