Fierce Storm Small Rainfall Fine To-day
Following a day of unusual nugglness for August heavy rainclouds banked in the Western sky late yesterday…
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Floods & storms, 1931
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Flood Waters Seven Miles Wide on the Murray Adelaide
The flood position on the Murray River at Renmark has reached its peak, and the water is likely to fall to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →CRICKET No Play in Test Heavy Rain London. Aug. 15
Heavy rain prevented the start of the Test match between England and New Zealand on the Old Trefferd ground at Manchester to-day. The…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →No Play in Test Field Flooded at Old Trafford
There was no play on Saturday in the test match between England and New Zealand, which was due to start at Old Trafford,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Spring Day Last Night's Storm
Following a warm sunny day, Maitland was visited late yesterday afternoon by a flores rainstorm, accompanied by a driving westerly…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →FLOODED Old TrafFord Test Hold-up London, Aug, 17
Tho Old Trafford ground, at Manchester, was flooded after constant rain throughout the day, and there now appears…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →DISASTER! Hankow Floods Famine Spectre Shanghai, Aug. 19
A flood at present is engulfing the whole of the Hankow district. The water continues to create new high…
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During the progress of the thunderstorm last Friday a sudden flash of vivid lightning selected the post office as a suitable victim. The flash was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →King's Yacht in Danger Violent Gale Sweeps Portland (Australian Press Assn. Message.) London
The King's yacht Britannia had a remarkable escape from destruction in a violent gale at Portland, when it dragged its anchors and drifted…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Disastrous Floods in China Millions of Inhabitants Affected. Famine Spectre Ahead
A flood at present is engulfing the whole of the Hankow district of China. The water continues to create new high level records,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shed for Flood Boat
The Shire Engineer (Mr. J. F. Shine) reported at last night's meeting of the Kearsley Shire Council that the flood boat at Wollombi had…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dalwood Flood Boat
The Shire Engineer (Mr. J. F. Shine), at last night's meeting of the Kearsley Shire Council, submitted a report dealing with the matter…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Y.A.L. BOYS. Took Sydney by Storm. Clever Entertainers
The visit of the Y.A.L. boys to Dungog on September 4th when a performance will be presented at the picture palace will be an event of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Stock Rates Concession Refused. Flooded Areas
In reply to the central executive's request that starving stock raton be extended to the carriage of stock on the railways from flooded areas, the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Violent Storm. Adelaide
Violent winds, reaching 40 mils an hour, caused damage in the city and suburbs yesterday. A 20-foot wall of a city parking station was blown in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Murray Floods Waters Break Banks Heavy Damage Adelaide
Early this morning, when the night patrol was being relieved, the Murray bank at Wall Flat, between Mannum and Murray Bridge, broke,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Death and Devastation. China in Grip of Flood and Storm. Thousands Hurled Into Watery Grave. Starvation Turns Humans Into Beasts. Shanghai
A severe storm, believed to be the forerunner of an advancing typhoon, is raging in the Hankow districts, increasing death aud devastation by leaps and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mine Flooding While Men Strike Wellington (N.z.)
As a result of a dispute affecting three men's wages, a serious position has arisen at Wilson's (N.Z.) Portland Cement Company's colliery at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Starving Stock Rates and Flooded Areas
The Railway Commissioners have refused to extend starving stock rates to the carriage of stock from flooded areas. The request was made by the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Lynch Law Mob Storms Gaol. Ghastly Find
Charleston, U.S.A., Saturday Mobs clamoured around the gaol in the village of Charksburg, West Virginia, to-night, trying to get their…
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