Gales Sweep English Coast Ships and Lives Lost
London, Wednesday.—A fierce storm swept the British coasts to-day, and was particularly severe in the English Channel. Some of the cross-Channel…
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Floods & storms, 1933
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Crashed in Storm CAPETOWN, Dec. 14
The Union Airways Junkers six-seater aeroplane, flying from Durban to Johannesburg, crashed at a farm, and…
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A vessel was seen to sink off Aldesbergh (Sussex) during yesterday's gale, and was later identified as the coastal steamer…
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Twenty-four seamen were drowned and three ships wrecked in yesterday's heavy gale…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Venice Flooded Effect of Storm ROME, December 15
A cloudburst and heavy seas flooded the whole of Venice four feet above the normal water level. The ground floors of the houses…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →High Tide Punt Runs Aground Wickham Flood Newcastle
A miniature flood rose in Robert-street, Wickham, yesterday morning. The water was six inches dep in one garden, while the lower-lying…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Four Bodies Victims of Storm LONDON, December 185
Four bodies which were washed ashore on the Norfelk coast appear to indicate the loss of the steamer Brooinfleet (854 tons), with a crew of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →100 KILLED Indian Cyclone CALCUTTA, Dec, 18
One hundred persons were killed in the cyclone in the Madras Presidency at the week-end. Damage to the extent of nearly £80,000 was…
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During a half-hour storm this morning 132 points were registered at the East Maitland post office. For the 24 hours ended 9 a.m. to-day, 138 points…
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Heavy rain fell at Randwick this morning and was not appreciated by trainers. Between 5 a.m. and 8 a.m. 56…
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A violent storm broke over Muswellbrook yesterday. In some parts of the town, telephone wires were snapped and plants uprooted. Forty-one points of…
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Referring to a recent instance of a car being struck by lighting near Murwillumbah, the chief engineer of the N.R.M.A. states that such…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Heavy Storm Melbourne Floods Christmas Marred Melbourne
The festivities of Christmas Day were marred in Melbourne yesterday afternoon about 4.80 o'clock, when a terrific thunderstorm broke over the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Thirteen Deaths Floods in America Towns Inundated Seattle, December 25
Thirteen deaths have been reported in the floods which are covering parts of the States of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and British Columbia…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Big Floods Melbourne Subs. Many Rescues Melbourne
Thousands of pounds worth of damage has been caused by the flooding of Kensington and Macauley, two…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Heavy Storms Holidays Spoiled Qld. Rain Brisbane
A tropical depression which caused heavy rain since Sunday night, practically washed out Christmas from a holiday point of view, for thousands…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Severe Damage Hail Three Feet Deep S.A. Deluge Adelaide
For 24 hours after a severe storm, ball was still lying three feet deep in a farmer's paddock at the small town of Sheoak Log,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fierce Gale Shipping Held Up Cyclone Feared Brisbane
Reports from the North yesterday afternoon Indicated that a cyclone was threatening the State…
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