Severe Dust Storm TAMWORTH
Another [?] duststorm [?] over Tamworth and district yesterday afternoon. That which occurred on Thursday was the…
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Floods & storms, 1940
271 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 3 of 14
Church Turned Upside Down Cyclone on the North Coast
The post office at Newrybar, near Bangalow, on the north coast, was wrecked by a cyclone on Friday night…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Floods in the Roper River Further Details. Darwin
Further details of the floods in the Roper River, Northern Territory, reveal that nine exhausted natives were rescued from the tops of trees…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cyclone Hits Greta Trail of Wreckage
A cyclone which hit Greta early on Thursday night in 10 minutes left a trail of wreckage across the town. Shops were unroofed, overhead wires…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Vicious Storm Remarkable Pyrotechnic Display
Probably the most terrific electrical storm within the knowledge of the oldest residents raged over Forster at an early hour on Wednesday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Trail of Destruction Last Friday's Storm. Garden's Ruined; Buildings Damaged
Further information coming to hand reveals that last Friday's storm left a trail of destruction on the farms along the Wybong road…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tea Edict Likely to Cause Storm Lloyd’s View Sydney
It is reported that the Government will be attacked when the State Parliament assembler, as a result of its decision not to allow…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Western Front Turned Into Mud. Heavy Rain and Fog
Heavy rain has turned the snowbound western front into mud, over which a fog has descended. Air activity is restricted, but land…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Liners Sink in Storm 43 Seamen Missing (“Mercury” Service) TOKYO, January 2B
The Philippine liner, President Quezon, sank stern first after having gone aground on reefs on Tanegash[?] Island (japan) during a storm…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Flood of Counterfeit £5 Notes 200 Issued in Sydney on
Sydney police have warned all other States against the circulation of counterfeit £5 notes. More than 200 of these notes were issued in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lived with Natives During Floods Station Woman's Ordeal
During the recent floods in the Roper River district, the wife of a station owner lived with natives for three days. Her only…
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In recent storms Elderslie registered well over tour inches. Dams, water courses and gullies that were dry for the past two years…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Gale Damage In South Australia ADELAIDE
In a terrific gale, lasting only 10 minutes, the public hall was blown down and dwellings unroofed at. Weakening, 235 miles north of Adelaide…
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Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dry Months Heavy Rain Needed Drought in the North
Unless heavy falls of rain are recorded In tho Maitland district. within the next month, the position, as far as dairy fanners and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Heavy Rain Falls in Northern Parts 2 in Places Sidney
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Many heavy falls of rain were registered in the north-east districts of New South Wales yesterday. More than three inches were recorded at…
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Between two and five inches of rain have fallen between Charleville and Qallpie. The water is over the railway lines, which, in some pieces, has been…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →More Rain On North Coast ANTI-CYCLONE
The anticyclone [?] which was a permanent feature of yesterday’s chart, advanced to the eastward rather rapidly and…
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