5 Homes Unroofed by Gale
TAMWORTH, Sunday. — Five homes were unroofed and many others partly unroofed when a severe, storm with gale force…
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Prompt Help For Tamworth Storm Victims
TAMWORTH Monday,—A representative of the Social Services Department and a member of the Department of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →34 Die in Violent U.s.- Canada Storms
NEW YORK, Mon. (A.A.P.).— Violent weather over most of the United States, and parts of Canada yesterday caused 34…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday. âA rain-loaded cyclone, driving into New South Wales from Queensland at 20 knots, caused the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Horses' Training Schedules Upset By Heavy Rain
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Training schedules for horses engaged at Rosehill on Saturday were upset this morning when all…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cyclone Passes Out to Sea; Deaths Now 8
SYDNEY, Thursday.—The cyclone which swept through Queensland and parts of New South Wales yesterday and early today claimed eight lives and caused widespread damage…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Seven Inches of Rain In Worts Illawarra Storm In Five Years
Within seven hours more than seven inches of rain fell in the Illawarra district on Wednesday, night. It was the heaviest storm for more them five years…
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The open hearth pit at the steelworks was flooded on Thursday night owing to the bursting of an 18-inch…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Urgent Need For Start on Port Kembla Inner Harbour Gale Interrupts Shipping at Wharves
The gale and torrential rain which lashed the South Coast on Wednesday eight provided the strongest evidence for proceeding at top speed with the construction of the inner harbor at Port Kembla where shipping was disorganised…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—Heavy rain throughout New South Wales today dislocated communications, closed aerodromes, and caused the derailment of a passenger train near Muswellbrook. A Solent flying-boat on its way to Sydney from New Zealand had to return to New Zealand…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flood Of Words Opens British Election Contest
LONDON, Sunday (A.A.P.-).—Within a few hours of His Majesty's dissolution of Parliament, the country yesterday found itself caught in a tidal wave of propaganda with a total of about…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Consistent Rain Floods Creeks, Prevents Sports
Rain has fallon consistently throughout the district since Friday night, causing many creeks to overflow their banks…
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Localised flooding have followed the soaking rains which have fallen over the past 24 hours. South Coast transport and communications were seriously interrupted yesterday. Road blockages…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sidelights Of The Storm
Soon in Wollongong during the heavy rain: A bare-headed man, drenched by a sudden downrush of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Road Damage From Storm Near £20,000
Damage to roads in Monday's heavy rains was estimated by an officer of the City Council's Engineering Department yesterday…
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SYDNEY, Tues.—Water a foot deep raced through the main streets at Maitland tonight. Eight families were…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Week-end Gale Brings Up to Ten Inches of Rain
For the second time in less than a month this district has been lashed by a heavy gale and Tuesday's break after three days' almost continual rain was very welcome…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flood Risk Persists In Many Country [?] of N.S.W.
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Near flooding were reported from widely scattered parts of the State tonight. Thousands of acres of low-lying countryside is inundated…
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NEW YORK, Monday (A.A.P.)—Forty three people were kilted and over 100 injured, some seriously, yesterday, when a series…
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WELLINGTON, Monday (A.A.P.-Reuter).—Motor cars were swept away and some people were struck and injured by…
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