Heavy Storm at Jerseyville
On Sunday last, at about 3.30 p.m., Jerseyville experienced one of the heaviest rainstorms for years past. The rain fell in torrents for some…
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Floods & storms, 1938
111 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 2 of 6
Floods Sweep Sydney. Torrential Rain Yesterday. SYDNEY
Following torrential rain in the early hours of the morning, many parts of Sydney were floded, causing enormous damage and seriously…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Heavy Hail Storm. Maitland District Suffers
Maitland district, and the coalfields were again swept by severe hailstorms on Sunday afternoon. Damage was done at many centres…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →18-feeters Struck by Storm. Remarkable Sailing. Taree Wins World's Title
The new Sydney-owned Brisbane[?]built 18-footer Taree, skippered by B. Swinbourne, on Thursday, won the world's championship for that class…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Torrential Rain. Heaviest in Sydney for One Day in 20 Years. Suburban Traffic Disorganised. Many Rescues from Flooded Homes. Cars Marooned in Streets
To the accompaniment of crashing thunder, like trains racing across the, sky, and stabbing lightning flashes, six inches of rain fell in Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Government Help Needed. Extensive Damage By Flood
Wingham Municipal Council is well "up against" a stiff problem, owing to extensive damage done by the recent flood rains here, one big culvert on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Heavy Rain at Coff's Harbor. Five Inches in 40 Minutes
Torrential rain on Monday night flooded the streets of Coff's Harbor, but very little damage was done. For the, 24 hours up till 9 o'clock…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Floods. Tinonee, May 6, 1871
It will be observed that the Hawkesbury, the Nepean, and some of the other rivers to the south of the Manning, have been again visited…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Cyclone in Northern Australia. Darwin
The cyclone which swept the township of Bohraloola damaged every building, The wireless masts were broken, part of the hotel badly…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Message in Bottle. September of 1934. Dropped in Flood
Mrs. John Latimore, of Burrell Creek, between Wingham and Krambach, sent the following letter to us on Monday:…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Devastating Gale. Sydney, Friday
San Francisco: Five persons are known to be dead and many injured, and property damaged estimated at millions of dollars as the result of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Forecast by Mr. Inigo Jones. Heavy Rain over Wide Area
Writing on Friday week, Mr. Inigo Jones said:— The month of February should open with a disturbed period, with heavy…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Severe Gale in California. San Francisco, 10238
Five persons are dead and many known to he injured and property damage estimated at a million dollars as a result of an 80 miles an…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Floods and Freshes. Tinonee, June 10. 1871
Personal observation enables us to state that, from 1857 to 1869, the Manning and the Hunter were always in fresh or in flood within a few…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Million Dollar Storm in California. Sydney
San Francisco: Five persons are known to be dead and many injured and property damage estimated at a million dollars as a result of an 80 miles an…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Macleay Flood Damage
Hop. Roy S. Vincent is in receipt of the following communication from the Minister for Local Government: "I refer to your personal…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cyclone Moves Away. Sydney
Mr. Newman, Assistant State Meteorologist, said the cyclone which looked very threatening yesterday had, after touching the North Coast…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Twenty-One Drowned. New Zealand Tragedy. Floods Sweep Camp Away Wall of Water
It is now revealed that 20 men and one young women were swept to their deaths when a huge…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →More Heavy Rain Forecast for Central Coast Sydney
The acting State Meteorologist, Mr. Newman, referring to the cyclonic disturbance several hundred miles north of Sydney, said it was only a foretaste of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →N.Z. Flood Horror. Man With Gong Died Warning Others. AUCKLAND
Acts of rare heroism stand out in the story of Saturday's rail camp flooding horror in which 20 men and a woman lost their lives. Eighteen…
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