Calm After Storm Wind Velocity Drops Fine Day in Melbourne Melbourne
Fine weather prevailed to-day. The sun made a welcome appearance after being obscured for the greater part of the past two days…
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Albury Lashed by Gale Fury on Saturday Hills Blotted Out By Dust Most Trying Day for Years Sydney Suffers Severely : Many Injured Extensive Damage : Melbourne’s Mild Day
Cyclonic gales swept Victoria and N.S.W. on Saturday, adding greatly to the damage done on Friday. Albury and surrounding districts were lashed by a dust-laden wind throughout the day, whilst at night…
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Wind, reaching a velocity of 75 miles an hour, and the temperature at 98.3 deg., were the weather conditions experienced in Sydney…
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Trainers who sent their horses to Randwick racecourse this morning found that Saturday’s gale had denuded the ten and sand tracks of material…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Flying Boat Wrecked Eighty m.p.h. Gale Mishap at Darwin Darwin
Driven by a gale which at its height reached a velocity of 80 miles per hour, the Empire flying boat, “Coorong,” crashed on the rocks at…
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During the recent storm a large branch was blown on to the root of Mr. A. F. Cullen’s residence. The roof and a wall were slightly damaged. The…
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During the recent storm a large branch was blown on to the roof of Mr. A. F. Cullen's residence. The roof and a wall were slightly damaged…
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High winds and heavy rain swept Hobart on Saturday, and conditions approached those of mid-winter. The barometer reading, 28.546in., was…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Cyclonic Weather In Four States £500,000 Damage in New South Wales Serious Fires After Storm Woman Killed by Lightning
Four States-Victoria, New South Wales, Tasmania and Queensland were lashed by gales at the week-end. The Sydney storm was described as the worst for 30 years. Damage estimated at about £500,000 was caused by a…
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Mr. Watt, Commonwealth Meteorologist, has forecast a duststorm, which may reach gale force inland, for to-morrow. At the same time a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Gales Off English Coast Rescue of Sick Keepers Impossible Emergency Calls London, Dec. 16
Only one of four emergency calls in the last 24 hours to aid sick and injured lighthouse keepers could be answered because of gales which…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Floods in China Feared 2000 Drowned Shanghai, December 17
Serious flooding in the Yellow River which has inundated 300 square miles of country has resulted in a heavy loss of life. It is…
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R. H. V. C. THORBY, Minister for Civil Aviation…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Thorby Central Figure in Political Storm Resignation Demanded by Mr. Curtin “Hot Words” Allegedly Used to Pressmen in Sydney Minister Reported to Have Called Labor Leader a “Crank” SYDNEY
Publication of remarks attributed to the Minister for Civil Aviation (Mr. Thorby), strongly criticising the Leader of the Opposition (Mr. Curtin) has provoked a serious political situation. Mr. Thorby stated to-night that his remarks were informal and he…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gale Helps Fire Outbreak in Ranges
With a gale blowing at terrific force, a fire broke out on Sunday afternoon close to O'Brien Brothers' property at Allan's Plat (V.), and, fanned by the…
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With a gale blowing at terrific force, a fire broke but on Sunday afternoon close to O'Brien Brothers' property at Allan's Flat (V.), and, fanned by the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The War in Spain Floods Cause a Postponement
It has been revealed that the large-scale offensive on the Catalonian front, which was scheduled for last Monday by General Franco, has been…
Continued on Trove, page 40 →The War in Spain Floods Cause a Postponement
It has been revealed that the largescale offensive on the Catalonian front, which was scheduled for last Monday by General Franco, has been…
Continued on Trove, page 40 →Storm Hits Sydney; Snow in New Zealand Strange Christmas Weather Much Damage Done in Suburbs 16 Persons Injured; First Rain in City For 24 Days SYDNEY
This Christmas the weather is playing strange tricks. A message from Wellington (N.Z.) states that for the first time in history in December, four heavy falls of snow were experienced in the Mt. Egmont district to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cyclone, Rain and High Temperature at Wagga
North Wagga was caught in the path of a devastating cyclone at 3.45 o’clock yesterday afternoon. Roofs were torn from buildings and carried away, hoardings were blown over, and trees snapped off. It was the most severe storm the…
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