Contract Let for Flood Gates. for Yarrawonga Weir
Acceptance of the tender of Messrs A. Shallingsworth Pty. Ltd. for the manufacture, supply, delivery, and erection at Yarrawonga Weir…
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Flood Danger Passing Sydney
The danger from floods on the north coast is now passing, and the rivers are receding. The town of Glenreach was still surrounded by water to-day…
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Mr Mares to-day said that an extensive rain phase should reach the coast to-morrow morning, with probably heavy rain, while further floodings…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cyclone at Leeton
Reports are coming in of extensive damage to orchards and property as a result of a cyclone which devastated the Leeton end of the irrigation area…
Continued on Trove, page 30 →Flood Waters Swamp Sydney Heaviest Rain for 20 Years Three Persons Rescued
Damage estimated at more than £100,000 was caused in Sydney by flood waters early on Monday morning, when the city experienced its fiercest…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Ra[?] and Dust Storm at Tallangatta
Tallangatta was enshrouded in dust yesterday morning prior to rain setting in about mid-day. Intermittent showers fell throughout the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Terrific Storm in Sydney Six Inches of Rain in Seven Hours Floodwaters Cause Great Damage
The most severe storm in twenty years caused tremendous damage in Sydney and suburbs on Monday morning. More than six inches of rain…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Damage by Gale in S.A. Fireball Also Seen Adelaide
A violent windstorm, which swept over Allenby Gardens, a suburb of Adelaide, to-day, caused extensive damage. A fireball was seen during…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Flood Bats Well in Sydney
Harry Flood the Albury cricketer playing for University against Manly on Saturday, scored 86…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Forced Landing Fliers Encounter Storms LONDON
Messrs. Clouston and Ricketts spent the day repairing and cleaning their Comet aeroplane, which was slightly damaged when it made a forced…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Severe Storm at Mackay. Much Damage Occasioned. BRISBANE
A goods train was derailed by a washaway, a number of houses were damaged by lightning, and more than 100 telephones put out of control by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Floods in America Early Thaws Cause Trouble Detroit, February 7
Thousands of [?]res in Michigan, Wisconsin and Ontario have been inundated by floods caused by unexpected early spring thaws…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Pig Swims Ten Miles Flood Episode at Thora
The old belief that a pig cannot swim any length of time without cutting its throat with its front trotters was disproved by a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Deluge in W.a
One station in West Australia reports that during the willy-willy which swept from Port Hedland eastwards on Saturday, and Sunday, and is now…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →80 M.P.H. Gale Wrecks California San Francisco, Feb, 10
Five persons are known to be dead and property damage estimated at 1,000,000 dollars has resulted from an 80 miles an…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Terrific Gale in California. Five Persns Killed and Much Damage Done. San Francisco
Five persons are known to be dead and many injured, while the property damage is estimated at a million dollars, as a result of an…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Birthday Decorations Much Material to be Borrowed Hovell Tree to Be Flood-lit
Turning over in his mind plans for the Albury celebration of the 150th anniversary of the founding of the Commonwealth the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →80 M.P.H. Gale Oronsay in Bough Weather. Sydney
The [?]ner Oronsay, on the voyage from Sydney to Auckland, [?] into a terrific cyclone which Commodore Sir Charles Matheson…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Storm Disaster Hundreds Homeless Widespread Destruction San Francisco, Feb 10
Extensive destruction and some loss of life was caused by a gale which, travelling at 80 miles an hour, swept through a great section of California…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Empire Games an African’s Record Referee Says Wind Helped Storm in Athletic World Decima Norman’s Achievement SYDNEY, Sunday
A storm of criticism has been caused by the referee’s decision that the wind assisted Tom Lavery (South Africa) when he brake the world’s record for…
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