Torrential Rain Floods at Kalgoorlie Gold Nuggets Washed to Surface Kalgoorlie
A torrential downpour of nearly an inch of rain in 10 minutes yesterday. coupled with overnight falls, has again inundated…
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Burrinjuck Dam. Meeting Flood Menace When It Comes. Minister Confers With Wagga and Other Councils
The Minister for Agriculture, on Thursday, was present at a conference at Wagga, in reference to the dangers which might follow on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Floods Receding at Kalgoorlie Kalgoorlie
Many mines resumed work after the floods to-day, although only about half the usual “loading” is available from the power house. Slowly the country…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Floods Cause Heavy Damages in W. A. Engine and Two Carriages Derailed Perth
Through the rail bed being softened by a heavy hailstorm, an engine and two carriages of the Albany express were derailed near Narrogin early…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Seven Drowned in Cyclonic Storm Suva, Jan. 24
As a result of a cyclonic storm, a Fijian man, Ins .wife and five children are reported to have been drowned in the Navua district…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Hailstones Like Pigeon Eggs West Australian Storm Rail Traffic Held Up Kalgoorlie
A terrific fall of large hailstones near Broad Arrow delayed train traffic for nearly two hours on the north country lines…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Storm in Congress Loss of Flying Boat Serious Allegations Made Washington, January 24
The revelation that the Imperial Airways’ flying boat Cavalier, although carrying American passengers, had not been passed as…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Beneficial Rain Predicted Mr. Mares Confident Storm at Bourke Heat Wave at Adelaide Sydney
Beneficial rain over the whole State was predicted by the State Meteorologist (Mr. Mares) to-night. Tropical disturbances were moving…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Rain Coming Thunder Storms, Too
N.S.W. Forecast: Unsettled generally, with rain and thunderstorms; Heavy falls conducive to local floodings; local severe blows likely in south-east and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Heavy Storm Sweeps North Coast Considerable Damage Done SYDNEY--Thursday
During a heavy storm which swept the upper Manning district yesterday, J. B. Richardson, aged 75, was knocked down by the wall of a shed and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Central Australia Experiences Its Worst Floods Adelaide
The worst floods in its history are being experiencea by Central Australia, where many washaways have taken place on the Alice Springs line…
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The State Meteorologist (Mr. Mares) to-day declared that a heat wave was advancing on N.S.W. from the south-west. He…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Damage by Floods Central Australia Suffers Railway line Washed Away ADELAIDE
The Guinea Airways has been able to maintain the Adelaide Darwin service by omitting Tennant Creek and Oodnadatta aerodromes, which have…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Two Believed Drowned in Terrific Storm in N.Z. Youth and Girl Wellington (N.z.)
Considerable damage was caused by a terrific storm in Auckland province to-day, which was accompanied by heavy rain…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →10 Inches of Rain in 48 HOURS N.Z. Battered and Bruised a Terrific Storm Wellington (N.z.)
A terrific storm struck Te Aroha considerable damage being caused. Business was brought to a standstill, when roofs were torn off many…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Treated It As a Joke Men Trapped in Trees Watched Flood Waters Rise BRISBANE
Trapped in floods near Moura, 18 relief workers had a trying time for over a day until rescued from trees in which they had taken refuge. They…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Three Reporter Dead Floods in Central Australia Fears for Others Adelaide
Three people are reported to have lost their lives as a result 6f the floods in Central Australia. Telephone communication has broken…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Storm, Strikes New Zealand
A terrific storm which struck To Aroha (N.Z.) on Wednesday, (caused considerable damage. Business was brought to a standstill when roofs…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →America Stirred by Roosevelt’s Action Storm Likely to Break a Demand for Neutrality New York, Feb. 2
No act on a President relative to the foreign policy of the United States since the World War has caused such a stirring of public…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →President Roosevelt Did He Promise Support ? or Just Send Up a Balloon ? Denial Raises Storm in WASHINGTON, February 4
A full airing on the floor of the Senate as to what occurred at the Conference between President Roosevelt and the Military Affairs Committee is likely to follow the President’s declaration that it was a deliberate lie to say that America’s frontier was now the Rhine…
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