Spring Floods
In reply to a letter from us inquiring into the prospects of spring floods we received the following from Hector Thomson, of Kiewa, Victoria:—…
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Deluge Stops Rioting in Bombay London
Bombay, which has been [?] by a series of cloudbursts, is quiet, says Reuter’s correspondent in Bombay. Eight inches of rain fell over the last 24…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Heavy Rain Falls As Prayers Said English Harvest Being Ruined London
While prayers for better weather to save the harvest were being offered in churches throughout the country yesterday, torrential rain fell, destroying the last hopes of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Battle Against Gale Small Ketch In Difficulties WOLLONGONG
Robert Stephen, of Nelson’s Bay, Port Stephens, and William Roberts, of Newcastle, were the crew of a small ketch which battled against…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →58 M.P.H. Storm Upsets Shipping Melbourne
Bursting over Melbourne early today, a 50 mph north westerly gale dislocated shipping movements and necessitated storm warnings being issued…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Tanker Sinks in Gale; 16 Men Missing Elizabeth City (North Carolina)
The Norwegian tanker Marit II., bound for New York from Curacao, sank in a gale 148 miles from the North Carolina coast on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gale In Britain Kills 13 People Three Ship’s Sunk; Four Driven Ashore Enormous Damage To Harvest LONDON
The death-roll of the great gale which swept the Channel and the south of England yesterday Before moving on to northern “Germany, numbered 13, and at least 52 people were injured, says the “Sunday Express.”…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ten Die in Floods in America San Antonio (Texas), Sun
Ten people have been drowned, scores Injured, hundreds arc missing and thousands made homeless in the worst flood In the district for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Flood Waters in British Town
The centre of Mytholmroyd, five miles from Halifax. Britain, with a stranded lorry in the main street. At a spot between the shop on the left and the sign post stood a cafe which was swept away by the flood waters…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flood Danger Fast
Danger of floods along the Murray from melting snow on the highlands is past, the officer-in-charge at Hume Reservoir (Mr Martin) considers. “It…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Floodwaters Damage British Rail Track
The entrance to the third largest tunnel in England. Standedge. on the main line, Manchester to Leeds. flood waters from an L.M.S. reservoir which burst…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Where Are the Floods?
The burning question on every lip some months ago was the probability of floods during October. Reports have reached us that there…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →13 Die in Plan Crash in Snow- Storm New York
A chartered aeroplane crashed in a snow-storm three miles west of Laramia (Wyoming), all 10 passengers and the crew of three being killed…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Flood of Cattle to U.S. Markets Meat Prices Dropping New York
A week after lifting of controls the rush of cattle to the markets is so heavy that livestock centres are jammed to capacity and a shortage of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Depression Warning Given to America First Storm Signals Out WASHINGTON
Government and other economic financial experts have issued cautionary advice which the American Associated Press interprets as storm signals of a coming depression. It does not, however, attempt to forecast…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Pageantry at Sports Ground Floodlit At Night; Mayor’s Suggestion
Grand day and night carnival on the floodlit sports ground as part of next year’s Easter festivities at Albury to raise money for the Town…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →OBITUARY Mrs. Nora Flood
In our last issue we briefly referred to the death of Mrs. Nora Flood, of Alma Street, at the advanced age of 81 years…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Late Mrs. Flood Tribute to Mayor's Mother
The fortnightly meeting of the Hay Council scheduled to be held on Tuesday night, was postponed until Tuesday of next week, as a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Violent Storms at Corowa
Heavy rain fell and violent thunder storms meed over Corowa on Tuesday night. Total rain which fell during the 24 hours to 9 o’clock yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gale Havoc in Sydney SYDNEY
When a sudden gale reaching 66 m.p.h. struck Sydney this afternoon, houses were damaged, verandahs and roofs blown off, trees were blown down, electricity…
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