JINDERA Heavy Thunderstorms
Last week was the hottest for this summer, the maximum shade temperatures, Monday to Friday, ranging from 87 to 91 degrees…
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238 stories in Murray's papers · page 12 of 12
51 Die In Gale-Slashed Sea KETCHIKAN (Alaska)
A Coastguard party, which to-day reached the army transport, Clarksdale Victory reported that the crew of 51 had apparently perished in gale-slashed seas when the aft section of the vessel had slipped into deep water…
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SYDNEY, Wed.—After the wettest November for years, farmers throughout the wheat belts are becoming concerned as…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Freak Storms in N.s.w. Poultry Killed, Crops Flattened
A report appearing in a Sydney evening newspaper yesterday that a freak storm near Wagga had caused extensive…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ald. Flood Re-elected Mayor for Seventh Term
ON Tuesday evening all the newly-elected aldermen were present at a special meeting of the Hay Municipal Council when Ald. J. P. Flood was re-elected as Mayor for the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Flood Danger Passes Rain Ceases on North Coast
SYDNEY, Thurs: With the [?] of torrential rains on the North Coast, immediate danger of Booding has passed and waters…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Items of News Heavy Rain in Yarrawonga District
Over an inch of rain, fell at Burramine South yesterday, and farmers believe that it will cause extensive damage to crops. At…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Deluge Causes Accidents Fourteen People Injured
SYDNEY, Tues.— Fourteen people were injured in traffic accidents during a heavy .downpour in Sydney this morning…
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SINGAPORE, Fri.: The worst floods for 20 years inundated northern Malaya, completely isolating Kota Bahru. Eighty per…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Storms Reported at Other Centres
SYDNEY. Sun: Sixty-one points of rain fell during a severe electrical storm at 1 a.m. to-day. There were severe storms also at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Phenomenal Hailstorm Devastates Crops In Henty District Hundreds of Acres of Wheat Written Off Cyclone Unroofs Buildings-Worst Storm In History Of The District
Jagged pieces of ice as big as tennis balls lashed and flattened crops in a 30 square mile area a few miles north of Henty on Saturday afternoon in the worst hailstorm in the district’s history. Simultaneously a cyclone struck in a narrow strip some distance…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Violent Storm at Wagga Grandstand Unroofed Lightning Strikes Trees
A strong wind tore a roof 150 feet long from a grandstand at the Wagga showground during a violent…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Storm Damage at Thurgoona
Some of the fierceness of the storm which swept the Henty district at the week-end was [?] at Thurgoona where fences and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Christmas Celebrations In Two States Dampened By Weather Snow in Vic. : Thunderstorms in N.S.W. Better Prospects For To-day SYDNEY
Bad weather marred Christmas Day celebrations in two States to-day. Snow fell in part of Victoria and there were thunderstorms in N.S.W. Despite the weather, holiday traffic was again heavy. Thousands of city and country residents in N.S.W. headed for holiday resorts…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Jews Storm British Army Gamp In Palestine Kill Soldier and Steal Arms Iraq Cancels Leave For Officers, Doctors, Nurses
Armed men stormed a British Army camp east of Jaffa to-day and killed one British soldier and wounded two others. The men, who believed to be Jews , wore battle-dress and steel…
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PERTH, Tues: A cyclone blowing along the north—west coast has unroofed the. Marble Bar post office and caused other…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Unpleasant in Victoria Heat, Gales, Dust
MELBOURNE. Tues.—Temperatures in Melbourne soared rapidly to-day from 79 degrees at 9 a.m. to 98 at 1 p.m. A cool change…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Reds Storm City Set-back To Kai-Shek
NANKING, Tues.—After bitter . fighting lasting more than two weeks, Jung Cheng Fell to Communist forces late yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →CONTRASTS! Snow Falls in England; Floods In Europe
LONDON, Tues: England appears almost certain to have a white New Year instead of a white Christmas…
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