For Flood Victims
The appeal which was sponsored by the NSW Red Cross for the British flood relief throughout NSW and organised in Albury by the local Red Cross, closes…
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Walla Helps British Flood Victims
Mrs R. D. Voss, hon secretary Walla Red Cross branch, has received the following letter from Mrs Strachan, director of the Red Cross, Sydney:—…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Floods, Tornadoes Cause 18 Deaths 16,000 People Homeless Mississippi River At Danger Level New York
Floods and [?]es have cawed at least 18 deaths, [?] over 16,000 [?] and caused damage to property [?] at many [?] of dollars. Today, swollen rivers spilled over…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Floods Present Picture Of Death And Destruction HANNIBAL (Miss.)
The swollen Mississippi and its Iowa tributary, the Des Moines river, presented a major picture of death and destruction today as one town was completely inundated, and other communities from Ottumwa (Iowa) to Louisiana, in Missouri, were partly submerged…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Heavy Rain in Gippsland Melbourne
Although heavy rain fell in Gippsland during the night, falls in the Mallee and northern country, where rain is badly needed, have been light. The…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Over £40 In Yerong Creek Flood Appeal
The amount raised by Yerong Creek Red Cross Society for British flood relief appeal was £40/19/1. This was disclosed at the June meeting of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Blighty R. S. L. Appeal British Flood Relief
The following additional donations are acknowledged:— Anonymous £25, Conargo Shire £10, Woodbury Lames £7, A. D. Campbell 5%, F. Muir £3/3. L…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →500,000 Driven From Homes by Flood Hong Kong
The severe flooding of the Pearl river in the Kwangtung Province has driven half a million Chinese from their homes, smashed 50 bridges, sunk…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Worst Floods In Living Memory In Southern Tasmania [?]Amage Estimated at Thousands of Pounds Much Stock Drowned; People Driven From Homes MELBOURNE
Winter hit south-eastern Australia and Tasmania with a vengeance during the [?] 24 hours, while in New Zealand the North Island experienced severe earth tremors Monday, causing heavy damage inside business premises and houses. Damage which cannot at present be estimated, but which Is known already to run into thousands of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tasmania Gets Respite But More Storms Predicted HOBART
For the present the storms which have laid waste large areas of western and southern Tasmania have abated and flood waters are…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gales Ease Slightly Melbourne
Gales which have now been raging around the Victorian coast and particularly in Bass Strait since the weekend have only slightly abated and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ten Drowned When Town Flooded CAMBRIDGE (Nebraska)
A quick flood, caused when the river overflowed after heavy rain, inundated parts of Cambridge at dawn this morning. About 10 people were…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gales Lash Collier Hobart
When the 1100 ton collier Ngatoro arrived al Launceston today she was 4½ days overdue on her voyage from Newcastle, due to the lashing she…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Braved Gales. Huge Seas Nightmare Voyage Across Strait Melbourne
After a 20-days’ battering by gales and huge seas, in a voyage described by marlines as “the miraculous in Bass Strait history,” the yachf…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Freak Storm Lashes N.W. Tasmania Hobart
A freak storm marked by fierce rain caused a temporary blackout throughout the north-west coast of Tasmania late last night…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Violent Storms In London LONDON
One of the worst thunderstorms for many years broke over London at 11 a.m. to-day. It lasted for about 20 minutes and equalled, and if not…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flood Damage Of £66 Million; 40,000 Homeless Des Moines
Floods continue in the towns of Nebraska, Misso[?] and [?] with the homeless aggregating 40,429—the highest number of flood refigures since 1937…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Desperate Fight Against Floods New York
Residents of southern IiIinols, aided by troops fought desperately to save their homes today as the Misssisippl’s highest flood in over a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Deluge in New Zealand Thousands of Sheep Perish Wellington
Disastrous floods, the worst since 1897, have followed 10 inches of rain in 24 hours in the Wairarapa district during part of Friday and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Solves a Recurring Problem a Flood- Proof Fence
Not least among the items of loss resulting from the floods which periodically lay waste many low-lying rural districts is that…
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