Cyclone Caused Wreckage In West Australia
PERTH. Wed.: Two oil tanks Were destroyed, picture theatre Walls were blown down and other damage was caused by a…
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Storm Strikes Tree : Electricity Cut Off
[?] Tuesday night’s heavy storm was a: its height this huge gum tree on Howlong road[?] [?] the wind. It fell across the electricity lines and caused black-outs in many p[?] [?] from trees [?] cross [?] mains in other places…
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As the district took stock of Tuesday’s storm yesterday, widespread damage was revealed. Trees were the main sufferers,…
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SYDNEY, Wed. — Climaxing sweltering heat in the city and suburbs, severe hailstorms this afternoon, accompanied by…
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SYDNEY, Sun.—Eight men had to be rescued from a swamped craft and dozens of tents were levelled when out of the…
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A freak wind and dust storm which struck Corowa shortly after 8 p.m on Tuesday last, December 30 caused considerable…
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TAMWORTH, Tues: Thousands, of acres of low-lying country west of Moree are under water and homesteads on at least six station…
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BRISBANE. Wed—A cyclone which is developing off Thursday Island is expected to bring heavy rain to the north. At 9 a.m…
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Rain on New Year's Day and earlier falls were very likely to bring more wheat below F.A.Q. standard, but it was not possible to say how much, said the district agronomist (Mr. G. C. Bartlett) at Albury last week-end in a report on crops in the south-east Riverina. Prior…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Freak Storms Badly Batter Albury and District Terrific Downpours of Rain and Hail Crops Flattened; Road Flooded; Telephone Lines Disorganised
A terrific downpour of rain and hail, the like of which farmers had not seen in 40 years experience in this area, battered Albury and district yesterday afternoon. The storm was a climax to an earlier freak storm which cut…
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BRISBANE, Mon.: North Queensland, above Cardwell, is still isolated by rail and road as the result of heavy rain along…
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SYDNEY. Tues: Several NSW country towns were struck by terrific storms, accompanied by torrential rain and heavy hall,…
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SYDNEY, Wed.—Heavy rain in NSW during the past few months has caused millions of pounds worth of damage to crops, but has…
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Albury people who last night were listening in to the ABC national news service at 7 o’clock, were started to bear the…
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SYDNEY, Wed: Heavy rain on central and south coast to-day has caused serious flood danger. The Weather Bureau to-night…
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LONDON, Wed.: Floods in Derbyshire. the worst reported in 70 years, and in Yorkshire and Herefordshire, have stopped trains,…
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A severe storm accompanied in places by heavy hail and a strong wind, caused extensive damage in parts of the district on Sunday…
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PARIS, Tues. — The worst floods since 1778 have driven more than 50,000 people from their homes in eastern France…
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SYDNEY, Wed. — Tomatoes from Shepparton are flooding Sydney city markets, and have caused the wholesale prices for…
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AUCKLAND,. Friday: A tropical storm with gusts up to 125 miles an hour at its centre is travelling rapidly south-west across the track…
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