Storm Scatters Crowds
SYDNEY, Sun.: A heavy storm at 2 p.m. yesterday drove thousands from Sydney beaches and washed out play in the MCC…
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Drowned in Flood
RABAT (Morocco), Thursday: At least 71 persons were drowned and 60 others are missing in rain-swollen floodwaters in…
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Three days of oppressively humid weather ended in the Riverina and north-eastern Victoria on Saturday evening when…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →News From Wangaratta WANGARATTA, Sunday: Heavy Storms
Serve thunderstorms swept over the district last night and in the early hours of this morning, rainfall being approximately two…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →English Cricketers Whoop With Delight When Storm Hits Sydney
SYDNEY, Sunday: English cricketers whooped with delight tonight when a sharp thunderstorm hit Sydney…
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BRISBANE, Wed.: Floods are threatened over a wide area of Queensland, extending from the Gulf country through the…
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Thousands of pounds’ worth of damage has been done in central and northern Queensland by 60 mph gale winds and torrential rains. Tonight floodwater was lapping floor levels…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →105 Degrees—then Storm and Gales! MELBOURNE
A thunderstorm and gale force winds this afternoon climaxed the hottest day which Melbourne has experienced for the past three years. After the hottest night…
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SYDNEY, Sun.: The family who left Sydney last Tuesday to walk to Melbourne and arrived at Bowral, 90 miles away,…
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Violent thunderstorms, accompanied by high winds, lightning, heavy rain and hail lashed parts of the Albury district yesterday afternoon. At Alma Park, hailstones as large as golf…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Torrential Rain, Floods Over Four-fifths of Qld. BRISBANE
Four-fifths of Queensland (area 670,500 square miles) is suffering the effects of torrential rain and flooding. The Thomson River at Longreach, western…
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ST. JOHN’S (Newfoundland) Tues.: Seventeen seamen last night were believed lost at sea in a gale off Newfoundland. They were…
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Families have been evacuated from outlying areas of Rockhampton and wharves stripflood the town has experienced since 1928. ped of cargo in anticipation of the greatest…
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SYDNEY, Fri.: Gales swept Sydney and most of New South Wales today with torrential rain and fierce winds,…
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BRISBANE, Fri.; A 17 year old youth was drowned in floodwaters at Rockhampton this morning. He was VINCENT JOHN…
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Thunder, roared and lighting crackled yesterday afternoon when two storms struck north eastern Victoria and parts of the Riverina…
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Rising backwaters at flood-stricken South Maitland today forced another other 50 people from their homes. About 300 residents ore now homeless, and Maitland police warned tonight : “The worst- is still to come.”…
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A freak storm on the property of Mr. Walter Moxham, of Blow Clear, near West Wyalong, almost wrecked the farm. A cyclonic force of wind and…
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SYDNEY, Mon.: Maitland police said tonight that some families flooded out at South Maitland will not be able to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Man Woman Drowned In Flood SYDNEY, Friday
A man and a woman were drowned in flood waters on the North Coast today as Lismore prepared for record floods Cyclonic gates today lashed the North Coast, forcing scores of families from their homes. The gale flattened trees, while torrential rain sent a huge volume…
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