Storms kill six in Britain
LONDON, Mon.: At least six people were killed when winds, reaching 100 miles an hour in several parts of Britain, caused…
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Five Killed by Gales, Avalanches
COLORADO (USA), Tues.: At least five people are reported to have been killed and hundreds marooned in south-west Colorado…
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SYDNEY, Fri.: Mr C. R. H[?] said today the Federal Government had failed to state its policy in the event of cheap-labor Asian competition threatening Australian industry…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Electric storm near Rutherglen starts bush fire
An electric storm that passed through the Rutherglen district on Saturday had a varying effect…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Damage In Saturday’s Storm At Albury Wind Lifts House From Its Foundations
When a sudden, severe thunderstorm struck Albury on Saturday afternoon homes and gardens suffered damage by wind and rain. Spectacular damage was done to a new iron frame house being…
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Twisted and leaning more than eight feet from its foundations, the steel frame of the house, being constructed for Mr. Harold Taskis at North Albury yesterday presented a desolate sight. Struck by the gale-force winds on Saturday…
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NEWCASTLE, Mon.: A violent storm which swept over Toukley today lifted a 13-year-old girl in a play and carried her for two allotments. The girl, Hazel Falkiner,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Electric Storm Near Rutherglen Starts Bush Fire
An electric storm that passed through the Rutherglen district on Saturday had a varying effect…
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SYDNEY, Tues.: Heavy rain fell on the North Coast today, according to the Sydney Weather Bureau, but nearly five…
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SYDNEY, Tues.: A fierce gale with winds at times reaching 60 mph howled over a large area of New South Wales last night…
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SINGAPORE, Tues.: Heavy rains in south Malaya last night threatened to halt the peninsula’s entire north-south…
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LONDON, Monday (AAP): Two ships went aground, seven miles apart, on the Kent coast during a gale last night. No lives were…
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LONDON, Sun.: Severe gales which have raged in the North Sea and the Atlantic in the last few days, eased yesterday and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fears Held For Luggers After Qld. Cyclone
BRISBANE, Sun.: Fears are held for many pearling luggers caught in a cyclone which has whipped Torres Strait. Many of the boats have not yet been able to…
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LOS ANGELES, Mon.: Evacuated families were yesterday moving back to their homes after southern California’s worst flood…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Airliner Crashes Into River in Heavy Rain. Fog
A HELICOPTER hovering over an airliner which crashed in the East River, New York City, last week, Tugs rescued the 36 people on the airliner. It crashed in heavy rain and fog while the pilot was trying to land. The plane sank swiftly, leaving only the tail and a wingtip showing—above water. The strong current pushed it downstream as rescue workers tried to release…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gale Sweeps Fishing Fleet
LISBON, Thurs.: Fishermen’s wives lined the coast of Olhae, Southern Portugal, and wept tears of relief last night as their…
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MELBOURNE, Fri.: Victoria’s weather proved even more unpredictable today than it has during the earlier part of the week…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Floods Make 2000 Homeless
MARIETTA (Ohio), Mon.: The flooded Ohio River forced about 2000 people to flee from their homes in four towns…
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WELLINGTON (NZ), Tuesday: Eight inches of rain in 41 hours during the week-end has caused the worst floods on record in…
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