Raging Gales Lash Coast of Britain
LONDON, Tues. : Raging gales, which lashed the English coast last night, are expected to moderate today…
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“Good morning,” said man, and then came a deluge of boiling water!
ADELAIDE, Fri.: A men asleep in bed was awakened this morning by a man who walked into the room, said “Good morning,” and proceeded to pour a saucepan of boiling water over him…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Storms lash district
The border district was lashed by storms yesterday. Steady rain fell in the district since early Monday evening. On…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Heavy early morning thunderstorm at Albury
Vivid lightning and thunder accompanied a heavy storm which swept over Albury during the early hours of yesterday morning. Torrential rain fell for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Murray River flood peak is believed near
Unless there is an unexpected sudden rise in the flow over the spillway at Hume Weir, peak of the River Murray flood is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Flood threat here receding
Height of the water over the spillway at Hume Weir began to fall yesterday, thus relieving the threat of floods in the border…
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MIAMI, Sun.: Government engineers yesterday organised sandbag crews as floods, swollen by a tropical deluge, spilled across…
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SYDNEY, Thurs.: A severe electrical storm, with heavy rain, today swept over N.S.W. and brought relief to some of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wedding Roche—flood
The marriage of Miss Dorothy Josephine Flood and Mr. Bernard John Roche was solemnised recently prior, to Nuptial Mass at…
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LONDON. Fri.: Cloudbursts and floods yesterday caused the deaths of 23 -people, Mocked roads and flooded towns in…
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MELBOURNE, Wed.: The rain which last night grave Melbourne its heaviest October daily fall for nearly a century also brought…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Heavy flooding of lower Mitta Valley today
Heavy rain, combined with melting snow, caused the Mitta River at Mitta to rise 7ft. in seven hours…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →“Exercise Mariner” in heavy gales
Heavy gales struck the Allied warships of the N.A.T.O. operating in northern waters during the big naval exercise, “Operation Mariner.” With smashed lifeboats and her deck awash, H.M.S. Vanguard ploughs through the heavy seas during the exercise…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Maude-moulamein Road Flooded
The Waradgery Shire engineer (Mr. G. Dallas) told a meeting of the Shire Council yesterday, that flooding of the Maude-Moulamein…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mitta River in flood
Snow water, combined with the heavy rain on Tuesday night, caused the Mitta River to rise sharply on Wednesday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Valuable grazing land flooded
Flooding in the Mitta River on Wednesday and yesterday covered many acres of valuable grazing land in the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Floods falling in Victoria
MELBOURNE, Thurs.: The flood danger was easting in most parts of Gippsland today, although…
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No serious flooding is likely in the Murray River downstream from Hume Weir from this week’s rain and snow water…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Much Country Still Flooded in Victoria
MELBOURNE, Fri.: Miles of countryside in Gippsland and North-Eastern Victoria are still flooded as a result of the heavy…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →80 Die in Floods
REGGIO (Calabria). Fri.: Eighty people are known to have lost their lives and 200 are missing in devastating floods in southern Italy…
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