Millions Homeless Floods Devastate Provinces
Latest reports on the new terror which is sweeping Western Turkey state that flood waters from rivers in…
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New England Pastures General Conditions Good Small Areas Miss Storms
With the exception of a few small areas which were missed by storms, the general condition of the territory covered by the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Serious Floods Villages Inundated LONDON
Six villages in Portugal have been inundated by flood waters and many people have been drowned. Flooded areas are extending through into…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Brisbane Express Delayed Storm Causes Washaway
Fettlers worked all last night to repair damage to the railway line near Nemingah, which delayed the Brisbane express for four hours…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Daring Airman Dash Through Storm Rescue of Injured Man DARWIN
A dramatic dash through a blinding rainstorm in a moth plane was made yesterday by a Darwin airman, Roy Edwards, to bring an…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Villages Collapse Further Floods in Turkey LONDON
Further heavy floods have occurred in Turkey. Electricity supplies have been cut off and a number of villages have collapsed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Delungra Doings Valedictory: Violent Storm: Personal: General: Farewell. FAREWELL
About 70 persons attended an impromptu farewell to two of the first local boys of the 2nd A.I.F. in the person of Messrs. Robert McIntyre and Jack…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Present Inactivity Only Calm Before the Storm Britain Prepared For German Onslaught Chamberlain's Warning to Nation No Reference to Hore-Belisha LONDON
Addressing a gathering at Mansion House, the Prime Minister, Mr. Chamberlain, warned the British people that the present military inactivity was only a calm…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Day Soltry at 91 DEG. Storm Clouds Gather Thunderstorms Forecast
Although the temperature at its highest to-day was only 91.1 degrees, the sultriness of the weather made it the most trying…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Armidale Swelters Parching North-West Wind Forecast Says Storms and Squalls
Armidale sweltered, to-day under threat of storm, and a light but parching north-east wind. The maximum temperature, 94.3…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Storms Due" Mr. Inigo Jones' Forecast
Writing from Brisbane on Friday. Mr. Inigo Jones states:—The change which took place as forecas and the floods in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Storm Near Casino Great Damage Gale and Hail
Extensive damage was done to crops and buildings aver an area of tell square miles, by a gale which accompanied a thunderstorm in the Doubtful…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →North Australia Worst Floods in History Katherine Inundated
The worst floods ever known in the Northern Territory have isolated about 5,000 square miles of country, and are endangering many small communities…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Violent Storm At Woolgoolga Camps Buffeted
Preceded by vivid lightning flashes and ear-splitting claps of thunder a violent storm broke over Woolgoolga shortly before 6…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cyclone at Grafton Rain Deluge Extensive Lightning Damage GRAFTON
A terrific electrical storm swept Grafton district last night. In less than hall an hour two inches of rain while at Eatonsville, six…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Severe Storms Killed by Lightning BRISBANE
During storms which swept Queensland on Wednesday night and yesterday, Frederick Wilmott 33. single a farmhand, was killed by a flash of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Grafton in Darkness During Electrical Storm GRAFTON
A terrific electrical storm swept the Grafton district last night. In less than half an hour two inches of rain fell, while at Eatonsville, six…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Lightning Kills Man Queensland Storms Rubber Boots Save Another's Life BRISBANE
During storms which swept Queensland on Wednesday night and yesterday, Frederick Wilmott (33), single, a farm hand, was killed by a flash…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Yesterday's News Great Explosion: Sabotage: Girls' Strike: Producer Gas Savings: Floods in N.T.: A.I.F. Volunteers
At least two people were killed and five injured as the result of an explosion of 60000 lbs. of nitro-glycerine, which destroyed a unit of the Dupont…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gale at Grafton Great Damage One Man Unconscious GRAFTON
A gale here yesterday afternoon, accompanied by heavy rain and hail, did much damage. It demolished a portion of South…
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