Fatal Dive Floods Increased Flow BRISBANE
Daniel O'Brien, 23, single was drowned in the upper reaches of the Maroochy weir yesterday, when he dived into a pool 40 feet below Wappa…
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Tropical Dips and Depressions Bring Light Showers No Prospect of Heavy Rain SYDNEY
The Assistant State Meteorologist (Mr. Newman) said to-day that light rain was registered last night from Sydney to the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Return to Fine Weather. May, be Prelude to Storms
Night temperatures continue fairly low and the sky has been overcast in the early mornings, hut otherwise Armidale has…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cyclonic Disturbance Further Floods Certain SYDNEY
Another cyclone has developed 100 miles northwest of Willis Island and is now moving towards the Queensland coast…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Deluge Follows Rain Prayers at Moree MOREE
Three hours after prayers were said for rain in Moree churches yesterday, a downpour occurred and continued throughout the afternoon and night…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Women Doctors Lost in Wilds Seeltered From Storms in Forest Shack
A[?] trappers and radio-equipped S[?]es had Cond[?] a three-day [?]ch of hunlreds of square miles of dense forest country north-west of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Magnetic Storm Effects Felt on N.S.W. Railway System
According to the press cables on Sunday, the worst magnetic storm in modern history, due to sun spots, cut off United States…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Boys Save Horses Cross Flood in Tin Canoe
Two South Johnstone youths—Gordon Rowe and Robert Turbull—in a small tin canoe in the raging flood waters, saved…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Terrific Gale American Freighter Bartered SYDNEY
Shortly after an American freighter, which arrived in Sydney yesterday with two million feet of timber, left port she encountered a terrific gale,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cyclone Rages in W.a; Forecast Months Ago Perth
A cyclonic storm brought gales and high seas along the coast of Western Australia. The cyclone was forecast months ago…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Hail Storm
Said Freddie the frog. "A wet day I enjoy, But rain that has knobs on is bound to annoy…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Floods in Yugoslavia Western Rumania Inundated BELGRADE
Twenty thousand Yugoslavs are homeless as the result of floods along the Danube. Flood waters are threatening to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Great Cyclone Near Townsville BRISBANE
A woman was killed and great damage was done, when a cyclone which had been off the coast for a few days, crossed the coast…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Woman Killed Cyclone South of Townsville BRISBANE
A woman was killed and great -damage was done when a cyclone, which had been off the coast for a few days, crossed the coast south of Townsville…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mob Storms Lock-up Attempt To Release Prisoner Constable Applies Baton Vigorously MELBOURNE
Storming the lock-up cell at Melton Police Station on Saturday night, a mob attempted to release a prisoner who, earlier, had been…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Residents Flee From Floods Sydney
The township at Bundekin. Queensland has been [?] by its [?] people flecting from record floods…
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A storm yesterday resulted in 33 points of rain being registered at Uralla Post Office at 9 a.m. to-day. It was most welcome…
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The district experienced a severe storm last evening, 103 points being registered. Following on the rain of a few weeks ago. it will improve…
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Almost an inch of rain has fallen at Uralla during the past two days, as the result of storms. Both falls were heavy while they…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Heavy Rain in West and Mid-state Falls Range to 2½in. Best For Year Some Districts SYDNEY
Data received at the Weather. Bureau to-day showed that heavy rains fell last night in the central and western sections of the State…
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