Gale Havoc Fishing Fleets Swept Three Drowned Nets Worth £150,000 Lost LONDON
Swept by high seas during a terrific gale off the East Anglican Coast, a Scottish fishing fleet suffered…
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Floods & storms, 1929
473 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 21 of 24
Heavy Rain More to Come Sydney
Moderate to heavy rain was recorded this morning on the South Coast and tablelands of New South Wales, accompanied by hail and thunderstorms. On…
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Unsettled weather prevailed at Newcastle yesterday, culminating in a downpour shortly after 7 p.m. The storm was not of long duration, and was followed…
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Replying to a question in the House of Commons to-day. the Secretary of State for Scotland (Mr. Adamson) said that the Scottish fishing…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →In Vain Search for Boys' Bodies Storm Victims Sydney
Dragging grappling front through swirling torrents at Atexandria. the Letchhardt police have scarched unsuccessfully for the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Torn Down Storm Wrecks Hall Near Grafton School Threatened Grafton
With its fury confined to a narrow strip of country, a terrific windstorm swept through the Alumny Creek district. near Grafton, and lifted bodily the public…
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Kevin Connor, aged two, and Leslie Jones, aged eight, both of Summer Hill, were drowned in the flood waters which filled the storm channel at Leichhardt,…
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In the Legislative Assembly yesterday Mr. O'Hearn asked the Minister for Works if in view of the need for a practical, scheme of flood mitigation in the…
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There is no trace so far of the bodies of Leslie Jones, 8, and Kevin O'Connor, 10, who were washed down the Iron Coe Canal, Summer Hill, during yesterday's…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →CRASHED Arctic Mail 'Plane Pilot Killed Explorers Storm-hound Again EDMONTON (Alberta)
Canada's first winter Arctic mail plane to Aklavik, near the mouth of the Mackenzie River, has met disaster…
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Occupiers of low-lying land along the Barwon River have been warned to be prepared for floods. The river is running a banker, and further rain will cause…
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Police yesterday succeeded in recovering the bodies of three boys who were drowned during the terrific rainstorm which swept over the metropolitan area on…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Sad Scenes Leichhardt Boys' Funeral Storm Victims Sydney
Pathetic scenes were witnessed at St. Thomas's Church, Lewisham, this morning, where a service was held before the funeral of Leslie Jones (8),…
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Over 800 school children attended the funeral of Leslie Jones (8) and Kevin O'Conner (10), who were drowned in the Leichhardt Canal during the storm last…
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During a evelonic storm at Davboro this afternoon, the Church of England was completely wrecked. The storm which lasted only 10 minutes, was confined to a…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →English Floods Airship Flight Cancelled Big Seas in the Channel (Australian Press Association.) LONDON, November 17
For the second time in a week, more than an inch of rain fall in 24 hours in many parts of Southern England yesterday, and the first fall of snow this season…
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De scribed as a practical method of flood mitigation for the. Hunter Valley, the dredging of the Hunter River from Hexham, and the Paterson River…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In the Antarctic Gales Delay Operations (Copyright.) LONDON, November 19
From Sir George Wilkins by radio from Deception Island— "Gales, rain and sleet have delayed operations at our based by keeping is indoors,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Floods in Wales Many Houses Engulfed London, November 19
Torrential rains in Wales have caused the worst floods for 40 years in many areas. Numerous families suddenly found the lower rooms of their homes engulfed…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Terrific Storm Queensland Buffeted City Building Struck by Lightning a Church Collapses Brisbane
Violent storms accompanied by wind, hail, and torrential rain caused considerable damage in parts of Southern Queensland to-day. The Brisbane…
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