Storm Damage in N.Z. Wellington (N.z.)
Considerable damage is reported to have been caused at Napier, Carterton, Marlborough, and other centres during a storm which passed over the areas yesterday…
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Floods & storms, 1933
458 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 14 of 23
Schooner Meets Gales
Running into the teeth of fierce westerly and north-westerly gales in Bass Strait, the four-masted auxiliary schooner Kermandie, 222 tons, was forced to shelter…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Corporal Killed Lightning Strikes Army Camp Severe Storm in England London, August 14
During a severe storm in South-western England early to-day, the Territorial Army camp near Weymouth was struck by lightning…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cricket in a Gale LONDON
A rare incident occurred during the county match between Lele[?]estershire and Hampshire at Lc[?]icester to-day, when the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Agents-general Indignant Storm Is Brewing in London Reports Sent Home London
That indignation is growing among the Australian AgentsGeneral, who consider that Australia's representation in London…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Seventy Drowned Floods in Jamaica KINGSTON (Jamaica), August 16
Seventy persons were crowned today in floods in the city and the parishes of St, Thomas, St, Catherine, and St. Mary, following a storm…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Threatened Flood of Japanese Toys Melbourne
The Commonwealth Government is keeping a close watch on the threatened flood of Japanese toys into Australia for…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →130 DEAD Floods in Jamaica KINGSTON (Jamaica), August 17
The revised official list to-night gives the death-roll in Wednesday's flood as 130. It is estimated that it will take 500,000 dollars to restore the homes and provide…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Winter's Grip Tightens Heavy Snow Falls and Gales Cold at Kosciusko Sydney
Winter's grip, relaxed slightly during the past week, has again tightened over N.S.W., bringing with it heavy snow…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Train Disaster Chinese Bridge Collapses Floods in Kiangsi Shanghai, August 22
Nearly 200 Chinese military cadets were injured, some fatally, when a special train carrying 500 fell into the river near Nanchang Kiangsi, as a result of the collapse…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Gales in Tasman Tug Had Rough Trip SYDNEY
Extremely rough weather was experienced in the Tasman Sea by the tug Theresa Ward, which reached Sydney to-day from New Zealand. Two days out…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Westerly Gale Shipping Interfered With Mariposa's Experience Sydney
The strong westerly gale which raged over the City to-day was responsible for interference to shipping. The American liner Mariposa left her berth in charge of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Storm That Brought Death and Destruction More Than Twelve Killed Disaster in U.S.A New York
Death, terror and destruction, came with lite mighty storm which struck the Atlantic seaboard and, which…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →OVER 1000 DEAD Chinese Villages Flooded Thousands Starving Shanghai, August 24
Reports of terrible suffering and considerable less of life are reaching here from many districts which have been inundated as a result of the Yellow…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Storm Trail Death and Destruction America Suffers Sea and Rail Fatalities New York, August 24
Death, terror, and destruction rode with the maddest storm that has struck thin Atlantic, seaboard for many years, and which, after its fury of Wednesday,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Hinton Removal of Floodgates
The agitation in favour of the removal of the floodgates under the Hinton Swamp Drainage Trust's control was advanced another stage at a meeting of members…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Floods in India Many Villages Submerged CALCUTTA, August 25
Widespread floods have occurred, due to four days of incessant rain following, an abnormally heavy monsoon. The area affected covers Bengal, Assam, Orissa, the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Despair in India Famine Follows Floods Snakes and Tigers Calcutta
DESPAIR stalks in many parts of India, owing to the serious floods, following upon exceptionally heavy monsoonal rains…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Storm Fiend 75 Lives Lost Off Port Cawarra Loss Crowds See Victims Die
On Saturday morning, July 14, 1866, Newcastle people awoke to find their paper in deep mourning. Thick black perpendicular lines separated each column…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Substantial Rains Are Promised Storm Clouds Gather in Riverina Sydney
Glad tidings in the form of heavy storm-clouds are sweeping into the Riverina. Already in many centres rain in tailing, and according to the…
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