Electrical Storm Heavy Rain in Newcastle
A severe electrical storm occurred last night in Newcastle. Conditions were warm and sunny during the day, but toward nightfall the humidity increased…
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Floods & storms, 1935
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Air Liner Wreckage Storm May Hamper Salvaging MELBOURNE
The salvaging of the major portion of the wreck of the Holyman air liner, Loina, is likely to be hampered by the severe storm raging over Bass Strait…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Chinese Floods Nanking, October 5
Five and a half million people were made homeless by the recent floods in the Chinese provinces of Hopeh, Honan, and Shantung. The floods caused material…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Thousands Die Chinese Famine and Floods LONDON, October 7
Thousands more lives have been lost in the floods that are revaging the north of Kiangsu Province. states the Peking correspondent of "The Times." and the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Damage by Hail Severe Storm in Brisbane BRISBANE
A severe hailstorm swept the suburbs this afternoon, causing damage to gardens. Business premises and private dwellings were flooded, and windows were…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Flood Threatening
A serious flood along the Murray below Albury is threatening. Extraordinary large quantities of snow fell on the highlands this winter. Last week hot weather…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cyclone of Red Dust at Broken Hill Business Held-up Many Citizens Marooned Broken Hill
Accompanied by heavy rolling clouds of red dust, a cyclone described as "the worst in the history of the town,"…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Fighting Is Halted Heavy Rain Holds Up Troops Rival Army Parades Addis Ababa
With warlike operations limited to an Italian air reconnaisance of the Tigre front, the advance into Ogaden being…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Heavy Rain Fell on North Coast May Be Unsettled for Week-end Sydney
"Indications favor unsettled weather, with thundershowers, over the week-end," said the State Meteorologist (Mr. Mares) to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Brisbane Drenched Storms Produce 3½ Inches BRISBANE
Scattered thunderstorms fell over south-eastern Queensland during the 24 hours ended 9 o'clock this morning. Heavy downpours occurred in the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Red Dust Cyclone Hits Far West Business Suspended at Broken Hill Broken Hill
A cyclone, accompanied by clouds of red dust, swept over the far western portion of New. South Wales this morning. So thick Was the dust that business was…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Coming War—storm Fury and After
Sir,—Mussolini's fiery war-like obsession seems to be akin to that of Attila, the King of the Huns, who boasted that "the grass never grew on the place where his…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Severe Storms Damage in Queensland Hurricane Sweeps Taroom Brisbane
A hurricane swept Taroom, in the near Central-West, last night, blowing the roofs from buildings and damaging several business premises. A play-shed in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Crew in Boats Vardulia Abandoned Near Hebrides Winter Storms Raging Scotland Battered: Many Vessels Ashore (Australian Associated Press.) LONDON, October 20
In a 100-mile-an-hour hurricane, which battered the whole of Scotland, the 5735-ton steamer Vardulia, of Glasgow, bound to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Flood Warning Cyclonic Disturbance Develops SYDNEY
A special flood warning was issued by the State Meteorologist (Mr. D. J. Mares) to-night. He stated that a severe cyclonic disturbance was developing over…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Six in Car Washed Down Flooded Creek All Drowned Adelaide
Six persons were drowned to-night, when a car was washed by flood waters down a normally dry creek, on a bend in the road a few miles…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →In Rain Storm Serious Sydney Accidents Three Persons Injured Sydney
Serious accidents occurred in Sydney to-night during a heavy rainstorm. Three persons were injured and admitted to hospital…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →No Trace Crews of Two Ships Wild Gales Many Casualties in Britain (Australian Associated Press.) LONDON, October 21
It is feared that the crew of the steamer Vardulia, which took to the boats in a turbulent sea, has perished in gales that are lashing…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Beneficial Rain "Best Falls for Months" More to Come Severe Storm at Coonamble SYDNEY
Beneficial rain fell over a wide area of New South Wales during the week-end. The falls ranged from one to two inches practically…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Floods Likely In Southern Areas Rain Contracting in North-west Many Local Floods Have Occurred Sydney
The continued operation of two tropical disturbances, which have caused State-wide rain for the past 72 hours, has caused local flooding in many parts of the State…
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