Violent Storm at Canberra Building Struck by Lightning Canberra
A violent storm accompanied by lightning and a howling gale overwhelmed Canberra last night. Lightning struck the main lattice…
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Floods & storms, 1937
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Flood Rain Washaways in South Australia ADELAIDE
Rain to-day caused floods in several northern areas. Quorn suffered most, several washaways being reported in the district…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Destructive Floods in America New York
Continued rain has brought further threats to the flooded areas of Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Ohio and Missouri…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Channel Gale French Warship Damaged LONDON, January 19
The French warship. He de France, former flagship of the North Atlantic service, was severely damaged yesterday when it was driven against the quay at…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Materials for New Homes Replacing Damages of Storm at Kearsley
Arrangements for the immediate rebuilding of the storm-wrecked homes at Kearsley were made to-day when Government officials inspected the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Danger Grows Floods in American West Worst Since 1927 CHICAGO, January 18
Continued rain has brought further danger to the flooded areas of Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Ohio, and Missouri, where rivers raged at new levels…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Storm Damage Repairing Kearsley Homes Government Assistance
Iron timber and nails are to be supplied by the Government to repair the damage done to number of homes in Kearsley by the storm last Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Furniture Needed for Kearsley Restoring Damages From the Storm
A public subscription list will be opened to provide furniture and cutlery for the people who had their homes wrecked at Kearsley on…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Wrecks in Europe Many Lives Lost in Storm Rerlin
While trying to rescue the crews of two distressed ships during a raging snowstorm in the Baltic, the German naval…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →British Interests Are Perturbed BUILDING U.S.A. War 'Planes in Australia Parkhill Involved in a New Storm London
Questions will be asked in the House of Commons next week about Australia's decision to manufacture American 'planes under licence for Commonwealth defence…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Many Rescues Floods in United States Cities Under Water Chicago, January 19
Hundreds of families are homeless, and many people have been rescued by boats as the western rivers continue to rise. Schools are closed in many parts of the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Trains Stop Creeks Five Miles Wide Alice Springs Isolated by Floods Alice Springs
Heavy rain has caused floods, which have covered the railway lines in Central Australia and have transformed creeks into extensive…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Storms in Europe Two Vessels Founder OVER 46 Lives Lost Berlin, January 20
While trying to rescue the crews of two distressed ships during a raging snowatorm in the Baltic, the German naval experimental ship, Welle, sank…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Floods Continue Position Critical in U.S. Lifeboats Dispatched Chicago, January 21
Continued rain has increased the extent of the flooded arena. Motorised life-boats, which will he used in rescue work, have been sent from here and…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Railways and Floods
The Commissioner for Railways (Mr. T. J. Hartigan), referring at a civic reception in Taree to the damage done to rail-roads in floodtime through lack of…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →New Danger Flood in Finke River Railways Still Blocked Adelaide
Many passengers who left Adelaide by train his early as Monday arrived at Broken Hill this morning. The express, which reached Broken Hill this morning,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Disastrous Floods in America New York
Ten thousand families have been driven from their homes by the floods in Ohio. Indiana and Kentucky. The damage to property in those…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Repairing Storm Damage Volunteers Busy at Kearsley
Twenty volunteers have replaced the roofs of many storm-damaged homes at Kearsley. To-day they cleared away the wreckage at the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Just One Storm Robbed Albury of the Capital Canberra
How a chance duststorm deprived Albury of the honor of becoming the Federal Capital of Australia was related by the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Flood Havoc 80,000 Homeless in U.S. Peril in 10 STATES Whole Town Under Water (Australian Associated Press.) CINCINNATI, January 21
Approximately 80,000 people have been driven from their homes in Ohio, Indiana, Tennessee, West Virginia, Kentucky, Illinois…
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