Terrific Losses in Storms London
More than £16,000,000 worth of damage was done in Spain and Portugal by the recent storms…
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Floods & storms, 1941
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Dust Storms Formidable As Italians Sydney
The R.A.A.F. fighter squad, ron in the Middle East has for months past faced two enemies—the Italians and dust storms…
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Though bad weather is making more difficult the Greek local offensives, the troops are eager to renew the offensive…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Storm Is Brewing Lady Blamey's Defiance Sydney
A political storm is about to break over Lady Blamey's trip to Palestine. The Government has…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sunspots Cause Strange Storm in United States New York
An unusual storm which disrupted trans-continental shortwave and telegraph circuits yesterday is considered by experts…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gale Damage at Marble Bar
PERTH, Monday.—After having had a record heat wave with temperature over 100 degrees for 135 successive days. Marble Bar received extensive damage as the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →93 Flood Anniversary Muswellbrook, Sat
To-day is the 48th anniversary of the 1893 flood which was one of the worst in the history of the Hunter Valley…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cloudburst in Parkes Area Causes Deluge Parkes
A severe cloudburst which struck Parkes' and district on saturday did a lot of damage south of the town. A washaway occurred on the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Namoi River In Flood GUNNEDAH
The Namoi River at Gunnedah is over its banks and rising slowly. Rain is general throughout the district…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Iron Ark Takes Succor to Flooded Areas Sydney
Isolated by exceptional floods, settlers in remote country north of Coopers Creek, in Central Australia, were succored by a steel craft, hastily…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Floods in Northern Rivers Likely
SYDNEY, Sunday.—There may be floods in Northern rivers, the Assistant Government Meteorologist (Mr. Marr) said to-night…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gippsland Flooding Likely
MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—Steady rain which began throughout Victoria this morning is expected to continue for three days, and to cause a dancer of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Big Floods in N.Z. Heaviest Rain for 30 Years
WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Thursday.—Miles of farm land are submerged throughout the Pohangina Valley in the centre of the North Island. Thousands…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Ballarat's Worst Hailstorm Floods in South-west Victoria
MELBOURNE, Thursday.—The most severe hailstorm in Ballarat's history was experienced this afternoon when thick chunks of ice wrecked gardens, stripped…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Floods Sweep Farms, Drown Cattle Wellington (N.z.)
have been drowned by floods which swept through the Ponangina Valley in the centre of the North Island, carrying away fences and obliterating…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Floodgates At Maitland Italian Decorations From Bardia
Floodgates at West Maitland, adjacent to the railway line, which are nearing completion. With the exception of a few key men, most of the work was done by relief labour. Right: Regimental insignia, decorations and coins, taken from Italian prisoners after the capture of Bardia, which have been received in Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Flood of Nazi Spies in Morocco London
German secret police, graduates of Germany's Arab language schools, and economic experts are pouring into Algiers as a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Conference Suggested Maintenance of Storm Drain Bridges
A further conference of the parties to deal with the question of responsibility for maintenance or improvements of bridges over stormwater channels in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Miners' Bill and Upper House Storm Likely Over Proposed Changes Sydney
A political storm is likely next week concerning the Coal Mines Amendment Bill (Health and Safety). Mr. T. Armstrong: M.L.C., leads a number of members who believe that the bill as it stands needs considerable…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →£25,000 Grant to Councils Repair Flood Damage
SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Premier (Mr. Mair) announced to-night that £25,000 had been made available by Cabinet to the Local Government Department to…
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