Motor Notes Man-made Gales Test Speed Cars and Planes
Wind tunnels for obtaining data relative to air resistance at high speeds and the best means of minimising the resistance, have played a big part in…
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Floods & storms, 1941
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Hunter Valley Floods Recalled
A fall of rain of more than 20 inches had been recorded in New South Wales on six occasions, Mr. J. H. Nancarrow said when he addressed Newcastle Rotary…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Storm Ends Terror Raids in Chungking
NEW YORK, Tuesday. (A.A.P.).—Squeezed In bomb shelters for 22 hours out of each 24 since Friday, the population of Chungking, temporary…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →40 Lives Lost in Storm
SANTIAGO (Chile), Aug. 14.—At least 40 lives were lost, road and rail transport was disrupted and thousands of railway passengers were stranded in a fierce…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Storm Affects Electric Power Lines
An electric storm caused trouble on the high tension lines near Morisset last night. The current was interrupted in that area, but the power line from Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Severe Thunderstorm Does Widespread Damage in Sydney Suburbs
SYDNEY, Tuesday.— Most of the southern part of Sydney was drenched by rain last night and several thousand pounds worth of damage was done by a thunderstorm which cut a track through a few suburbs. Only light falls were recorded on the catchment area…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Storm in U.S. Senate on Atlantic Talk. Washington
(A.A.P.)—A denial the President Roosevelt and Mr. Churchill had discussed the sending of an American expeditionary force to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dust Storm at Tobruk
LONDON, Aug. 20.—A heavy dust storm has restricted activity in the Tobruk area, although there has been some enemy shelling, says a British G.H.Q…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dust Storms Rage at Tobruk
LONDON, Aug. 21.—"Heavy dust storms in the Tobruk area continue to limit our patrol activities," states a British communique issued in Cairo. "There…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ownership of Storm Water Bridges
"There should be closer collaboration between the City Council, Water Board. Main Roads Board and Transport Department," said Mr. R…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Floodlighting of Beach Deferred
The question of flood-lighting Nobbys beach has been deferred pending a conference between the Electrical Engineer and Manager (Mr. Allbut), and the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Boxer's Name Means "Storm"
BAGUIO in the Filipino language means "storm" and Baguio is the surname of the boxer known as "Young" Glido. Known for years in boxing circles as…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sydney Storm
SYDNEY, Monday.—When lightning struck a main power line at Cabramatta railway station during a fierce electrical storm to-night, an area of 20 square miles…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Vladivostok, The Storm Centre Of The North As American Oil Tankers Speed Towards Tsugaru Strait, Narrow Gateway to the Japan Sea, World Attention Centres Upon—
Perhaps it is more than a coincidence that the first American tanker carrying fuel for the Russian air force should plough across the Sea of Japan on the very anniversary of the signing at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, of the Treaty of Portsmouth, which ended…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wilcannia's Worst Dust Storm in 40 Years
SYDNEY: After the worst duststorm for 40 years Wilcannia house-wives started celaning up to-day with buckets and spades…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Storm After Hot Day
Two points of rain fell in Newcastle in a thunderstorm early last night, according to observations made by Mr. Cyril Griffiths at Bar Beach. Light rain,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Western Trunk Lines Cut by Storm
SYDNEY. Tuesday.—Lithgow and Katoomba had their trunk line communication with Sydney completely severed, and eight Western towns had most lines…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gale in Brisbane
BRISBANE: Ipswich race broadcasts were interrupted this afternoon when land lines connection to station 4BC were torn down by a gale that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →TARZAN Storm
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Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fierce Gale Sweeps Newcastle
A gale reached a velocity of 70 miles an hour in Newcastle last night. It swept the coastal areas of New South Wales. About 8 o'clock the storm sank the…
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