Features of the Storm
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Mr. Mares, divisional officer of the Weather Bureau, said that the outstanding features of the storm were the many varieties of intense lightining…
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Floods & storms, 1920
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General Gales. Numerous Wrecks Reported. LONDON
Gales are general in the British and French seas, and there have been numerous wrecks of coastal vessels. Two enormous seas swept the deck of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →U.S. Troopship in Distress. Engine Rooms Flooded. MONTREAL
The United States transport Powhattan, 500 miles from New York, wirelessed that she was in distress. Five hundred are aboard, and the boiler rooms…
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MUEWILLUMBAH, Wednesday.—Rain set in in earnest yesterday at noon, and has been constantly falling since, with no appearance of clearing. The low-lying…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Weather. Floods in Queensland. 1920 Sugar Crop Assured. BRISBANE
Heavy falls of rain occurred over the whole State, with floods in parts. Reports from the North are to the effect that the 1920 cane crop has been…
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BRISBANE Wednesday.—There has been general rainfalls over the State. Floods occurred in the northern and central districts…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.— A gale of a cyclonic nature was blowing on the northern seaboard this morning. Many signal stations exhibited stand-off signals…
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BYRON BAY, Thursday.—Heavy rain continues. There has been no abatement since Monday. The total fall up to 9 o'clock this morning was 560 points. Heavy…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—Just after the Flying Handicap was run at Randwick to-day a heavy storm broke ever the course with a great dov[?] of heavy rain, accompanied…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The State Meterologist states a disturbance of a cyclonic nature is now situated near the N.S.W. coast, with its centre, little south of Sydney…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A heavy gale at Wollongong last night wrought considerable damage throughout the district. At Port Kembla the roof of the branch of the Bank…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Destroyed Orchards. a Tasmanian Gale. HOBART
A gale caused great havoc in the Tamar Valley, orchards in some instances and half the crop being lost. Fruitgrowers describe it as the worst disaster in…
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SYDNEY, Monday—During a gale in the Bass Straits the schooner Abemama lost her sails and muck of lier deck cargo…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Weather Bureau last night issued warnings of a probable cyclone on the northern coast of Queensland. No news was received to-day from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cyclone in Queensland. Tidal Wave at Cairns. Widespread Damage
BRISBANE, Wednesday.—Details as to the effect of the tropical storm in the North are still meagre, but the reports indicate that widespread devastation was caused by…
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BRISBANE, Thursday.—News is still meagre regarding the cyclone in North Queensland. A police telegram from Cairns states that there has been damage to the…
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Further details of the Cairns cyclone show that the esplanade was exposed to tidal cyclone waters, and suffered more than other sections of the town. Huge…
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The Mareeba district was hit hard by the cyclone. Farmers generally estimate their losses at 50 per cent, of their possessions…
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Normanton advises record floods in that district…
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BRISBANE, Sunday.—Restored communication is revealing that in scores of instaneos people have been entiuely reined as the result of the cyclone at Mossman and Gordon Vale…
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