Disastrous Hail Storm
The worst storm within the memory of residents of Oakwood, near Inverell, occurred recently, when wheat crops were battered to the ground…
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Floods & storms, 1926
573 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 2 of 29
Gale in Samoa. Much Damage Done to Plantations. Vessels Wrecked. Loss of Life Reported
SUVA, Tuesday. Apia reports that the gale in Samoa on January 1 did much damage to plantations. Breadfruit trees were blown down in hundreds. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"A Storm in a Teacup." Complaints of Australian Fruits on Arrival in England. Only 5 Per Cent. Inferior
MELBOURNE, Tuesday. The Minister for Trade and Customs (Mr. Pratten), characterised the complaints regarding the conditions of Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Continental Floods. Previous Records Broken. Enormous Damage Caused
LONDON, Tuesday.-A Paris message states that the utmost anxiety is felt because of continued rains. Flood records of 1910 and 1920 have been…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Catastrophic Floods. Disaster in the Netherlands. Many Dykes Collapse. Thousands of Houses Inundated
Disastrous floods are being experienced in the Netherlands, Belgium, and North-eastern France, following on intense rainstorms on New Year's Day…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Disastrous Floods. Enormous Damage Done in Western Europe. Anxiety in France. Railways Submerged
PARIS, Tuesday. There is a likelihood of continued rain causing the utmost anxiety. The River Dise has beaten all records, including the floods in 1910 and…
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LONDON, Monday.--A Brussels message states that their Majesties the King and Queen of Belgium subscribed two million francs to the national fund…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Flooded France Rain Forecast Feared River Rises 20 Feet Slight Relief in Belgium (Reuter.) PARIS
The likelihood of continued rain is causing the utmost anxiety. Already the Oise has beaten all records, including the floods of 1910 and 1920, having risen…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Deluge at Armidale
ARMIDALE, Wednesday. Torrential rain fell over the town late yesterday afternoon, and rapidly rising water flooded the gas works, cutting off the town…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Severe Storms. Deluge at Wagga. Portions of Railway Line Swept Away. Narrow Escapes and Startling Experiences
SYDNEY, Wednesday. A terrific storm was experienced a few miles from Wagga last night, as a result of which the railway line for about 20…
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Torrential rain fell over the town late yesterday afternoon and the rapidly rising water flooded the gasworks, cutting off the town's gas supply and suspending…
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A terrific storm was experienced a few miles from Wagga last night, and as a result the railway line for about 20 chains on the north side of Harefield station was submerged…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Large Hailstones. Heavy Storm in Sydney
SYDNEY, Friday. The northern suburbs of Sydney were struck by a violent hallstorm yesterday, which caused considerable damage to gardens and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Storm in Sydney Hailstones Like Pullet's Eggs Sydney
The northern suburbs of Sydney were struck by a violent hailstorm this Afternoon, which caused considerable damage to gardens and fruit trees. In a number of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Cloudburst. Ten Inches in 15 Minutes. Terriffic Storm in Wagga District
A a result of heavy storms iN the Wagga district (New South Wales) on Tuesday night the whole of the railway services in the southern system…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Severe Hail Storm. Strikes Sydney's Northern Suburbs. Hailstones Cause Girl to Fall 20 Feet
SYDNEY, Thursday. The northern suburbs of Sydney were struck by a violent storm, this afternoon, which caused considerable damage to gardens…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →DEVASTATION. The Result of the Heavy Floods in the South. Junee District's Plight. Farmers and Graziers Suffer
SYDNEY, Thursday. Further particulars of the heavy rains in the southern districts show the damage amounts to many thousands of pounds…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Stricken Europe. Floods and Earthquake. Subsidence of Flood Waters Reveals Enormous Damage
AMSTERDAM, Wednesday. The flo[?] subsiding everywhere except in northern Limburg band Deventer, where another dyke of the River Yuel burst…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Floods in South Area of Devastation Extensive Damage Done Ten Inches in 15 Minutes Sydney
Further particulars of the heavy rains in the southern districts show that the damage amounts to many thousands of pounds. The greatest…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Thousands Homeless Floods in Rhineland £1,000,000 Damage Done Families in Acute Distress (Reuter.) BERLIN
The subsidence of the floods in Rhmeland is revealing enormous devastation. Twenty thousand houses have been damaged in Coblenz, and thousands of families…
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