London Floods Due to Tidal Bore? Help for the Needy
LONDON, Monday.—Lord Desborough, chairman of the Thames Conservancy Board, gives the opinion that the floods were not due to the…
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Floods & storms, 1928
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Tidal Bore Cause of Floods in London City Saved by Frost Scheme to Check Tide's Inflow London
Lord Desborough, Chairman of the Thames Conservaney Board, gives the opinion that the floods were not due to the Thames waters, but to a tidal…
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Melbourne, Friday. -- A terrible dust storm enveloped the township of Ouyen, Victoria, last night. During the height of the storm Charles Hele[?]…
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LONDON, Wednesday.—When the bravery of Franc Keiss was told by flood victims at an inquest in which it was revealed she was in the water…
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Patricia Margaret Patrick, who would have attained her third birthday on March 2, was drowned under tragic circumstances at Murwillumbbah on…
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When the bravery of Frances Keiss was told by flood survivors at an inquest on the victims where it was revealed that, she was in the water more tha an hour rescuing…
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The worst dust, storm in local history swept over the town of Ouyen last night. For twenty minutes the whole district was in total darkness. Many farm houses were…
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MELBOURNE, Friday.--A terrible dust storm enveloped the township of Ouyen, Victoria, last night, and for some time the whole district was in…
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Thursday. -- The City of Biamantina has been destroyed by flood. It is reported that more than 1000 houses have been destroyed…
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A wet season over the southern portion of Queensland is predicted by Mr. William Gargett, now of Cairns, but formerly of Toowoomba, who gained…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Butter Damaged. in London Floods. Owners to Carry Loss
LONDON, Thursday.--Many hundreds of boxes of Australian butter were damaged when the Thames flooded two wharves in London last Saturday. The…
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The city of Biamantina was destroyed by floods. It is reported that more than 1000 houses were destroyed. The rivers have risen 6 metres over the…
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After personal inquiries into the London floods the Prime Minister (Mr. Baldwin) has [?]ned a conference of Government departments and local authorities for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Waratahs in France Win Match in Heavy Rain
LONDON, Sunday.—A message from Toulouse states that the Waratahs defeated Le Midi by 11 points to 3. Heavy rain throughout spoiled the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Win for Waratahs Heavy Rain Spoils the Play Paris
The Waratahs defeated Midi by ll points to 3 at Toulouse. Heavy rain throughout spoiled the game, which was characterised by little open play. The ground was very…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Storm in Church Police Are Called in a Protest Against Ritual Service Abandoned London
Resentment of the congregation against the Anglo-Catholic ritual culminated in calling the police in at St. Cuthbert's, Darwen (Lancashire),…
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Berlin, Monday. -- A blast furnace at the Voelklingen works exploded and molten metal caught workmen, cutting off their escape. Two bodies…
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As the result of heavy rains which fell yesterday considerable damage has Been clone in Wyalong and Lake. Cargelligo area. Parts of the town of Ungarie are…
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Sydney, Friday. -- During an almost unprecedentedly heavy thunderstorm in Melbourne suburbs last night all the low-lying parts were quickly…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Heavy Rain in the West. Fall Is General. Floods in Places. Sydney
Rain of a heavy and general nature is frilling over practically the whole State. During the past 24 hours 517 points were recorded at Ungarie. The…
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