Terrific Gales North Island of N.Z. Swept
AUCKLAND (N.Z.), Friday.--Terrific gales are sweeping the North Island and torrential rain has fallen. Passengers in an express train from…
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Floods & storms, 1930
499 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 2 of 25
Marooned in Tree Gold Prospectors' Ordeal Innisfail Floods
BRISBANE, Friday.--To be marooned by flood waters in a tree for seven hours was the unenviable experience which befe[?] four gold…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The North Arm Dredging Sought Murwillumbah P.P.U. Acts Relief From Floods
Relief from flood ravages and the provision of a good navigable stream are the objects of an effort by the Murwillumbah P.P.U…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Floods in Queensland
As the result of the heavy rains, the train service between Townsville and Cairns is suspended, water being over the rails to a depth of six feet in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →36 Inches of Rain. North Queensland Floods
CAIRNS, Friday.--Thirty-six inches of rain were recorded at Pawngilly during the past five days. The whole district is flooded, and the meeting of…
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To be marooned by flood waters in a tree for seven hours was the unenviable experience which befel four gold prospectors in the Innisfail…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Cyclonic Storm Motor Yacht Wrecked
SUVA, Monday.--During a cyclonic storm which swept Makogai Leper Island on Saturday, the Fijian Government's motor yacht Lady Escott was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Yacht Sinks in Storm Suva
During a cyclonic storm which swept Makogai leper island on Saturday the Fiji Government motor yacht, Lady Escott, was blown from her anchorage…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fierce Gale English Channel Shipping Distress LONDON
A 120 miles an hour gale is raging in the Channel and steamers are experiencing a Tough passage. At least two sent out an S.O.S. for lifeboats,…
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LONDON, Monday.--The Admiralty has announced that the tug St. Genny, attached to the Atlantic fleet, sunk during a gale off Ushant with a loss…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Terrific Gales 120 Miles an Hour English Channel Affected. Ships in Distress
LONDON, Sunday.--A 120 miles an hour gale is raging in the Channel, and steamers are experiencing a very rough passage. At least…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Storm Havoc Worst in England's Memory Vessels Wrecked Loss of Lite on Land and Sea LONDON
The worst tempest in England in living memory, following a succession of severe gales, wrought havoc at sea and on land. The greatest calamity was the engulfing of a naval tug, while the death roll in England so far is 12, five of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Labor Defence Army First Battalion Formed Safety Men Withdraw Collieries in Danger of Flooding
NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.--Two thousand men, who will form the first battalion of the Labor Defence Army, assembled at Aberdare Park, Cessnock, to-day, where a mass meeting was held. The men subsequently drilled for an…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Danger of Flooding Withdrawal of Safety Men Burwood Colliery
SYDNEY, Tuesday.--The withdrawal of the safety men is likely to lead to the flooding of Burwood colliery, as there are only six men…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Damage by Cyclone Brisbane
Considerable damage was caused at Mt. Larcom, near Rockhampton, yesterday by a cyclone which unroofed many houses and uprooted trees throughout…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →£20,000 ROBBERY Gang Aided By Gale LONDON
Motor bandits broke into the residence of Spencer Maryon Wilson at Yattendon and stole £20,000 worth of jewellery, including a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Colliery Flooding Newcastle
Water is entering Wallsend colliery at the rate of over 3000 gallons a minute and unless the safety men return to man the pumps there is…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Cyclone Havoc in Fiji Sydney
Mrs. Trevor James, wife of an accountant of the Colonial Sugar Company, who arrived at Sydney to-day, told, a graphic story of a terrific…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Graphic Story Cyclone in Fijian Group
SYDNEY, Monday.--Mrs. Trevor James, wife of an accountant of the Colonial Sugar Company, who arrived in Sydney to-day, told a graphic story…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Small, Intense Cyclone Torrential Rain Expected
BRISBANE, Monday.--A small, inense cyclone, moving west, was centred this morning near Cooktown. Under its influence squally conditions…
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