Violent Storm Tamworth
Numerous sheds on the property of Mr. A. D. Wilson at Kootingal, near Tamworth, have been blown down by a terrific storm which caused £300…
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Floods & storms, 1936
407 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 4 of 21
Farm Desolated Terrific Gale Near Tamworth
TAMWORTH, Friday:-- Missing the town by a narrow margin, a terrific storm storm swept over the kootingal district, 12 miles from Tamworth and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mercury Touched 96 Degrees Storm Welcome Up-River Creeks Flooded Yesterday
A stifling hot and sultry day with the thermometer soaring to 96 degrees was interrupted yesterday by a welcome…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hail Storms Buildings and Crops Damaged Worst for Years
Hail stones as large as cricket balls and jagged pieces of ice up to 13 inches in diameter yesterday caused severe damage to buildings in the Doubtful Creek area, stripped banana plants of their fruit and…
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A severe storm swept Brisbane at 3.30 this afternoon. The city missed the full force of the disturbance, which was accompanied…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Hail as Big as Tennis Balls Havoc Wreaked on Brunswick Big Storm Yesterday Afternoon
Hail of almost unbelievable girth, the largest within living memory caused havoc early yesterday afternoon in the Billinudgel and The Pocket districts. Banana bunches were sliced and leaves strewed in the plantations in profusion,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Stock Injured Friday's Hail Storm Mullumbimby
Later reports disclose that so heavy was the hailstorm in The Pocket and Billinudgel districts on Friday that fowls were killed and large welts…
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In Sydney on Friday a terrific storm swept the city and suburbs, unroofing buildings, uprooting street trees, and levelling outhouses. Large numbers of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Climbing Mt. Everest "Only One Time" Between Winter Gales and Monsoon
LONDON, Sunday:--Mr. E. E. Shipton, a member of the expedition, summing up the reconnaisance expedition to Mt. Everest this June…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →16 Sampans Drown Motor-Boat Sinks in Storm
WELLINGTON (N.Z), Monday:--Wireless messages from Apia state that the motor boat Tiafau, which left Apia (Samoa) on Friday with 16…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Disastrous Storm Passes Over Mullumbimby District Hail Does Immense Damage
One of the most severe storms for many years passed over Mul[?]umbimby shortly after noon on Friday last. Rain, accompanied 'by wind and hail, did terrific damage to crops [?] property. For about half an hour rain simply pelted down and…
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Although it lasted for only a short period, the thunderstorm which broke over the far North Coast about 6.15 p.m. yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Severe Storms in Queensland Buildings Partly Wrecked at Esk
BRISBANE, Wednesday.-- Storms caused considerable damage at Esk, in the Brisbane Valley, and at Spring Creek, on the Darling Downs…
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Sir,—It is a thousand pities that a special feature was not made to urge upon Mr. Spooner at Grafter last week by Richmond River deputationists the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sleeping Man Drowned in Flood House Washed Away in Cyclone
AUCKLAND, Sunday.--The severest cyclonic storm for many years raged throughout last night and to-day, causing extensive damage in the North Auckland district, which is isolated. Telegraphic communication from Auckland to the…
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Scarcely any part of North Island escaped damage from yesterday's storm. The havoc to power, telegraph and telephone systems…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Struck Rock in Gale. New Zealand Ferry Steamer
WELLINGTON, Monday.--When approaching Wellington Heads this morning in a high gale and blinding rain the Lyttleton ferry steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Latest Telegrams. Cyclonic Storm. Severe Damage at Auckland. Auckland
A sevens cyclonic storm raged throughout Auckland (N.Z.) district yesterday, causing extensive damage. Two men were drowned and another…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Trail of Destruction Gale and Floods in New Zealand Buildings Damaged Road and Rail Transport Dislocated
WELLINGTON, Tuesday.--The week-end gale apparently was severest in the Manawatu district, north of Wellington, where houses were unroofed and damaged, trees levelled, gardens and wireless masts wrecked and telegraph…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cyclone Damage Increases Greater Losses Discovered Wellington (N.z.)
As telephone and telegraph lines are gradually being repaired and services to the outlying districts resumed, news comes to hand of…
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