Storm Stops Play Australian Pairs Title
SYDNEY, Thursday:- The pairs bowling championship of Australia was continued to-day with post sectional play. Tire preliminary rounds…
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Floods & storms, 1938
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Severe Storm in Sydney Sydney
Two nouses were struck by lightning during a severe thunderstorm in the metropolitan area this afternoon. Nobody, however, was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Japanese Problem in British Columbia Move To Stem Flood of Migrants
VICTORIA (British Columbia), Wednesday.-- The Premier (Mr. Pattullo) announces his intention to discuss the British Columbia Japanese…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Town Hall Struck by Lightning Fireball Crashes on Tram Violent Thunderstorm Sweeps Sydney
SYDNEY, Thursday:- A violent storm swept over Sydney this afternoon, causing considerable damage to the city and suburbs. The lightning was most vivid and Sydney Town Hall was struck, but not damaged. At St. Peter's two…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Floods in North Queensland Goods Train Held Up
BRISBANE, Thursday. -- Soaking rain, reaching 633 points at Kuranda, has fallen all over the Cairns District, with the result that the various…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Floods Affected Production Norco Output
BYRON BAY, Thursday. THE manager of Norco Cooperative Ltd. (Mr. J. C. McKenzie) stated this…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Big Flood Losses Loadstone And Lynch's Creek Bridges Destroyed
Loadstone farmers suffered severe losses as a result of the recent flood. Cultivation paddocks were washed out and crops lost, while…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Supplies and Mail by Rope Flood Damage In Ettrick District
With the disappearance of the bridge over Ironpot Creek at Montgomery's and the approaches washed away from the low…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Usual Crop of Ignition Troubles Heavy Rain Last Week
The heavy rain during last week brought with it the usual crop of ignition troubles, says the district representative of the N.R.M.A…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Innisfail Floods 19 Inches of Rain In Four Days
TUTTY, Friday: -- A message from Innisfail to-night stated that 19 inches of rain has fallen in Innisfail in the last four days. The water was three…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Thunderstorm Follows Warm Day
After a sultry day, a thunderstorm broke late yesterday afternoon and although only a few points were registered in Lismore, heavier falls were experienced in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Heavy Storm Yields 140 Points
A period of humid heat extending over the past few days, and particularly on Saturday and yesterday morning, was broken…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Gales in United Kingdom Heavy Damage Reported LONDON
An eighty mile an hour gale which is sweeping the United Kingdom blew down more than three-quarters of the partially constructed Canadian…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →80-Mile-an-hour Gale Damage In Britain
LONDON, Saturday: -- An 80-mile-an-hour gale is sweeping across the United Kingdom. It blew down 80 per cent of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Deluge at Walcha Business Premises Flooded
TAMWORTH, Monday:—Extensive damage was caused at Walcha this afternoon by one of the heaviest storms for years. It was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Floods Cause £100,000 Damage In Sydney Worst Deluge for Over 20 YEARS
SYDNEY, Monday:—Damage estimated at more than £100,000 was caused by flood waters following the fiercest rain experienced in Sydney for more than 20 years early this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Nearly Six Inches In Two Hours Deluge at Mummulgum Roads Blocked
Torrential rain, which resembled a cloud [?]urst, fell at Mummulgum on Sunday night. In two hours 576…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sydney's Terrific Storm Whole Areas Submerged. Heavy Damage to Property. Sydney
One of the most terrific rainstorms in Sydney's history swept the metropolitan area this morning, doing untold damage in many parts…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cloudburst Causes Flood at North Richmond. Sydney
A fierce cloudburst struck North Richmond late last night, flooding the main street with three feet of water. Rain poured down for nearly an hour,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →576 Points of Rain in Two Hours Mummulgum Flooded
LISMORE, Monday:—Torrential rain which resembled a cloudburst fell at Mummulgum last night. In two hours 576 points were recorded…
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