Gale Sweeps England Destroyer Blown Ashore
LONDON, Sunday:-- In the worst gale for 50 years, the destroyer Walrus broke adrift and went aground at Scarborough at midnight. The crew…
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Floods & storms, 1938
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Heavy Storm at Casino CASINO
A heavy storm, accompanied by lightning and thunder, was experienced in Casino shortly after 5 o'clock this afternoon. It lasted for about 20…
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A storm lashed the east coast during the week-end, causing three deaths and great property damage…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Was Welcome Storm Brought Cool Change Oppressive Week-End
Stormy conditions which developed last night was responsible for the registration of 18 points of rain in the Kyogle post…
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LONGREACH, Monday:-- William Cragg (24), drover, was drowned and a wagonette and five horses were swept away in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Appeal to Government for Aid Repairing £10,000 Flood Damage In Kyogle Shire Bridge Washaway Isolates Dairies
THE FLOOD in the Kyogle district a few weeks ago caused damage estimated at approximately £10,000, the engineer, Mr. A. J. Muntz, informed a meeting yesterday of Kyogle Shire Council…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flood Disorganised Work on Roads Early Resumption With Loan Programme Officer's Reports to Shire Council
Due to the damage caused by the floods and storms, works on the loan programme and main roads maintenance had been suspended and all available men and plant other than contractors' organisations had been employed on repair work. The foregoing…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Residents' Complaints Flood Damage In District Centres Council's Heavy Correspondence List
Many complaints concerning damage done to roads and bridges by the recent flood were contained in letters dealt with at yesterday's meeting of Kyogle Shire Council. Over 70 letters were before the councillors who thus bad their heaviest batch of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Torrential Rain Byron Bay and Bangalow Ewingsdale Deluge
Torrential rain fell yesterday in the Byron Bay-Bangalow district. At Ewingsdale, the registration from 9 a.m. to 3.30 p.m. was five…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Marooned Soviet Scientists Storm Upsets Rescue Preparations
LONDON, Monday.--"The Times" Riga correspondent says: The icebreaker Taimir reports that a storm destroyed all the preparations for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Torrential Rain Follows Heat Wave Storms Yield Up To 650 Points
RAPID rises in creeks and the inundation of low-lying areas resulted from torrential rains which fell in the Richmond River district yesterday and last night when falls ranging up to 6½ inches were…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cold Wave and Floods in England
LONDON, Monday:--Severe cold, accompanied by falls of snow, continues in southern England, and reports of extensive damage…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Flooding in Richmond District Up to 612 Inches of Rain Recorded
Rapid rises in creeks and the inundation of low-lying areas resulted from torrential rain which fell in the Richmond River…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →£10,000 Flood Damage Kyogle Council Appeals For Government Aid KYOGLE
IN a report to Kyogle Shire Council, the engineer (Mr. A. J. Muntz) stated that damage estimated at £10,000 had been caused by the recent flood. The council decided to ask Mr. J. T. Reid, M.L.A., to impress upon the Minister for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Byron Creek Rises Low Lands Flooded BANGALOW
Torrential rain fell between Bangalow and Cooper's Shoot to-day and to-night, resulting in a rapid rise in Byron Creek. which rose to within two…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Report Wanted Flood Investigation
The Lismore Chamber of Commerce decided last night to ask the Water Conservation and Irrigation Commission to supply the chamber with a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Severe Storm Sweeps Darwin Rain a Boon to Small Cattlemen
DARWIN, Wednesday:--Darwin has been swept continuously for three days by the most severe storm since the cyclone last year…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →North Q'land Floods Trains and Planes Held Up
BRISBANE, Wednesday:--Further torrential rain fell in the northern part of the State to-day and extended to the central west…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →23 Inches of Rain in 36 HOURS North Queensland Deluge
BRISBANE, Thursday:-- Heavy falls of rain again were reported to-day in North Queensland and trains are still held up in several places. In…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Serious Floods in New Zealand Road and Rail Traffic Dislocated
AUCKLAND, Thursday:-- Torrential rain last night and this morning over a wide area of Auckland Province caused a…
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