Storm at Nelligen
At Nelligen on Saturday it rained some. There were 540 points of rain between 5 o'clock and 7.30. The creeks were flooded…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Floods & storms
Floods & storms, 1920
20 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers
Phenomenal Rains. Storm Waters Flood Queanbeyan Streets
With this our first issue of the Year of Grace 1920, we have to chronicle the greatest series of rainfalls that have occurred hereabouts for many a decade…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Heavy Storm in Goulburn
A message from Goulburn states that the heaviest storm in years broke over that centre at 7 o'clock on Saturday night, and lasted for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gininderra. Terrific Storm. Lightning Sets Fire to Shed
A terrific storm, the like of which has not been seen here far many a year, swept over the district on Saturday afternoon. Torrential rain fell, the lightning being…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Correspondence. A Review of Saturday's Flood. (To the Editor.)
With a view of inviting some definite and reliable more to be taken by our civic fathers, to improve and otherwise minimise future risks of flooding from the usual…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Airships in Thunderstorms
There is nothing improbable in the suggestion that the airship NS 11, which met with disaster, was struc[?] by lightning. It is true that there is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Heavy Storm
A particularly heavy storm occurred at Reidsdate and Major's Creek on Tuesday night last. The thunder resembled the roar of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Floods in Gippsland
After eight weeks' rain floods have occurred in Gippsland. The crops have been destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Floods in Hew Zealand
Further loss of life is reported from [?] through the flood. A motor car dashed into a gap which had been made in a bridge…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →89 "Not Out." Methodists' Appreciation of Mr. John Gale
A function of a unique character eventuated in the Methodist Church on Wednesday night last, when a large number of adherents of the church, also a number of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Some Storm
There had been a storm during the night, and next morning everybody was out to discover what damage had been done…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Renown in a Gale
H.M.S. Renown ran into a strong westerly gale off the Victorian coast on Saturday evening. The battle cruiser provided a magnificent…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Another Storm in a Teacup
The Australian Press Association telegraphed to Archbishop Mannix, asking him for his version of the Ventura incident, when, it…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Floods
In most of the affected districts the worst of the floods are now over. Though a great area of country is still under water the latest…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Floods Abating. Heavy Losses in Sheep. Many People Homeless
The floods are abating in the Coonamble district, where much damage has been done. The river is falling at Narrabri…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Flood at Bourke
The flood water is now spreading over the flats around Bourke where the river is 28 feet high and still rising…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bourke Threatened by Floodwaters
Flood waters continue rising around Bourke. Another rise of a foot will flood the town. The Mayor called for volunteers…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Phenomenal Storm
Last Friday afternoon, just after we went to press, the sultry weather conditions then prevailing developed into a violent thunderstorm, an unusual…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Burra Sports. OFFICIALS: Horse judge, Mr. N. H. Gibbs ; judge athletic events, Cr. Joe Keeffe, J.P. and E. Noone ; handicapper, Mr. W. E. Gale ; starter, Mr. N. H. Gibbs ; clerk of course, Master J. Gibbs ; committee, Messrs. W. Bates, W. P. Bluett, O. McDonald, J. J. Moore, A. Warrick, Jas. Moore, T. Moore, N. H. Gibbs, A. Muggridge, W. Gibbs, E. Noone, Joe Keeffe, N. and E. Moore, Mesdames C. Moore, W. P. Bluett, and the Misses J. Moore, W Moore, and Stephenson; hon. treasurer, Mr. E. T. Gibbs ; hon. secretary, Mr. C. Moore
The attendance at the sports on Saturfell a long way short of expectations, and even the ideal day for an outing did not tempt many district or townspeople from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Heavy Rain Rough Weather
It is surely the irony of fate that a State, which has survived at terrible drought only to be blessed with a harvest which promised to…
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