Heavy Rain at Methul and North Berry Jerry
Heavy rain, of a localised character, [?] by severe lighting and thunder, fell at Methul and North berry Jerry between sundown and…
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Storms Forecast for Riverina
The following are the latest official weather forecasts:— State: Unsettled and sultry generally, with rain and thunderstorms…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cyclone Hits Drome 23 Aircraft Damaged at Narandera Flying School
The Narandera Elementary Flying School suffered, severely when a cyclone struck the field at 2.45 o'clock yesterday afternoon, and 23…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wind, Rain, Lightning Extensive Storm Damage in Riverina Roofs Blown From Buildings
A cyclone which unroofed buildings and caused severe damage at the Narandera aerodrome and Wagga Government Experiment Farm; an electrical storm which set grass on fire at Belfrayden and destroyed a haystack at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Storm at Junee
A Heavy thunderstorm passed over Junee on Saturday afternoon, accompanied by severe lightning. The rain was of short duration. Large hail fell…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cyclone at Narandera Flying School
The Narandera Elementary Plying School suffered severely when a cyclone struck the field at 2.45 on Friday afternoon, and 23 light…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Severe Storm at Coolamon Worst in Town's History Damage to Stock and Property Drover's Experience
The storm on Friday afternoon at Coolamon was the most severe within the Jiving memory of people in the affected area. It followed a tract of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Weather Humid Conditions at Wagga Culminate in Thunderstorms
Very trying weather was experienced at. Wagga on Saturday. There was a high degree of humidity in the air, and heavy clouds in the early afternoon heralded the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Heavy Rain Throughout Tumut District
Heavy thunderstorms, accompanied by heavy rain and followed by continuous and steady rain right through Saturday night, occurred over a wide…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Weather Heavy Rain at Junee
Heavy rain fell in Junee on Saturday night, when 93 points were recorded at the post office, a severe storm during the week-end destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →L.I.H.S. Fete Resumed After Storm Proceeds in Vicinity of £100
THE annual fete of the Leeton intermediate High School held on Friday last, was interrupted during the afternoon by the violent…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Terrific Storm at Junee Fierce Lightning Sets Pole on Fire and Wind Lifts Shed Roofs 120 Yards Exciting Incidents During Saturday’s Storm
A Savage electrical storm, accompanied by extremely heavy rain and vicious high wind, broke over Junee on Saturday afternoon last. Whip-like in its appearance and crackling, one streak of lightning, just bofere six o-clock, disorganised the electricity system in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gale Havoc Along River
One of the most striking instances of the force with which last Friday's gale swept through the strip of country which included the flying school…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Terrific Storms Record Rain : Heavy Hail Fierce Wind Sheep Drowned
After two or three days of very; sultry weather With very high humidity Several storms of cyclonic severity burst over the district on Friday and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Floodlight Leeton's New 'Drome For Nightfliers? Council Improves On Safety Committee's Suggestion Increased Air Defence Activity in Darkness
LEETON'S new civil aerodrome at Brobenah may have a system of floodlighting, augmented by coloured ground lights…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Local Club Pioneers New Night Sport First Successful "Clay Pigeon" Shoots Under Floodlights Interest Throughout State
Leeton Gun Club, which is now conducting night shoots of clay pigeons with complete success, earlier reported in the "Irrigator," is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Refugee Ship Breaks Up in Storm Many Jewish Children Drowned Istanbul
A Uraguayan ship carrying 380 Jewish refugees, including many children, to Palestine from Bulgaria broke up in a storm near Istanbul. The refugees were thrown…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Storm Damage at Lithgow
The main street was flooded to a depth of three feet in one section when a cloudburst occurred at Lithgow on Friday. In a little more than an hour…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fix Some Second Period Rentals Higher Than Commission Requested Special Land Board Determinations Provisions For Drought and Flood Relief Not Generally Known, Says Applicant
WHEN determining the rentals for the second period of lease, after the expiry of the first 25-year term on a number of Irrigation farm leases and town land leases at Yanco, the Special Land Board for the Land District of Yanco, sitting at Leeton Courthouse last week fixed a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Heavy Storms in Tamworth District Tamworth
Further heavy storms which again disorganised railway traffic occurred in the north to-day. There was a severe storm at Willow Tree and the…
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