Floods in Queensland Brisbane
Heavy floods are being experienced in north-western Queensland. A sheet of water nearly 80 miles square is reported from Windorah, and 30…
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N.Z. CYCLONE Extensive Damage SYDNEY
A further message concerning today concerning the cyclone which visited the North Island of New Zealand on Saturday and yesterday shows that…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Weather Prolonged Drought Heavy Rain Needed Soon Sydney
If substantial rain does not come in the next month New South Wales may experience the roost prolonged drought in its history. said the State…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Zealand Floods Food and Blankets Dropped Prom Planes Wellington (N.z.)
Food and blankets are being dropped from the air to people who are marooned on North Island following heavy floods. The Works Department…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Heavy Downpour Increases Queensland Floods Rail Services Suspended Brisbane
Heavy rain which yielded up to six inches in parts last night, and which continued to-day, is expected to cause further serious floodings in northern…
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The fourth day of heavy rain in Northern California threatens a repetition of the 1937 floods. Hundreds of families have been evacuated. There…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Weather Queensland Floods Food Dropped From Planes Brisbane
Residents of the Muttaburra district, to the north-east of Longreach, are still marooned by flood waters, and unless they subside rapidly, provisions…
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Floods continue in the South Island and much damage to roads, bridges and railway lines has occurred…
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The floods, which have covered thousands of square miles, resulted in the deaths of two more men. Thomas Howell, aged 44 years, of Home Hill,…
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Floods subsiding left five persons dead and 5,000 wrecked homes. Thousands of acres of crops have been ruined, and the damage runs into…
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Floods subsiding left five persons dead and 5000 wrecked homes. Thousands of acres of crops have bees mined and the damage runs into many…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cyclone in Queensland BRISBANE
Another cyclong, et present of moderate intensity, has developed 100 miles north-west of Wills Island and is now moving towards the Queensland coast…
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A cyclone which was located northwest of Willis Island two days ago, gathered intensity this afternoon as it swept towards the Queensland coast…
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Heavy rains following a cyclone in the far north caused serious flooding at Ingham when the Herbert River broke its banks. The floodwaters rose…
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Although the torrential rains in the Tully area ceased on Friday, large tracts of land were still covered during the week-end by flood waters deeper…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Many Pilgrims Perish Lost in Desert Storm Damascus
It is reared that 480 pilgrims lost their lives in the desert near Palmira, according to 20 who were found exhausted in a caravan. They said…
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It is feared that 48 pilgrims lost their lives in the desert near Palmira, according to 20 who were found exhausted in a caravan. They said that…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Heavy Rain Over Seven Inches at Coff's Harbor Sydney
Numerous country districts in New South Wales have benefited by rain, particularly towns on the north coast and in the west and far north,…
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Rain over two-thirds of Queensland, with week-end registrations of over 10 inches on the central coast, resulted from the cyclone. Further…
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The cyclone which threatened Mackay yesterday passed inland early this morning and missed the centre, causing very little damage. At 9 a.m…
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