Gale Damages N.z. Crops
WELLINGTON (New Zealand), Wednesday: Severe damage to buildings, crops and factories was caused by a gale which struck the…
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Sheep Vans Blown Off Rails at Henty Dust Storms Sweep Riverina
A wind which reached almost gale force swept clouds of dust through portion of Riverina yesterday. At Henty the wind blew two sheep vans off the railway line. The storm, which damaged telephone lines between…
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Storm damage to Wagga district telephone lines was repaired yesterday morning. A free tell across the Ladysmith lines on Wednesday…
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AUCKLAND (N.Z.), Tuesday: It was reported that there was already 18ft. of water in the forward hold of the Wanganella…
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BRISBANE, Thursday: A cyclonic disturbance is raging along the coast from the Clarence River in N.S.W. to the Gladestone on the Queensland…
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BRISBANE, Wednesday: The keeper of Lady Elliott Island lighthouse, 50 miles northeast of Bundaberg, is ill, and is being treated by…
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SYDNEY, Friday: Although storm, warnings to all shipping and aviation were again issued by the Weather Bureau today, fears that the cyclone…
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Trains which were delayed by floods at Cook, on the East-West Transcontinental line, following five inches of rain on Monday, passed slowly through…
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SYDNEY, Friday: The cyclone which extended to the Northern Rivers yielded almost 8in of rain at Murwillumbah in 24 hours…
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BRISBANE, Sunday: One life has already been lost in the most disastrous flood to sweep South Queensland…
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It was on a Sunday evening, Anniversary Day, 1885, that the mail train left Junee about the same time as it does at present…
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THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE in South Queensland have been stranded because of flood waters. The picture shows the…
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BRISBANE, Wednesday: Damage to farm property, roads and bridges in the main areas affected by last week-end's floods was estimated…
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BRISBANE, Wednesday: Fifty people who are floodbound at Waterford are being supplied with food by motor boats, dinghies and…
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ROMA (Qid.), Thursday: A cyclonic storm swept Rome yesterday afternoon, and did considerable damage…
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TAMWORTH, Thursday: During a terrific thunderstorm which struck Northern New South Wales to-night, Kevin Leo Hayes, of Scone, was killed instantly when struck by lightning…
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Damage to farm property, roads and bridges in the main areas affected by last week-end's floods was estimated on Wednesday at more than…
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SYDNEY, Thursday: A system of flood-warning stations is to be established on the north coast of New South Wales…
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LONDON, Sunday: The United States Liberty ship, Henry Middleton, ran into the side of an anchored British ship, the Empire Chamois,…
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