Hail Storm Lashes Sydney Suburbs
SYDNEY, Wednesday: C'imaxing sweltering heat in the city and suburbs, severe hailstorms this afternoon, accompanied by…
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Tumut Corn Crops Likely to Recover After Floodings
TUMUT, Wednesday: Although farmers along the Tumut River from Gilmore to the Tumut-Mur-rumbidgee junction had feared vast…
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Although fanners along the Tumut River from Gilmore to the Tumut-Murrumbidgee junction had feared vast crop damage through the recent…
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Humbug Creek crossing at Winunga, on the main road to Lake Cargelligo, has caused anxiety to parents who send their children to…
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Mr. J. L. Stewart, of Tubbul, driving a converted utility truck during the height of a storm, was within a quarter of a mile of his destination, when the…
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BRISBANE, Sunday Eight men had to be rescued from a swamped craft and dozens of tents were levelled when, out of a clear sky, a…
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BRISBANE, Wednesday: A cyclone which is developing off Thursday Island is expected to bring heavy rain to the North…
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Severe storms, accompanied in places by heavy hall, caused extensive damage over parts of Riverina yesterday…
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Although Gundagai missed the full force of yesterday’s storm, all trunk lines leading from the local Post Office were put out of…
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Severe storms, accompanied in places by heavy hail, caused extensive damage over parts of Riverina yesterday. Portions of Culcairn were flooded, acres of wheat…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday: Thousands of pounds worth of damage was done last night when terrific storms, accompanied by heavy rain, and hall, lashed…
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On Sunday afternoon the tranquillity of the atmosphere was disturbed by a severe dust storm, coming from the south. The storm did not last…
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A heavy hailstorm caused damage to fruit crops at Corbie Hill and Yanco, near Leeton, yesterday. Peaches, pears, apples and citrus crops will be affected, but the extent of the damage was not known last night…
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ARDLETHAN Tuesday: Four hundred and twenty points of rain fell at Mr. A. Corner's property at The Windows yesterday. Over 200…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday: Police in country districts have been instructed to Brant assistance to people who suffered injury or…
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BRISBANE, Tuesday: A freak cyclone storm which tore trees out by the roots injured a nurse and several children when it struck…
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LONDON, Wednesday: Floods in Derbyshire, the worst reported in 70 years, and in Yorkshire, Mid-Wales, and Herefordshire, occurred yesterday,…
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SYDNEY, Thursday: With Sydney's major power stations unable to meet the abnormal demand caused by the wet weather, there were widespread…
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Says the Albury ‘Banner”: “A Henty farmer, who was driving a heavy farm truck during a recent storm turned the truck so that its…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday: Heavy rain on the central and south coast today has caused a serious flood danger…
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