80-Mile-an-hour Gale Hits Cowra
Central Western N.S.W. towns were severely damaged by an electrical storm which struck on Thursday afternoon. There are no reports of…
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Fierce Gales, Freeze in Victoria Crops damage, trees down
MELBOURNE, Sunday: Fierce gales, with winds up to 60 m.p.h., uprooted trees, damaged roofing on suburban houses, bufretted shipping and caused…
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Although the Murrumbidgee river rose rapidly to 22 feet yesterday, and will probably exceed 24 feet by tonight,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →No Present Flood Dange[?] at Wagga: River 22ft
Although, the Murrumbidgee River rose rapidly to 22 feet yesterday, and will probably exceed 24 feet by tonight, there is no present danger of flooding at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Floods Upset Cricket Competition Two Games Cancelled Teams Could Not Travel Jugiong Defeats Nangus Coolac Have A Win
THE floods in the Tumut River yesterday caused the cancellation of two games in the Gundagai district cricket competition. The eagerly awaited Kimovale - Goadjalong game and the clash between Brungle and South Gundagai were…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Councillor’s Remarks on Jones Creek Flooding
At last Friday’s meeting of the Gundagai Shire Council, Cr. S. B. Crowe mentioned the fact that the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →River Runs a Banker at Gundagai No Flood Unless Farther Rains Fall
Swollen by flood waters in the Tumut River and the big volume pouring in from the Muttama Creek,, the Murrumbidgee ran a banker at Gundagai over the week end, reaching a height of 21ft. 9ins yesterday. Unless further…
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NEW YORK, Monday (A.A.P.): Thousands of people returned to their flood-soaked homes yesterday as the devastating two-days' storm died down…
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The Murrumbidgee River at Wagga will reach a peak of 25 feet early this morning. At 6 p.m. yesterday it was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Last Week’s Storm Was Savage at Cowra Invalid and Babies’ Miraculous Escape When House Damaged
Many houses were extensively damaged in the fierce electrical storm which passed over Cowra last week, but the most striking incident in the storm were the happenings at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Alf Downes, states the Cowra…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Savage Hail Storm Hits Young Gundagai Bowlers Forced To Take Alternate Route As Fallen Trees Block Road
Millions of large hall stones, crashing down with great force, and accompanied by rain, which was driven by a tornado-like gale, caused thousands of pounds worth of damage in the Young district yesterday afternoon, as many…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Damage to Young’s Cherry Crop £40,000 Havoc Wrought By Sunday’s Storm
The hailstorm which on Sunday struck Young, has caused the greatest crop disaster in that district’s history says the Young ’Witness.” An early estimate of the damage to the cherry crop alone is in the vicinity of £40,000 and some…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sudden Drop in the Temperature Few Minutes of Gale Force Wind in Town
The sudden drop in the temperatures and the return to near-winter conditions is only in keeping with the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Gov.-General's plane in storm
CANBERRA, Tuesday: A: severe electrical storm and a two-inch deluge at Norfolk Island today almost…
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Sammy the seal—he's only two or three weeks old—is an orphan of the storm who is finding life on land very…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Flood Relief Game From Petrol Money Reason for Junee's Reduced Grant
The reason why the Junee Municipal Council's Commonwealth Aid Roads Grant for the current year was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Storm damage to lines with Perth (W.A.)
SYDNEY, Tuesday: Storm damage this afternoon interrupted telegraph and telephonic communications with…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →146 People Die in N.Z. Train Smash Express Plunges into Freak Flood
One hundred and forty-six people died on Christmas Eve when the locomotive and six carriages of the Wellington-Auckland express…
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