Eight Trucks. Crash Through Bridge. Into Flooded Creek. Brisbane
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 27 February 1930 · page 15
Eight waggons of a goods train went through the Eastern Creek bridge. Luckily, the enginedriver, fireman, and guard escaped injury. It is thought that the damage will take a…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Flooded Railway. Passengers Stranded. Eight Days on Train in Desert. Melbourne
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 27 February 1930 · page 12
All bookings by east-west trains have been suspended. Reports received by the Commonwealth Railways Department to-day stated tht…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Flood-damaged East-west Rail Delays Melbourne
The Labor Daily · Thursday 27 February 1930 · page 1
Owing to the unusually heavy now of subterranean water, as a direct result of the recent floods, the foundations of the East-West railway, 30…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Three Systems Flooded Railway Lines Melbourne
The Sun · Friday 28 February 1930 · page 12
The secretary of the Commonwealth Hallways (Mr. Simms), this afternoon issued a statement that flood difficulties were being contended with on…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Weather "Worm and Sultry, and Scattered Thunderstorms"
The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 1 March 1930 · page 4
Warm to hot and sultry with some scattered thundershowers probable north-east to south-east winds chiefly…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Floods Again North Q'land Rain Brisbane
Evening News · Saturday 1 March 1930 · page 6
HEAVY rain has fallen in the Cardwell, Ingham, and Innisfail districts and creeks and rivers are in high flood. Railway lines are under water at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Warm, Sultry Thunderstorm Likely
The Sun · Sunday 2 March 1930 · page 7
Metropolitan and Newcastle Forecast. -- Warm and sultry, with increasing tendency to thundershowers; north-easterly winds; fresh in afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Queensland Deluge Brisbane
Evening News · Monday 3 March 1930 · page 7
A cyclone has formed over the Cora Sea between Samaria Cooktown, and Willis Island. Its centre at 9 a.m. today seemed to be north-north-west from…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Severe Storm
The Sun · Monday 3 March 1930 · page 11
BATHURST, Monday.--Torrential rain, accompanied by gale wind and ha[?]l, fell in Bathurst during the weekend. At Marsden College, Kelso, 150…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Inspires Terror Weird Dust-storm
The Sun · Monday 3 March 1930 · page 9
CONDOBOLIN, Monday.--A duststorm so dense that one could not see more than 30 yards, and so fine as to penetrate every building, passed over…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Flood Rains Central Aust. Abnormal Falls Adelaide
Evening News · Monday 3 March 1930 · page 7
ADVICE was received at Adelaide to-day of abnormal rains in Central Australia. The Postmaster at Tennant's Creek reported that 20…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →N. Queensland Floods Brisbane
The Sun · Monday 3 March 1930 · page 9
A cyclone has formed over the Coral Sea between Samarai, Cooktown, and Willis Island. Its centre at 9 a.m. seemed to be north, north-west from…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →20 Inches Central Aus. Floods Adelaide
The Sun · Monday 3 March 1930 · page 9
The postmaster at Tennant's Creek reported this morning that 20 inches of rain has fallen during the past five days, and it is still…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Another Cyclone Brisbane
Evening News · Tuesday 4 March 1930 · page 11
A new tropical cyclone was centred at 9 a.m. to-day north-east from Willis Island, at approximate intense and is moving…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →In Yards Queensland Rainfall Cyclone Warning Cairns
The Sun · Tuesday 4 March 1930 · page 20
Railway traffic between Tully and Ingham is still impossible to-day owing to the flooded Herbert and Tully rivers and the inundated Bellenden…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Stables Wrecked. During Severe Storm. Bathurst
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 March 1930 · page 15
The brick stables attached to St. Vincent's Hospital were wrecked during a severe storm last night. Heavy rain was accompanied by hailstones…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Country News Orchards Stripped Severe Storm at Yetholme
Daily Pictorial · Tuesday 4 March 1930 · page 16
BATHURST, Monday.--A remarkable storm was experienced at Yetholme. when three inches of ram fell in half an hour…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Fiji Hurricane. Splendid Rescue Work. Twenty Lives Lost in Floods. (British Official Wireless.) LONDON, March 2
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 March 1930 · page 11
The colonial Office has received from the Governor of Fiji further information regarding the hurricane which passed through the group of islands on December 11 and 12…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Trains Moving Flooded N. Queensland Cairns
The Sun · Tuesday 4 March 1930 · page 5
As the result of the general easing off of rain, a special train which is bringing the Commissioner for Railways (Mr. Davidson), to Cairns, was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Flood Menace in Central Aust. Torrential Downpour
The Labor Daily · Tuesday 4 March 1930 · page 5
The torrential downpour continues in the heart of Australia, where the worst floods for 40 years are being experienced…
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