Encircled by Flood Wentworth's Battle with Waters a Walled Town
WENTWORTH, Tuesday. -- With the hospital, picture theatre, and dwellings in the town protected by embankments…
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Storms of Capitalism
Sir.--We have been undergoing a period of storms of wind, rain, and cold, which have left in their path much desolation, misery and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Death-Dealing Storms FLOODS 2000 Homes Inundated Many Deaths London
Two thousand homes in North London were flooded by a storm which swept over the metropolis to-day. People waded…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Icy Swim Students' Ordeal Yacht in Gale Auckland
A 200 yard swim through ice-cold water, and then a barefoot struggle over oyster-covered rocks ended, the adventure of…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Severe Storm In the English Channel. (British Official Wireless.) LONDON, Aug. 4
The end of the bank holiday week-end coincided with a severe storm Thunder broke over London and south-eastern counties last night. High seas in the Channel and the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Wentworth Flood. Position Reassuring
Yesterday the Darling River at Wentworth reached a height of 27 feet, a higher level than that reached during the flood in 1917 Late last night, however, the police reported…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Holding Wentworth Levee Flood Menace
Hopeful now of eventually winning their fight with the flood demon, residents of Wentworth are settling down to a long siege…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Floods Sweep Across Orchards Levee Gives Way Crops Ruined Went North's Grave Danger Much Damage
Hundreds, of tons of flood waters swept across the lower part of Curlwaa, three miles from Wentworth, last night,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Bells Toll for Flood Rescue Danger in Rising of Murray
MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--A further rise in the Murray River will endanger valuable pumping stations, which serve the huge irrigated areas of the district…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Conqueror Home in a Storm Mollison's Triumph Official Record Time "Dead-tired" London
Like William the Conqueror from Normandy, Mr. J. A. Mollison, the Scot from Australia, landed on the beach at Pevensey Bay, this afternoon. He came home after struggling for 13 hours with what the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Junior Farmers and Their Doings. Tumut and Gundagai Districts Flood Damage Interferes with Cultural Difficulties
The southern supervisor of school agriculture, Mr. J. W. W. Webb in a tour of the Tumut Valley district, found healthy interest, and many highly successful projects; but also he has a tale of devastation to tell following the floods in all the local rivers. He writes:—…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →The Floods. Wentworth Still Safe. Another All-night Vigil
A report from Wentworth late last night stated that the town was still safe. The Darling River was stationary at 27 feet 1 inch, a higher level than that reached during the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →THUNDERSTORMS In Britain and France. Several People Killed. London, Aug. 5
Terrific thunderstorms, causing widespread damage in Britain, France, and Belgium, raged all the afternoon over London, accompanied by torrential rain and thunderclaps like artillery…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Country News Land Flooded for Years?
FORBES, Friday.-- An amazing position has arisen at the settlements recently thrown open by the Crown at Lake Cowal. Several…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →River Up Renmark's Danger Murray Floods Adelaide
A six-inch rise in the Murray at Renmark during the past 24 hours is the biggest rise that occurred during the present flood, and although at…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Flood Victims in Assam Calcutta
Six victims of the floods in Assam have been recovered from the river at Dibrugarh. Presumably they had taken refuge in trees and had fallen…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Levee Bursts at Night Raging Flood Sweeps Settlement
WENTWORTH, Thursday--A levee, 20 fest high, on the Wentworth-Curlwaa Road, burst last night, and a torrent of water, 20 feet wide, tore through the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Blown Into Harbor by Gale Theory for Coroner
At the City Coroner's inquiry yesterday it was stated by Albert Thompson, of Cremorne, that John Louis Roberts (54), chief steward of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Seamen in Storm Reds Win, Then Lose
THE Reds succeeded at a stormy meeting of the Seamen's Union yesterday in removing from office the assistant…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Among the Liners Trio of Sister Ships Maimoa Battered in Severe Gales
The steamer Maimoa, at present in port, is one of three sister ships well known in the Australian trade. The others are the Tairoa, which was…
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