Steamer in Peril in Gales For Sydney; 37 On Board S.O.S. Calls Seattle
THE British freighter Trelissick, bound to Sydney from Vancouver with a cargo of logs, is in distress in a fierce gale off the coast of…
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Streets Flooded. West Maitland
A terrific rainstorm broke over [?] Town shortly before 3.30 o'clock this afternoon. Rain fell in torrents, 258 points being registered in half an hour. The streets were…
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Under the threat of looming storm clouds the yachts get under way in Neutral Bay, for the start of the Basin Cup ocean race yesterday morning. From left the competitors are: Brand V, Sjo-Ro, Norn, Windward, Morna and Thetis…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dust Storm Menace U.S.A. Rapidly Losing Its Top Soil Amarillo
Although the first big dust storm of 1936 has blown itself out, it is feared that others will soon sweep over the district…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dust Plague Returns to U.S.A. Storms Sweeping Five States Soil Of Fields Borne Away By Winds AMARILLO (Texas)
THE first great dust storm of 1936 has just blown itself out, and details of the return of this phenomenon to the south-west, where five States lie, seem to indicate that last summer's scourge is returning in all its…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Dash by Plane Battle with Gale. Adelaide
Mr. Malcolm Joyner, of the Aero Club of South Australia, and Mr. J. H. Buckham (flying instructor) carried out an arduous task to-day when they flew 350 miles to Failna with…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →24 Inches Innisfail Deluge Town Cut Off Rivers Are Rising Innisfall
INNISFAIL is cut off by floods. Nearly eight inches of rain have fallen in the last 48 hours, making 24 inches 30 points…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →U.S.A. Dust Storms. Wheat Crops Damaged. Amarillo (Texas), Feb. 15
Clouds of shifting dust, in places mixed with fine snow, blew in parts of Oklahomn, Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, and Kansas, the centre of last year's storms that cut…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →FLOODS. North Queensland. Sugar Season Ruined. Boy Drowned in River. BRISBANE
Indications at Innisfail point to the fact that what appeared to be a bountiful cane season will be ruined by heavy rains, which have flooded low-lying areas and already…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Lisbon Floods Homes Inundated LISBON
Three persons were seriously injured when the worst storm in living memory flooded the stalls of the Apollo Theatre to a depth of 44½ feet…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Deluges When Violent Storms Burst in Country
VIOLENT isolated storms, accompanied by cyclonic winds and torrential downpours, did extensive damage to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Electrical Storm. Man Temporarily Blinded. Wellingion (N.z.)
A severe electrical storm, with alarming flashes of lightuing, occurred over the Canterbury Plains to-day. Two valuable cows and a horse standing together in a field on the…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Flooded Rivers In Northern Queensland. BRISBANE
A cyclonic depression, which at 3 p.m. was centred about 100 miles north-east of Townsville, has caused heavy rains to continue in North Queensland, with floods in several…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Floods in Queensland Brisbane
Under the influence of a cyclone at tea the tropical coast experienced mother deluge during the week-end. Tully. with 13½ inches, received the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Rain Soon Storms As Prelude
Rain has been falling in the central-west of New South Wales and is moving eastward. To-night, according to the Weather Bureau,…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Far North Deluge. Up to 18in IN 48 Hours. Rail Services Hindered. Brisbane
Conditions in the far north showed little improvement to-day, and flood waters in the Burdekin River were almost UD to the decking of the railway bridge. The mail train from…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Heavy Floods in Queensland. Phenomal Rainfalls
Heavy rainfalls were recorded throughout North Queensland last week-end and early this week, and big floods have resulted. The rainfall was heaviest in the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →In Dark Drowned In Flood BRISBANE
Mary Murphy, a 65-year-old pensioner, was drowned in flood waters near Rooney's mill, Townsville, about 1 a.m. to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Rivers in Flood in N. Q'LAND Cyclonic Depression Brings More Rain Vessels Delayed Brisbane
THE weather bureau reported at 4.30 this afternoon that a cyclonic depression in the north apparently crossed the peninsula towards the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Floods Divert Trains Queensland Rivers Rise Dangerously
BRISBANE, Tuesday.--A message from Charleville to-night stated that floods continue in the West. The Bulloo and Blackwater Rivers…
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