Chowder Head, Wild Life Society Storm
MR. ROY BENNETT, president, said last night that he never would occupy the chair of the Wild Life Preservation Society…
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Marooned Till Sunday Train Passengers Inland Floods Melbourne
SIXTEEN train passengers and a number of railway engineers and workmen who are marooned at the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Warnings of Floods Along Hunter More Showers For City Today
A RAPID rise in the Hunter River has flooded flats between Thornton and Sandhurst and Lake Macquarie has…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →River Breaks Its Banks Heavy Rain in Q'land
The Weather Bureau reported today that conditions remain favorable for more rain, especially over the eastern half of the State and in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ran Into Wire Electrocuted In Storm AUCKLAND
After a struggle to free himself from a live electric wire into which he stumbled when escaping with others from a damaged shed in a…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Floods. Central Australia. Train Passengers' Plight. MELBOURNE
Further serious flooding has occurred in Central Australia, and rail services on the line to Alice Springs are completely disorganised. The Finke River rose to a higher level…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →To Train Flying Fox Link Aid Passengers Floods Recede Melbourne
COMMONWEALTH railway officials at Finke River crossing, in Central Australia, where there is a…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Floods in Q'land Brisbane
The Barcoo River at Blackall is up to the bridge decking, and many homesteads are flood-bound. At Bride's Creek, the occupants of a…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Passengers Are Marooned Train Delayed by Floods Melbourne
Already marooned for several days at Finko River Crossing, Central Australia, following heavy rains which caused the river to flood, 13…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rope Rescue Awaits Flood Victims
THE 16 passengers, including eight women, who are marooned at Bindarina in Central Australia, due to a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Flooded River. Crossed by Flying Fox. Stranded Railway Passengers Alice Springs
The 17 stranded passengers from the northsouth train arrived at Alice Springs on two railway section cars to-night. They crossed the flooded Finke River by a flying fox and raft,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Man Power Train to Rescue Trolleys For Passengers Flood Sequel Alice Springs
IN the quaintest train that has ever drawn in here-- two petrol-driven fettlers' trolleys and two trailers, all…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Flooded River. Passengers' Experiences. Goods Van Broached for Food. Alice Springs
Pulling into Alice Springs about 9 o'clock last night, a train of fettlers' petrol-driven trolleys and trailers, carrying the 17 passengers and mails from the train isolated last…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Trains Stop Floods In Q'land BRISBANE
Railway bridges over northern rivers are again under water, as the result of heavy rain, and malls are being delayed…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Storm
THE day had been very close--the sort of weather to make one relish cold showers. After dinner, we were preparing to settle down…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Storm Stops Plane
CANBERRA, Friday. -- Stormy weather forced back the Melbourne Sydney mail plane, which left here at 4.15 p.m. It will go on at 5 a.m…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Small Area Storm On Coast
The drenching rain this morning was the result of a northerly movement of a thunderstorm from the south coastal area…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Council Sued Flooding of Speedway Alleged Negligence
BEFORE the Chief Judge in Equity, Mr Justice Maxwell, on Thursday, the action was begun in which Sydney Smith and Amy…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Home Flooded Woman Marooned
MAROONED by Hoodwaters when Terry's Creek burst its banks in Ball-avenue, Eastwood, this morning, Mrs. J. Poole, who…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Houses Are Struck By Lightning Torrential Rain Sport Suffers Suburban Floods
PHENOMENAL rains fell over the Metropolitan area from an early hour this morning and suburban reports show that severe but temporary flooding, with appreciable damage to property, occurred in widely-separated places…
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