Flooded Thames Menaces Windsor
LONDON, Tuesday.--Following a steady rise in the Thames, occasioned by recent rains, the village of Old Windsor, two miles from Windsor, is…
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More Heavy Rain. Mr. Mares's Forecast
The State Meteorologist (Mr. Mares) said last night that there had not been more convincing indications of heavy rain for many months than those which existed over the…
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"DAISY" (Uralla).—Recently we had a heavy storm and were waiting for is to pass over when all of a sudden we heard a [?] noise. We all rushed outside as we…
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A cyclone which was reported yesterday to be rapidly approaching Onslow and Carnarvon, off the north-west coast, and which caused warnings to be sent to all coastal…
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FOR the brief space of a few minutes a violent gale, of a whirlwind or typhoon character, swept over a narrow track in the…
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FOR three hours, in blinding dust, a pilot and his two passengers had to hold dawn a 'plane in a gale at Dalwallinu…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Big Deluge In the Bellingen District. 12 Inches of Rain. Water Foot Deep in Shops. BELLINGEN
As the result of intense tropical rain, which in some areas amounted to over 12 inches between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. to-day, North Creek, a…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Shark Attacks After Launch Capsizes Ordeal in Storm Men Close To Death One Injured Kempsey
TWO men were attacked by a shark when their launch overturned off Smoky Cape lighthouse…
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GLENIFFER situated on North Creek, a tributary of the Bellingen River, received over twelve inches of rain on Wednesday and the township was…
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Another terrific downpour occurred at Upper Orara, near Grafton. Eight inches of rain fell between 8.30 a.m. and 4 p.m. At 4 p.m. the Orara River was the highest for many…
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Rain worth thousands of pounds to farmers and graziers has fallen in the past 24 hours…
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THE Flying Doctor at Wyndham, Dr. Allan J. King, has again demonstrated the value of aeroplane…
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HEAVY rain deluged parts of the North Coast yesterday. Some rivers are flooding, and precautions have been taken against loss of life. Properly is menaced on the Upper Bellinger, and the…
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WASHINGTON, Wednesday.--President Roosevelt today proposed the establishment of eight regional water-resource authorities to co-ordinate the…
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Heavy rain continued yesterday on parts of the north coast, principally north of Port Macquarie. The Clarence and Richmond River districts…
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LONDON, Thursday. -- Racing against a rising gale, a ship took off three keepers from the Eddystone Lighthouse, off the Devon coast, after…
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A cyclonic disturbance, which has traversed the State from north to south, and which is now moving rapidly across the Bight to eastern States, left consldeiable damage in…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →W.a. Gales. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—May I be permitted to draw attention [?] a scientific error in an article in to-day's [?]Herald" headed "Gales and Duststorms, [?]amage in W.A." Your correspondent states…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fear for W.A. PEARLERS Two Boats Missed After Cyclone PERTH
Anxiety is felt for the safety of two pearling boats which are missing from Shark Bay. They were known to be working…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Downpours Sweep on Dry North-west Big Area Gets Up to Five Inches Floods In Two Tributaries Threaten Clarence W.A. Pearlers Missing
WIDESPREAD rain has broken months of devastating dry weather in the north-west sheep country of New South Wales. Centres around Collarenebri have had up to five…
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