Mail Train Delayed. More Floods in North. Lines Submerged
For the second time in two days the mail train service between Sydney and Brisbane was seriously dislocated yesterday by local flooding resulting from…
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Flood Under City Old Tank Stream Through Wall Subsidence in Street
SWOLLEN by recent rains, the Tank Stream broke through one of its retaining walls under Hamilton Street, City,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gale Lashing Auckland Cruising Australians Run Into Storm AUCKLAND
A fierce gale is lashing Auckland and is increasing in intensity. Torrential rain is falling, causing fear of floods in the country, and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cyclone Damages Leeton District Orchards
Thousands of pounds' worth of damage was done to Leeton district orchards last week when a terrific cyclone swept through the district…
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GENERAL VON REICHENAU has arrived from Munich headquarters, enhancing the theory that he is to be appointed War Minister in place…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Homes Wrecked During Monday's Severe Storm. Residents Isolated in West Kogarah. Biggest Traffic Hold-up Ever Experienced in St. George
A severe storm sweeping over the St. George District last Monday, created the biggest traffic difficulties ever experienced, motor ears being unable to cross main thoroughfares caused by extensive floods. Almost ten inches of rain fell during the morning, and accompanied…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Floods Destroy North Coast Pastures
Floods have resulted in serious damage to grasslands on the flat country from Lismore to Ballina. Acres of valuable grasslands have…
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FOR the decorations at the new messroom at Richmond, for the ball to be given, to-night by Group Captain de la Rue and the officers…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Tank Stream Celebrates Hamilton Street Flooded
SYDNEY'S famous "Tank Stream," which for years had slept peacefully beneath asphalt pavements, unknown and unthought of by the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →In the Garden. After the Storms. Preparing Autumn Displays
Oceans of rain. That is the story of recent conditions along the coastline, and we feel'that by now we have had rather much for our requirements,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Cyclonic Storm. Damage in South Australia. Roofs Lifted From Factory. Adelaide
A cyclonic disturbance after 1 o'clock to-day, travelling south of the Anzac Highway, Grassmere, to North Croydon, about two miles, split two electric light poles at Grassmere,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →In A Dust Storm
MY mother, two gin friends and I were staying at Bathurst, when one of the dread duststorms which are so common around that district…
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During a gale a tree crashed through the roof of a house at Whangarei, smashed through a heavy beam and missed by inches…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Costly Flood Damage. Wingham
Wingham Municipal Council has not at its disposal the money to carry out the repairs necessitated by the recent flood rains, and Mr. Martin, M.L.A., has been requested to ask…
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BRISBANE, Monday.--A goods train was derailed by a washaway, several houses were damaged by lightning, and more than 100 telephones were put out…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →WHEELS and WINGS Storm Looms Over Tail-Light Indicator Proposal
A storm is brewing over N.S.W. motordom. It may blow over, but the political weather prophets won't commit themselves. The storm centre is that modest…
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CREW OF THE schooner Aurora Star. From left: E. Hay, J. Andrews, J. W. Kelly, H. E. Terry (captain), E. H. Terry (his son), L. O'Brien…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Yacht in Tasman Cyclone. Three Days' Ordeal. Aurora Star Arrives
The 41ft yacht Aurora Star, which left Auckland for Hobart on January 18 as a competitor in the trans-Tasman yacht race, reached Sydney yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Floods in the U.S.A. Detroit (U.s.a.), Feb. 8
Unexpectedly early spring thaws spiead floods through Michigan, Wisconsin, and Ontario, inundating thousands of acres. Basements were filled, bridges were washed away,…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →150 Claims on Council for Rain Flooding
The Randwick Council has received more than 150 claims from persons whose properties were damaged from water flooding their homes during the…
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