Damage by Storms
A fierce thunderstorm broke over the Wagga district soon afier 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon, several places were struck by lightning, and. in the first ten minutes after the storm…
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Severe Storm at Wyalong West Wyalong
The sultry weather conditions that have prevailed here since Tuesday culminated yesterday in severe thunder and lightning, with stormy…
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Sudden heavy rains over the northern parts of the State this evening flooded railway lines and caused damage to hay and stock. The most serlous flooding Was between…
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AUCKLAND, Saturday. Edna Munro, New Zealand's, champion all-round woman athlete, has been omitted from the Empire Games…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →English Coast Lashed By Gales LONDON
GALES reaching a velocity of 80 miles an hour lashed the English, coast during the weekend…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Storms in Country. Sharp Change in Sydney. Further Showers
Sydney experienced a remarkably sudden change from sultry heat to cool, rainy weather at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon when a gusty…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →England Is Swept by Gales Nine Die In Wild Weather 100 M.P.H. Wind London
BRITAIN and all Western Europe are being swept by a 100-mile-an-hour gale, which is expected to last several days…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Two Men Killed by Lightning. Sheltered Under Tree. Violent Storm at Wagga. Wagga
Two young men, Edward Raymond Lancy, 27, marries, of Cramptonâ Street, Wagga, and Percival Roy wheatley, 25, single, of Albury Street,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Four Deaths in Storm. Wild Weather in Britain. Shipping in Trouble. London, Jan. 16
The captain and mate of a coastal steamer, who were swept off the bridge by a huge wave; the skipper of a 300-ton vessel, who disappeared after…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Navy's Storm Rescue
LONDON, Monday.--H.M.S. Wolverine's dash through a fierce storm to the assistance of the Admiralty tanker War Bahadur was successful…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gale's Toll in Britain London
GALES which have swept Britain during the past three days have caused much loss of life and great damage…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Floods in France
BRUSSELS, Monday.--Serious floods are affecting several districts of the Sambre. Tributaries overflowed, flooding fields…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Floods And Gales Are To Follow Cyclonic Disturbance
So turbulent are flying conditions on the Sydney-Brisbane route, north of Newcastle, that air services on the route were to-day cancelled. A cyclonic disturbance centred about the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Warns of Coming Cyclone
Strong winds and general rains on the north coast of New South Wales herald the approach of cyclonic conditions…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Scooter Wins at Gosford Elects Fail In Heavy Rain INQUIRIES
RAIN marred the Gosford meeting yesterday, and Scooter and Casicasado provided punters with the extreme in surprises. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Storm's Life Toll Growing
LONDON, Tuesday.--At least 24 lives were lost at sea during the terrific gales which raged off the coasts of the United Kingdom last weekend…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cyclone on the Way. Thick Weather. Flood Rains May Fall on North Coast
Late yesterday the Weather Bureau traced the development of an intense cyclone, the centre of which was located at sea, about 250 miles off the…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Sos From Montoro in Cyclone Brisbane
After sending an SOS call for assistance at 2.30 a.m. to-day, the Burns, Philp steamer, Montoro, drifted…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ship Battling in Gale Liner Races to the Rescue London
THE liner Europa is speeding to the assistance of the British steamer Cragpool which, caught in the gales which have swept England and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ships Founder 22 Lives Lost. Storms off British Coast. LONDON, Jan. l8
Twenty-two men, comprising the crews of the Glasgow coastal steamer Loch Shira (159 tons) and the Swansea steamer Glen Rhyd (1,525 tons),…
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