A Thunderstorm
ILMA BENSON (Exeter).—The other Saturday we had a thunderstorm. The morning was bring and sunny. About 11 a.m. the clouds began to drift in form the west. but…
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Flood Waters Form Lake
Floodwaters from Wolli Creek, near Tempe, formed this lake behind houses overnight and residents to-day fear that the water will rise with continued rain and damage their properties. So that's how my shadow looks! These people in the city to-day looked curiously at their shadows when the sun made a brief appearance after six days behind the rain clouds…
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MORE than 20 railwaymen were flooded out of their camps at Wollongong yesterday…
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FLOOD warnings for south coast areas were issued last night by the State Meteorologist (Mr. Mares). Rivers fed by the week's heavy rain are rising rapidly. Shipping along the coast has…
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THE Bulli Public Hospital has been flooded by rain water since Sunday night…
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The last 24 hours before rain stopped on the catchment area was a deluge and water is pouring into the dams…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Welcome Rain Brings Fear Of Floods Heavy Rain During the Past Few Days, Which Has Ensured Sydney's Water Supply, Has Caused Havoc in Many Centres, Particularly on the South Coast
Rivers have risen alarmingly, and property has been threatened. A flood warning for South Coastal…
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Early yesterday afternoon the waters of Cabramatta Creek, at Warwick Farm, near Liverpool, overflowed-and covered the Hume Highway. The water reached to the running boards of cars, and vehicles were obliged to proceed with caution…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Minister Acts Quickly Repairs To Flooded Bulli Hospital
No time was lost by the Minister for Health (Mr. FitzSimons) in ordering repairs to Bulli Hospital, which was closed to male patients…
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With water already 4ft. over the Nepean River and Rickaby Creek railway bridges, and floods…
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SO badly injured that he could barely move, Jack Keane, 45, of Glenfield, faced death by…
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Advice has been received from the captain of the Union liner Maunganui, which is bound from Sydney to Auckland, that the vessel is hove-to in a fierce gale. The Maunganui,…
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The Maunganui, which left Sydney at 10 p.m. on Tuesday for Auckland, is hove-to in a heavy gale in the Tasman. It is not known when she will reach…
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A protracted voyage through gales and high seas, is being made by the Maunganui from Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Now He's A Milk-Bar Magnate! Hugh D. McIntosh Rode Financial Storms On Champagne Cork
NEWS that the Bishop of London had blessed a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →No Serious Floods. Windsor Roads Obstructed. Rivers All Subsiding
Floods in the Hawkesbury River and creeks in the Windsor district yesterday submerged bridges and made roads impassable, but in all other areas…
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Pictures from Windsor, where the swollen Hawkesbury yesterday inundated acres of land, threatening homes and disorganising traffic. Top: Under this mass of water and debris was the main bridge to Windsor. Lower: Some cars forced their way through the floods; others had to abandon attempts. This was one to get through…
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Penrith police reported to-day that the Nepean had fallen four feet since yesterday and slight damage was done at several gravel pits, which the…
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FOUR FEET below this flood water is the main road between Berry, 91 miles south of Sydney, and Coolangatta. Taken yesterday, the flood waters had already dropped two feet. Telegraph connections to Coolangatta are still cut off…
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WINDSOR, Kurrajong, North Richmond, and Richmond were practically isolated when the Hawkesbury River ran a banker yesterday…
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