£70,000 Storm Toll In W.A. PERTH
Storms and floods have caused £70,000 damage in the south-west. Hail destroyed 20 per cent. of the export fruit crop in the Bridgetown…
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Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lifeboat Lost. Seven of Crew Feared Drowned. Gale Off St. Ives. London, Jan. 23
Seven members of the crew are believed to have been drowned when the St. Ives (Cornwall) lifeboat was lost during a terrific north-westerly gale…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Rescue Ship in Storm. Survivors From Flying-boat. Pilot's Grave Injury. New York, Jan. 23
A storm is delaying the oil-tanker Esso Baytown, which is taking to New York the 10 survivors of the sinking of the Empire flying-boat…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Floods Derail Express. Accident in W.A. Passengers Unhurt. Perth
The engine and t[?]o coaches of the Perth-bound Albany express were derailed in floods near Narrogin, about 120 miles south-east of Perth, this…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Water Main Bursts. Underground Railway Flood. Early Morning Mishap
The bursting of a huge water main in the Town Hall railway station early this morning turned one of the low level tunnels of the station into an…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Burst Main Floods City Railway 100 Trains Delayed By Underground River
A six-inch water main burst with dramatic suddenness at Town Hall station early to-day and rapidly transformed part of the underground railway into an underground river…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cyclone Wipes Out Family
SUVA, Tuesday.--A Fijian man, his wife, and five children were drowned in a cyclonic storm in the Navua district. The storm raged at the weekend,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Whisked Away by Cyclone Cottage Vanishes
WEST WYALONG, Tuesday.--A workman's cottage which was uplifted and blown away when a cyclone struck Buralyang yesterday has not yet been located…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cottage Lost in Storm. Ungarie
A workman's cottage, which was lifted up and carried away by the wind when the village of Buralyang was struck by the most severe cyclone in…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Our Daily Feature Strips and Stories Jim Gale All-Australian Story Strip
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A Fire Brigade suction pump engine, mounted on a rail motor, pumping out water which flooded a low level railway track when a water main burst at the Town Hall Station early yesterday morning. About 100 trains were delayed while many thousands of gallons of…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Flooded Rail Tunnel. Many Trains Delayed. Water Main Bursts
For five hours yesterday an engine from the New South Wales Fire Brigade was engaged in a tunnel of the city underground electric railway service…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Storm Sweeps Harbor Yachts Run For Shelter
Yachts and launches ran for cover late this afternoon when a severe storm with a strong south wind broke over the Harbor…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Our Daily Feature Strips and Stories Jim Gale All-Australian Story Strip
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Continued on Trove, page 5 →Good Rain Comes to Far West Many Falls Over an Inch Recorded Mares Expects Storms To Reach Riverina Whole State Benefits
Steady rain was falling in the dry north-west to-day, as unsettled conditions, which are expected to become State-wide during the next 24 hours, advanced steadily…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Spring Pre-view in Snow-storm. Norman Hartnell's Forecast. From Betty Wilson by Air Mail. LONDON, January 6
When Bond Street is snow-covered and snow boots a more important subject of conversation than hats, it's only devotion to duty which makes a spring pre-view seem feasible — and only Norman Hartnell's kindness of heart which makes it possible…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Country News and Views Flood Precautions
Although preliminary remedial work had considerably reduced the margin of danger or Burrinjuck Dam collapsing, an organisation would be set up to afford…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Snow Follows Rain Southern England Flooded LONDON
The flood situation over southern England is likely to be aggravated by a heavy fall of snow which occurred last night…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Heavy Rain at Wagga
WAGGA, Thursday.--A heavy electrical storm here to-night was followed by heavy rain. Storms varied from 30 points to nearly…
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