400 Die In Flooded City
LONDON, Sunday (A.A.P.). -- Four hundred people were drowned when the worst floods in Spanish history swept through Barcelona (capital of…
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Flood Damage in Spain. Barcelona, Oct. 21. (A. A. P.)
The flood situation in Catalonia has improved slightly and the rivers are falling. However, it is estimated that there are many injured and 6,000 homeless. The damage is…
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"THE wind is mooing like a cow, The wind is stamping with its hoof... The rain is pecking like a dove…
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LONDON, Tuesday (A.A.P.).--The total of drowned or missing in the flood in Catalonia, Spain, is now estimated at 600…
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Amateur meteorologists, who read in the heavy clouds overhanging Sydney a breaking of the drought, are mistaken. These are expected to…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Dust Storm Over Town
A windstorm struck Liverpool in full force about 1.30 p.m. on Sunday. The township was obscured by a dense cloud of dust, which reduced visibility to nil…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Flooding at Raub Goldmine Singapore
Owing to a cloudburst, section of the gold mine at Raub, owned by Raub Australian Gold Mining Co., Ltd., registered in Brisbane, was flooded, resulting in the…
Continued on Trove, page 35 →Storms in the North. Fair Yields of Rain
Storms yielded fair rain at several places on the northern tablelands last night, but they passed over quickly. The State Meteorologist, Mr. Mares,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Raub Gold Mine. Isolated Section Flooded
Advice was received in Sydney yesterday that flooding had occurred in a section of the mine operated by the Raub Australian Gold Mining Co., Ltd., in…
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Continued on Trove, page 6 →Japanese Submarine Lost. Fatal Dive in Storm. TOKYO, Oct. 25. (A.A.P.)
The Japanese Navy Department has announced that the submarine 167 (1,638 tons) was lost on August 29 with the whole of her crew, including two…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Inside Story of the C.P. MEETING Fireworks In a Thunderstorm
HAPPENINGS within the ranks of the Country Party cannot but bring home lo the Australian electors the selfishness and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Tele" Raises Sectarian Storm
RESENTMENT in the Roman Catholic community of Sydney has been marked, following the publication of cables in the…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Raub Reports Flooding
The Raub Australian Gold Mining Co., Ltd., reports that flooding has occurred in the Raubhole section, resulting in six Asiatics being drowned. The manager anticipates…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Gale Foils Salvage Attempt. Kakariki Wreck. MELBOURNE
The results of months of dangerous preparations for the raising of the Kakariki were [?]uined in a few hours to-day by high seas lashed up by a furious gale, and all hopes…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →City Scorched in Gale. Fires; Capsizes on Harbour. Paradox of Icy Surf
A hot westerly wind, which sprang up yesterday morning;, fanned bush and grass fires in the country and suburbs, played havoc with sailing…
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There is every prospect of the weather over the State becoming unsettled during the next 24 hours,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →This Racing Game Heavy Rain Likely in Melbourne Melbourne
Rain overnight yielded 23 points at Flemington, and heavy falls are forecast. Prospects in the Derby,…
Continued on Trove, page 36 →Weather Reports by Radio Ships Encountering Tropical Storms
During the hurricane season, June 1 to November 30, when a tropical disturbance is located in the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, or southern North Atlantic Ocean, reports are needed by the United States Weather Bureau in order that exact…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Home News. City Storm
Sydney experienced one of the most violent storms in its history yesterday. There was loss of life and considerable damege was caused over a wide area…
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