Floods in North. "Like an Inland Sea." Water Falling. DARWIN
Reports which reached Darwin to-day indicate that the floods in the Northern Territory are receding. The flood water has fallen nine inches at…
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Flood Rains in Dry Areas Brisbane
Heavy flooding has almost isolated the greater part of the Northern Territory, and communication with many north-west towns in this State has…
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Natives, who were evacuated to the hills from Roper's River Mission Station, in the Northern Territory, on Thursday, because of heavy floods,…
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The country around Katherine, 200 miles south of Darwin, is completely submerged after torrential tropical rains during the past week. The Katherine River rose five…
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CASINO, Saturday.--Houses were unroofed, tents wrecked, and trees uprooted by a fierce storm at Woolner's Arm, near…
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A HAIL storm and hurricane at Woonlnor's Arm. near Dyraaba last night blew the roofs clean oil the homes of George Barton and…
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BRISBANE, Saturday.--Three land parties, striving to reach Flying Doctor Alberry and Pilot Berry, have been checked by floods…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Gale at Auckland. Auckland
A terrific gale struck Auckland on Saturday night, Great seas swept the beaches, and many yachts and launches were wrecked. Havoc was caused in orchards…
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Four men were drowned today when the yacht Ngahuia was driven ashore at Matakana Island, near Tauranga, in a…
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A father and son were injured and the lives of many other persons were endangered by lightning during an electric storm which swept Sydney shortly before noon to-day. Little rain fell…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Five Perish in Storm's Fury Wind Rocks Church AUCKLAND
A terrific gale which lashed Auckland province at the week-end caused the loss of five lives and widespread destruction of crops. The wind was so fierce that a car was blown over, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Storm's Havoc. Roofs Blown Off. Crops Laid Waste. Casino
Crops were damaged, roofs were blown off houses, and camps were blown away by a fierce gale, which was accompanied by thunder, hail, and rain,…
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AUCKLAND, Monday.--Five people lost their lives in a terrific gale which swept Auckland provinces during the week-end…
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THREE men and a youth had narrow escapes from death or serious injury by lightning yesterday when an electric storm struck Sydney shortly before noon…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Humid Day. Electric Storms. Lightning Does Damage. Severe Heat Inland
Although temperatures in Sydney were comparatively low yesterday— 78.4 degrees was the maximum—the relative humidity was so great that…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Floods Receding in North. Darwin
Floods which inundated the Roper River Valley and North Central Australia last week are receding steadily. Katherine, where the overflow from the Katherine River had…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Mission Wiped Out by Flood Cyclone Rages, But No Lives Lost
News of the wiping out of the Anglican Mission at the Roper River by flood was received to-day by the Rev. J. W. Ferrier, hon. secretary of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lawson Pool Now Floodlit
The Olympic Swimming Pool at Lawson, the civic centre of the Blue Mountains Shire, has now the distinction of being floodlit for night bathers. A delightful and expansive recreation reserve…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Floods in North. Settlers Flee. Hazards of Gales and Crocodiles
Residents of the Northern Territory, fleeing for their lives before flood waters last week, had also to face the hazards of gales and…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Bushfire Starts in Storm. Wagga
A bushfire at The Rock, which started when lightning struck a tree during a heavy storm to-day, destroyed 150 acres of stubble and grass and several miles of fencing…
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