Storm Hold-Ups Can Be Avoided
Car hold-ups in last weekend's storms gave the N.R.M.A. road service staff the busiest days of their history. They attended nearly 1000 calls in…
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682 stories in Sydney's papers · page 34 of 35
Cloudburst at Lithgow. Shops Flooded. Widespread Rains Likely
In a cloudburst at Lithgow yesterday afternoon, about three inches of rain fell in 40 minutes. A section of the town was flooded…
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Tropical conditions which have been causing hot, sultry weather over New South Wales are expected to culminate in thunderstorms and variable rain…
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FROM somewhere about the region of Sydney and to the north the season is now assured, and rain is likely about December 13, 16 and 17,…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Storms Likely To-day. Humidity High in Sydney. Up to 90 Per Cent
Heat and sultriness, which were general over New South Wales yesterday, are expected to culminate to-day in scattered thunderstorms and…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Storm Takes Toll Of Inverell Sheep
As a result of a heavy storm in the Inverell district 300 sheep were drowned by flood waters, many of them having been stunned by hail…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Christmas Under Canvas. Floods of Tourists Expected
More motorists will spend the holidays under canvas than ever before judging by the inquiries pouring into the touring department of the N.R.M.A…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Ale and Storm
DECEMBER, 1917, find the Gallipoli officers of our crowd and other units nearby were throwing a party celebrating the…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Atlantic Gales Set Air Mail Problem London
The 9s 6d an ounce air man service to Australia via America, has been badly put out of action owing to the weather. Only five flights have been made…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Randwick Today. Course Sodden by Heavy Rain. Rimveil and Villiers Stakes. Conditions Should Suit Kingsdale
The Australian Jockey Club will open its summer meeting at Randwick to-day, when the principal event, the Villiers Stakes, will be run. There is likely to be a heavy track. Consistent rain fell throughout yesterday, and up…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Rain Breaks Heat Wave. Good Catchment Falls. Floods Block Trains
In most parts of New South Wales yesterday, sweltering heat gave way to cool weather, and welcome rainstorms occurred in many places…
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UNTIL the end of the year intermittent stormy weather is to be expected at frequent intervals. It is not possible to define the exact…
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BRISBANE, Saturday. Damage estimated at £30,000 was caused by a fire which swept the premises of the Warwick Farmers'…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Special Train to Hospital Rail Washaway Gang In Bad Capsize 1000 Sheep Die As Cyclone Rakes Nor-West
To cope with rail washaways, a gang of 31 men was rushed from Tamworth yesterday by motor lorry, but a culvert which had been weakened by floodwaters,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Thunder Storm
MARY WALDOCK (Nimmitabel): This storm occurred when I was spending my holidays at Bemboka, 23 miles from Nimmitabel. A dry, hot westerly wind stirred little piles…
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The problem of teaching Air Force radio operators to work under flying service conditions without leaving the ground has been solved by the staff of the R.A.A.F. Signals School at Point Cook…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Man Owes Life to Radio. Maria Island Drama. Race with Storm
On lonely Maria Island, east of Tasmania, a young man lay ill with acute appendicitis recently, while ceaseless calls for help from the mainland were…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Germany Flooding Rumania with New Armies London
A 100-miles procession of German troop trains is moving across Hungary, bound for Rumania, says the Budapest correspondent of the American Associated Press…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Storm Delays Heavy Telegraph Traffic
Between 2.15 and 4.15 yesterday afternoon Sydney was cut off from telegraphic communication with Melbourne, Adelaide, and Perth…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tornadic Storm in Victoria. Damage in Three Towns. MELBOURNE
Widespread damage was left in the wake of a tornadic storm that swept through a stretch of countiy including the townships of Marong, Leichhardt, and Marong, just after noon…
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