The Floods in China. Marooned on House-top for Eight Weeks
"The solid brick walls of the mission residence," writes a correspondent from Sienshuiku, near Tientsin, "still withstood the tremendous pressure of the…
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Mission Wiped Out By Flood DARWIN
THE Anglican Mission on Roper River, which was in the path of the flood waters, has been…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Crocodiles Menace Flood-Rescue Boat DARWIN
Crocodiles menaced a dinghy in which natives were rescued from the flooded Church Missionary Society mission at Roper River, Queensland. Six trips were made in the boat…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Muswellbrook Deluge Muswellbrook
One of the severest storms in local history passed over Muswellbrook at 1 a.m. to-day. For 12 minutes rain, accompanied by hail, poured down,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cyclone Coming on Coast
A cyclone is developing off the north coast of N.S.W. and is expected to cause gales in Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cyclone's Fury Left Swathe Of Damage CANBERRA
A cyclone late yesterday left a path of destruction 250 yards wide and three miles long through timber and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cyclonic Storm Sweeps Town Iron Roofs Fly In Air Over Flooded Streets People Flee Newcastle
A CYCLONE swept over Greta to-night just after a cloudburst had flooded the town. Sheets of iron fouled [?] and blacked-out the electricity sub-station…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Man Killed by Lightning. Queensland Storms. Three Persons Injured. Brisbane
During storms which swept over the State to-night and to-day, one man was killed by lightning, and three other persons received lightning shocks…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Storm Damages Greta. Houses Unroofed; Shop Windows Broken. NEWCASTLE
A wind of cyclonic force, accompanied by torrential rain, hit the small mining town of Greta, near Maitland, to-night Plate-glass windows were blown out…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Settlers in Trees. Northern Territory Floods. MELBOURNE
some settlers in the Roper River area, in the Northern Territory, who were forced to leave their homes through floods, are still in the trees in which…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Ordeal in Flood Whites Saved By Natives DARWIN
Disjointed sentences over pedal radio from Mr. T. Holt, part owner of Roper Valley cattle station,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cyclone Lashes Lismore District LISMORE
Practically the whole of the Richmond River district was lashed by a cyclone late this afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cyclone Goes to Sea Cool And Showery Day Likely
The cyclone which developed late yesterday afternoon between Lord Howe Island and the north coast of New South Wales has started to move…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fierce Cyclone. Much Damage in Country. Houses Unroofed; Fruit Trees Stripped
Much damage was done to property when cyclonic thunderstorms broke over districts in the eastern half of New South Wales yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Cyclonic Storm at Lord Howe Island Lord Howe Island
A severe cyclonic storm last night ripped the roof off the community hall and did considerable damage to telegraph poles and power and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →15-Minute Cyclone Wrecks Post Office Church Overturned, People Run As House Roofs Lift BANGALOW
The post office at Newrybar, near Bangalow, on the north coast, was wrecked by a cyclone at six o'clock tonight. The storm, which lasted 15 minutes, turned the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Plans to Aid Settlers. Floods in North. Food May Be Sent by Air. Darwin
R. A. A.F. planes aie ieady at Darwin to take food to settlers in the Northern Territory who have been isolated by the floods…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Menaced by Floods and Crocodiles
DARWIN, Friday. -- When their ketch was struck by a huge tree, borne swiftly along by the swirling flood waters and sunk, the occupants…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →£40,000 estimated cyclone damage
Damage done by the cyclone which struck Bangalow on Friday night is estimated at…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Political Storms May Soon Wreck Japan's New Cabinet
Already the downfall of the new Japanese Cabinet under Admiral Matsumara Yonai is being predicted. ADMIRAL YONAI, who has been in office only a few…
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