Beware of flooded road
Visitors to the Lake Cargelligo district are reminded by the N.R.M.A. touring department that, owing to the heavy flooding…
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682 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 35
Mares Explains Wind Storms
The tornadic blows that caused great damage at Lismore. Greta, and other centres in the State last week, were due to advanced forms of…
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MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Frederick Ogden, 30, was drowned at Half Moon Bay to-day during a terrific storm which struck' the district…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Grafton Lashed by Gale Grafton
THREE men had a terrifying experience today in a plane hangar when a fierce onslaught of rain and hail struck the town of Grafton…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cyclone Damage on North Coast. Ballina
With the restoration of telephone and telegraphic services at Ballina, after they had been interrupted for about 15 hours by a cyclonic storm on Friday, reports of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Grafton Gale. Collapse of Hangar. Plane Damaged. Grafton
A gale at Grafton this afternoon, accompanied by heavy rain and hail, demolished portion of the South Grafton aerodrome, damaged two…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Lifesavers' Long Swim in Gale. Launch in Difficulties. MELBOURNE
In a wind of 56 miles an hour lashing the bay, three lifesavers swam out half a mile from Elwood to try to pull ashore a launch which was in difficulties to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Floods in North. Crocodiles Kill Cattle. Roper River Falling. DARWIN
Crocodiles maddened by hunger are reported to be killing many cattle trapped at the Roper River bar by the floods in the Northern Territory…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Had No Food for 12 Days Flooded North Horseman's Plight DARWIN
Marooned by the floods that brought terror and destruction to the valleys of the Roper river and its…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Storm's Fury Kills Three
BRISBANE, Monday.--A man and his two children were killed instantly last night during a fierce storm at Mt. Mellum, near Landsborough…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Three Killed in Storm. Tree Falls on Farmhouse. Four Injured. Brisbane
A farmer and two of his children were killed and four persons were injured in a storm which swept the southeastern corner of the State last night…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Fire And Storm Work Destruction
SHED containing £150 worth of furniture and other effects, owned by Mr. H. B. Sevier, Suffolk Avenue, Collaroy, going up in flames yesterday. METHODIST CHURCH at Newrybar, North Coast, after the cyclone which partly wrecked the town last Friday night…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Latest Air Mail Pictures From Europe—house Destroyed by Grass Fire—north Australian Floods
Copies of all pictures taken by the "Sydney Morning Herald" staff photographers may be purchased from the Art Gallery at the "Herald" Office. The scale of charges may be obtained on application…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Gale in Adelaide
ADELAIDE, Wednesday.--A gale with a velocity between 60 and 70 miles an hour struck Adelaide and suburbs soon after 5 p.m. today…
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CHAMBERLAIN'S UMBRELLA has been incorporated in the insignia of a German squadron on the Western Front. "GHOST OF MOROCCO" is the name given by Soviet soldiers to this Finnish lieutenant. He took his company behind…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Kept on Move by Fierce Gales Phosphate Ships Delayed
The most persistent westerly gales experienced for eight or nine years, have caused delays in loading a…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Editorial Storm In Morning Tea-cup
Men employed in roadwork by the Government have demanded a 10-minute rest during the forenoon for morning tea. It seems, in the circumstances, an eminently reasonable request…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Thunderstorms How They Are Caused
Why do we get more thunderstorms In the summer than in the winter? This is due to the angle or "incidence" of the sun's rays; the atmosphere is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Japs Storm Legation Anti-british Mob Smashes Windows in Yokohama London, Thursday. Our Own Cable Service
AN angry mob to-day smashed the windows of the British Consulate at Yokohama, states a Tokio message. The demonstration followed the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tropical Deluge In N.Z. Wellington (N.z.)
More than 12 inches of rain fell at Mangatoi station, near Mokau (North Island) in 24 hours, with…
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