Cyclone unearths backyard coalmine
CESSNOCK, Sat.--A tornado last Monday blew down William Lewis' house, but provided him with unlimited first-grade coal. A tree in Lewis' backyard,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Floods & storms, 1944
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Storm had one happy sequel CESSNOCK
Millfield tornado victim, William Lewis, has been given a life supply of coal by the gale that swept away portion of his home…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bomb Storm Hits Nazis In Terrific Year-End Blitz
LONDON, Saturday.—Eight hundred heavy Allied bombers and 700 fighters marked the last 48 hours of 1943 with one of the biggest daylight offensives ever mounted. They made 4500 sorties, lost one fighter, and shot down six Nazi fighters…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →1000 Rail Passengers Stranded Rain Storm Washes Away Half A Mile Of Track
ONE thousand train passengers have been stranded for more than 24 hours at South Grafton and Grafton railway stations following a terrific rainstorm which washed away nearly half a mile of track betWeen those towns and Casino…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →2000 passengers marooned by floods washaways
PASSENGERS who left Sydney for Brisbane and on the North Coast Mail on Friday night spent last night in trains at Grafton and South Grafton, because of washaways on the North…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →People stranded by floods sleep in trains
CASINO, Sat.--Hundreds of train passengers were stranded in North Coast towns tonight, because torrential rains had washed out the main north-south line…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Late News Phone: M2406 Storms Sweep Italian Battle Fronts
LONDON, Sunday.--Both Allied armies in Italy are experiencing the worst weather of the campaign. On the Fifth Army front in…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →10,000 Storm Trains Holiday-makers on Way Home
Central Station was crowded last night by thousands of holiday-makers returning from the country or seeking seats on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Heavy Rain on North Coast Light Falls in Other Areas
Little rain fell on most parts of New South Wales during the week which ended at 9 a.m. yesterday, but heavy falls on the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Heavy Rain On North Coast
ALTHOUGH heavy rains on the North Coast caused floods, the Creator part of the State received little rain during the week…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tug Rescues Two Ships Tow During Storm
A small army water transport tug manned by soldieis recently saved a disabled 12,000-ton Allied freighter and an 800-ton…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Storm Blitz
THERE'S something dramatic about the thunderstorms we get up our way. THEY work up like an…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Tug Rescues Two Ships Tow During Storm
A small army water transport tug manned by soldiers recently saved a disabled 12-000-ton Allied freighter and an 800-ton…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hollywood Actor "Sick" of War-film Flood
LONDON, Monday. -- "Hollywood has lost its imagination," Hollywood film star George Raft told the Sunday…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Hollywood Actor "Sick" of War-film Flood
LONDON, Monday. -- "Hollywood has lost its imagination," Hollywood film star George Raft told the Sunday…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Lightning, Gale Hit Buildings
AN IRON ROOF was blown off the Thistle Bakery, Burns Bay Road, Lane Cove, during yesterday's storm. Picture shows firemen from the Lame Cove Fire Brigade placing a temporary tarpaulin roof on the bakery so that baking could be carried on last night…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Political Storm Over Joan Barry
NEW YORK, Tuesday.--The New York Daily News says reports from Hollywood state that considerable feeling is being…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Political Storm Over Joan Barry
NEW YORK, Tuesday.--The New York Daily News says reports from Hollywood state that considerable feeling is being…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fierce Storm in City Lightning Strikes Four Trams
In a violent electrical storm over Sydney yesterday four trams and a train were struck by lightning. The drivers of two…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lightning Strikes Four Trams in Storm Two Drivers Hurt: Buildings Damaged
Four trams were struck by lightning during a violent 40-minute electrical storm which swept over Sydney late yesterday afternoon. The drivers of two of the trams were taken…
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