Repair work on the railway lines damaged by the flood was continued by large gangs of workmen yesterday, and unless the flood prevails again. It is ...
Article : 833 wordsYesterday's chart showed the same general features as that of the previous day. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 140 wordsThe heavy rains and terrific wind affected the telegraph service on Tuesday and yesterday. Only one interstate line was working on Tuesday and it was not ...
Article : 158 wordsBy dint of the heavy stretch of work put in by the linesmen—in may cases they were hard at it from about 6 a.m. on Tuesday until 2 a.m. yesterday—the ...
Article : 191 wordsThe Minister for Railways (Mr. .T. C. Willcock) stated yesterday that the present extensive series of washaways was the most serious in the history of the ...
Article : 272 wordsThe river rose during the night, and overflowed the town bridge, and is now about a foot above the top of the handrail. The town approach to the bridge ...
Article : 147 wordsThe flood water is subsiding. It dropped about 2ft. today; and the central bridge rails are showing. THe damage to the bridge is not so serious as was ...
Article : 123 wordsThe washaways on the railway between Northam and Perth and on the Great Southern line seriously reduced the number of stock offered for sale by auction. ...
Article : 433 wordsAfter another wet and stormy yesterday morning opened with some signs of a slow improvement in conditions and as a matter of fact, the wind ...
Article : 214 wordsPerth, maximum 63deg., minimum 49deg.; Adelaide, 73, 56; Melbourne, 63 53; Brisbane, 72, 45, Sydney, 72, 44; Hobart 62, 45. ...
Article : 27 wordsJuly 22.—Sun rises at 7.14 a.m., sets at 5.33 p.m. ...
Article : 16 wordsSouth-West Division.—Geraldton, 6 points: Walebing, 14; Kalamunda 90; Guildford, 61; Perth Gardens, 78; Perth Observatory, 80; Fremantle Signal Station, 33; Fremantle ...
Article : 355 wordsMr. E. W. Loton, of Upper Swan, stated last night that water was flowing over the Upper Swan bridge at 2 o'clock and that the river was still rising at sundown. The ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 218 wordsThe Tramway Department have received a little of the good that is in the ill wind. The difficulty of boarding the ferries in South Perth caused many persons ...
Article : 91 wordsOwing to a backwater of the river at Begin at having flowed over the railway due between Wha[?] signal tax and the Belmont railway bridge, service on the ...
Article : 40 wordsThe first train to reach Perth since the derangement of traffic by the floods, arrived at 6.45 last night, carrying passengers from Melbourne who should have ...
Article : 116 words"Mundaring Weir was designed to withstand the force of an overflow of five feet, and I see no reason at the present time why it should not do so." said Mr. P.V. ...
Article : 159 wordsNearly two inches of rain has fallen here in the past three days. The railway dam is overflowing, and the Wagin Lake is full. Badjaning dam contains 19ft. of ...
Article : 49 wordsThe forecast for to-day is:— Still unsettled, with showers over west and south-west coastal areas and the agricultural districts, and ...
Article : 51 wordsOne of the most serious floods in the history of this State occurred at Greenough Flats on February 5, 1888. Following torrential rains, the flood ...
Article : 467 wordsThe rush of waters under the Causeway yesterday had the effect of undermining the staging supporting the pipelines from Churchman's Brook, the line ...
Article : 80 wordsSouth Australia.—Temporarily one, followed by showery conditions in settled areas, but mainly over coastal districts. Strong northerly and veering westerly winds, with ...
Article : 145 wordsThere is little or no change in the weather conditions at Collie to-night except that the strong wind has abated to some extent. Heavy rains have ...
Article : 857 wordsOfficials of Airways Ltd., stated yesterday that the aerial service northwards of Geraldron was being maintained as usual. Owing however, to adverse flying ...
Article : 230 wordsFor the first time in the history of Australia the Ministers for Health in the various States and their medical advisers assembled to-day to discuss ...
Article : 1,660 wordsAfter the experiences of the floods of 1904 and 1909 the Western Australian Turf Club decided to construct and embankment around their course. It was ...
Article : 294 wordsA day overdue in consequence of the rasing sales at sea, the steamer Garoet, made here appearance at Fremantle yesterday. From the time the mooring lines ...
Article : 328 wordsRemarkable scenes were witnessed by pressmen who made a four of the Guild-ford district yesterday. Several dwellings in the vicinity of the bridge over ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 550 wordsThe Weather Bureau reported last night:— Report received at 9 a.m. to-day show that at York the floods were slowly ...
Article : 462 wordsThere has been exceptionally boisterous weather in this district for the past three days. heavy downpours and strong winds resulting in the disorganisation of ...
Article : 131 wordsUsually a steamer covers the 220 miles between Fremantle and Geraldton in about 20 hours, but through the severe weather conditions of the past few days. ...
Article : 86 wordsWet weather has prevailed in the Midlands (or the past eight days, but the rainfall has not yet approached abnormal proportions. Up to the end of June ...
Article : 207 wordsThe flooded, river on Tuesday invaded the living quarters at Crawley Baths, and daring the night, and up till 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon, the superintendent ...
Article : 81 wordsThe elements bad moderated considerably late yesterday afternoon, but throughout the day storm conditions prevailed in the harbour. The muddy ...
Article : 173 wordsNo case of any serious destruction in the city or suburbs through the high velocities of the wind has been reported. Many signboards have been blown away. and ...
Article : 115 wordsAt Ipswich to-day Alan Christopher Jeynes was committed for trial on a charge of having murdered Louisa Caroline Bade at Ebenezer. ...
Article : 135 wordsStanding at the back door of a ram-shackle house in North afternoon, with the water from the flooded Swan River lapping against ...
Article : 871 wordsAs was anticipated yesterday, the flood waters rose considerably last night, and throughout the night heavy ram fell. This morning Fitszgerald-street ...
Article : 246 wordsAmong the passengers who were stranded at Northam owing to the blockage on the Eastern Goldfields line since Tuesday was the Minister for Mines ...
Article : 98 wordsWilliam John McIntyre (38), insurance agent, Sydney James Edkins (61) insurance inspector, and Cecil Roy Seabrook (36) conveyancer were to-day ...
Article : 81 wordsThough a number of telephone lines have been blown down in country districts, thus affecting trunk lines, and there has been trouble with the ...
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Thu 22 Jul 1926, Page 10
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