Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Floods & storms, all years

Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1923

187 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 6 of 10

More Heavy Rain Floods and Washaways. Sydney

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 21 July 1923 · page 2

Further heavy rains have fallen in parts of South Australia. A number of the suburbs of Adelaide have been flooded…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

"The Storm."

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 21 July 1923 · page 2

The proprietor of the Empire Pictures announces the screening of "The Storm" at the Empire Hall next Monday evening. It is a…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Flood Embankments

Daily Examiner · Monday 23 July 1923 · page 2

Mr. W. T. Missingliam, M.L.A., has been advised by the Under-secretary for Public Works, with reference to the representations on the subject of flood…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Melbourne's Reservoir. Flood Rains and No Water. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 23 July 1923 · page 2

In spite of the widespread heavy ram and even floods in some parts, the Yan Yean reservoir has mysteriously refused to fill. Experts are baffled. The…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Floods in Victoria. Rivers Running Banker. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 31 July 1923 · page 5

A serious flood is expected in Northern Victoria. The Bendigo police were advised from Castlemaine this morning that the waters were Coming down the Coliban…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

In Storm Water Channel. Boy's Experience. Sydney

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 1 August 1923 · page 2

A boy named Frederick Crockart, aged 10, fell into a stonnwater channel, which flows into Blackwattle Bay, last night and was carried a…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Breaking the Drought. with Floods of Liquor. (Published by Arrangement.)

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 1 August 1923 · page 1

More than 500,000 counterfeit preseriptions, each calling for a pint of whisky, were filled by New York City drug stores in the past five months,…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Floods in Victoria. Railways Under Water. People Leave Homes. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 1 August 1923 · page 5

Latest reports from the districts threatened by floods are that several sections of the railways in the Malice, district are under water…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Floods in Victoria. Families Living in Carriages. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 2 August 1923 · page 3

As a result of the Campaspe River overflowing near Rochester transportation is being carried on in boats. Five railway carriages were sent from…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Towns Flooded. Rivers Overflow Banks. Goods Train Derailed. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 4 August 1923 · page 5

Reports from the flood areas indicate that although the outlook has improved considerably all danger has not yet passed. A large body of water is coming…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Floods Feared. Anxiety at Wagga. Burrinjuck Dam May Overflow. Wagga

Daily Examiner · Monday 6 August 1923 · page 5

Anxiety is being felt owing to to recent heavy rain in districts on the Upper Miirrumbidgee at the prospects of Wagga being flooded. While the flood…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Fight Against Flood. Volunteer Brigade at Kerang. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 7 August 1923 · page 5

There was a thrilling fight against flood waters at Kerang during the weekend, which reached the town on Saturday. The banks of the river were…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Victorian Floods. Much Country Under Water Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 8 August 1923 · page 4

The Campaspe River floodwaters have spread over a vast extent of country, submerging crops and grass and driving settlers from their homes. In some…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Ganges in Flood. Indian Villages Submerged. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 10 August 1923 · page 5

A Cawnpore message states that heavy floods are reported from Hamipuer, Jalaon, Bunda, Etawah, Gonda, Benares and Balia districts along the…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Storm in Tasman Sea. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 15 August 1923 · page 5

A Southern disturbance of great intensity is in operation over practically the whole of the Tasman Sea this morning, causing a fresh gale and rough seas…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Clarenza Flood Refuge Reserve

Daily Examiner · Friday 17 August 1923 · page 4

Messrs. Vincent, Missiugliam, and Geo. Nesbitt, M's.L.A., have been officially notified by Mr. E. P. Fleming, Under-Secretary for Lands, that his…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Floods a Benefit

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 18 August 1923 · page 2

On several occasions in the past four or five weeks the water of the Murrumbidgee River broke its banks on the low-lying flats, and the same…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Scalded to Death. Tragedy on Cunard Liner. Gale Stops Doctors Boarding Ship. London

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 21 August 1923 · page 5

Gallant efforts were made to rush medical assistance to the Cunard steamer Vennonia to save the lives of three firemen who were scalded as a…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

346 Deaths. Tidal Wave and Storm. Thousand Persons Missing. Tokio

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 22 August 1923 · page 5

Reuter's Seoul (Korea) correspondent states that the storm and tidal wave on August 15 resulted in 346 known deaths, while…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Telegrams. Mares' Cyclone. Gone to New Zealand. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 24 August 1923 · page 1

Mr. Mares says the cyclone as passing in a south-easterly direction towards the north end of New Zealand, the centre being to the north of Norfolk Island…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →