FLOODS Spreading In England Thames Rising. London
Floods due to recent heavy rains are still increasing in seriousness and extent. The Thames continues to rise all along its course from Oxford…
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Floods & storms, 1936
201 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 1 of 11
Zoo Floodlights
A former director of the Sydney Botanic Gardens, Dr. G. P. Darnell Smith, who returned from abroad by the Jervis Bay last Tuesday, has…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Thames Rising Floods In England Further Rain Predicted. London
Weather forecasts of continued heavy rain for the next 48 hours give cause for fear that the present extensive flooding in many districts of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Church Off Blocks Damaged During Storm
Damage to property was caused by a severe storm in the Clovass district recently. All Staints, the C. of E. church, being lifted off its blocks and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Floods May Ease Off. London
There is good prospect of a relatively dry week-end throughout Britain, and this should allow the floods to subside…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Flood Rains In Northern Abyssinia Military Operations Cease. London
It is reported from Addis Ababa that torrential rain has washed away roads and bridges in the whole section north of Dessie, and has stopped…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Australian Coupe Takes America by Storm
The Australian coupe body recently designed by Mr. L. J. Hartnett, managing director of General Motors- Holden's Ltd., and which is now…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Floods Severe in France Boat Transport In Towns No Estimate of Damage Paris
Widespread floods in the south and south-west of France have wrought untold damage. Thirty streets in Nantes are under water and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MAROONED Family in Floods
A Charleville message states that a woman and her children were marooned in a car for three days without food, while the husband…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Queensland Rains Floods' in West. Brisbane
Flood waters are still disorganising railway traffic in the south -west. The Bulloo River is three feet over the railway bridge between Quilpie…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Man Drowned Swimming Flooded Creek. Brisbane
John Ferry, 50, a single man, is believed to have been drowned in a flooded creek near Dottswood station, Charters Towers. He and a nephew…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Worked All Night Repairing Banks of Flooded River. Paris
Recalling the stories of the bursting of the dykes of the Netherlands in the Middle Ages, inhabitants of the village of Laronde, near La Rochelle, were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Two Men Dead Three Others Hurt Struck By Lightning Severe Storms in N.S.W, SYDNEY
During the height of a storm at Maroota, in the Hawkesbury River district, this afternoon, Zolo Sohier, 36, of Thomleigh, and William Nolan,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Yesterday's Storm Wind, Rain And Lightning Damage to Electric Light Wires Transformer Struck by Lightning
Considerable damage was done to the Clarence River County Council's electric light system in a heavy rainstorm, which, accompanied by vivid lighting,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →DELUGE 5 Inches at Canberra In Less Than Hour Torrents in City Streets Canberra
Damage estimated at many hundreds of pounds was caused at Canberra to-night when the worst storm experienced for many years flooded…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Unprecedented Storm On The Dorrigo Remarkable Phenomenon. Dorrigo
A storm, unprecedented in its fury, was experienced in town and portions of the district, on Friday evening. In about an hour, it is estimated that four…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Drowned in Flooded Creek Two Brothers In Car on Way to Sister's Funeral Young
Two motorists, W. H. Philp, of Canterbury, and his brother, J. A. Philp, of Wagga, lost their lives when a sudden rush of water washed their…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Daily Storm Deluge on Dorrigo
During the past week or so we have become used to expecting a storm daily. Fortunately the rain has been steady and soaking and the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bridges Damaged Heavy Rain In N.S.W. Cyclone in Tasman Sea Sydney
Following heavy rainfall registrations throughout various parts of the State come reports of extensive damage to property and floods. Rain…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Severe Cyclone Homestead Demolished. Perth
Telegraph linesmen who returned from the north-west of the State to-day reported that Frazier Downs homestead had been demolished, and an area…
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