Storm Changed Plans
Crown Prince Michael of Rumania, after a warship on which he was travelling, was forced back by a storm in the Black Sea,…
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Floods & storms, 1938
249 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 1 of 13
In Storm Crown Prince Michael Warship Towed To Port on Way to Royal Wedding Bucharest
The torpedo boat Regina Maria, in which the Crown Prince Michael, of Rumania, was proceeding to Athens from Constanza to attend a Royal…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Boats Capsized Cyclone Strikes Auckland Swimmer Swept to Sea. Wellington (N.z.)
During an unexpected cyclone, which struck Auckland and district on Saturday, harbor craft were caught unawares and capsized…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hundreds Homeless Ice Floes Cause Serious Floods. Bucharest
At least 800 families are homeless and 30 persons have been drowned at Valcov fishing centre, owing to ice floes choking the mouth of the Danube,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gale in Britain Several Lives Lost Liner Orontes Delayed. London
The liner Orontes, with several hundred passengers aboard, should have left for Australia at noon, but was held up at Tilbury Dock, as it was not safe…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sharp Showers In Clarence District Heavy Rain on Upper River
Sharp showers have fallen through out the Clarence River district since Sunday night. On the Upper Clarence heavy rain fell, especially around…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →22 Lives Lost Two Vessels Founder in Gales on English Coast. London
Bodies washed up on the Ayrshire and South Wales coasts confirmed the fears that the Glasgow coaster, Lochshira, and the Swansea steamer,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Floods--gales North Coast Forecast Cyclone Off Queensland Air Service Cancelled Sydney
Torrential rain, rough seas and wind reaching gale force. This is the weather forecast issued by the State Meteorologist to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Flood Rains on N. Coast Heavy Rain on Upper Clarence Tributaries Are Rising Rough Seas on the Coast
Falls ranging from 2 12 inches at Tabulam up to 11 inches at Dorrigo have fallen on the upper reaches of the Clarence River in the past two…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →STEAMER'S S.O.S. Steering Gear Carried Away Montoro in Cyclone. Brisbane
Alarm was caused in Brisbane when an S.O.S. call was received from the Burns Philp steamer, Montoro, at 4.30 a.m. to-day, stating that the ship's…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lismore Partly Inundated River Rises Rapidly Shopkeepers Moving Stock Flood Waters Oyer Wharves. Lismore
The Richmond River at Lismore at 11 o'clock to-night was 16ft above normal and rising at the rate of 2ft. 3in. an hour…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →16 Miners Killed Colombo Works Flooded. Colombo
Sixteen miners were reported killed when the plumbago mine in the Kurunagela district was flooded by a sudden inrush of water from a disused…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tweed River Bursts Its Banks Murwillumbah Flooded Town Water Supply Fails Murwillumbah
The Tweed River burst its banks at Murwillumbah to-night as a result of torrential rains during the day…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Thrilling Rescue In Queensland Flood Seven Men in Torrent. Brisbane
Seven men had narrow escapes from drowning this afternoon in the swollen flood waters of the Stanley River A. Hudgell, employed on the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cyclone Passes. Sydney
The cyclonic conditions that have been conducive to flooding on the North Coast, together with stormy weather, have passed eastward out to sea, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Deluge a Foot and a Half Since the First But the Real Welter Was Yesterday Mails and Passenger Services Disorganised
It stared to rain in Dorrigo on the 24th inst., a little more than a week ago, and it has not yet "let up," but since yesterday residents have…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bonalbo Suffers Highest Flood In Memory Part of Town Under Water. Lismore
Last night Bonalbo experienced the highest flood the oldest residents can remember. Following torrential rain since the beginning of the week…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Homes Vacated Anxiety at Lismore Serious Flood Fears Past Town Partly Inundated Lismore
The cessation of the heavy rain in the Richmond River catchment area has allayed fears of a serious flood, although the river is still rising…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Flood Danger Passing on Clarence Position Is Easier Tributaries Are Falling Water 30Ft, at Copmanhurst
The flood waters in the Orara and Nymboida Rivers, two tributaries of the Clarence, and in the main Clarence stream at Tabulam, had reached…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gale in Sydney Havoc on the Harbor Yacht Race Disorganised Masts Smashed, Sails Torn Sydney
A 50 mile an hour southerly gale wrought havoc among the fleet of 18-footers competing in the Sydney Flying Squadron's Handicap on the…
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