Heavy Storms Good Week-End Rain Tucabia Gets 181 POINTS 72 Points at Grafton
Heavy storms which broke over the Clarence River district on Saturday afternoon yielded as much as 181 points…
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Floods & storms, 1939
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Down in Storm Empire Flying Boat Missing In Atlantic Thirteen People on Board New York
A black storm-tossed sea, streaked by flares from searching steamships and aircraft to-night, concealed the fate of the Bermuda-bound Empire…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ROWING Floodboat Contests Saturday's' Result
Eric See's crew proved too strong for the opposition in the 14th round of the J. H. Biffin Cup, which was rowed by the members of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →W.A. FLOODS Widespread Destruction Heavy Losses in Potatoes. Perth
Widespread destruction by floods continues in various parts of the State. In the Albany district it is estimated that £20,000 damage has been done…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Emergency Plan National Service For Flood, Fires Or War Organisation Throughout N.S.W. SYDNEY
The first major step in the State's new emergency service will be a conference of Mayors and shire presidents next week…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Heavy Rain in the Gulf Country. Brisbane
Western Queensland is receiving heavy rain and land in the vicinity of the Gulf has benefited to. the extent of several inches…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Houses Wrecked Barraba Suffers in Terrific Storm
Houses were wrecked, trees uprooted, telephone and telegraph lines smashed down, and a number of residents injured in a terrific storm…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Seven Dead Lifeboat Lost in Gale One Survivor Washed Ashore Tragedy Off Cornish Coast London
Seven are believed to have been drowned when the St. Ives lifeboat was lost in a terrific, north-westerly gale. The remaining member of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tube Railway Burst Water Main Floods Tunnel. Sydney
As the result of the bursting of a water main at the Town Hall railway station early to-day low-leVel tracks between the Town Hall station…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Reminiscences of the Clarence Season Reverses Floods and Droughts
The farming community and with it the business section of the residents as well as the ordinary citizen were severely hit by the flood deluges that…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Soaking Rains Floods in Queensland Two Men Marooned Cyclone Leaving Coast Brisbane
The central west, south-west and far south-west and border districts, received further beneficial rain in the last 48 hours…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ROWING Floodboat Race Win for E. See's Crew
The competition in floodboats for the J. H. Biffin Cup was advanced another stage on Saturday last, and ended in win for the crew which was stroked by…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Pacific Gale Damages Motor Ship Logs Break From Lashings. Sydney
Breaking from their lashings during a Pacific gale 40 big logs sto[?]ed on the deck of the British motor ship Jersey, caused extensive damage before…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fine in Q'sland Flood Danger Passes. Brisbane
Fine weather over Queensland dispelled any further danger of floodings. The rivers which last week were overrunning their banks are now falling…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →N. Z. Storm Damage Two Persons Missing. Wellington (N.z.)
Considerable damage was caused by a terrific storm in Auckland Province, which was accompanied by heavy rain Many persons were marooned…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rescued by Police 18 Men Marooned by Floods. Brisbane
Eighteen men who had been marooned in trees in the flooded Dawson Valley since Saturday were rescued today by police. One had been bitten…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Three Lives Lost in Recent Storms and Floods. Oodnadatta
The first reports from outback areas indicate that three persons lost their lives in the disastrous storms and floods which swept Central and West…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →N.Z. TOWN Struck By Storm Business at Standstill. Auckland
A terrific storm has struck Tearoha, considerable damage being caused. Business was brought to a standstill when roofs were torn off many premises…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Food Shortage Owing to Dawson Floods. Brisbane
Although 18 men who were marooned on Saturday on an 8ft. platform to escape floodwaters are safe from that danger, they were badly in need of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Flood and Drought Extremes in Queensland. Brisbane
Two extremes of weather prevail at Moura and Longreach. In the former centre flood waters hove isolated the residents who are without bread and…
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