Floods Now Travail in Turkey Nation In Distress Millions Are Homeless Istanbul
A new terror is sweeping western Turkey as flood waters from the rivere in the Smyrna, Brusa and Adrianople districts, devastate the…
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Floods & storms, 1940
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45,000 Dead Earthquakes in Turkey Dams Burst By Flood Survivors' Tales of Horror Istanbul
It is officially estimated that 45.000 are dead as the result of the earthquakes. While rescue work is proceeding the villagers are taking…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Thunder Storms and What Causes Them
Why do we got nore thunderstorms in the summer than in the winter? This is due to the angle or "incidence" of the sun's rays; the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Floodboats Sam See Trophy
The 11th round of the Sam See trophy, which was rowed on December 16, and which ended the 1939 season for floodboats, resulted in a win…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Floods in Europe Many Lives Lost Earth Shocks in Turkey. London
There were fresh tremors in southern Anatolia yesterday and hundreds of buildings were damaged, but a the shocks occurred in the daytime the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Record Rains Floods In North Darwin Train Held Up. Darwin
Heavy rains in the last two days have flooded large areas of land south of Darwin. The weekly train, which runs from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Cars Proposed Monopoly Major Political Storm South Australian Opposition Adelaide
A major political storm is developing for the Menzies Government over the monopoly in the motor car industry proposed to be given the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →CLOUDBURST Northern Line Damaged Flooding Near Tamworth. Tamworth
When a cloudburst occurred in the hills behind Tamworth this afternoon, extensive damage was caused to the main northern railway line six miles…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Heavy Rain In North Queensland All Transport Dislocated. Brisbane
Heralding the approach of the wet season, 1503 points of rain were registered at Mossman at the week-end. The next highest registration was 1260…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Calm Before Storm Chamberlain Issues a Warning Great Britain's Sea Power Huge Merchant Fieet Always Afloat London
"This new year, which is probably the most fateful in the history of the world, opened quietly, but it is the calm before the storm,'" declared the Prime Minister, Mr. Chamberlain, in a speech at the Mansion House, in augurating the great nation-wide campaign in which members of the War…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THUNDERSTORMS How They Are Caused
Why do we get more thunderstorms in the summer than in the winter? This is due to the angle or "incidence" of the sun's rays; the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →N.T. Floods Worst in History Rivers Raging Torrents Huge Areas Under Water Radio Only Link with South. Darwin
Floods caused by recent torrential rain inundated' large areas of land at South Darwin to-day. The floods are believed to be the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Minor Storm at Grafton After Oppressive Day
After one of the most oppressive days this summer, when the mercury at one stage reached as degrees, a storm passed over Grafton and district at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Found Safe Close to Station Flying Doctor And Pilot Plane Down in Flooded Country Brisbane
After being, missing in the flooded Gulf country for three days, Flying Doctor Alberry and Pilot Berry were located by a D.H.86 Qantas plane,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Severe Storm Gale And Hail Damage in Casino District. Casino
Extensive damage was none w crops and buildings over an area of 10 square miles, by a gale which accompanied a thunderstorm in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Five Die in Terrible Storm Launches Battered Crops Ruined-property Damaged Auckland
One of the worst gales on record struck Auckland province, resulting in the deaths of five people, ruination of crops and considerable damage to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Subsiding Northern Territory Floods. Darwin
Although many square miles of country in the interior are still inundated the floodwaters are steadily subsiding. The water has receded from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Storms at Grafton
As a result of storms which passed over Grafton and district on Monday and early Tuesday morning 27 points of rain were recorded. A further storm…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Violent Storm At Woolgoolga Camps Buffeted. Woolgoolga
Preceded by vivid lightning flashes and ear-splitting claps of thunder a violent storm broke over the town shortly before 6 p.m. to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wooli Storm Tents Blown Down Infant's Narrow Escape
A terrific storm swept the sea in the vicinity of Wooli on Friday evening, causing a remarkable sight for those who watched it. The sea was churned…
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