Plane Lands on Beach Severe Buffeting In Storm
BRISBANE, Saturday. — Terrific winds accompanying two storms which met between Double Island Point and Maryborough caused…
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Floods & storms, 1939
106 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 2 of 6
Floods in West Australia
Continuing with increased severity from last week, unprocedented down-pours in portions of the south-west have resulted so far in the drowning of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Biggest Floods In The Far North For Years ADELAIDE
THE Far North is experiencing the biggest floods it has known for years. Railway and telegraph…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Aftermath Of Severe Floods Some Towns Still Isolated Adelaide
FLOODS in the north are reported to be subsiding, but rail and telegraph communications are still dislocated, and it may be weeks before trains can reach Alice Springs…
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PICTURE FROM FARINA, showing how the creek bed—usually a dry, sandy waite—was inundated by floodwaters following the recent heavy rains. A local resident said: The rain came just in time as most of the stock were dying on the stations through the heat and lack of water. The water was a problem here. We had to pay 4/11 per 100 gallons and 2/- for the cartage, making the total 6/11. The railways brought the water up from Copley, 30 miles away. It cost 9d. per 100 gallons, and the rest was for the freight."…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Two Thought Drowned in N.z. Storm
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A message from Auckland states that another terrific gale is sweeping the Auckland province. Torrential rain is…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →18 Killed in Terrific U.S. STORM (Special to "The Miner.") New York. January 31
AT least 18 people were Killed in one of the worst storms in history, which swept the United States today. It is feared…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Three Dead In Flood Swept North Districts OODNADATTA
Out of the ominous silence of the vast flood-swept areas today came the first brief report of tragedy —the deaths of a man and his wife on a…
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AUCKLAND (N.Z.), February l.— Great damage was done to the township of Te Aroha yesterday by a heavy storm. Fences were demolished,…
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CINCINNATI (U.S.A.), February 6.— Thirty thousand people have been driven from their homes and nine have been drowned by floods in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Queensland Rainfall in Man Drowned in Floods Brisbane
A YOUNG man has been drowned and train services have been dislocated by further heavy floods in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Heat Wave Ended Heavy Rain In Adelaide ADELAIDE
ANNOUNCED by loud peals of thunder, heavy rain swept down on Adelaide at 3 o'clock this afternoon, causing the temperature to fall…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Heavy Rain at Rock Glen Men Forced Out Of Shack
TWO men camped on the site of the new Rock Glen Reservoir had an unenviable experience early yesterday morning when the shack in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Deluge at Camp Fire Refugees Suffer MELBOURNE
REFUGEES at Wood's Point who had lost their homes in the bush fires endured some of the discomforts of floods when…
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THESE AMAZING PICTURES graphically illustrate the damage caused to the Centr[?]l Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Missing People Located Were Waiting for Floods to Subside Wireless Plays Part In Outback Drama MAREE
BRIDGING gaps of hundreds of miles of impassable water-logged country messages from pedal and portable wireless sets have allayed anxiety felt for the safety of two parties on the Marree-Birdsville track…
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RESIDENTS of many years standing shook their heads and smiled those of the younger generation turned their hoads…
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MAROONING two trains at the Finke River crossing, further heavy rains in the Far North and Central Australia…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—Heavy rains are reported practically throughout the whole of the State during the past 48 hours, and according to Mr. Mares…
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FLOODED streets, causing swiftly-moving water in gutters to swirl over the footpaths and into the front gardens of many homes gare theatre-goers and thess returning from places of entertainment a torrid time on Saturday night…
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