Foot Rot Likely In Coastal Cattle After Heavy Rain
Foot-rot in dairy cattle is likely to be somewhat prevalent in coastal areas following the recent heavy and continuous rains. The…
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Floods & storms, 1939
312 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 10 of 16
Fierce Storms Victorian Damage MELBOURNE
The north-eastern districts of Victoria have been swept by fierce hailstorms, while heavy seas and winds reaching gale force were reported in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rough Weather Rain In South-East ANTI-CYCLONE
Rough weather has been experienced all along the coast during the past day or two, and to-day was no exception, the conditions…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Belgian Floods Brussels, June 16
The Albert Canal burst in several places near Haffelt, where land was flooded for two miles. It is believed that 10 persons are dead, including…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Phantom Burglar Storm Of Criticism
Ralph Graham, who won fame as "the phantom burglar of Bell Air," has finally been apprehended after a series of robberies which are said to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Victorian Floods Below Hume Weir MELBOURNE
All available boats nave been commandeered by the police to rescue persons whose lives are endangered in creeks and rivers swelled by the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Foolhardy Bet Man Dives Into Flooded River
To win a bet of £25, a man dived into the flooded Murrumbidgee River. He was carried 500 yards by the swirling…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Bleak Day Early Morning Showers Gale on Coast
The cold and cloudy conditions of yesterday persisted again to-day. Light rain was experienced on several occasions. The weather…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fierce Gale No Hope For Missing Launch NEWCASTLE
All hope for the two men lost in a fishing launch off Newcastle on June 26 vanished when the Kalingo (2047 tons) reached Newcastle from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Toll of Life Floods in America New York, July 5
Floods took at least 28 lives following a cloudburst at Moorehead Kentucky Many thousands are homeless…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flood Averted Melbourne
Working all night in repairing a broken leavee at Undera in the Shepparton district a party of men prevented many miles of country from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Heavy Seas in Tasman. Gales at 75 Miles Per Hour
Large passenger ships like the Awatea cannot reach port on time owing to the heayy sea and gales which are now raging…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →A Flood Episode
Attention has been drawn to an outhouse of historic note by the seweraging of a Vincent—street property…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Heavy Death Roll Kentucky Floods. Moehead (Kentucky)
With 54 bodies recovered and over 100 missing from yesterday's floods heavy rains to-day brought additional destruction in Eastern Kentucky. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Many Deaths Kentucky Floods MOREHEAD, Kentucky, July 6
With 54 bodies recovered and over 100 still missing from yesterday's floods, heavy rain to-day brought additional destruction in eastern…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Floods in United States Vacating Hillside Towns. (Australian Press Assn. Message.) MOREHEAD (Kentucky)
With 54 bodies recovered and over 100 missing from yesterday's floods, heavy rains to-day brought additional destruction in Eastern Kentucky…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cabins in N.Z. Ship Flooded Lyttelton (N.z.)
Some cabins in the steamer, Maori, were flooded by heavy seas. The Maori took 16 hours instead of the usual 11 to reach Lyttellon from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ketch in Storm
A party of three men and a woman reached Sydney on Saturday after an adventurous 12-day voyage from Hobart in' the 43ft ketch Connella. They…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Calm Before Storm
Foreign circles in Poland express the view that there will be a semi-quiet period of two weeks, after which a state of acute tension may…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Floods Over Sturt Highway Wagga
Floods over the Sturt Highway, west from Wagga, are causing considerable destruction and dislocation of traffic. Many accidents have been reported be…
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