Disastrous Floods Farm Houses Overwhelmed. Auckland
Floods continue in many parts of the north island of New Zealand. Police and volunteers are out in boats to-day rescuing families who have been marooned…
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Floods & storms, 1939
312 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 12 of 16
Serious Flood Damage In New Zealand North Island Water Pours Through Farm Houses Heavy Stock Losses Auckland (N.z.)
Floods continue in many parts of the north island of New Zealand. Police and volunteers are out in boats to-day at Shannon and Levin, rescuing families who have been marooned…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Driving in Storms Slow Down Or Not? LONDON, Aug. 5
What should a motorist do in a storm to ensure maximum safety? Should he accelerate, or reduce speed? The question of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Floods at Tientsin Electricity Cut Off. (Australian Press Assn. Message.) LONDON
The Tientsin floods have cut off the electricity and plunged the city into darkness, states the American Associated Press correspondent…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gales Sweep State Southern Disturbance. Sydney
Mr. Mares said to-day that an intense form of southern disturbance was still controlling the weather which was unsettled over a large area of southern…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Flood Warnings SYDNEY
The Murrumbidgee is over flood level almost throughout from Wagga to Balranald, while Tumut is also…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Heavy Floods Tientsin Under Wester LONDON, August 21
The Japanese blockade of Tientsin has been completely disorganised by the floods. The entire city is under water to depths o£ from 3ft. to 9ft…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Tientsin Floods Still Rising H.m.5. Bideford Hastens with Supplies
The floods at Tientsin are still rising, and the British authorities are distributing food to refugees. H.M.S. Bideford is hastening to Tientsin…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Floods in Victoria Hume Highway Blocked Sydney
A message from Melbourne states that the Victorian flood position to-day is the worst for four years. Seymour, 60 miles from…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Floods in Victoria Position Worst for Four Years. Sydney
A message from Melbourne this morning states that the Victorian flood position is the worst for four years…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Flood Danger Homes in the Riverina SYDNEY
Homes in the Riverina and around the Murrumbidgee are in danger. A body of water is making its way down from the upper reaches, and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →German Citizens Fire on Storm Troopers Report From Danzig. Warsaw
A circumstantial report published from Danzig states that 20 storm troopers appealing from a lorry to the people to keep calm, were fired on by German…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →No Word German Steamers Stil "In Smoke" Gale in Task4an Sydney
There is still no word as to the whereabouts of the three German steamers and one Italian liner which left port at the week-end at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Drowned in Tientsin Floods
Wang Keh Min, head of the Chinese Provincial Government, after a tour of the flooded areas around Tientsin, told the press that at least…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sleeper-cutter's Camp Flooded
When the flood waters in the Murrumbidgee River rose over the level of the banks around a sleeper-cutting camp near Gogeldrie, two…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Floods Subside Roads to Melbourne
With the general improvement in weather conditions during the last few days over the southern districts in New South Wales and Victoria…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →What to Do When Driving in a Storm
People inside a sedan car are not exposed to danger during a thunder storm on account of the "Faraday Cage" effect of the body and chassis…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Enemy Gains Ground in Poland Overwhelming Odds Heavy Rain May Delay Advance London, Sept. 15
Despite the valiant resistance of Polish forces against overwhelming odds the enemy invaders are now gaining ground in the northern and southern sectors…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Worst Flood
The worst flood of modern times was Unit of November, 1894. In the 26 days from October 23 to November 17 a large part of Southern England…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Flood of Petrol Tram Strikes Waggon SYDNEY
When a tram filled with, passengers crashed into a waggon containing 1000 gallons of petrol in New South Head Road, the vehicle was thrown…
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