Storm at Wingham Road Blocked by Trees
Considerable damage was done by a storm which passed over the outskirts of the town on Wednesday afternoon. Fences on farming…
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Floods & storms, 1939
312 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 3 of 16
Lightning Strikes Fisherman Death in Storm
While seeking shelter from a violent storm. Prank Britten, 22, who had been fishing on a beach some miles from Ababinda (Q.), was killed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fierce Storms Continue in New Zealand Wellington (N.z.)
Te Aroha is the latest town in New Zealand to feel the effects of the recent heavy storms. Many roofs were blown off and houses demolished, trees uprooted, and fencing levelled…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Disastrous Storm in New Zealand Town 10 Inches of Rain in 48 Hours Sydney
Great damage was done to the township of Te Aroha, New Zealand, yesterday by a heavy storm. Fences were demolished, roofs…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hot and Sultry Storms Likely
N.S.W. Forecast: Generally hot at first, but fresh to strong and squally north-east winds, and conditions somewhat unsettled, with a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Decks Awash Freighter In Storm Badly Battered Sydney
The British freighter, AngloAfrican, which arrived In Sydney to-day from British Columbia, encountered, a sever" hurricane…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Marooned Men Adventure in Flood BRISBANE
Of the 18 men who were marooned since last Saturday by flood waters in. the Dawson River eight spent a considerable time on a 6ft. platform…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Storms in Central Australia Three Known Dead
First reports from outback areas indicate that three persons lost their lives in the disastrous storms and floods which swept Central and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Storm Swept United States Extensive Damage New York
One of the worst storms for many years struck the United States, driving snow and sleet cutting a swath across the north-west half of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Traffic Lines Near Flood Gates
The yellow traffic line on the West Maitland side of the floodgates at Victoria Bridge have been hand painted by the Department of Main Roads…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Flood Lighting Cessnock Memorial Tablet CESSNOCK
The Cessnock sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League has asked the Municipal Council to consider floodlighting the memorial tablets in the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →xSHORT of Water Midst Floods Cairns
Isolated by floods, Cairns was yesterday short of water. This strange position was caused by blocked pipes between the intake and the reservoir…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Flood Rains Queensland Rivers Rise Fast Cairns Cut Off Brisbane
Cairns was cut off from the rest of the State yesterday by heavy rain. Air, rail and road traffic was stopped by terrific downpours…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Linesman's Risk for Job Over Flooded River on Camel
To bridge a gap in the overland telegraph lines, says a message from Adelaide, a linesman rode a half-tamed camel across the swollen…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flood Devastation DURBAN, Feb. 8
Fifteen persons have been drowned and thousands rendered homeless following heavy floods in Natal and the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Floods Receding Position at Cairns BRISBANE
In the last five days Cairns has had 153 inches of rain. The town has been isolated from the rest of the State, but the flood waters…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Light Rain Associated With Storms Inland Falls
The weather system shown on the chart of yesterday has moved in an easterly direction, and the high pressure area is now located to the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Storm
He stood swaying at the gate in the howling wind and rain at 2 a.m. "Why don't you go in out of the storm?" asked the policeman…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Hot, Sultry, Some Storms
N.S.W. Forecast: Generally warm to hot and sultry with north-east to northerly winds. Scattered showers and thunder in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Heat Waves High Readings In The West Storms Likely Sydney
Data to hand this morning shows that the State was yesterday in the grip of another heat wave. Practically all stations in the…
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