Disastrous Floods Johnnesburg, Feb. 12
Floods have isolated Barberton, drowned 40 and threatened a food shortage for whites and a famine for natives on the Kreuger reserve…
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Floods & storms, 1939
312 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 4 of 16
Youth Drowned in Queensland Floods Brisbane
Following torrential rains which have swept the coast in the past few days, a youth was drowned in floodwaters at South Johnstone. Train services in the north have been disorganised, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Floods in South Africa 40 People Drowned. (Australian Press Assn. Message.) JOHANNESBURG
Floods have isolated Barberton and drowned 40 persons. A food shortage.is threatened for the whites and a famine lor the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →State in Grip of Another Heat Wave Scattered Thunderstorms in North-eastern Quarter. Sydney
Data to hand this morning shows that the State is in the grip of another heat wave. Practically all stations in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fierce Cyclone Island Devastated Lorenco Marques (Mozambique). Feb. 13
A cyclone devastated the Island of Angoche. Every house and two lighthouses were razed. Two Europeans, a missionary and a nun, were killed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cyclone's Trail of Destruction. Two Deaths. Laurienso Marques (Mozambique)
A cyclone has devastated the island of Gooche. Every house and two lighthouses were razed. Two Europeans, a missioner and a nun,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Queensland Floods
Further floods have occurred in North Queensland as the result of torrential rains at the week-end. Tully has already had 67 1/2 inches this…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sultry With Some Storms
N.S.W. Forecast: Cloudy, warm and sultry, with fresh to strong northerly winds, especially in the south-west quarter, where some…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Heavy Rain South-West Queensland BRISBANE
Rail communication with Mt. Isa has been cut off because of washouts, due to heavy rains in north-west Queensland…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Cessnock 'Drome Proposed Flood Lighting Official View
Some time ago the Cessnock Municipal Council mad inquiries from the Civil Aviation Department in respect to the flood-lighting of the Cessnock…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cessnock Aerodrome. Question, of Flood lighting
Cessnock Council had before it on Tuesday night a communication from the Acting Director-General of Civil…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fine : Isolated Storms
N.S.W. Forecast: Except for some isolated thunder showers, still mainly warm to hot and sultry over the north-east and northern…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Heavy Rain Over A Wide Area Rail Washaways Sydney
Heavy rains were reported over a wide area throughout the State during Saturday and yesterday and, according to Mr. Mares, more…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Gale in City Harbour Confusion SYDNEY
A fierce wind squall, rising to gale force, which struck Sydney, completely disorganised sailing events on the harbour, and interfered with interstate…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sultry : Storms On Coast
N.S.W. Forecast: Chiefly fine in the western and north-western areas, but coal west to south winds; still unsettled elsewhere,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Heavy Rains and Floods. Falls Up to Three Inches. Sydney
Further heavy rains are reported in New South Wales, many towns registering two and three inches. Heavy rain was also recorded in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Queensland Floods BRISBANE
As a result of floods, 150 passengers on the Mount Isa train are likely to be held up at Cloncurry indefinitely…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Further Heavy Rains In Inland Centres o Some Flooding Albury Trains Held Up By Washaways Damage at Junee Sydney, Tuesday. Albury Trains Held Up Washaways [Age at Junee Sydney
Further heavy rains were reported from inland centres during the past 24 hours. Many towns registered two and three inches. Heavy falls were also recorded in the central…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Heavy Rain Inland SYDNEY
During the past 24 hours, further heavy rain from 1 1/2 inches to more than 2 inches fell in the central parts of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flood Danger Position Improves in Victoria MELBOURNE
Reports from the north-eastern portion of Victoria indicate that the danger of severe floods is now past. The broken River at Benalla dropped…
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