Danger of Severe Floods Passes in Victoria Sydney
Reports from north-eastern Victoria indicate that the danger of severe floods has now passed. The Hume Highway is now free from flood…
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Floods & storms, 1939
312 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 5 of 16
The Weather Disappointing Rainfall Isolated Storms
The rainfall on Wednesday night last, promising when it set in, was but of an isolated or patchy character. There were, however, heavy starms…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Storms Bring Relief to District. Some Heavy Falls of Rain. Many Dams Overflow
Heavy rainstorms on Wednesday evening brought relief to many parts of the district. The falls, though heavy in parts,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Heavy Rain Storms On North Coast Still Unsettled
Very little change in the pressure distribution over eastern Australia has taken place during the past 24 hours. A little easterly…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Flood Rain on North Coast Ten Inches in Places More Expected Heavy Seas Sydney
Further heavy rains have fallen in the northern coastal areas of the State. Mullumbimby and Bellingen registered more than 10…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Interstate Liner In Storm SYDNEY
The interstate liner Orungal arrived from Brisbane this morning, a day behind schedule, as a result of meeting…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Air Thrills Battle With Storms "Flying Doctor" Darwin
The Northern Territory "Flying Doctor," Dr. Fenton, underwent his most hazardous flying task when flying 500 miles south of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Cyclone North Coast Rivers Subsiding Still Unsettled Sydney
The State Meteorologist, Mr. Mares, said to-day that although yesterday's cyclone had moved over the Tasman sea, further…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fierce Gale Waves Rise Twenty Feet Ships Battered Brisbane
With 252 passengers aboard, the motor ship Manoora passed through the centre of a cyclone on her voyage from Sydney to Brisbane…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bain Moving in From West. Cyclone Moves to Tasman. Sydney
Mr. Mares said to-day that although yesterday's cyclone had moved over the Tasiuan Sea, further unsettled weather was a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Four in Car Trapped in Flooded Creek ADELAIDE
Mr. Watson, a school teacher at Whyalla, his wife, a Mrs.Pratten, and her 2½ years old baby, who were travelling in a car were caught in a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Flood Fatality Car Driver Washed Away TAMWORTH
A well-known resident of the Gunnedah district Mr. John Kruse, 51, was drowned near Gunnedah. The car in which he was travelling was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wrestling Match at Young. Seconds and Spectators Storm Stage. Young
During a wrestling match at Young last night pandemonium broke loose. The seconds and spectators stormed the stage and drbve the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Car Overwhelmed by Flood Waters. Gunnedah Man Drowned
Mr John Kruse, aged 51, a wellknown resident of the Gunnedah district, and a councillor of the Liverpool Plains Shire, was drowned near…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Three Drowned In Car When Trapped In Flood MANILDRA
Two women and a 2½-year-old child were drowned late yesterday afternoon when their car, which had become bogged in a culvert, was overwhelmed by a wall of water, which swept down upon them. There were six people in the car, and three…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Heavy Rain Hunter and Manning Light Inland
Assisted by a southerly change, further showers and some thunderstorms occurred fairly generally during the past 24 hours…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Torrential Rain Deluge at Dungog
Low lying areas of Dungog were inundated and numerous roads in the district were rendered temporarily impassable…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Storm at Wyong
Two hundred and seventy-five points of rain fell in an hour at Wyong yesterday afternoon. A heavy thunderstorm flooded the racecourse,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Spring Floods Japanese Thwarted Attempts in Shansi Shanghai, March 13
Chinese guerillas attacked the Nanking regime corps patrolling the western suburbs, after which Japanese reinforcements…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Three Drowned in Car. When Trapped in Flood. Manildra
Two women and a 2½ -years-old child were drowned late yesterday afternoon when their car, which hand become bogged in a culvert, was…
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