Californian Flood Damage
A message from San Francisco says that the floods in Northern California are now subsiding. Five persons are known to have lost their…
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Floods & storms, 1940
271 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 6 of 14
Floods Cause Death of Two Men
Floods which cover thousands of square miles of Queensland have caused the death of two men. Thomas Howell, 44, of Home Hill,…
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The Assistant State Meteorologist Mr Newman, said to-day that light rain was registered last night at stations from Sydney to the southern…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cyclone Gathers Force BRISBANE
The cyclone located north-west of Willie Island two days ago, gathered energy yesterday afternoon as it swept towards the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Inches of Rain Cyclone Raging In Queensland BRISBANE
Rivers and creeks have been flooded and rall and road services disorganlsed by a cyclone which is raging in northern Queensland…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Women Doctors Lost in Wilds Sheltered From Storm in Forest Shack
After trappers and radio-equipped seaplanes had conducted a three-day search of hundreds of square miles of dense forest country north-west…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rough Sea Trip Portholes Broken and Cabins Flooded. Sydney
A British freighter which has just arrived in Sydney experienced terrific weather between Vancouver and Honolulu, during which tremendous…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Great Flood of 1893 Singleton Under Water for 48 Hours
Saturday was the 47th anniversary of the great Hunter flood of 1893. At 6 p.m. on Wednesday,…
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Although rain in the Tully and Ingham areas ceased on Friday, over the week-end large areas were still covered with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Something Like Rain. Anniversary of '93 Flood
Friday last. marked the 17th anniversary of the great flood on 8th March, 1893. During the month 984 points of rain fell. The river…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Flood Boats
The continued drought is having some Many of the local residents are agitating about their flood boats. At the Shire Council meeting on Friday last, Cr…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →OVER 12 Inches in 24 HOURS. Deluge at Coff's Harbour. Little Hope Tor Parched Areas. Sydney
For the 24 hours ended 9 o'clock this morning only 12 points of rain were registered in the Metropolitan area. Rain which fell in the north-east…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Some Storms Yesterday’s Rain Clear To-day
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Continued on Trove, page 7 →Heavy Storm Best Rain for Five Months at Dubbo DUBBO
A heavy storm swept over Dubbo about 6 o’clock last evening, accompanied by dust and heavy rain. The dust was so dense that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dairy Farmer Caught By Flood Warwick (Q.)
The body of Charles Herbert Aspinall, 49, a Maryvale district farmer, has been found where it was swept by the flood in North Branch Creek…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Magnetic Storm London, March 24
A magnetic storm to-day affected many parts of Britain. Continuous cracklings put out of action telegraphic and telephonic services, and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Huge Magnetic Storm Radio Badly Interfered With
The worst magnetic storm in modern history, which was due to sunspots, cut off the United States from communication with the rest of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →“Worst for 33 YEARS” Sunday’s Magnetic Storm (“Mercury” Service) LONDON, March 26
It is revealed that the [?] storm which occurred on Sunday completely cat off Britain from America Scandinavia. It. also interrupted…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Floods in Russia (“Mercury” Service) MOSCOW, March 31
Rivers have overthrown their banks throughout Ru[?] especially in the Ukraine. Four thousand houses are…
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