Threat to Hong Kong Japanese to Enforce Blockade Tientsin Talks Cease Floods Engulfing British and French Concessions LONDON, August 20
Border Morning Mail · Monday 21 August 1939 · page 1
The Japanese spokesman at Canton declared that Hong Kong would be blockaded on both land and sea. The blockade would be designed to completely cut off Chinese trade and arms supplies to Marshal Chiang…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tientsin Floods. Floods Cut off Light. British Appeal to London. LONDON
The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 22 August 1939 · page 2
The Tientsin floods have cut off the electricity and plunged the city into darkness, states an American Associated Press correspondent. The floods…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Floods in Tientsin City in Darkness Appeal for Aid From Air London -- Aug. 20
The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 22 August 1939 · page 3
The Tientsin floods have cut off electricity and plunged the city into darkness states the American Associated Press correspondent…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Avenel Races Abandoned Course Partly Flooded Melbourne
Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 22 August 1939 · page 7
Torrential rain fell at Avenel today during a cloudburst and portion of the racecourse was flooded. After an inspection, the committee decided…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Rivers Rise in North-east Flood Dangers Increasing Heavy Week-end Rains Murray Over Its Banks Near Albury
Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 22 August 1939 · page 3
Heavy week-end rains have gravely increased the possibility of floods in the North-East. Yesterday the Murray and Kiewa, rivers, registering substantial overnight rises, were breasting their banks. A rise a expected in the Mitta to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Rivers Rising; Danger Of Flood
The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 22 August 1939 · page 4
Danger of a flood in the Murray and Edward Rivers, as well as the creeks’ system, has increased a good deal with the continued wet weather…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →JINDERA More Heavy Rain
Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 23 August 1939 · page 4
Heavy rain again fell on Sunday afternoon and during the night, totalling 72 points. On 14 rainy days this month ending 9 a.m. on Monday, 565…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Seven Killed by Ligkining. Disaster in London Storm Mostly Women an Children London, August 21
Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 23 August 1939 · page 1
Seven persons were killed and 18 were injured as a result of lightning striking a shed in a park at Rfot, in which over SO people,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →North-east Floods to Reach Peak To-day Hume Highway May Be Impassable Murray Up to 14-Ft. 6-In. at Albury Dairy Farmers Forced to Leave Wodonga Flats
Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 23 August 1939 · page 2
The floods in the North-East are expected to reach their peak at Wangaratta early this morning. The Ovens yesterday rose to 17ft. 10in., and water crossed the Hume Highway in several places. It is anticipated…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Victoria's Weather: Ram, Squalls, Floods MELBOURNE
Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 23 August 1939 · page 2
With an exceptionally vigorous depression slowly moving eastward over Victoria and Tasmania, the last 48 hours have been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →12-Mile Greek Flooding. Premier to Be Invited to Inspect
The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 23 August 1939 · page 3
At the last meeting of the Coreen Shire Council, Cr. J. H. Willis moved that the Premier (Mr A. Mair) and the Minister for Lands be invited to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Flooded Creeks
Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 24 August 1939 · page 2
All district creeks are running at exceedingly high levels and! have been responsible for the flooding of large areas of country and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Thousands Drowned Big Floods in China an Outbreak of Epidemics Many Chinese Are Missing LONDON, August 22
Border Morning Mail · Thursday 24 August 1939 · page 6
Facing fresh perils of floods, starvation and epidemics, the British and French authorities in the Tientsin Concessions are fighting a grim battle against the rising waters…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Victorian Floods. Serious at Seymour. MELBOURNE
The Riverine Grazier · Friday 25 August 1939 · page 2
The Victorian flood position is the worst for four years. Seymour is seriously inundated, and is facing the most severe flood for 23 years. Every…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Culcairn Shire Council Widespread Flood Damage Government Relief Sought
The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 25 August 1939 · page 6
Those present at the Culcairn Shire Council meeting, held on Monday last, were as follow: Crs. J. H. Balfour, W. Odewahn, C. A. Lee, A. Ross, E…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Peak of Flood District Streams Receding District Streams Receding
Border Morning Mail · Friday 25 August 1939 · page 10
The Murray at Albury should reach the peak of its flood to-day or to-morrow. The level at Union Bridge late yesterday was 15 feet 9…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Floodwaters From Murray' Sweep Over Low-lying Land
Border Morning Mail · Friday 25 August 1939 · page 10
A comprehensive view from Monument Hill of the overflow from the Murray river as it has spread over the Albury and (in the distance) Wodonga. flats.. The photograph was obtained on Tuesday when the Murray, at Albury…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Victorian Flood Danger Seymour Under Water Melbourne
Border Morning Mail · Saturday 26 August 1939 · page 9
Although all rivers in Victoria are now draining back to their normal courses, fears of serious floods were renewed yesterday when the Weather…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Murray Nears 20 FEET Another Rise Yesterday Flood Position Improving
Border Morning Mail · Saturday 26 August 1939 · page 9
Little change was recorded in the flood portion along the Murray yesterday. but reports of threatening rain in the Upper Murray indicated…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Floodwaters on Wodonga Flats
Border Morning Mail · Saturday 26 August 1939 · page 9
Wodonga flats are almost entirely under water to-day following the big rise in the Murray river, which now is slowly decreasing. Dairy farmers have been particularly harassed by the waters which ahve compelled them to move their valuable stock. Above: Portion of Mr. E. V. Moulder’s dairy herdbeing moved to higher land. Almost the whole of Mr…
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