More Floods Are Expected Murray Rises Two Feet in Eight Hours at Jingellic Heavy Rains Above Tallangatta Cause Anxiety
Border Morning Mail · Friday 2 August 1946 · page 2
Murray river heights at Albury remained stationary yesterday, but at Jingellic a rise of two feet in eight hours was recorded, bringing the river last night to 13ft. 9in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gun Battles in American County Elections Mob Storms Gaol Three Known Dead; Many Wounded. New York
Border Morning Mail · Saturday 3 August 1946 · page 1
A correspondent of American Associated Press, in a despatch from Madisonville, Tennessee, says that election day violence flamed in the Monroe and McMinn counties where by-partisan ex-servicemen’s…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Drought, Snow and Flood
The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 6 August 1946 · page 3
Snow still covers a wide area of the Alps and in the north- eastern section of the state there is a disastrous drought. Even on the north…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Freak Storms in N.Z. Wellington (N.z.)
Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 7 August 1946 · page 3
Freak storms hit New Zealand yesterday when two widely separated points experienced different meteorological disturbances…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fierce Gale Lashes Melbourne MELBOURNE
Border Morning Mail · Monday 12 August 1946 · page 4
A 60 miles per hour gale which lashed Melbourne tonight interrupted telephonic and telegraphic communication with Tasmania; tore down overhead…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Storm Likely Over Reds R.S.L. To Debate Motion SYDNEY
Border Morning Mail · Monday 12 August 1946 · page 2
A storm within the RSL, over Communism is expected at the annual Slate Congress, which opens on August 21…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Serious Floods in Egypt London
Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 13 August 1946 · page 5
This year’s Nile flood may be the worst for decades, says the Alexandria correspondent of “The Times.” The Minister for Public Works has…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Immediate Flood Danger Removed Rivers Falling Slowly
The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 13 August 1946 · page 1
Despite general rains the immediate danger of floods has passed. Overnight the Edward River at Deniliquin fell an inch. The official gauge…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Violent Storm in Nz Wellington (Nz)
Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 14 August 1946 · page 1
A violent storm which struck O[?]ipa today. unroofed buildings, uprooted trees and wrenched wiring from telephone posts…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Nile Flood Danger Cairo
Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 14 August 1946 · page 2
The Egyptian Premier has cancelled all army leave and ordered officials to return to their posts to meet the danger of the record flooding of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Melting Snow Thr Eatens Big Floods River Flat Farmers Apprehensive
Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 14 August 1946 · page 1
Tremendous burden of snow on the Southern Alps threatens great flooding of the Murray, and has the apprehensive attention of farmers on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Arrangements In Case of Flood Aeroplane Available
The Independent · Thursday 15 August 1946 · page 4
In case of serious floods being experienced in areas surrounding Deniliquin, arrangements have been made for an aeroplane to be made available to keep the residents affected supplied with mail, food and any special service. This information was supplied the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Floods Attract Sightseers
The Independent · Thursday 15 August 1946 · page 3
The Huge volume of water pouring over the spillway at Hume Weir attracted a record crowd of sightseers and over a thousand people went to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Nile Floods May Cause Disaster London
Border Morning Mail · Saturday 17 August 1946 · page 1
Warnings that the Nile is approaching record levels have been sent to Egyptians who are crowding into mosques and praying to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Threat of Flooding in Southern Rivers SYDNEY
The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 20 August 1946 · page 3
The threat of flooding in the Murray, Murrumbidgee and Snowy Rivers due to thawing snow, has been averted temporarily, by freezing weather…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Flood of 1917 Will It Be Repeated This Year?
The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 20 August 1946 · page 1
Nearly 30 years ago Corowa experienced the biggest flood since 1870, and the extent to which the river flats were submerged…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Further Floods in Murray Forecast Sydney
Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 20 August 1946 · page 6
Further floodings on upper reaches of the Murray. Murrumbidgee. Tumut and Snowy rivers are expected at the weekend when rising temperatures…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →News Digest for Children News of the World Floods in Egypt
The Independent · Thursday 22 August 1946 · page 3
Reuter's correspondent in Cairo has reported that the Nile River is approaching record levels. Egyptians are rushing their mosques and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Big Flood in Murray Likely Snow Thaw Expected Soon Sydney
Border Morning Mail · Thursday 22 August 1946 · page 4
Snowdrifts up to 80 feet in depth in the Southern Alps arc expected to cause severe floods when the thaw sets in. the acting…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Record Floods Along Nile LONDON
Border Morning Mail · Monday 26 August 1946 · page 5
The River Nile continues to rise and record floods been recorded, says Reuter’s correspondent at Cairo. Twelve hundred houses have been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →