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New England · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1936

225 stories in New England's papers · page 4 of 12

Great Italian Victory: Devastating Queensland Floods Queensland Floods Youth Drowned Sugar Crop Ruined BRISBANE

The Inverell Times · Monday 17 February 1936 · page 1

As a result of heavy rains in North Queensland the sugar season has been practically mined. Geoffrey Murray, 15, lost his life…

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New Zealand Storm Cattle Struck : Man Blinded SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 18 February 1936 · page 1

During a severe electrical storm which passed over Canterbury Plains, New Zealand, two valuable cows and a horse standing to jot her in a field…

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Town Hall Floodlights Decided Improvement

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 20 February 1936 · page 5

Even the most captious critic will concede that the new method of illuminating the facade of the Town Hall is a vast improvement upon the…

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Storm at Lismore Two Inches of Rain : Streets Flooded LISMORE

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 22 February 1936 · page 1

A terrific storm struck Lismore last night, and two inches of rain fell in 25 minutes. Many streets were flooded…

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61 POINTS From Storm Showers Further Rain Still Needed

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 22 February 1936 · page 4

Storm showers on Thursday afternoon and night registered 57 points at the local post office and a further four points fell yesterday…

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Great Rain Central Australia Alice Springs Flooded SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Friday 28 February 1936 · page 1

A message from Alice Springs reports further heavy rains. All low-lying houses were flooded. One family spent many hours on a…

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Warm and Sultry Showers and Thunderstorms Disturbed Week-end Predicted

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 28 February 1936 · page 4

Yesterday was warm and sultry with a maximum temperature of 83. The degree of humidity was unusually high, however, and this…

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Disastrous Storm Mossvale Suffers SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 29 February 1936 · page 1

A storm in the Mossvale district to-day uprooted telegraph poles and caused a stoppage in tele graphic communication between…

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General Rain Flood Damage Likely SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Monday 2 March 1936 · page 1

Rain was recorded yesterday over a wide area of the State. At Gosford and Tumut where there have been heavy falls the rivers are…

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Widespread Rains Hunter Valley Floods Precipitation Extends to Middle West

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 2 March 1936 · page 4

Useful to heavy rains were recorded yesterday in many parts of the State. At Tumut and Gosford, where the downpour was…

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Storm Clouds Grave at Geneva PARIS

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 7 March 1936 · page 1

Interviewed by "Excelsior," Signor Mussolini declared Chat the storm clouds over Geneva were very grave…

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Deluged the Metropolis Many Areas Flooded Women Rescued with Difficulty Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 7 March 1936 · page 1

One of the heaviest downpours for years deluged the metropolitan area to-day…

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Thunderstorms Likely South Australian Depression Approaches Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 9 March 1936 · page 4

Mr. Mares said to-day that the depression which was advancing from South Australia should reach the western areas of New South Wales…

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Traffic Interrupted Floods in New Zealand Wellington. (N.z.)

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 10 March 1936 · page 1

Further floods occurred in many parts of the Dominion as a result of torrential rains. Road and rail traffic was…

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PUDDLEDOCK Severe Electrical Storm

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 11 March 1936 · page 3

Several residents are congratulating themselves on a narrow escape during a severe electrical storm which passed over the school. Mrs. Say, her…

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Queensland Floods Station Hand Drowned BRISBANE

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 14 March 1936 · page 1

Leslie Milford, a station hand, was drowned in the flooded Cooper's Creek in the Charleville district…

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Showery and Dull Unfavourable Show Weather Floodings Predicted

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 18 March 1936 · page 4

For the first time for several years Armidale's show weather was unfavourable, and instead of the warm, sunny days usually…

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DEVASTATION U.S.A. FLOODS Hundred Million Dollars Damage Thirty Thousand Persons Homeless New York

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 19 March 1936 · page 1

The most devastating floods in generations, as the result of the thawing of vast snow accumulations…

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Disastrous Floods Enormous Damage Snowstorms and Duststorms Meet New York

The Inverell Times · Friday 20 March 1936 · page 1

One quarter of the area of U.S.A. was under flood water today. It is a disaster ranking with the major calamities from…

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Appalling Floods in U.S.A. Quarter Of Country Under Water Major Disaster New York

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 20 March 1936 · page 1

One quarter of the area of the United States was under flood waters to-day. It is a disaster, ranking with…

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