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New England · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1946

164 stories in New England's papers · page 5 of 9

20 Inches of Rain! Flood Fears at Gosford SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Thursday 18 April 1946 · page 2

Flood dangers in the [?] district are increasing as heavy rain continues. A falls of 20 inches has been re…

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Newcastle Facing Isolation by Floods SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Thursday 18 April 1946 · page 6

Rain is still falling in the Neweastle-Lake Macquarie area. To-day boats were commamdeered to rescue residents living at…

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Flood Rains Gosford in Danger Twenty Inches Fallen SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Thursday 18 April 1946 · page 1

Flood dangers in the Gosford district are increasing as heavy rain continues to fall. Twenty inches have been recorded…

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Rain and Races Courses Flood-bound Latest Club Gossip SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Thursday 18 April 1946 · page 1

It is still raining heavily at Randwick and unless it stops this afternoon the track will be heavy. The course is well drained and if…

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Violent Storm Hits City and Suburbs Trains, Trains and Buses Delayed

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 23 April 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday.--A violent electrical storm broke over the city and suburbs early to-day, reaching its peak shortly before 7.30 a.m. with a 55 miles per hour gale and soaking rain…

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Floods in Spain Many Deaths Feared MAIXRID

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 24 April 1946 · page 1

Flood waters from the Seguara River inundated the cities of Alquerias and Santa Cruz, where eighty per cent, of the houses collapsed…

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Spanish Flood Many Dead MADRID

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 24 April 1946 · page 1

Flood waters from the Seguara River inundated the cities of Alqieras and Santa Cruz where 80 per cent, of the houses collapsed…

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Sydney Housewives Storm Butchers In Efforts to Gain Week-End Meat SYDNEY, Friday

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 26 April 1946 · page 1

Butchers' shops were stormed by housewives to-day in an effort to obtain week-end supplies. Many shops sold out an hour after…

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Flood-free Road Urged

The Inverell Times · Monday 29 April 1946 · page 3

The -unfortunate experiences of motorists who were held up at Easter toy floods at Wallarah Creek on Pacific Highway south of Newcastle, would…

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Drowned in Storm Water Channel

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 4 May 1946 · page 2

Men searching for a missing nine years old boy found his body in a storm-water channel in Mayfield. The boy was…

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Storm Brewing at Uralla Shires Amalgmation Move to Be Resisted by Municipal Special Meeting of Aldermen Racks Mayor

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 6 May 1946 · page 12

Uralla Municipal Council is up in arms against a reported move by the Gostwyck Shire (which has itsheadquartetrs inUralla), to bring about the absorptkm of the town by the shire…

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Storm Brewing in Commons Secret Talks With United States Cession of Pacific Islands LONDON

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 13 May 1946 · page 2

Secret talks which have been proceeding for some weeks between Britain and American on the United States'…

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Roman Women Storm Bakers’ Shops ROME

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 15 May 1946 · page 1

A mob fo 500 women stormed the local bakery in the town of Ascoli and carried off over 300 lbs. of bread before the police intervened…

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Women Storm Bakery Bread Riot in Italy BOME

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 15 May 1946 · page 8

A mob of 500 women stormed a local bakery in the town of Ascoli and carried off over 300lb. of bread before police intervened…

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Severn Shire Council Many Requests by Ratepayers Repair of Flood Damage Ties Up Plant and Staff

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 16 May 1946 · page 3

In the course of consideration of a number of requests by ratepayers for attention to roads, it was explained at Tuesday's meeting of the Severn Shire Council that practically the whole Of Council's plant and staff had been engaged for some time in…

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British Housewives Up in Arms "Have Reached Limit of Endurance" Food Storm Brewing in Commons LONDON

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 22 May 1946 · page 2

"House wives have reached the limit of their endurance. They are not satisfied that the food is being handled…

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Pitched Battle in Hamburg Crowd Storms Coal Train HAMBURG

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 5 June 1946 · page 1

A pitched battle between police and 800 Germans occurred in Haanburg on Monday night. The clash" started when a number of Germans stormed a…

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Seven Shire Council Councillors Discuss Ratepayers' Requests Catching Up On Time Taken to Repair Flood Damage

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 13 June 1946 · page 3

The Shire Engineer assured councillors at a meeting of the Severn Shire Council on Tuesday that with the aid of the No. 12 caterpillar tractor, now on order, there would be no difficulty in removing the corrugations from Shire roads…

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Great Storm Sydney Harbor Suffers SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Friday 21 June 1946 · page 1

Huge waves are still pounding the New South Wales coast folowing yesterday's storm which caused thousands of pounds damage…

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Amazing Escape From Injury When Brick Parapet Crashes Was Weakened by Storm SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 21 June 1946 · page 1

When a 50ft, brick parapet crashed from a felock of flats m Dunbar-st., Watson's Bay, to-day, four sailors, an…

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