British Winter Rain and Gales Storms at Sea (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON
Meadows, fields, and valleys in the past few days have been transformed into sheets of water. Ten million tons of rain fell in London…
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Floods & storms, 1926
435 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 22
A Terrific Storm
On arrival at this port on Wednesday from the Bluff (N.Z.), Captain Snow, master of the Ellerman Bucknall steamer Sutton Hall, reported that on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rising Floods Europe's Grim New Year Homes Submerged London
A Berlin message says that the floods are extending. The Rhine is 26 feet above its normal level, and large areas of Mulhelm…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wild New Year Hurricanes and Floods Europe Ravaged London
Hurricane winds blowing at 85 miles an hour have swept Britain, causing enormous damage throughout the country…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Floods Threatened Heavy Queensland Rain SYDNEY
Widespread rains have fallen in Queensland. In the western districts an average or six inches fell within 48 hours…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Storm at Pago Pago
A message from Pago Pago reports that American Samoa was struck on Friday by the most severe storm for more than twenty years…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Floods in Europe Great Damage Done Rivers Still Rising (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON
There are widespread floods in England. The Thames has overflowed its banks in several places, and is still rising. Many bungalows at Sunbury and Chertsey are…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Floods in Queensland Brisbane
Rainfall of a torrential nature was experienced over parts of Southern Queensland on Saturday. Chinchella received nearly eight inches…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Geyser in Street Fifty-Feet Waterspout Blocks Traffic Workman Stunned Broken Main Causes Flood in a Busy London Road
A waterspout in the heart of London held up traffic for an hour, besides breaking all the windows in the neighborhood, stunning a workman, and ruining the contents of shops. It was caused by the bursting of a watermain, and it was an hour…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →1000 People Drowned Awful Flood Disaster in Roumania Factories Swept Away Many Towns Under Water, in West of England
A thousand people were drowned in Roumania by sudden, floods sweeping away factories and bridges. Loss of life and privation are reported from Great Britain, France, Holland and Belgium, as the result of widespread floods…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Three Deaths Queensland Floods More Bain Likely Brisbane
Reports of torrential rainfalls in various parts of Southern and South-western Queensland continue to be received…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Second Deluge
It certainly sounds like one at this writing. Quite extraordinary rains had fallen when the last mail left London, first here, then there, and it looks as…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Trucks Off Line Queensland Railway Smash Heavy Rain Blamed Brisbane
A northern goods train bound from Brisbane to Townsville, heavily loaded, met with a serious accident shortly before 1 a.m. to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Gale in Samoa Suva
Apia, reports that the gale at Samoa on January 1 did damage to the plantations. Bread fruit trees are down in hundreds…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Who Will Clean It? Broadmeadow Storm Channel
The Public Works Department has written to the Hunter Water and Sowerage Board, bringing under notice a letter from the Hamilton North…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Flooded Europe Great Damage Done Fears of Continuance (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON
After a rise of nine inches on Sunday night, the Thames was still rising yesterday, and was 3½ inches higher. Hundreds of acres of farm lands are…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Son Stop-press Cyclone Coming
Mr. Mares says that the disturbance developing over the south coast in assuming a cyclonic character, and should cause rain over…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Melbourne Deluge Yarra's Rapid Rise Streets Under Water Melbourne
Melbourne suffered a deluge during the night in some localities over two inches of rain fell, between [?] a.m. and 8 a.m. Streets were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Plot Suspected Flood of Forgeries Hungarian anxiety LONDON
HUNGARY is still excited over the flooding of the country with forged, notes. The general opinion in Government…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flood Ravages Great Damage Throughout Europe Inland Oceans Miles of Water Cover Holland's Low-lying Lands
Wide areas of Holland, Belgium, and Northern Germany are under water, and the business and Industry of whole cities is at a standstill. The position in Central Europe is improving, but the floods in the lowlying countries are the worst that have been experienced in modern…
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