Floods in Victoria Melbourne
Floods are reported in Northern Victoria, following a heavy rainfall. Lowlying parts of Rochester are under water and the main road to Echuca is…
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Floods & storms, 1931
579 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 14 of 29
Country Flood Menace- Pilot Missing in Victoria
FLOOD menace still theatres country areas.—The Lachlen River in…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Three Dead Flood Havoc in South Families Rescued Roads and Bridges Inundated SYDNEY
Three deaths are already attributable directly or indirectly to the southern floods, the victims being Andrew Peck, 43, manager of Gamanoon Station, Dubbo, drowned while crossing the Macquarie River James Roddy, an old aged…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Flood Problems Louth Park-dagworth Area
A meeting of West Maitland ratepayers directly interested in the Louth Park-Dagworth area, was held yesterday morning at Yarrabong Bridge, on the Louth…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Two Men Dead Floods in South-west Townships Isolated Sydney
Two deaths have occurred as a result of the floods in the western and southwestern districts of New South Wales. Andrew Peck, 43, Manager at Ganarrin…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Towns in Southern N.S.W. Menaced by Floods Rivers Still Rising Embankments Built to Protect Towns Position Serious Sydney
The flooded Murrumbidgee, Lachlan and Murray Rivers are still threatening a number of towns. It is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wilkins's Submarine Is Disabled in Peril in Gale in Atlantic Warships Stand by Washington
Sir Hubert Wilkins's submarine, Nautilus, has become disabled in the Atlantic, 1,000 miles west of France,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →300 Drowned When French Excursion Steamer Capsized in Gale Fierce Riot of Strikers in Roubaix Motor-cars Destroyed in Street Cavalry Charge Roubaix
Saturday's rioting broke out anew, when 300 Communists, whom the police had prevented from…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wrecked in Storm in Bay of Biscay 300 Lives Reported to Be Lost Passengers Crowded on One Side It Overturned Paris
A terrible disaster overtook a French excursion steamer, the St. Philbert, a small vessel…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Flood Danger Over Southern Rivers Falling SYDNEY
Reassuring reports have been received from Wagga, Gundagai, Tumut, and other towns in the South and West of New South Wales, where rivers have been at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Country Flood Menace Continues
At the mercy of the swirling waters.—A flooded farm near Tumut…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Over Batiks The Murray River at Wodonga Flood Danger Returns MELBOURNE
Farther heavy rain over the whole State has caused another rise in the rivers, which, on Saturday, showed signs of receding…
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The disastrous flood, which swept the Maitland district for the appearance in West Maitland Bankruptcy Court to-…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Flood Mitigation Conference Is to Be Called District Councils Meet on July 3 Many Replies
A conference of all local governing bodies in the Newcastle, Cessnock and Maitland area, will be held at the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →12 Persons Dead Storm in Other Countries PARIS, June 15
The same storm upset a boat on Lake Aix les Bains, drowning five persons. A motor car was blown into the canal at Dunkirk, and two were drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Why Lysaght Resigned From Cabinet Extraordinary Quarrel with Colleagues Storm in Caucus Sydney
An extraordinary quarrel with his colleagues at yesterday's Cabinet meeting led to…
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The Newcastle City Council recently communicated with the municipal and shire councils, with a view of their assembling in conference and discussing the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"Flood Damage Problem Must Be Faced" Flood Board Proposed for Hunter River Mitigation Schemes Suggested Drafting a Bill
A Bill to provide for the establishment of a Board or Trust to deal with the prob-lem of flood mitigation in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Moderate Gale Gwydir Four Hours Late Flood Fears Allayed Sydney
A moderate gale was operating off Sydney, the wind at South Head averaging 40 miles an hour from the south-west. The signal-master reported that the sea was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Flood Ravages Mitigation Board Plan Bill Being Drafted
The Deputy Director of Public Works (Mr. R. Vowell), who visited Newcastle yesterday, confirmed the announcement, made some months ago, that a bill to…
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