Flood Position Improved in Riverina Areas Sydney
The main rain having passed, the danger of floods in the Riverina areas has eased. There is a possibility, however, that the position may become aggravated…
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Floods & storms, 1936
512 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 17 of 26
Flood Danger Over Fine Weather in South SYDNEY
With fine weather the flood danger in the country has passed. According to information received by the Weather Bureau to-day, the Tumut…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Airliner Forced Back Again Storms in Tasmania Melbourne
Bad weather over Tasmania to-day again held up the Holymnn's Airways liner Bungana. The plane took off from Hobart and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Golf Play in Storm Day of Difficulties Scores From District Links
The storm on Saturday afternoon spoiled golf competitions on several of the district links. At Newcastle only six of 56 competitors finished the round, and…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Gales and Rough Seas Expected Sydney
The State Meteorologist (Mr. Mares) to-day issued the following ocean forecast:—Deep and extensive…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Gale Reached 45 Miles an Hour
The moderate gale from the west-north-west which rattled windows in city and suburban homes lost night and early this morning, and caused…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Gale Damage Hospital Partly Unroofed ADELAIDE
Part of the Onkaparinga District Hospital was unroofed by a gale this afternoon. Pieces of iron and timber were blown 150 yards. A patient in one of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Persistent Rain East and Inland Areas Possible Flood Danger Sydney
The State Meteorologist (Mr. P. J. Mares) stated this afternoon that owing to the operations of a very extensive and energetic disturbance over the south-east…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Floods in South Swift Rise in Many Rivers Sydney
A succession of Southern disturbances now passing from west to east over Australia is likely to result in substantial falls…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Heavy Rain at Glen Innes Glen Innes
Glen Innes had the heaviest fall of rain for months last night, the registration being 185 points. District rivers and creeks are in full flood. In some parts…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Danger Passes Flood Waters Falling Motorists in Trouble Car Washed From Bridge Sydney
The flood position at Wagga, Tumut, and Gundagai has been relieved. The flood waters dropped this afternoon by 18 inches at Gundagai and eight inches at…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Camp Area Flooded Peel River Up at Tamworth TAMWORTH
Much of the low-lying country in the Tamworth district is under water to-day following heavy rains yesterday at the head of the Peel River. At Tamworth, the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Flood at Tamworth River-flat Shacks Washed Out Tamworth
Twenty ore Homeless at Tamworth pending the reconstruction of their shacks on the banks of the Peel River which were completely inundated…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Floods in Kurdistan Teheran (Persia), August 5
Floods have destroyed 500 houses and bazaars at Mehabad, Kurdistan. Many persons have been drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Drowned in Flooded Creek Moree
Driving his horse and sulky into a Hooded creek near Gravesend, in the Warialda district, yesterday, Stanley James MacLeod wag drowned in sight of a man…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Dust, Grasshoppers and Flood in America :: Schools' Athletes
Huge black wave of dust about to envelop a small village settlement in Texas, U.S.A. The dust was heavily laden with rich top soil swept up from drought stricken farm lands, which are declared to have been entirely ruined for cultivation purposes, and many families have had to be removed to other areas. This photograph was taken on July 9…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Flood-waters Cover Bridge At Forbes
DURING THE RECENT FLOODS, the waters covered the low-lying lucerne flats in the Forbes district. Half an hour after this photograph was taken, the decking of this suspension bridge, four miles from the town, was covered by water…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Sun Stop Press Barwon in Flood
Mungindi, Thursday.—The Barwon River is in high flood and the waters are rapidly rising. The waters have overflowed the newly constructed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ships Delayed Gale Damage at Melbourne Seaman Seriously Hurt Melbourne
A gale which reached nearly 50 miles an hour struck Melbourne yesterday, and caused delays to shipping. Considerable damage was caused to many buildings…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Electrical Storm in Sydney Lightning Upsets Service in Church Sydney
A flash of lightning while Rev. H. Weir was conducting service at the Rose-by Memorial Church, Marrickville, last night extinguished the light outside the…
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