Mail 'Plane Delayed By Dust Storms BRISBANE
Dust storms at Dagworth Station Proved too much for the northward-bound English air mall 'plane. It left Winton yesterday and was forced to…
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Floods & storms, 1936
512 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 26
In Track of Cyclone Tremendous Noise at Sea Reported Perth
Reporting "a tremendous noise" at sea," the Postmaster at La Orange gave the barometer reading at 9.47 a.m. to-day as 29.33…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Heavy Rainfalls Many Rivers in Flood BRISBANE
Following recent heavy rains, many creeks and rivers in the Far South-west are in flood, and the country has been submerged for miles. Not much rain…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Enormous Damage Serious Floods in France Towns Under Water Peasants Deprived of Their Livelihood (Australian Associated Press.) PARIS, January 7
Widespread floods in the south and south-west of France have done enormous damage. Thirty streets in Nantes are under water, and boats are the only…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Man Disappeared Swimming Flooded Creek BRISBANE
John Ferry, 50, a single man, is believed to have been drowned in a flooded creek near Dottswood Station, Charters Towers…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →French Floods Drums Arouse Residents PARIS, January 8
Recalling stories of the bursting of the dykes in the Netherlands in the Middle Ages, inhabitants of the villages of La Ronde, near La Rochelle, were awakened…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Paroo River in Flood Search for Missing Horseman Charleville
Eulo township reports that the Paroo River is 14ft. deep, with a strong current. It is 400 yards wide at the town, and from half to two miles wide in places…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Floods in Queensland BRISBANE
Rivers ore in flood at Camooweal and Burketown and mails have been delayed…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Severe Storm Damage at Liverpool Roof Off Shop Heavy Rain in the West SYDNEY
Accompanied by one of the heaviest falls of rain experienced in the district for years, a severe storm swept through Liverpool to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Storm
The distant rumbling of thunder heralded the approach of the storm. Hurrying on the wings of a wind from the south, increasing in velocity with each…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Cessnock Sport Washed Out Heavy Storm
A storm broke at Cessnock early this afternoon and spoiled most of the sporting programme. Teams that appeared for cricket…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sixteen Lives Lost in Great Gale Floods Add to Damage in Britain Raging Seas Cause Havoc London
Sixteen lives were lost — seven of them at sea — in a great gale, which swept the British Isles last night. The sole survivor of the crew of six, of the 200 ton boat Bradda, from the Isle of Man, which…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Northern Storms Damage in Gosford District Flow in Hunter River
Storms occurred almost throughout the Northern district yesterday afternoon. At Newcastle 21 points of rain was registered. Serious breakaways occurred at the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Boy Drowned In Storm Water Channel SYDNEY
William Benjamin Eldershaw, 5, of St. Peters, was drowned while swimming in a stormwater channel close to his home late this afternoon. He was with some…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Torrential Rain Eight Inches at Sandy Cape Paroo in Flood: Man Missing Brisbane
Further general rain has fallen in Queensland, more particularly in the south-eastern quarter, on the tropical coast north of Cardwell, and at scattered…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Sunday Will Be Sultry Thunderstorms May Occur Sydney
Mr. Mares predicts that the weather on Sunday will be warm, sultry and unsettled, with further showers and thunderstorms. Though there will be…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cyclone On Coast Forecast Violent Storms in Country Bridge Washed Away at Newbridge Rain Has Been Extensive Sydney
Following violent storms inland, the State Meteorologist (Mr. Mares) forecasts a cyclonic development on the coast. During the week-end two brothers were drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Crops Damaged Storm at Paterson
A severe storm, accompanied by large hailstones, swept the Paterson district on Saturday afternoon. In half an hour 150 points of ram fell. The hail, some as…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Violent Storms. (Continued from, Page 5) Washouts on Lines Railway to Broken Hill Others. Repaired Sydney
The most serious dislocation to railway traffic occurred on the Broken Hill line between Conodle and Ivanhoe, where extensive washaways were…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sixteen Perish Fierce Gale in Britain Extensive Damage Farmers Suffer Heavy Losses (Australian Associated Press.) LONDON, January 11
Sixteen lives were lost—seven of them at sea—in a great gale which swept the British Isles at the week-end. The sole survivor of the crew…
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