Flood Toll Losses in N.Z. Town Wellington (N.z.)
Hundreds of sheep perished in the floods at Greymouth, but the waters have subsided. The business streets carry in thick…
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Floods & storms, 1936
512 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 21 of 26
Burlesque on Hitler Boat Passenger Raises Storm Sydney
Because an Australian passenger on the Moldavia appeared in a costume that was a burlesque on Hitler at…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Yacht in Gale Sydney Men's Ordeal "Expected to Be Wrecked" Melbourne
Caught in a 60-mile-an-hour gale, three Sydney yachtsmen who reached Lakes Entrance lost night, seven days out from Eden, had a narrow escape from death…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Record Time Miss Batten's Tasman Crossing Flew Low in Storm New Zealand's Rousing Reception Wellington (N.z.)
Ten and a half hours after she left Sydney, Miss Jean Batten, in her Percival Gull, landed on Mangere Aerodrome at 5.10 p.m. (New…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Gale at Newcastle
After a sultry day at Newcastle yesterday, a west-north-westerly gale, which reached a velocity of 35 miles an hour, began blowing about 7 p.m. No damage…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Destroyer in Gale Search Ends for Missing Launch
If the launch Mystery Star had such weather as H.M.A.S. Waterhen ran through last night and to-day in her. search…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Launch Disaster—Feared 12 Drowned Six Bodies Recovered From Hawkesbury—Two Survivors Family Party Doomed Tragic Struggle in Last Night's Storm Heart Rending Scenes Brooklyn
Thrown suddenly into the water when their launch foundered, 12 persons are believed to have been drowned in the Hawkesbury River near Brooklyn last night…
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Two points of rain were registered during a thunderstorm at Newcastle yesterday. Conditions were cloudy and unsettled for some hours prior to the storm,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Storm Is Brewing Reaction to Revelations London
Lord-Nuffield's outspoken comments on his experience with the Air Ministry, promises to cause a big political storm…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Storm Expected on Sunday Warning Sounded by Mr. Mares Sydney
Mr. Mares issued a warning to-day that there is likely to be a repetition on Sunday of the sudden southerly storm which last week-end caused…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Doomed Villages Flooding of Two Valleys Big Derbyshire Scheme
Midway between Sheffield and the Peak 400 men are busily engaged in modifying the face of Derbyshire. Little engines, travelling along little lines, move trucks of…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Storm Over Cup of Coffee
The man who aspires to a managing directorship must cut that morning coffee habit. That is that opinion of Mr. E. W…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Liner Queen Mary Had Bad Time in Channel 12 Were Injured In A Gale LONDON
So severe was a storm in the English Channel to-day that even the great liner Queen Mary suffered, and eight of the passengers and four of the crew were hurt. The ship berthed at Southampton three hours and a half late…
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Thirty persons are known to have lost their liven as the result of the terrific Rales that continue to lash the British…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Liner in Storm 12 on Queen Mary Hurt Vessel Arrives Late (Australian Associated Press.) LONDON, October 26
The Cunard-White Star liner Queen Mary, homeward bound from New York, ran into a storm to-day, and docked at…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Ravages of Gale Death Roll Mounting London
Though the storms that have been sweeping Northern Europe are abating, the death roll is…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Terrific Gale Havoc in Britain at Least 30 DEAD Lightship and Steamer Lost with Crews Shipping at Standstill (British Official Wireless.) LONDON, October 27
Reports from all parts of the country indicate how widespread and serious have been the effects of last night's gale, which had only…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →More Dead Storms in Europe Many Ships Battered London, October 28
Though the storms that have been sweeping Northern Europe are abating, the death roll is growing. Two seamen were lost to-day from trawlers off the West…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Storm in Sydney Only Parts of City Benefit SYDNEY
A remarkable rainstorm was experienced in the metropolitan area today, Heavy downpours were recorded in some parts, but others, only a few hundred yards…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →MAITLAND--KURRI--CESSNOCK West Maitland Flood Mitigation Conservation on Hunter Branch of League Formed
Representatives of the Maitland and Lower Hunter districts were present at the West Maitland Town Hall last night, when it was unanimously decided to form…
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