Floods in Q'land Homes Vacated at Longreach Services Disorganised Brisbane
Residents of Longreach, where there was a record fall of 970 points of rain in 24 hours, have taken to higher ground with their belongings…
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Floods & storms, 1936
512 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 9 of 26
Swollen Rivers Heavy Queensland Rain BRISBANE
At Dartmouth, in the North, 15 inches of rain fell in 24 hours. The Thomson River is at its highest level for 18 years, and numbers of people have been forced…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Floods in U.S.A. At Least 28 Drowned OVER £10,000,000 Damage New York, March 14
At least 28 people have perished in floods which swept over the north-eastern States during the past 24 hours, as a result of the combination of melting ice…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →CLOUDBURST Floods on South Coast Rail Services Disorganised Sydney
Road and rail services were disorganised, following a cloudburst on the South Coast late last night. As a result of a washaway, traffic…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Held Up by Floods Tourists on South Coast Fishing Is Good Sydney
Still flood-bound on the South Coast in the vicinity of Nowra, a number of tourists are wondering when they will be…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Flood of "Ghosts" Now Get Good Publicity British Market. London, February 22
England has become "ghost conscious" again, A sudden flood of ghost stories, ranging, from higher metaphysical…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bruce at Helm Can He Ride the Storm? His Vital Job London
On Mr. S. M. Bruce, as President of the Council of the League of Nations, more than on anyone else, has fallen…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Centres Isolated Floods in Queensland BRISBANE
Owing to the floods, portion of Queensland has had its mail services isolated. Communication has been severed in districts west of Barcaldine and north of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Floods Subsiding South Coast Highway Bridge Washed Away Road Impassable at Brogo SYDNEY
Although the flood waters are generally subsiding on the South Coast, the main South Coast highway is impassable at Brogo, where…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Damaged Cyclone Eventful Voyage of Koki Maru Ran Into Cyclone
With the bridge deck badly damaged as the result of a cyclone, which also swept some of the cargo of timber overboard, the Japanese steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Flooded Rivers Queensland Mails Held Up Hospital Menaced Brisbane
Flood conditions still prevail in parts of the interior of Queensland. Blackall, in the Central-west, has had six inches of rain in five days. The Barcoo River…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Football Under Floodlights Sydney Games To-night Sydney
Competitive football under floodlights will be reintroduced to Sydney to-night at the Sports Ground by the Rugby League, when Eastern Suburbs…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Floods Receding Queensland Waterways Rain Ceases in Interior Brisbane
The rain has now ceased in most parts of the interior, and with the exception of one or two centres the floodwaters are receding. Thargomindah, in the south,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Lives Lost United States Floods City Inundated New York, March 18
At least six persons perished in sudden floods that followed heavy downpours of rain and swept across sections of Pennsylvania Maryland, and West Virginia…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →£20,000,000 Floods Fifty Lives Lost in U.S.A. City Streets Swept New York
Fifty persons have lost their lives, and damage estimated at £20,000,000 has been done in floods in the Eastern States…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Relics Near Honduras Found Pre-flood Civilisation Explorer's Work
Mr. Mitchell-Hedges, the famous explorer, whose discoveries of a pre-Flood civilisation on an archipelago off Honduras. Central America, are being…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Shoes and Ships to Say Nothing of Sealing Wax Tariff "Deluge" Canberra
"Methyl salicylate? Yes madam, we have a very nice line here. We're selling a lot of it just now. Anything in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Floods Recede Queensland Position Eases Heavy Property Damage Brisbane
With the cessation of rain in inland areas the flood position has eased considerably. The Barcoo River at Blackall is still running very high, but has…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Enormous Damage Many Dead in American Floods Martial Law Proclaimed National Guard Mobilised to Prevent Looting (Australian Associated Press.) New York, March 19
The most devastating floods experienced for generations are pouring down through Eastern United States. They have already caused widespread death and destruction of property. With its centre at Pittsburgh, the disaster extends from Maine…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Death Roll of 1000? Quarter of U.S.A. Flood-stricken Washington's Peril New York
One quarter of the area of the United Stated was under flood water to-day. At present 169 fatalities are known…
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