Worst on Record Sweden Swept by Floods STOCKHOLM, June 9
The worst floods in Sweden's history have been caused by the rising of the Ume and Vindel Rivers They have submerged whole villages in the Vasterbotten…
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Floods & storms, 1938
488 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 13 of 25
Heavy Rain Delays Japanese Advance Transport Bogged Retreating Chinese Mine Chengchow (Australian Associated Press.) LONDON, June 12
Torrential rains have slowed up the Japanese advance, and mechanical transport is bogged on three sides of Chengchow. All…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Three Liners Fight Violent Gale Seas Sweep Decks Sydney
After fighting a gale of almost hurricane force with high head seas sweeping their decks, three liners with more than 1000 passengers aboard are…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Master Flooded Hold to Save His Ship Nearly Wrecked Off New Zealand AUCKLAND
Captain David Williams, master of the British freighter Liancllen, brought his ship into Auckland to bunker after narrowly escaping being…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Roof Collapses Worshippers' Narrow Escape Storm Hits Church Perth
In a severe storm the roof of the Methodist Church at Southern Cross, near Kalgoorlie, collapsed. The pews prevented the roof from…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →In Storm Three Liners Delayed Rough Tasman Crossing Sydney
Rough weather on the Tasman Sea at the week-end made the liners Mariposa, Awatea and Wanganelia many hours late at Sydney to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Flood of Imports
The official gazette of the Sydney Stock Exchange has added to the warnings from financial circles regarding the present rate at which imports are pouring into…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →French Aid Arms and Airmen for China Report Denied Floods Delay Japanese Advance (Australian Associated Press.) LONDON, June 14
Although it is denied by France, the Tokio newspaper, "Kokumin Shimbun" declares that a Franco-Chinese arms agreement is in…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Appalling Death Roll by Floods in China Japanese Estimate That 150,000 Have Perished LONDON
Owing to further breaches in the dikes of the Yellow River, floods are pouring out upon the plains of Honan, says the Shanghai correspondent of "The Times."…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Major Disaster Feared in China Floods Becoming Daily More Serious Three Provinces Threatened May Imperil Whole Japanese Army in the North (Australian Associated Press.) LONDON, June 15
The position in China is becoming daily more serious owing to further breaches of the dykes on the Yellow River. The floods are pouring over the Honan plains. If the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Five-day Test Matches? Yellow Flood Sweeps on 900 Square Miles in China London
The floods in China still sweep on, according to reports from Hankow, and 900 square miles have been inundated…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gale Wrecks Royal Show
After the Gale: Workmen removing debris after a 100-mile-an-hour gale had wrecked scores of marquees and tradesmen's stands at the Royal Counties Show, England…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Floods Sweeping China Efforts to Repair Dykes Villages Submerged Japanese Blame Guerrilla Forces (Australian Associated Press.) LONDON, June 16
Japanese soldiers and Chinese farmers are working frantically to stop the breaches in the Yellow River dykes, but up to the present…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Floods As Allies Chinese Check the Japanese London
"Chinese resistance to the Japanese advance on Hankow is stiffening as the Hoods swell, says a message, from Shanghai…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →China Floods Rain Makes Position Worse Desolate Scene Thousands of Houses Are Submerged (Australian Associated Press.) LONDON, June 17
A day of ceaseless rain threatens to make worse the floods in the Yellow and Yangtse-kiang Rivers. The absence of official news…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →May Be Disastrous for Invaders Floods In China "Yellow Dragon" in Angry Mood London
Some foreign military quarters believe, says the Shanghai correspondent of the British United Press, that the Yellow River floods may prove one of history's greatest defensive measures and may…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Women Golfers in Gale and Rain Country Championships At The Lake SYDNEY
Exposed to the full force of a bitterly cold southerly gale, associates played the first round of the country championships at the Lakes Golf Club…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Japanese Army Now Powerless Checked by Disastrous Floods Chinese Invade Shansi Life-line for Russian Supplies Kept Open (Australian Associated Press.) LONDON, June 19
The Japanese admit that their army in North China is now powerless as a result of the disastrous floods which are sweeping over their chosen battlefield. All efforts to plug the breaches in the river dykes have failed and the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Major Effect on the War China's Floods London
The correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" in Shanghai says that the Yellow River floods will have a major effect on the war and that the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Japan Now Uneasy Floods Upset War Plans London
The floods in China have undoubtedly disconcerted the Japanese General Staff, says the special correspondent of "The…
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