Danger Passes Hawkesbury Flood Untrafficable Roads Sydney
With the Hawkesbury River gradually receding, the danger of floodings at Windsor and Richmond has now passed. South Creek, a mile on the Sydney side…
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Floods & storms, 1938
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Flood Horror in Japan Adelaide Man's Experience Sydney
An idea of the horror which prevailed in Kobe, Japan, during the recent disastrous floods, was given by Mr. R. Sharpies, of Adelaide, on his…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →New Zealand Town Struck by Gale Auckland
A gale struck Whangarel and hundreds of aerials were wracked. Terrific seas off the coast sent small craft to shelter…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Liner Delayed in Gale Wellington (N.z.)
The liner Maunganui, sailing from Sydney to Auckland, will arrive several days late as a result of a severe buffeting in a Tasman gale…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Severe Floods Damage in New Zealand Wellington (N.z.)
Severe floods in the Auckland province have resulted in considerable damage. Streams running across the Hauraki Plains reached high flood level, and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Battling Storms Big Flying-boat on Way to New York New York, August 31
The giant French flying-boat Lieutenant de Vaissean Paris, which is due at New York to-day from the Azores, is battling through storms across heavy seas…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Many Deaths Floods in Canada Express Train Wrecked Portneuf (Quebec), September 1
Less than an hour before it was due at Quebec, the Canadian Pacific Railway's overnight express was derailed, killing two of the crew—the engine-driver and the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Japan Swept Worst Typhoon Since 1905 Many Homes Flooded Tokio, September 1
Thirty are dead throughout the country as a result of a typhoon, the worst since 1905, which devastated Japan at dawn yesterday. Eleven hundred houses…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Floods in U.S.A. Many Towns Under Water DENVER (Colorado), September 4
Floodwaters from the Rock, Mountains have swept through scores of towns. Several persons are missing, and scores have been rescued from the tops of houses…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Nile Flood Highest for 60 Years (Australian Associated Press.) CAIRO, September 7
The Nile is rising and has already reached the highest level at the Assuan dam for 60 years. Thousands more labourers are strengthening the banks, which are…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Telephones Suffer Electrical Storm at Gosford GOSFORD
A peculiar electrical storm struck Gosford yesterday. There were two severe peals of thunder, accompanied by vivid lightning, which shook the Gosford…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Flooded with Black Damp Greta Extended Mine Will Probably Close
Greta Extended colliery, a small unassociated mine at Greta, has become flooded with black damp. The tunnel will have to be sealed,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cyclone Leaves Trail of Damage in North Tasmania Launceston
A cyclonic gale has left a trail of damage throughout Northern Tasmania. It dislocated telephone…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Camp Wrecked Storm Strikes Forestry Area North Coast Damage Grafton
A forestry camp was wrecked and men's lives were endangered by falling trees when a windstorm struck Star Creek, in the Coramba district. The…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Gale Severity Victoria Swept Damage to Buildings Melbourne
Considerable damage was done by a gale over Victoria to-day, and squalls were experienced off the coast. Traffic was blocked by duststorms on the roads…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Ships From N.Z Delayed by Gales Sydney
Westerly gales in the Tasman have delayed two liners on their way from New Zealand to Sydney. The Wanganella, which was due at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Severe Storm in New Zealand Auckland
A severe storm has raged over the North Island with torrential rain and thunderstorms. The Niagara, from Vancouver has…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cloudburst Stops Golf La Perouse Course Flooded Title Play Deferred Sydney
A cloudburst at the New South Wales Golf Club's course at La Perouse this morning flooded the fairways drenched the players, and caused abandonment of…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Menzel Again Centre Of Sport Storm
A fair-headed giant who writes poetry and plays, and whose temperamental outbursts have enlivened tennis tourneys all over the world…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Storm Clouds Over the Lake a Mayfield Garden
Towards evening on Lake Macquarie, with storm clouds lowering…
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