Heavy Floods in Heart of Australia Rail Passengers Live On Freight ADELAIDE
Thirty-two train passengers are marooned at Edwards Creek. The express that left Maree for Alice Springs on Friday is held up by the floods,…
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Floods & storms, 1938
488 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 25
Southerly Instead of Cyclone Sydney
Although a cyclone is still centred over the Tasman Sea, it is unlikely now that N.S.W. will feel its lash. The next change, the Assistant State…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Two Bodies Missing N.Z. Flood Disaster Stories of Heroism Man Gave Life in Warning Friends Wellington (N.z.)
The bodies of 19 of the victims of the Kopuawhata railway camp flood disaster have been recovered. Two are still missing. The body…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Severe Floods Train Services Affected in South Australia Whyalla Isolated Iron Baron Mine Closed for Week ADELAIDE
Extensive damage has been caused by floods in the far north, especially on the 500-mile stretch between Beltana and Rumbalara,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Two Bodies Are Still Missing N.Z. Flood Disaster AUCKLAND
The body of another victim of the flood disaster. Ronald E. Halford. single, aged 22, has been found. Only two are now missing. Four victims…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →S.A. Floods Recede Adelaide
The floods have receded in many places in the North. It is still uncertain when rail or road services will resume…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Floods Block Towns in New Zealand Auckland
With the roads blocked by floods. East Coast areas have had a bread famine, as the bakers had no yeast. A 'plane was chartered and flew…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Flood Havoc Bridges Swept Away in Tasmania Roads Torn Up Creeks and Rivers Overflow LAUNCESTON
After a night's heavy rain, creeks and rivers in the Tamar Valley overflowed this morning, tearing up roads and culverts, and…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Relief by Air Floods Cause Bread Shortage Wellington (N.z.)
Torrential rain on the East Coast resulted in floods and roads became impassible. A bread famine was threatened in some…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Floods in Tasmania Hobart
Heavy rain yesterday caused serious floods. Much damage has been done in northern districts, particularly to the roads. In the Hagley district there…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Flood Disaster in N.Z. CAMP Minister Satisfied No One To Blame AUCKLAND
His investigation has convinced the Minister for Works (Mr Semble) that no blame can be laid to anyone for Saturday's work-camp disaster at…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →"No One to Blame" N.Z. Minister's View of Flood Disaster Wellington (N.z.)
The Minister for Works (Mr. R. Semple), who has returned after an inspection of the scene of the camp flood disaster at Kopuawhara last week-end, is firmly…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Soon Be Normal Flood Conditions in S.A. Food for Alice Springs by Air Mail Adelaide
The train which had been held up by flood waters at Edward's Creek left for Oodnadatta to-night. Telegraph communication had been impossible before…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Poles Snapped Force of Floods in S.A. Whole Telegraphic Service Dislocated Melbourne
The dislocation of telegraph services between Perth and Adelaide and Adelaide and Darwin, arising out of the severe storms which lashed South and Western…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Missing 'Plane Not Found Searchers Hampered By Gale LONDON
Aircraft searching for the missing Vickers Wellesley bomber suspended activities this afternoon, owing to mist shrouding the hill tops…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Still Missing Mist and Gale Handicap Searchers Mystery of Lost 'Plane London, February 28
Aircraft searching for the missing Vickers Wellesley bomber suspended activities this afternoon owing to mist shronding the hilltops…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Turbulent Nazis Soothed in Storm Centre Hitler Man at Graz Discourages Nazis London
Hitler's nominee in the Austrian Cabinet (Dr. Seyss von Inquart), in a visit to the storm centre of Graz (Styria) did his best not to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Four Killed in Los Angeles Storm Los Angeles
A severe rainstorm swept the city to-day killing four persons, flooding streets, washing out highways or burying them under landslides and…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Heavy Damage Central Australian Floods MELBOURNE
The cost of repairs to the Alice Springs railway, which was damaged by floods last week, will be about £20,000, excluding the cost of bridges, said the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Storm Missed Newcastle
A storm passed round Newcastle early last night. There was only a light shower in the city. The weather was again hot and sultry in the day, although the breeze…
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