Storms on Darling Downs Railway Station Demolished BRISBANE
Storms, accompanied by severe wind, were experienced in parts of the Darling Downs on Saturday night. Considerable damage was done at Dulacea, where the…
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Floods & storms, 1939
381 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 20
462 Yard Drive In Gale Breaks 25 Year Record MELBOURNE
According to golf statistics, the longest recorded authentic drive was one of 445 yards made by E. C. Bliss, at Herne Bay in 1914. That record stands no longer. During a recent storm, 22-year-old Stan Williams, Kingswood senior pennant player,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Storm Forced Flying Boat Down In Channel LONDON
The flying-boat Calypso, which came down in the Channel last night, is believed to be undamaged. Captain Brown, the commander,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Ski-ing Stunt Mock Storm Indoors LONDON, December 10
People at Earl's Court, London, watched ace skiers of the world make 40 m.p.h. leaps from a 100-ft. indoor…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fierce Electric Storm Man Was Struck Roof Blown Off At Wallsend
Remarkable escapes from death were reported following a fierce electric storm which…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cyclone Forecast
Sir,—The indications are that a cyclonic disturbance is developing at a great altitude over the southern ocean, occupying, a south-south-easterly direction. I warn…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lightning Victim Lakemba Woman in Hospital Storms in Sydney Suburbs Sydney
Mrs. Mabel Rowe, 24, of Holden-street, Lakemba, was struck by lightning during a storm which swept over the suburb late this afternoon. She was unconscious…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Electrical Storm Man Struck at Carrington Power Interrupted Minor Damage in Suburbs
A man, switching gear at Donald- street sub-station, and two poles at Port Waratah and Carrington were struck by lightning in a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Current Topics Thunderstorms Likely
The following forecasts were issued yesterday by the Commonwealth Divisional Meteorologist— Newcastle, Hunter and Manning (issued…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Heavy Rain Came to Rescue Big Fire At Yenda YENDA
Heavy rain last night prevented the spread of fire to several shops in Main-street, Yenda. The rain came as the fire got out of hand. The fire…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Heavy Coastal Rain Queensland Inland Area Still Dry BRISBANE
Tropical downpours yielding as mach as 16 inches at some points have fallen along a narrow coastal strip in the Far North, but thousands of square miles…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Burrinjuck Dam Not Safe Under Flood Conditions Reconditioning to Proceed Sydney
The State Government has adopted the recommendations of experts for the reconditioning of Burrinjuck Dam. The work will…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Queensland's Rain-maker Was Right Thunderstorm Brought Relief to Canberra CANBERRA
Mr. Inigo Jones, Queensland's unofficial long-range weather forecaster, added to his laurels here to-day when he made a prophecy of rain which was dramatically fulfilled within a few hours…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Vessel Delayed by Storm in Bass Strait
Running into a severe dust storm in Bass Strait, on the voyage from Wallaroo, the vessel Lindenbank. which arrived at Newcastle this…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Flood Warnings Murrumbidgee Safety Measures SYDNEY
The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. A. D. Reid) is having prepared details of a scheme covering the safety measures likely to be adopted in case of a big flood in…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Flood Havoc Kalgoorlie and Boulder 2000 Men Idle Several Drownings Feared KALGOORLIE
Damage to local government and public works, estimated at £50,000, was caused, and 2000 men were temporarily thrown out of…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Cyclone in North Mail 'Planes Late at Darwin Rough Timor Crossing Darwin
Cyclonic conditions on the north-west coast of Australia have dislocated mail services and shipping…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Bligh's Intrepid Voyage in Open Boat for Six Weeks Peril From Savages And Storm
The full story of Captain Bligh's epic voyage to Timor in an open boat after the Bounty mutiny is told in an old book published in 1827. To be thrust off the decks of a well-found…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Current Topics Hot: Thunderstorms Likely
The following weather forecasts were issued yesterday by the Commonwealth Divisional Meteorologist—Newcastle, Hunter, and Manning…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Many Homeless Kalgoorlie and Boulder Floodings Trans-australian Train Marooned Kalgoorlie
The work of restoring order in Kalgoorlie, Boulder and surrounding districts as a result of the floodinge yesterday will take weeks…
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