Victorian Farms Flooded Melbourne
Flood waters have hundated hundreds of acres of land and many wheat crops over Northern Victoria, but there have been no stock losses. Many roads are…
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Floods & storms, 1939
381 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 15 of 20
Siegfried Line's Strength Mocked By Floods LONDON
Newly-constructed forts in the Siegfried Line are being blown up by the Germans and replaced by new defences hurriedly erected on higher ground, states the Paris correspondent of the British United Press. OBSERVERS along the French…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Deluge Devastates Pitcairn Night Of Terror For Islanders Wellington (Nz ), Sat
A deluge burnt recently on Pit cairn, the loneliest island of the Pacific, tore away hillsides and gave the islanders a night of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Newcastle Storm Delays Flying-boat Sydney
The Empire flying-beat Canopus arrived at Rose Bay this afternoon half an hour behind schedule. It was stated that the delay was due to the beat…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Pitcairn Island Devastated Homes and Plantations Wrecked Deluge and Landslide Wellington (N.z.)
Pitcairn Island was devastated by the deluge recently. Hillsides were washed away, and the islanders spent a night of terror,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →"Still in the Dark" Flood Lighting Of Beaumont Street
Central Progress Association claimed last night that it was still waiting to hear from the Greater Newcastle Council about its plans for the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Families Marooned by Flood in N.Z. Rescuers Out in Boats Wellington (Nz.)
Police and volunteers are out in boats to-day at Shannon and Levin, north of Wellington, rescuing families marooned by…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Heavy Losses in N.Z. FLOOD Biggest for 40 Years Train Lines Washed Away Wellington (N.z.)
The biggest floods for 40 years have occurred in the Shannon and Levin districts. To-day, many thousands of acres of land were under water…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Realm of Stamps Philatelic Flood Continues: 1939 Already Passes 1000 Mark
It becomes evident that 1939 is to be another prolific year —numerically one of the most abundant in philately's history. About a thousand major and minor varieties of stamps have been issued, and at least another thousand may be expected,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Storm Centre
On August 4, anniversary of the outbreak of the war, a pontoon bridge connection the Free City of Danzig and East Prusis, the part of Germany cut off by the Polish Corridor, was opened. Said a Nazi spokesmen: "There is no military significance." Picture shows the new bridge waiting for the centre pontoons to be floated into position…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →N.Z. Floods Subside Wellington (N.z.)
Flood waters in the Wellington Province are now subsiding, leaving large areas covered with silt. Many homes have been badly damaged. Traffic on the main…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Tientsin Floods Foreign Concessions Threatened Japanese Relax Blockade Tientsin, August 20
Flood waters are rising rapidly at Tientsin, on the Pai-ho. As a result the British Municipal Council has pre-claimed that from 6 a.m. to-morrow flood…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Garage Damaged by Westerly Gale Wollongong
Hill's garage and service station at Thirroul, a modern brick building opened for business only a fortnight ago, was severely damaged by a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Gale Wrecks New Garage Walls Crash at Thirroul WOLLONGONG
A new brick garage at Thirroul was wrecked this morning by a 60-mile-an-hour westerly gale. The wind entered the building by a large door, blowing over…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Seven Killed Lightning Strikes Shed Severe Storm Over London London, August 22
Seven persons were killed and 18 others were injured when lightning struck a shed under which they were sheltering from a severe storm at Ilford yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →People Leave Homes Floods in Victoria MELBOURNE
Serious flooding to-day threatened Wangaratta district, where 54 people, were evacuated from their homes, in low-lying areas…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Tientsin Floods Still Rising British Give Food TIENTSIN, August 22
The floods at Tientsin are still rising, and the British authorities are distributing food to refugees. H.M.S. Bideford is nastening to Tientsin with supplies…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Central Ward Interests Valuations and Floodlighting
All correspondence on the Hamilton valuations question is to be submitted to the new Minister for Works and Local Government (Mr. L. O. Martin)…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Menace of Floods in Victoria Police Difficulty with Settlers Melbourne
In Wangaratta district — where most residents are ready for the worst of the floods to. night—the police are…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Tientsin's Ordeal in Floods London
Facing fresh perils of flood, starvation and epidemics, residents of the British and French Concessions in Tientsin are…
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