Nine Die When U.s.bomber Explodes in Storm New York
Two officers and seven men were killed when an army bomber carrying 15 bombs exploded in a reavy…
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Floods & storms, 1940
271 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 11 of 14
Withstanding the Storm
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Continued on Trove, page 4 →Airliner in Fierce Storm Circled Brisbane for Hour
BRISBANE, Sunday. — The Australian National Airways' Douglas Warana on a flight from Sydney last night ran into a fierce storm…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gale in Channel Bars Invasion Britain's Defenders Are Disappointed London
More wild weather in the Channel has made military men conclude that Hitler's invasion of Britain is "off" for the time being. Sir Alan Brooke, Commander-in-Chief of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Autumn Gale Sweeps Channel Adds to Nazis' Difficulties LONDON, September 17. A.A.P.
The difficulties facing the Germans in their plans for an invasion of England were increased last night when the first of the autumn gales swept across the Channel. Dark rain clouds in the early hours of this morning reduced visibility to a few…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Nazis Say They Have Shelled London 150-Mile Range Claimed Air Fight in Gale: Seven Down Capital's 11th Night Raid in Succession London
German long-range guns (says a Berlin message) have begun to shell London from the French coast. From London to the nearest point in France is about 90 miles. Berlin says that the shelling is for range-finding but that it will increase daily…
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Robert Young, Margaret Sullavan and James Stewart of Civic to-morrow…
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LONDON, Sept. 20. A.A.P.—The gale over the Dover Straits has dropped, but there is still a south-westerly blowing. The sea is calmer, and the coast of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Heavy Rain at Murrurundi Falls General Along Hunter
Heavy rain in the Murrurundi district yesterday should cause a flow in the Hunter River. Following light rain on Saturday, thunderstorms yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Talking Screen "Mortal Storm" at Civic
Looking at history in the Present rather than the past tense. "The Mortal Storm." a thrilling document of current world affairs, opened last…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →British Refugee Ship Sunk by U-boat 83 Child, 211 Adult Victims Vessel Sank in Big Storm Only Seven Young Victims Survived London
Striking in the darkness during a storm in the Atlantic, a Nazi U-boat torpedoed, without warning, a vessel conveying child evacuees from Britain to Canada…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Pacific Storm Brewing Japan's Attack In Indo-China Strong Disapproval by United States London
The critical situation in Indo-China, where sporadic fighting continues between Japanese and French forces, has thrown the spotlight sharply on the larger issues of British and American policies in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →British Fleet Bombards Post of Dakar Anglo-French Expedition Move to Frustrate Plans of Nazis Loosening Vichy's Grip on African Empire London, Monday. Storm Centre
British battleships and cruisers, forestalling a Nazi plan to control the vital French West African Port of Dakar, to-day bombarded Dakar and engaged a French force stated to include the 35,000-ton battleship Richelieu. Aboard the British flagship was General de Gaulle, leader of Free Frenchmen,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wreck Stayed Firm in Gale
Exposed for hours to a 40 to 50-mile-an hour gale and waves that often broke over the deck, the wreek of the North Coast steamer Maianbar on Nobbys…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fires and Gale Near Brisbane Two Houses in Danger
BRISBANE, Sunday.—Bush and grass fires round Brisbane to-day threatened property in several areas, but little damage was done…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Trains Delayed, Wall Collapsed Effects of Storm in Sydney
SYDNEY, Sunday.—When the over-head electric cable of the branch line between Granville and Cabramatta was struck by lightning near Fairfield last…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Swept By 50 M. P. H. Gale : Big Seas On Coast
Big seas lashed the coast during the height of the gale this morning. This picture was taken as huge waves crashed over the Ocean Baths wall. Two illustration of storm on the Hill last night at the height of the 50 m.p.h. gale…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →50 M.p.h. Gale on Coast. Big Seas; Trail of Minor Damage Valuable Rain in the Lower Hunter
The cyclonic storm which battered the coast at the week-end reached 50 miles an hour during squalls in Newcastle last night and early this morning. The higgest seas for months crashed against the cliffs and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cyclone's Effect Is Passing Sydney
About 300,000,000 Rations has been added to Sydney's water supply by the rain of the post four days. The disturbance is now veering away…
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BRISBANE, Tuesday.—The British overseas Airways flying-boat Cleopatra returned to Brisbane after leaving for Sydney today. It rail into a gale near…
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