Cyclone Losing Intensity Brisbane
Though the cyclone, which caused damage in North Queensland, is still operating between Richmond. Clermont and Winton, it is losing its intensity. Rain…
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Floods & storms, 1940
271 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 14
Dollar Exchange Issue Raises Storm Complaint by Britain No Economy By Australia LONDON
A serious view is taken in London of Australia's failure drastically to restrict foreign imports and her failure also to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Rain in Wake of Cyclone Floods in Queensland BRISBANE
Torrential rain continues to fall in the Central-west as the cyclone moves inland. Serious flooding is reported. This afternoon the rain was centred…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Flood Relief Vessel Leaves Darwin Darwin
With 10 tons of emergency food supplies on board, the patrol vessel Kuru left Darwin to-day for the Roper River. The food is for the staffs of the Roper River…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Queensland Cyclone
HAVOC. Debris blown up into what was formerly city baths, Townsville. During a cyclone this week the town suffered up to £50,000 damage…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Gale Warning to Shipping Sydney
The Weather Bureau to-day issued the following warning to shipping— An intense southern depression, probably with a cyclonic centre at 3 p.m. in…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Queensland Flood Victim Brisbane
Frank Edward Hyde, 36, fisherman, was drowned at South Gumly, near Home Hill, in the first flood fatality. Fears are also entertained for the safety of…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Floods and Gales in Turkey LONDON, Feb. 25
Gales reaching a velocity of 50 miles an hour, followed the week-end earthquake shocks in Turkey, and brought the death roll to 200. The Seyhannehri River has…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Stranded in Train by Floods Two-day Hold-up in New Zealand Taumarunui (N.z.)
Train passenges are stranded in the middle of the North Island of New Zealand. WOMEN with children as well as…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Flood Devastation in N.Z. Bridges Destroyed, Stock Lost Wellington (N.z.)
Torrential rain and landslides have held up trains and blocked roads in the North Island. The Wanganui River burst its banks…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Shooting Affray Fatal Floods Delayed Help for Wounded Man TOWNSVILLE
As the result of an affray at Ravens-wood to-day, Robert Hedlefs, 67, a well-known selector, is dead, and Gordon Stewart Pask, 50, an orchardist, is in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Flood Damage in New Zealand Wellington (N.z.)
Food and blankets are being dropped from the air to people marooned in the North Island by floods. The Works Department to-day sent a…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Heavy Rain in Queensland Rail Traffic Held Up Good Falls in the West Brisbane
The greater part of Queensland has been drenched by heavy rain. Large lengths of the permanent way between Gilliat and Cloncurry have been…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Flood Threat in California San Francisco, February 28
Northern areas of California are threatened with a repetition of the devastating floods which caused so much damage in 1937. It has been raining heavily…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Serious Floods in California San Francisco
Heavy rains and floods have caused two deaths and property damage of over 1,000,000 dollars, The worst is believed to be past…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →May Drop Food by Parachute Flood Position In Queensland BRISBANE
So acute is the food position becoming at several stations north-east of Longreach that unless the flood waters subside sufficiently to enable…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Schooner Founders in Storm Stockholm, February 29
The Nova Scotian schooner Chisholm foundered during a storm in the North Atlantic. The Swedish motor-ship Sago-land picked up the crew after waiting…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Two More Men Drowned Extensive Queensland Floods BRISBANE
Floods which cover thousands of square miles of the State have caused the death of two more men. Thomas Howell, 44, of Home Hill, near…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Heavy Rain in Queensland Relief Plane Stranded BRISBANE
Rain fell incessantly in Brisbane yesterday. Nearly all sports were abandoned. Floods in the upper reaches of the Brisbane River have isolated…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Californian Flood Damage San Francisco, March 3
The floods in Northern California are now subsiding. Five persons are known to have lost their lives, and 5000 homes have been wrecked. In addition…
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