Heavy Rain in South Australia
ADELAIDE, Monday.—Heavy week-end rain in parts of the State have caused railway washaways. The East-West express was delayed between Port Pirie…
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Floods & storms, 1941
168 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 9
Young Couple Drowned in Flooded Creek
ADELAIDE, Monday.—Sixteen hours after they had been swept from a buckboard down a swollen creek and drowned near Laura yesterday, the bodies of a…
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JERUSALEM, June 11. A.A.P.âPitted against what is a miniature Maginot are of fortresses, the Australians are still held up in the Merdjayoun sector, but along the coast road they are advancing steadily. On the right of the Australians…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Flood Probability at Burrinjuck Experts to Investigate
SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Premier (Mr. McKell) announced to-night that the Government had asked Professor W. A. Miller, of the Faculty of Engineering…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Heavy Rain in Newcastle Inch Up to Last Night
Preceded by thunder and lightning early in the morning, heavy showers of rain fell in Newcastle yesterday. Up to 11 o'clock last night an inch had…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Neglect Of Storm- Water Bridges Indignation Meetings Suggested
Indignation meetings throughout the districts affected to secure attention to stormwater drain bridges. were suggested by Mr. J. Pritchard last…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →100 Drowned in Japanese Floods
TOKIO, June 29. A.A.P.—The Home Office reports that 100 persons were drowned, 50,000 homes were flooded, extensive, damage done to rice fields, and…
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LONDON, Tuesday. (A.A.P.)—Lord Beaverbrook goes to the Ministry of Supply just before a storm looks like breaking over…
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TOKIO, July 6. A.A.P.—As a result of torrential rains, six prefectures report over 50 dead, and continually increasing damage. Asaka suffered extensive…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Magnetic Storm Still on
NEW YORK, Wednesday (A.A.P.).—The magnetic storm, caused by sunspot activity, continued to-day for the fifth day to interrupt short-wave…
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MELBOURNE, Monday.—Heavy rain fell over practically the whole of the State, particularly Wimmera and Malice on Sunday night and to-day. Flooding is likely in rivers in the…
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"This is a move toward ending this deadlock. It does not bind us on the question of maintenance, which will be decided later."…
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NEW YORK, June 17 (Air Mail).—Cosmic rays originating in the milky way in the constellation of Saggittarius were used lately at the Hayden…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Terrific Storms Have Ended Britain's Long Heat Wave
LONDON, Monday (A.A.P.).—Britain's heat wave, which lasted a month, ended abruptly on July 12 with terrific storms throughout the country. Lightning killed two men and a…
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LONDON. July 22. A.A.P.—The censor had now permitted the announcement that Britain's heat wave, which lasted a month, ended abruptly on July 12 with…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →WALES Storm Centre Of Pacific
Map shows the scene of Japanese operations and the areas affected by the demands made on Indo-China. (See cable.)…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cessnock's N.e.s. "Storm in Teacup"
"A storm in a teacup" is how an officer of the N.E.S. Department, Mr. H, Cook, to-day described the argument at Cessnock…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →N.e.s. Storm at Cessnock Has Not Abated
Cessnock's N.E.S. dispute, described last week by a departmental official (Mr. H. Cook) "as a storm in d tea cup," is still on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Flood Damage to Japanese Crops
TOKIO, Monday (A.A.P.).—The need of an immediate increase in agricultural output in Japan was emphasised by the Minister of Agriculture (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bombers Fought Gale Successful Raid on Germany
LONDON, Aug. 6.—In a gale of wind last night a large force of planes from Bomber Command attacked objectives at Mannheim, Frankfurt and Karlsruhe, in…
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