Untold Damage Floods in France Peasants Isolated PARIS
Widespread floods in the south and south-west of France have wrought untold damage. Thirty streets in Nantes are under water…
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Floods & storms, 1936
407 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 2 of 21
Heavy Rain Storm Widespread Big Area Benefits
An average rainfall of about 150 points was received in most parts of the Richmond River district yesterday, when…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railways Covered South Australian Deluge
ADELAIDE, Thursday:—Heavy rain again fell in many districts in South Australia to-day. The water was over the Broken Hill line at two places and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cyclone Off W.A. Coast Towns Fortunate Full Force Exhausted Before Gale Reached Shore
PERTH, Thursday.—Although, owing to the break-down of the telegraph line at Port-Headland, information was not available for ports north…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Heavy Rain in Three States Crops Damaged BRISBANE
Floods in the south-west, particularly in the Charleville district, have caused a disorganisation of railway…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Heavy Casino Rain Casino
Heavy rain commenced to fall in Casino at three o'clock this afternoon and continued for three hours. Lighter showers were experienced…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Creeks in Flood Torrential Storm Rain Damaged Crops
Creeks rose several feet above normal, low-lying areas were covered with sheets of water, and damage was done to cultivation areas as a result…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Local Floodings." Sats Weather Bureau. Sydney
Forecast: Cloudy and unsettled generally, with further rain, and some more heavy falls conducive to local floodings; isolated severe squalls, sultry weather…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →News From All Sources Drought Broken in West Queensland. Rivers in Flood
The long dry spell has been broken generally in the pastoral districts in the western half of Queensland, and many falls of between 2in. and 4in. of rain…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →French Floods River Banks Burst
PARIS. Wednesday:-— Recalling the stories of bursting dykes in the Netherlands in the Middle Ages, the inhabitants of the village of La Ronde,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Trains Held Up Q'land Floods Charleville Business Paralysed
BRISBANE, Thursday:—Railway traffic has been held up in the south-west of Queensland owing to flood waters covering parts of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Drowning Fatality Flooded Queensland Rivers
BRISBANE, Thursday:— A drowning fatality is reported from Charters Towers, near Doggswood Station, the Victim being John Perry (50),…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Traffic Upset By Floods BRISBANE
Flood waters are still disorganising railway traffic in the south-west. The Bulloo River is three feet over the railway bridge between Quilpie and…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Creeks Flooded Kyogle
Torrential rain accompanied a storm which broke over Kyogle and district shortly after 2 p.m. to-day. In a short time gutters and drains were…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Storm Damage at Tenterfield Tenterfield
Reporting on the effect of the recent storm, the electrical engineer to the Tenterfield Municipal Council said that £100 damage had been…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Two Killed Sheltering in Tent Severe Storms SYDNEY
During the height of a storm at Maroota, in the Hawkesbury River district, this afternoon, Zolo Sohier…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Boy Drowned In Storm Water Channel SYDNEY
William Benjamin Eldershaw (5), of St. Peter's, was drowned in a storm water channel close to his home late this afternoon. While…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fireball Wreaks Extraordinary. Havoc Three Roofs Broken Big Storm
SYDNEY, Friday:--Following sultry conditions, a terrific thunderstorm broke over Liverpool at about 3 o'clock…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Two Men Killed by Lightning Fierce Electric Storm at Castle Hill
SYDNEY, Friday. --One of the fiercest electric and wind-storms experienced in Sydney for many years broke suddenly over Castle…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Deluge at Canberra Worst Storm For Years CANBERRA
Damage estimated at many hundreds of pounds was caused at Canberra to-night when the worst storm experienced for many years…
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