Heavy Rain at Casino Casino
Heavy rain set in at Casino about 6.30 to-night and continued for several hours…
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Floods & storms, 1936
407 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 3 of 21
Trees Uprooted for Miles Belated Report of W.A. Cyclone
PERTH, Sunday.--First definite news of the cyclone off: the far north-west coast was in a delayed telegram, dated January 9, received to-day from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Severe Gale in England 16 Lives Lost Sailor Swims Two Miles to Land
LONDON, Saturday.--A great, gale which swept the British Isles last night caused the loss of l6 lives, of which seven were lost at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Car Swept Away in Flood Two Men Drown Desperate Fight to Escape
SYDNEY, Sunday:-- Two men were drowned when their sedan car was swept by flood waters from a causeway on the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Two Brothers Drowned Car in Flooded Creek YOUNG
Two motorists, W. H. Philp of Canterbury, and J. A. Philp of Wagga, lost their lives when a sudden rush of water washed their…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Crew of Freighter Perishes in Gale
ASTORIA (Oregon), Sunday. The coastguard has reported that 34 of the crew of the freighter Iowa perished to-day as the vessel was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Smashed on Rocks Big Ship Lost Terrific Gale on U.s. Coast
MONTREAL, Sunday:—The Astoria (Oregon) coastguard has reported that 34 of the crew of the large freighter Iowa perished…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Men Treed by Sudden Flood River at Mt. Isa Several Narrow Escapes
MT. ISA, Monday: — A number of persons had narrow escapes from drowning when the Leichhardt River came…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Flood Waters Burst Into Library Rare Books Damaged at Canberra
CANBERRA, Monday:-Hundreds of rare books and war records, some of them irreplaceable, were damaged when flood waters swept into the new…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farmers Homeless Flood Rains in Victoria
MELBOURNE, Monday.— Heavy rains again occurred in East Gipps land. In the last 24 hours over five inches have fallen at Orbost, making…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Vicious Storms Nurses' Quarters and House Struck by Lightning
BRISBANE, Tuesday:—The nurses' quarters at Ayr District Hospital were struck by lightning during a severe thunderstorm to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →300 Cattle Blown Into Surf! Last Week's West Australian Cyclone
PERTH, Tuesday:—A message from Broome states that a native runner from Anna Plains station arrived at La Grange post office to-day with a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Art Collection Saved From Flood Loss Would Have Been National Tragedy
CANBERRA, Tuesday:— Frantic work with a chisel by the Director of the War Museum (Mr. Treloar) and the caretaker during the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Flood Damage Railway Delays BRISBANE
Flood waters in the Cloncurry, Cerella and Leichhardt Rivers have now subsided and the damage done to the railway line and bridges is…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Queensland Floods Brisbane
Flood waters swept down the Burke River yesterday and by evening the stream had spread into a swirling sheet several miles wide. Houses in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →New Zealand Floods Wellington (N.z.)
At the height of the floods in Auckland province the water lapped round shops in Kaitaia, but did not enter them. Large areas of land near…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Violent Storm Sweeps Sydney
SYDNEY, Thursday:--Following the hottest temperature for 12 months, a terrific gale swept Sydney and nearby districts this afternoon. The wind,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Storm in Sydney Heavy Damage Roofs Lifted SYDNEY
A tropical rainstorm accompanied by lightning and a 50-mile-an-hour wind broke over the city suddenly at 4 p.m. to-day. During the height of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Minister Assists in Flood Rescues Six Families Rowed to Safety
BRISBANE, Thursday.--Rev. C. W. Lanham, of the Methodist Inland Mission, whose headquarters are at Boula, took a leading part, together with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shield Match Off Heavy Rain in Sydney
SYDNEY, Friday:-- Owing to heavy rain, no play was possible to-day in the Shield match between New South Wales and…
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