Floods Cause Damage on South Coast Roads Submerged SYDNEY
Extensive damage to crops and property was caused by a cloud burst on the Sou'th Coast late last night. In some centres…
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Floods & storms, 1936
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Mail Services Disrupted Queensland Floods Use of Aeroplanes Urged
BRISBANE, Monday:-- Because of floods, a good portion of Queensland had its mail services isolated to-day, mail communication…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Floods Subsiding Bridge Washed Away SYDNEY
Although the flood waters are subsiding on the South Coast, the main South Coast Highway is impassable, where a temporary bridge has been…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Traffic Disorganised Queensland Floods BRISBANE
Owing to the floods, communication has been severed in the districts of West Barcaldine and North Home Hill. Passengers bound for the north…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Nightmare Experience Four Injured in Mine Deluge Bulkhead Burst PERTH
While Ian Marshall (26), single, was showing a party of friends over the Iron Duke mine at Boulder…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Dislocation of Mail Services Queensland Floods Two-thirds of State Isolated
BRISBANE, Tuesday:--From a mail point of view practically two- thirds of Queensland was isolated today because of floods. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Large Area Isolated Queensland Floods BRISBANE
Flood conditions still prevail in parts of the interior. Blackall, in the central west, had six inches in five days. The Barcoo River has…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Now Receding Slowly Queensland Floods Communications Still Interrupted
BRISBANE, Wednesday:--The rains have now ceased in most parts of the inland and with the exception of one or two centres the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →At Least Six Dead Floods in U.S. City in Great Peril
NEW YORK, Tuesday.--A sudden flood following a heavy downpour of rain swept across sections of Pennsylvania Maryland and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Floods Receding Brisbane
The rains have now ceased in most parts of the inland and, with the exception of one or two centres, the flood waters are receding. Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Six Deaths American Floods Heavy Damage New York
Sudden floods, following heavy downpours, swept across sections of Pennsylvania, Maryland and Western Virginia to-day, causing…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Has Now Eased Considerably Flood Position in Queensland
BRISBANE, Thursday:--With the cessation of rain in the inland areas the flood position has eased considerably. The Barcoo River at Blackall…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fifty Lives Lost Devastating Floods in America Thousands Homeless Damage Expected to Total 100,000,000 Dollars
NEW YORK, Wednesday:--The most devastating floods in generations, resulting from the snow accumulations of the hardest winter in a century, poured down through the Eastern United States to-day and caused widespread death and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Floods Cause Death and Destruction American Rivers Flooded By Thawing Snow Situation in Several Cities Growing Desperate New York
The most devastating floods in generations, as a result of the thawing of vast snow accumulations during the hardest winter in a century, poured down through the eastern United States to-day and caused…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Floods Receding Brisbane
With me cessation of rain in inland areas, the flood position has eased considerably. The Burdekin reached its highest point for the year…
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BRISBANE. Friday: -- A message from Burketown dated March 12, which was detained by the interruption of communications,. received from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →America Ravaged by Floods and Dust Storm Widespread Damage Over One Hundred Cities Inundated New York
Triple disaster has overwhelmed the United States. Floodwaters now cover one Quarter of the entire country, while in the western areas terrific dust storms are denuding the country of the fertile top soil. In other sections…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Tropical Cyclone Operating Central Queensland Coast Shipping Delayed by Rough Seas
BRISBANE, Friday.--The most important feature of the weather chart to-day was a tropical cyclone off the central coast of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Appalling Flood Disaster In United States One of Worst Calamities 106 Persons Known to be Dead Total May Exceed 1000 Property Damage Almost Incalculable
NEW YORK, Thursday.--One quarter of the area of the United States was under flood waters to-day It is a disaster ranking with the major calamities from natural pauses that have occurred in the history of the nation…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Heavy Seas Coastal Cyclone Ships Delayed Brisbane
The cyclone centred off the North Coast yesterday and sent small ships scurrying for shelter. Larger vessels caught in the…
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