German Floods Destror Crops
LONDON, Friday (AAP).—The worst floods for 100 years in northwest Germany destroyed the entire winter crops in the Minden district,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Northern Rivers · Floods & storms
Floods & storms, 1946
330 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 4 of 17
No Emergency Floodtime Communications
On the grounds of impracticability, the Postmaster-General's Department does not intend to instal an emergency wireless network for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Use of Steel Flood Boat Demonstrated
Aldermen of Lismore Municipal Council were favourably impressed with the performance of a steel boat demonstration in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Demonstration in Lismore of Steel Floodboat
Aldermen of Lismore Municipal Council were favorably impressed with the performance of a steel boat demonstrated in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Deluge in South Arm Area
Torrential rain upriver caused a minor flood—the second this year—in the Tweed River on Sunday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →£100 Plan To Ease Flooding
Approval of work to cost about £100 to relieve the flooding and drainage conditions in Wyrallah Road and Esmonde…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Floods, But Trains Got Through
Not a railway line to be seen, but the trains got through. This was near Nottingham Station, England. Flood waters from the River Trent,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Goods Flood Army Dumps
SYDNEY, Wednesday. — Huge quantities of goods, almost unobtainable on the civilian market, are being sent to Base Ordnance…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Heavy Rain on Coast
SYDNEY, Thursday. — Rainfall registrations for the 24 hours which ended at 9 a.m. today included: North Coast: Tweed Heads 40,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Heavy Rain on Coast
Following a storm on Wednesday afternoon light rain commenced in Lismore early on Thursday morning, giving a registration to 9 a.m…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Burdekin in Flood
THIS picture, taken from the Ayr side of the Burdekin River, shows hew the river looked in the recent flood. Most of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Severe Storm in Melbourne
MELBOURNE, Monday: Melbourne and suburbs were struck by a storm at 4.30 pm today. Wind reached the velocity of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cyclone Lashes Melbourne Heavy Damage
MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Melbourne was lashed by a disastrous cyclone last night and deluged with rain. To-day the city was practically floodbound and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Last Night's Storm
About 10.15 last night a storm broke over Murwillumbah and heavy rain, accompanied by lightning and thunder, fell for a time…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Vic. Floods Subside
MELBOURNE, Wednesday. — Floods in the metropolitan area are falling rapidly, although big stretches of country along the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mayor's Praise For Benevolent Society's Flood Relief Work
"My presence here this afternoon is to do more than preside over a meeting. I feel it my duty as the representative of Lismore's citizens to thank you for your work for the needy during the June flood," said…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cyclone Hits North Qld; Houses Abandoned As Record Floods Rise
BRISBANE, Sunday.—The North Queensland coast, particularly between Cairns and Townsville, is being lashed by a 70 miles per hour cyclone, mountainous seas and torrential rain…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Record Cyclonic Floods in North
BRISBANE, Sunday: The greatest cyclonic floods in Queensland's history, have devastated 446 miles of the coastal belt between Mackay and Cairns. Millions of tons of floodwater from the rain-soaked…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Double Threat to Flooded Towns
BRISBANE, Monday: Heavy rain on the southern catchment area of the Burdekin River has doubled the threat…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Eight Drown in Floods in Q'land
BRISBANE, Monday: Deaths in the floods in Queensland now total eight. Four were drowned at Townsville and four at Miranda. FLOODS 1st after intro—…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →