Telegraphic News Sydney, 2 p.m. Disastrous Gale
A gale at Graf ton yesterday demolished part of the South Grafton aerodrome, damaged two aircraft, uprooted trees and flooded highways. The…
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Floods & storms, 1940
10 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers
Disastrous Cyclone
(BRISBANE.—Great relief wag expressed to-day when it was learned that Cardwell, Lucinda Point and Halifax had missed the full force…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →“Storm Over Bengal”
Glorious in its sweep of exciting adventure in north-west India. Far-Flung outpost of Empire and moving in its depiction of gallantry and heroism is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Floods in Russia Heaviest in The Ukraine
Rivers are overflowing their banks throughout Russia especially in the Ukraine. Four thousand houses are flooded at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cyclone in Queensland Woman Killed
A woman was killed and great damage was done when a cyclone, which has been operating off the North Queensland coast for the last few days,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Braidwood 1940 Revue Took the Bay by Storm
One of the best amateur shows it has been our good fortune to witness in the past 25 years was the show staged by the above company in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →50,000 Germans Lost Invasion Fleet Scattered By Storm LONDON, Tuesday (A.A.P.)
Hitler lost between 50,000: and 60,000 picked troops in a. disaster which scattered his invasion fleet on September says the correspondent, ,of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Something Like a Flood!
During the recent rain several Reidsdale "cow cockies" were debating the possibility of a flood in the district, when a listener, an old coach…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →40 Hours Floodlight for 5d Britain’s Portable Projectors for South African Defence
South Africa has received from England 240 floodlight projectors, each capable of throwing a continuous and powerful 5,000 candle-power beam for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Telegraphic News Disastrous Storm
About 350 sheep were drowned in a terrific storm at Inverell. Meny were stunned by hail before they were carried away in the flood waters…
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