Victorian Floods Train Derailed and Street Submerged Melbourne
Several Victorian rivers which have been swollen by heavy rains, are in flood and are threatening the surrounding country. Downpours damaged the…
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Floods at Tientsin London
At Tientsin foods haye cut off the electricity and plunged the city into darkness, states the American Associated Press correspondent…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Latest (Second Edition) Tientsin Talks Suspension Agreed to Flooding of Concessions London
The conference between the British Ambassador in Tokio (Sir Robert Craigie) and the Japanese Minister M Large in China (Mr. Kato) agreed to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Slow Down in Storms? Experts Differ LONDON, August 12
What should a motorist do in a storm to ensure maximum safety? Should he accelerate, or reduce speed? The question of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Tientsin Floods City in Darkness Blockade of Hong Kong May Extend to Canton LONDON
The Tientsin floods have cut off the electricity, plunged the city into darkness and swamped the Japanese blockade. The sentries are mounted…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cyclone Over Tasman Sea Sydney
The State Meteorologist, Mr. Mares, today issued a special warning to shipping to the effect that a severe cyclonic depression is covering the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gales and Thunder on Irrigation Area Leeton
Rain, Rales, thunder and lightning, interspersed with periods of bright sunshine, have provided a most unusual type of weather for the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Floods Threaten in Vic. MELBOURNE
Serious floodings yesterday threatened the Wangaratta district, where 54 people were evacuated from their homes in the low-lying areas. The…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Floodings Near Albury ALBURY
The overflow at the Hume Weir last night was 5ft. 4½in., and the height of the Murray River at Albury was 14ft. 6in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flooded Roads Hume and Shirt Highways Closed WAGGA
As a result of floodings, road traffic between Wagga and Gundagai is practically impossible. The Hume Highway at Tarcutta and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hundreds Drowned in Tientsin Flood Tientsin
Tientsin is facing starvation and epidemics as the result of floods in the French Concession. Already hundreds have been drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Home Highway Flooded in Victoria Wangaratta (V.)
Water is flowing over the Hume Highway in several places between Wangaratta and Springhurst, and traffic will be forked to-morrow. It…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hume Weir Overflow Floodings Near Albury
The overflow at the Hume Weir last night was 5ft 4½in, and the height of the Murray River at Albury was 14ft 6in. Extensive flooding occurred yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Serious Floodings Threatened in Victoria Melbourne
Serious floodings to-day threatened the Wangaratta district, where 54 people were evacuated from their homes in the low-lying areas. The Ovens…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Slow Down in Storms? Experts Differ LONDON, August 12
What should a motorist do in a storm to ensure maximum safety? Should he accelerate, or reduce speed? The question of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Tientsin Perils Hundreds Drowned in Floods British Area Submerged Danger of Starvation LONDON
Facing fresh perils of flood, starvation and epidemics, residents of the British and French Concessions in Tientsin are fighting a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wangaratta Floods Residents Refusing to Leave Homes Police Difficulties Melbourne
Although they ran the risk of being drowned, police are experiencing great difficulty in persuading people to leave their riverside homes in the flooded…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Peak Level Reached Flood Waters Will Now Recede Roads Blocked in Many Places
The present flood waters at Gundagai have reached their peak level (27ft. 4ins.) and will commence to receed this…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Floods in Vic. Sydney
A message from Melbourne this morning states that the Victorian flood position is the worst for four years…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Seymour Flooded Melbourne
Bursting its banks at 5 a.m. to-day, the Goulburn River poured into Seymour. Shopkeepers piled up sandbags to keep their shops dry, and two hotels…
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