Air Offensive Against Nazis Amazing New Aircraft Berlin Raids to be Intensified Attacks Continue Despite Storms and Ice London
Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 8 October 1940 · page 1
According to the aeronautical correspondent of the "Daily Mail," powerful new bombers are now being produced in great numbers, together with amazing long-range…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →400 Dead Floods in Pyrenees Barcelona, Saturday (AAP)
Daily Advertiser · Monday 21 October 1940 · page 1
Deaths caused by floods in the Pyrenees now total 400. Catalonian rivers rose from nine to 12 feet as a result of torrential rains…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Don'ts" for Storm Behaviour
Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 22 October 1940 · page 4
Some don'ts" for in and out of door behaviour during lightning storms have been suggested by Dr. Ka[?] B. McEachrou, head of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Spanish Flood Deaths Total 600 BARCELONA, Monday (A.A.P.)
Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 23 October 1940 · page 1
It is now revealed that 600 persons were drowned or missing in the Catalonian floods at the weekend. It is estimated that 6000 are homeless and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →40 Hours' Floodlighting for 5d
Cootamundra Herald · Monday 28 October 1940 · page 2
South Africa has received from England 240 floodlight projectors each capable of throwing a continuous and powerful 5000 candlepower beam for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Griffith Orchardist Sued W.C. AND I.C. Awarded £100 For Flood Damage
The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 29 October 1940 · page 4
BEFORE Mr. Justice Street and a jury in the Supreme Court, Sydney, Vincenzo Cagnin, of Farm 1694, Beelbangera Road, Griffith…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Weather Forecasting 1946 May Begin Next Heavy Rain Period
Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 1 November 1940 · page 3
Long-range forecasting has its genesis in the irrigation areas of the ancient world—Mesopotamia, Egypt and India, and among the Nomadic…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Thousands Damage in Dubbo Storm Sydney
The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 1 November 1940 · page 2
During a heavy storm yesterday the western pylon at the north end of the Harbour Bridge was struck by lightning and a piece of granite…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →R.A.F. Visits Germany During Snow Storm
Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 1 November 1940 · page 2
The R.A.F., however, bombed Berlin again last night in heavy snow storm, when the enemy was least expecting an attack…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Terrific Storm Mysterious Explosion Reported Widespread Damage in Sydney One Fatality Sydney
Daily Advertiser · Friday 1 November 1940 · page 2
The most terrific storm in Sydney's history swept over the metropolis for several minutes this afternoon causing widespread…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Storm Damage at Dubbo
Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 5 November 1940 · page 6
The worst storm in Dubbo's history, which occurred last Friday, was responsible for many thousands of pounds worth of damage to houses and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cheap Floodlighting South African Defence
Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 5 November 1940 · page 6
South Africa has received from England 240 floodlight projectors each capable of throwing a continuous and powerful 5000 candle power beam for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Channel Posts Attacked in Gale by R.A.F. LONDON. Tuesday. (A.A.P)
Daily Advertiser · Thursday 7 November 1940 · page 1
R.A.F. bombers flew across the Channel to-night in the teeth of a southerly gale to bombard targets on the French coast. Flashes of exploding bombs and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dust Storm at Junee
Daily Advertiser · Saturday 9 November 1940 · page 4
One of the worst days of many days this month was experienced in Junee yesterday. A violent dust storm raged until 4.30 p.m., when a thunder…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Weather Dust Storm at Wagga Light Rainfalls Follow
Daily Advertiser · Saturday 9 November 1940 · page 4
Wagga experienced most unpleasant conditions yesterday. Early in the morning dust clouds could be seen in the west and the town experienced a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Heavy Dust Storms Reported West Wyalong
Daily Advertiser · Monday 11 November 1940 · page 2
During the past 48 hours there have been the most consistent dust storms in the district for many years. At times the wind blows with hurricane…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In Queensland Bush Fires and Gale Brisbane
Daily Advertiser · Monday 11 November 1940 · page 2
Drought conditions continue to prevail over practically the whole of the State. Sixty properties in the Gooyar district have been swept by bush fires…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gale Sweeps Sydney Good Rains in North Sydney
Daily Advertiser · Monday 11 November 1940 · page 2
Sydney and suburbs were swept today by a gale which reached its peak at 11.30 a.m. with a velocity of 56.9 miles an hour…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Latest the Nation-wide Gale
Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 13 November 1940 · page 1
NEW YORK, Tuesday (AAP): At least 78 were reported dead and 60 missing, mostly seamen, when the nation-wide gale struck the Grea Lakes region. Property…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →101 Dead in U.S.A. Nation-wide Gale
Daily Advertiser · Thursday 14 November 1940 · page 4
NEW YORK, Tuesday (A.A.P.). At least 101 are dead and 60 missing, mostly seamen, as a result of a nation-wide gale which…
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