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Riverina · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1942

122 stories in Riverina's papers · page 3 of 7

B.b.c. Storm Feeling at Canberra Running High

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 24 March 1942 · page 2

Feeling against the B.B.C. is running high at Canberra because of recent news. The storm has been blowing up for some time past and is expected to break at any time…

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Storms in Russia Followed by Strong Soviet Attacks Fierce Struggle for Kharkov

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 24 March 1942 · page 1

LONDON, Sunday.—After last week's especially severe snowstorms the weather on the Russian front generally turned bitterly cold,…

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Floods in New Guinea Hamper Japs

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 31 March 1942 · page 2

Huge floods in New Guinea have wrested from the Japanese all the land they had gained in Makam Valley, from which they…

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The War Australian Zone Japanese Withdrawal From Advanced Base in New Guinea Rivers in Flood

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 31 March 1942 · page 2

PORT MORESBY, Monday.— Tropical downpours along the whole coast of New Guinea hare prevented the Japanese attempt to…

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THE Latest Second Edition Have Japanese "Missed the Bus"? Flooding in New Guinea

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 31 March 1942 · page 3

PORT MORESBY. Monday.—Commenting on the retreat of the Japanese advance force because of the flooding of Marham River, officers with year, of…

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In Australia War Equipment From U.S.A. Flood of Machines Expected New Appointments to Canberra

Daily Advertiser · Monday 6 April 1942 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sunday—The steady flow of war equipment to Australia from the United States is expected to reach flood proportions in the near future…

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Flood Disaster in Rumania

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 9 April 1942 · page 1

LONDON, Wednesday. — It is reported from Bucharest that the town of Bidin was completely destroyed and 700 houses collapsed between Ruse and…

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Storms in North-west

Daily Advertiser · Monday 13 April 1942 · page 1

PERTH, Sunday. — Battered and lashed by one of the worst cyclones in the history of the north-west, Broome luggers have limped into a…

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GUNDAGAI V.D.C. Storms Flower Hill “Attack” Launched on Sunday Morning

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 16 April 1942 · page 5

FLOWER HILL, at Gundagai fell to a well planned “attack” by members of the Gundagai Volunteer Defence Corps on Sunday morning. The “attack” was carried out under service conditions and proved most strenuous; but was accomplished in a thorough manner…

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Torrential Rain Causes Heavy Damage Roads Chopped About, Houses Flooded, Property Damaged, Serious Delays to Vital Trains

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 1 May 1942 · page 1

TREMENDOUS DAMAGE TO PROPERTY, ROADS AND THE DISLOCATION OF VITAL RAILWAY SERVICES OCCURRED WHEN EXCEPTIONALLY HEAVY RAINS FELL IN A SHORT TIME OVER JUNEE AND THE DISTRICT…

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Heavy Rain at Junef

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 2 May 1942 · page 4

At 3 p.m. on Wednesday one of the heaviest rainstorms for some years passed over Junee. The storm was accompanied by heavy…

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Heavy Rain Damage in Junee District

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 4 May 1942 · page 2

Damage to property, roads, and dislocation of railway services occurred when the exceptionally, heavy rains fell in a short time over Junee and…

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Junee's Heavy Rain

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 6 May 1942 · page 2

Some of the current reports of sheep-looses in the Junee district following the heavy rains last week were grossly exaggerated…

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Floods in Pennsylvania

Daily Advertiser · Monday 25 May 1942 · page 2

NEW YORK, Saturday.—Mountain floodwaters struck central and eastern Pennsylvania and killed 13 persons. Nine are missing and…

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Disastrous Floods Many Homesdale People Dead

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 26 May 1942 · page 1

HOMESDALE (Penns), Sunday.—Amidst the debriscovered area there are 32 dead and many others believed…

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Holbrook Shire Monthly Meeting Flood Damage Not of Serious Nature

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 30 May 1942 · page 3

The monthly meeting of the Holbrook Shire Council was held on Monday last. There were present: Councillors John Ross…

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Position in Libya Favorable to British Free French Prominent Terrific Fighting Amid Desert Storms

Daily Advertiser · Friday 5 June 1942 · page 1

LONDON, Thursday.—"The British and Germans in Libya are jockeying for positions, from which to deal a knockout blow, on an entirely new battle formation," says the military correspondent…

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Mr. Henry Flood

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 9 June 1942 · page 1

Mr. Henry Flood, Yambil Street, Griffith, was sitting at his fireside about 10 o'clock on Tuesday night when he collapsed and passed away in…

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Libyan Sand Storm Made in England To Test Middle East Railway Engines

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 11 June 1942 · page 5

Sand from the Libyan desert has been specially sent to the Research Laboratory of the London, Midlands and Scottish Railway for tests on the…

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Libyan Sand Storm Made in England to Test Railway Engines

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 13 June 1942 · page 2

Sand from the Libyan desert has been specially sent to the Research Laboratory of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway for…

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