Floods. Western Australia Bridge Collapses. Railways Disorganised. PEBTH
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 July 1926 · page 11
This afternoon the bridge across the Swan River at Fremantle, which forms the main connection between Fremantle and the rest of the State, collapsed near…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Floods Recede Rain Stops in W.A. Railway Bridge Gone Perth
The Sun · Friday 23 July 1926 · page 9
The flood waters have receded about a foot, and the city is luxuriating in beautiful sunshine. Reports from the country show that…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →5000 Homeless Flood in Korea Tokio
The Sun · Friday 23 July 1926 · page 1
The River Han, in Korea, is in flood, and 5000 persons have been driven out of their homes. Traffic on the main railways is…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →[?]Some Flood Relic Perth
The Labor Daily · Friday 23 July 1926 · page 5
Late this afternoon a motor car which had been submerged in [?] was towed ashore. It was then discovered that the dead…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Floods Still Rising Perth's Predicament Perth
The Labor Daily · Friday 23 July 1926 · page 5
At noon to-day the floods were still fining In the metropolitan area. in Perth there has been a further encroachment. The water on the banks…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Many Washaways Floods in the West PERTH
The Daily Telegraph · Friday 23 July 1926 · page 11
The flood waters reached top level this morning. Some centres report that they are receding. Heavy storm waters came off the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Heavy Rain and Hail Adelaide
The Labor Daily · Saturday 24 July 1926 · page 5
Bravy rales and a [?] at Adelaide to-day did much damage to the blossom of fruit trees and filled the water tables. Only a light fall…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Mostly Fine" Week-end Weather Storms Are Passing
Evening News · Saturday 24 July 1926 · page 3
MOSTLY FINE with pining showers. That is the pleasing week-end forecast issued by Mr. Mares, the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Track of Storm 150 Miles an Hour Extensive Damage Melbourne
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 24 July 1926 · page 1
For an area of about four miles by a width of half a mile the suburban and country districts of Highton, Belmont, and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →In the Track of the Tornado S. Geelong's Plight Sixty-mile Gale Scenes of Desolation Melbourne
The Labor Daily · Saturday 24 July 1926 · page 1
"An act of God." By this clause the insurance companies will dodge their responsibilities, and a thousand farm and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →FLOODS. In Western Australia. Householders' Bad Plight. Large Area Submerged PERTH
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 July 1926 · page 16
Conditions this morning at the wrecked North Fremantle railway bridge showed that during the night further inroads had been made by the water into the approaches of…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Floods Subside W.A. Devastation Orchards Badly Damaged Perth
The Labor Daily · Saturday 24 July 1926 · page 5
As a result of the destruction of the North Fremamtle bridge through the floods, the railway station at Fremantle to-day presented a deserted spectacle…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →W.A. FLOODS Waters Subside PERTH
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 24 July 1926 · page 1
The flood waters are subsiding as a result of a fine night and day, and the forecast is for fine weather over the week-end…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Westerly Gale Does Damage on South Coast Wollongong
Sunday Times · Sunday 25 July 1926 · page 2
A westerly gale blew with unusual force along the coast at Wollongong. Much damage was done to property. Buildings blown down included the brick…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Belubula River in Flood Canowindra
The Sun · Sunday 25 July 1926 · page 5
As a result of heavy and continuous rains the Belubula River has overflowed and all low- lying country for many miles is under water. The river is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sigh of Relief French Finance New Ministry "Weather the Storm" PARIS, July 25
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 26 July 1926 · page 7
Few Cabinets received such a general blessing as that bestowed by the newspapers on M. Poincare's so-called "Ministry of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cobham's Flight Monsoon Conquered "Bluffed the Eternal Storm" Flying Round and Between Deluges British Pilots Fit for Task Rangoon
Evening News · Monday 26 July 1926 · page 1
I AM CONVINCED that the monsoon can be conquered by flying."-Captain Cobham. As a result of his from Akyab to Rangoon to-day, during a raging monsoon, Captain Cobham is now convinced that the terrors of these…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →River Lachlan. Sudden Rise in Height. Danger of Flood. Cowra
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 July 1926 · page 12
Intermittent rain storms, associated with thunder and lightning, have been responsible for a sudden rise in the River Lachlan, which in 12 hours rose from 7ft 6in to 30ft. Although…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →W.A. Floods May Recur Perth
The Labor Daily · Monday 26 July 1926 · page 5
Though the floods have subsided there [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Floods in W.A. Restoring Rail Services PERTH
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 26 July 1926 · page 11
After fine weather yesterday rain started to fall steadily this morning, and promises to retard the cleaning up of the floods throughout the country…
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