Melbourne Storm Shipping Disorganised MELBOURNE
Truth · Sunday 16 August 1936 · page 16
TO-DAY all Melbourne struggled against a 45 miles an hour gale, which disorganised shipping, caused a great deal of damage to property, and only by sheer luck stopped short of taking human life…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →'Varsity Coach Storms Studes Routed Tigers Eight Times Toe Good
Truth · Sunday 16 August 1936 · page 6
MOUNT VESUVIUS, 'Frisco town, the Shaky Isles and sundry other places on the map have had their eruptions. But they pale…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Gale Causes Much Damage Melbourne
The Labor Daily · Monday 17 August 1936 · page 5
A gale, reaching nearly 50 m.p.h., struck Melbourne yesterday, and caused serious delay to shipping and considerable damage to many…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ships Delayed. Fierce Gale on Victorian Coast
Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 17 August 1936 · page 4
The departure of two oversea vessels—the Mariposa and Imperial Star—was delayed more than two hours on Saturday by 47 miles-an-hour gale…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Heavy Storms in City Thousands Flock to Beaches
The Labor Daily · Monday 17 August 1936 · page 1
A terrific thunder and lightning storm swept over the city and suburbs early this morning, and was accompanied by heavy…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Midnight Storm Over City Hurricane in Tasmania
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 17 August 1936 · page 2
Shortly after midnight last night a violent storm broke over the city and suburbs, and on the northern side of the harbor many homes were plunged…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shocks to Women in Storms 600Ft. Down Mountain Girl's Fall Two Skiers Lost Melbourne
The Sun · Monday 17 August 1936 · page 9
MISS Judy Armstrong slithered 600 feet down a mountain when a blizzard swept her oil her feet on an ice-covered section…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Thunderstorms. Some Heavy Downpours
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 August 1936 · page 10
The extraordinarily mild weather yesterday culminated in a heavy thunderstorm passing over the city and parts of the metropolitan area early this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Drowned at Flooded Crossing. Guyra
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 August 1936 · page 7
At an inquest into the death of Alexander Eil Nicholas, 57, unmarried, a naturalised Syrian, who was drowned on August 4 whils attempting to cross Falconer Creek in a motor…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Launch Missing Men Adrift ? Fierce Gales Melbourne
The Sun · Tuesday 18 August 1936 · page 13
THREE fishermen who left Deal Island in their 35 ft. motor boat at midnight on Saturday for Port Albert-- a distance…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Buried in Gaol Debris 100 Prisoners Believed Killed Gale Ruin Hongkong. Mon
The Labor Daily · Tuesday 18 August 1936 · page 1
A TYPHOON that swept down the South China Sea at a velocity of 130 miles an hour, struck Hongkong, spreading…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →In Calliope Memory Of Storm (Continued from Page 1) NEWCASTLE
The Sun · Tuesday 18 August 1936 · page 12
"Captain Pearson was a thorough gentleman and was very popular with the crew of the Calliope," said Mr. W. Nye, of the Union Bank Chambers…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Thunderstorm Over City. More Showers Likely
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 August 1936 · page 12
Accompanied by vivid lightning and frequent deafening thunderclaps, a heavy storm burst over the metropolitan area early yesterday morning. The nearness of the centres…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →In Gale Judge's Escape Vic. Damage Melbourne
The Sun · Wednesday 19 August 1936 · page 14
WHEN a 47- miles- an- hour gale struck Melbourne about 1 p.m. to- day, hundreds of pounds', worth of…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Murray in Flood. Owners Shift Stock. Albury
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 August 1936 · page 16
There is every probability of a flood in the Murray River owing to constant rains on the Upper Murray and the overflow of the Hume Reservoir, where the flow to-day was five…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Gale Delayed Memma
The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 20 August 1936 · page 7
The Holyman airliner, Memma, made a night landing at the Kingsford Smith Aerodrome at Mascot last night, from Melbourne, after being…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Westerly Gales Lash Melbourne. Widespread Damage. Melbourne
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 August 1936 · page 9
Two fierce westetly gales passed over Melbourne to-day, tearing away roofing iron, uprooting trees, smashing windows, and bursting motor car hoods…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Gale Breaks Windows in Melbourne Melbourne
The Labor Daily · Thursday 20 August 1936 · page 6
Accompanied by sleet, which many people believed was snow, a gale, which attained a velocity of 47 miles an hour, struck the metropolis…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Stevens Getting Ready for Storm London
The Labor Daily · Thursday 20 August 1936 · page 1
Trying to prepare against the storm that awaits him on his return to Sydney, the Premier of N.S.W., Mr. Stevens, said on his departure…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →No Hope. Lost Fishermen. Terrible Gales. Seaplane Unable to Take Off. Melbourne
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 August 1936 · page 9
There is almost no hope that the three fishermen who have been adrift in Bass Strait since Saturday night will be found alive…
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