Racing Through a Storm The Apostolic Delegate's Experiences Air Travelling to Medan. in Sumatra
Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 3 August 1939 · page 23
In our last issue we gave a very interesting description of the trip by air of his Excellency the Apostolic Delegate, accompanied by the…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →I.R.A. BOMBINGS. Dublin Council's Motion Political Storm Is Feared. "Herald" Exclusive Service. Dublin, Aug. 2
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 August 1939 · page 9
Since the Irish Republican Army bombings began there has been virtually no public comment on them throughout Eire. All the daily…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Heart's Right Floods Couldn't Sink Sydney
Sydney Sportsman · Thursday 3 August 1939 · page 3
IT looked more like "the bush" than Sydney for those who took the short price about Frank McGrath's chestnut when he was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Flood Rains. Bleak Spell on Way. Splendid Downpours Inland
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 August 1939 · page 9
One of the most remarkable rainstorms of recent years prevailed over practically the whole of New South Wales yesterday. List night ir showed…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Coastal Floods Likely Heavy Snow Indicated Best City Rain For 18 Months
The Sun · Thursday 3 August 1939 · page 3
The most widespread rain for a long period fell throughout the State yesterday. Coastal falls were particularly heavy--two centres in the south and one in the north each…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Floods Near Bega. Families Moved. Sydney's Mild Respite
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 August 1939 · page 13
Although Sydney enjoyed unexpected mild weather yesterday, serious flooding occurred in the south[?] eastern corner of the State,…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Flood Fear. Chinese Rivers Rise. Tientsin Threatened. LONDON, Aug. 3. (A.A.P.)
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 August 1939 · page 11
The beginning of the monsoonal rains threatens Tientsin, among many centres in North China, with floods. The Hai River at Tientsin is rising…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Rescues From Bega Flood
The Sun · Friday 4 August 1939 · page 2
Two Bega policemen yesterday carried an unconscious man through flood waters, waist deep, when his camp on the local racecourse was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Germans Flooded Out of Forts London
The Sun · Friday 4 August 1939 · page 5
A message from Metz states that German troops were forced to evacuate fortifications opposite the Lauterborg district in Alsace as a result…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mob Storms Parliament in Brisbane Police Surround Building, After Caucus Menaced BRISBANE
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 August 1939 · page 2
Parliament House was stormed today by 37 men armed with batons, barbed wire, hammers, staples, and files. Forcibly overpowering attendants, the mob burst in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Heavy Floods in Tasmania Launceston
The Sun · Saturday 5 August 1939 · page 3
All rivers in northern Tasmania are in flood following a week of steady rain. Falls in some districts totalled six…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →No Flood Danger at Moree
The Sun · Saturday 5 August 1939 · page 3
Though the rivers have risen and may rise further, no flood danger exists at Moree, police there stated…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Flood Menace Near Hospital River Still Rising in Riverina More Rain Likely; Fine In City
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 August 1939 · page 5
Flood waters from the Murrumbidgee River are threatening Balranald hospital. Police last night reported there was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →23 Hours to Bring Patient 36 Miles Ambulance Delayed by Floods; Rescuer Braves Icy Water Moree
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 August 1939 · page 7
Delayed by floods, Moree ambulance took 23 hours to bring an injured man 36 miles from Kiga Bore to Moree Hospital. The patient, John Chapman…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mair Rides Storm to Premiership Petition To Governor Was Unsuccessful Spooner Group Leaves Meeting Of Party After Uproar
The Sun · Sunday 6 August 1939 · page 1
After scenes without parallel in the parliamentary history of the State, Mr. Mair, by 18 votes to six, was yesterday elected Leader of the Parliamentary U.A.P. and became…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →One Million Chinese Homeless. Hopei Province Floods. Chungking, Aug. 6. (A.A.P.)
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 August 1939 · page 11
A million Chinese aie homeless as the result of flooding in 22 districts in the Hopei Piovince. The Chinese authorities allege that the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Flooding Reared. Murrumbidgee River. WAGGA
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 August 1939 · page 12
Anxiety is felt that consideiable flooding may occur along the Murrumbidgee River as a result of the heavy rain which has fallen over the wateished and along the tributailcs…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Tasmanian Floods and Landslides Hobart
The Sun · Monday 7 August 1939 · page 12
Rivers have risen rapidly in most parts of Tasmania, because of heavy and almost incessant rain in the last few days, but flooding has not…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Rescued When Starving Then Battered by Storms Brisbane
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 8 August 1939 · page 4
"Feeling very weak from lack of food, but thankful we are not short of water."…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Melbourne Rain Floods Suburbs Melbourne
The Sun · Tuesday 8 August 1939 · page 10
Heavy rain fell in the metropolitan area throughout the night, causing flooding of low-lying areas in the southern suburbs. No great damage…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →