Flooded Rivers Rising
Rapid rises in inland rivers have renewed the dangers of floods at some country centres…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Floods & storms, 1939
1,053 stories in Sydney's papers · page 39 of 53
New Danzig Storm Is Feared. Nazi Press Fumes at Poland. New Frontier Incident. Hitler's Berclitesgaden Conference. From Our Own Correspondent. LONDON, August 8
Signs that a fresh Danzig storm may be blowing up are detected in the Berlin mid-afternoon papers, which are unanimously fuming about an article in the Warsaw newspaper, "Czas," threatening that Poland will blow Danzig to bits if it…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Flood Fears at Burrinjuck. Water 2ft 6in Below Dam Spillways
Despite the release of tremendous quantities of water through the safety valves, the level of the water impounded by the Burrinjuck Dam was within 2…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Floods Among Crops Melbourne
Hundreds of acres are under water [?]nundating many crops, of wheat, and roads are blocked, but there have been no stock losses through the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Flood Danger Ends For Riverina Towns
Balranald police said last night that the flood waters from the Murrumbidgee fell one inch yesterday. The river, however, was still seven inches above flood level and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Along The Running Track He "Wethered" the Gale
ENGLAND has a new half- mile sensation who may win at the Helsingfors Olympics. He is G. E. F. Wethered, of Oxford University, who ran Imin. 524-5 in a half-gale at the English-American…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Tilting the Bucket at School Sports — Flood Waters Near Wagga — Training Army Technicians
Copies of pictures by "Sydney Morning Herald" photographers may be purchased from the Art Gallery at the "Herald" Office. Scale of charges may be obtained on application…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Burrinjuck Dam. Little Fear of Floods. Clear Skies on Catchment Area
It was stated last night that reports from Burrinjuck Dam indicated that settlers in parts of the Murrumbidgee Valley subject to flooding have little to…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →No Flood Fear; Dam Not Full
Residents in the valley below Burrinjuck Dam are in no danger from the flooded Murrumbidgee River…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Roads Under Floods In Two States
FAR-SPREADING FLOODS at Namurkah (Victoria) are shown in this aerial picture. The main road from Shepparton emerges from the flooded Broken River at left. HUME HIGHWAY under water at Tarcutta (New South Wales). Picture shows a horse and cart pulling a car--one of many--through the flood…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lull Before Next Big U.A.P. Storm
AFTER the hectic events of last week, the State political arena is now strangely quiet. Observers, however, consider that it is merely a lull before yet another storm…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Deluge Devastates Pitcairn Is. Wellington (N.z.)
The deluge which burst recently on Pitcairn, the loneliest island of the Pacific, tore away hillsides…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Starring The Speed Automobile Pat O'Brien. Gale Page --Civic, Cameo
Tale of a race-track driver, who loses his nerve when his mechanic is killed, the Warner Brothers' film, "The Devil on Wheels," caters almost…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →News Of World From Telegraph Correspondents Crisis Turns From Danzig Slovakia, Hungary Storm Centres LONDON
HINTS of Hitler's turn from Danzig toward Slovakia have stirred the Slovakian German minority to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Storm Over Four Chinese Truculent Japs Threaten Tientsin London, Monday. Our Own Cable Service
TELEGRAMS of Protest against the surrender of the four Chinese at Tientsin are pouring in to the British foreign Office from Labor and Liberal organisations…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Family Escapes As Gale Destroys Kitchen
WOLLONGONG, Wednesday. -- While Mr. and Mrs. T. Ball, of Austinmer Heights, were having breakfast with their four children this morning, a gust of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fierce Gale Electricity Interruption Tree Fouls Line
IN a howling gale that for a time reached terrific speed, the electricity service in a large section of the Penrith municipality…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Nazi War of Words. Propaganda in England. a Deluge of Letters. From Our Own Correspondent. London, Aug. 16
Increasing numbers of British and French citizens are being deluged with letters and leaflets from the German propaganda, service…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Storm Over U.S. Coach for Cup Team New York
The appointment of Bruce Barnes as coach of the American Davis Cup team is being criticised in the New York Press. Experts complain that, while the…
Continued on Trove, page 44 →Ascot Handicap (1st Div.) Lithgow in a Cash Flood
IT will be a long time before bookmakers bet better prices at a midweek meeting than they did in yesterday's Ascot Handicap, first division…
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