Two Ships Founder in Storm. 34 Persons Drowned. ISTANBUL, Dec. 27. (A.A.P.)
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 28 December 1939 · page 8
The Turkish steamer Kizilirmak (2,794 tons), with a crew of 20, and the Dutch steamer Astron (1,406 tons), with a crow of 14, foundered in a violent storm in the Black…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Victims of North China Floods Have Harrowing Experiences
Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 28 December 1939 · page 22
The streets of flooded Tientsin have become canals. Up and down the long liquid avenues of dark, evil-smelling water move hundreds of boats of every…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Floods in New Zealand. Auckland
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 28 December 1939 · page 8
Heavy floods have occurred in Wellington Province. Rongotal Aerodrome is unworkable. Slips have occurred on roads, blocking traffic…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →N.z. Washed by Floods
Daily News · Thursday 28 December 1939 · page 5
WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Wednesday.--Minor avalanches have been caused by heavy rains which fell in Wellington last night and to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Heavy Rains Flood City, Aerodrome
The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 28 December 1939 · page 6
WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Wednesday.-- Heavy rain over Wellington has flooded Rongotai Aerodrome and the low-lying areas of the city…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →R.A.F. Bomber in Epic Air Fight Defies Heavy Rain Of Shells In Attacks On German Patrol 13 Warships London, Thursday. Our Own Cable Service
Daily News · Friday 29 December 1939 · page 3
WITH amazing courage, a single British bomber fought a thrilling battle against 13 German warships near the German coast, it was revealed here to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →20ft. Wall Crashes in Gale
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 30 December 1939 · page 1
A 20ft. brick wall and steel girders of a building in Collins Street, Alexandria, were blown down by last night's gale…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Savage Gale Hits City And Suburbs
The Sun · Sunday 31 December 1939 · page 1
Shop-windows were smashed and trees up-rooted by a savage gale which swept the city and suburbs yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Yachts In Gale Collisions In Title Heat
The Sun · Sunday 31 December 1939 · page 9
Tested by the gale at Pitt-water yesterday, Sydney's Jubilee Class Yachts (Pitt-water and Sydney divisions)…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Heavy Storm At Lithgow LITHGOW
The Sun · Sunday 31 December 1939 · page 3
Extensive damage was done to vegetable gardens when a heavy storm broke over Lithgow this afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Storm Rips Up Boat Race Auckland
The Sun · Sunday 31 December 1939 · page 4
Thrilling incidents occurred at a power boat regatta on Lake Waikaremoana. A raging storm whipped up heavy seas…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Adventure Gale Warning. By Do[?]nford Yates. Ward Lock and Coy
The Sun · Sunday 31 December 1939 · page 21
ST. ANTHONY and Delilah with one bed, in a small bedroom, in a tiny suite. That was what Richard Mansel required of Richard Bagot…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Ballet Premiere: Race Blow: Nuptials: New Year Dances Hats Off In Gale at Randwick
The Sun · Sunday 31 December 1939 · page 17
Hats and hairdoes were sacrificed at Randwick, yesterday but what racegoers lacked in chic about the heads…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →The end of Rebell's famous voyage He had beaten ocean storms -- to be wrecked in harbor! Fred Rebell's seventh and final article
The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 31 December 1939 · page 20
I SPENT five happy weeks in Honolulu, and then, in spite of the onset of…
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