Very Heavy Rain in Queensland Brisbane
The heaviest rains for nearly 50 years have flooded some parts of central and south-west Queensland. Longreach has had 720 points this…
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Queensland Floods. Brisbane
Private planes dropped rations yesterday to homesteads in all flood-bound western areas. Reports tell of widespread isolation and traffic dislocation…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →New Flood Threat. More Rain Likely. Darling River Rising
More floods on the central and north-western slopes are likely to follow heavy rain which is expected to move east from Central Australia…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Damage by Floods Repaired
After a break of six days in the rail service over Quirindi Creek, caused by the floods, through traffic…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →£100,000 Flood Damage
Flood damage in the Wellington district is estimated by residents to exceed £100,000…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War Council Faces Overtime Storm Labor Men Angry at Attacks on Union Menzies Hopes For Solution, But Problems Mount
With the ban on overtime imposed by boilermakers and ironworkers threatening a serious hold-up in Australia's war effort, the emergency meeting of the War Council,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Doctor Flies Over Floods
The New South Wales Flying Doctor, Dr. J. G. Woods, in a letter describing the transformation of the Far West when the drought broke last week, said that in an 80-mile flight…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →New Flood Danger. Heavy Rainfall. Many Rivers Rising
Heavy rains, particularly in the central, northern, and north-western sections of New South Wales yesterday, and the possibility of more falls,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Rain Revives Flood Dangers Darling Tributaries Break Banks Fresh Downpour Forecast
Swollen by heavy rain, the tributaries of the Upper Darling are breaking their banks in places, and the danger of floods is increasing. Further rain, including heavy falls, is predicted…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Floods in Queensland Brisbane
In the far north and west of Queensland people are battling against floodwaters to maintain communications and to save human life…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Violent Storm in Melbourne Melbourne
Twenty-five points of rain was recorded in 24 minutes when a violent thunderstorm broke over Melbourne this afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Floods Defied. Girl's Long Drive to Doctor. Broken Hill
Black-trackers, camels, and radio are being used by station owners in the north-east of South Australia to help an urgent appendicitis patient on a…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →River Over Banks. Walcha Flooded. Danger on Inland Streams
Danger of floods on the main north-western inland rivers has increased because more heavy rains are likely on the catchments of these…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Town Isolated by Floods Miles of Water at Pilliga
Pilliga is surrounded by floodwater to-day and residents in low parts of the town are leaving their homes for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Three Swim Flood Doctors, Nurse Take Aid
A doctor, his wife, and a bush nurse had to swim horses across swollen creeks yesterday to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Repairing Flood Damage
TRESTLE BRIDGE of crossed sleepers, built to restore the railway line at Yullundry, 250 miles from Sydney on the Molong-Dubbo line. Flood waters, which could not be carried away by the small culvert at the left, washed out…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Terrific Storm Floods Streets Of Melbourne MELBOURNE
At least one person is believed to have been drowned in the city tonight, when the worst storm in Melbourne's history flooded the main streets to a depth of 6 feet…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Melbourne Deluge. Streets Like Rivers. Two Escape Drowning. Cars Swept Away. Melbourne
Heralded by vivid lightning and violent thunder, one of the heaviest cloudbursts in the city's history struck Melbourne to-night…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Rehearsal in Storm for A.R.P. MELBOURNE
Melbourne had its first rehearsal of the Air-Raid Precaution system last night in realistic circumstances. While gas-masked instructors were…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Water Supply Flood Discolouration Cost of Filtration
"AFTER a considerable period we have had our water supply so badly polluted that for two or three days it was not fit for…
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