Official Labor Storm Pointed Queries on Pre-selection
Truth · Sunday 26 January 1941 · page 16
A TEMPEST is developing out of the Official Labor Party's endorsement of certain candidates for the next State elections, and a committee has been set up to review the qualifications of some candidates…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Cabinet Storm Brewing Ministers Divided On Social Services Child Endowment Scheme Called a Trick
The Sun · Sunday 26 January 1941 · page 7
"The Federal Government's Child Endowment scheme leaves the taxpayer holding the baby,"…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →12 Lives Lost: S. Australia Is Swept by Terrible Flood Interstate Trains Cut Off Take Weeks to Clear Away Debris Adelaide
Truth · Sunday 26 January 1941 · page 16
IT is believed that 12 people have perished in floodwaters which swept across South Australia to-day. Torrential rain has isolated country towns, destroyed stock, grounded…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Flood Havoc in S.a.; 6 Are Believed Drowned Queensland Also Suffers; N.S.W. Rail Washouts
The Sun · Sunday 26 January 1941 · page 5
Six people are missing, believed drowned, in floods which have spread a track of devastation through the settled areas of South Australia…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Five feared lost in South Australian floods Record rains leave trail of ruin; trains and planes held up
The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 26 January 1941 · page 2
ADELAIDE, Saturday. -- Five people are believed to have been drowned in the floods now sweeping large areas of South Australia. In many parts of the State the rainfall yesterday and today was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Survives Gale Eileen's Sailing Success
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 January 1941 · page 12
Only one of the four Sydney boats survived the southerly buster which hit the fleet in the first…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Storms Drown 13 In Four States
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 January 1941 · page 1
Storms have drowned 13 people in four States since Friday. Six perished in the South Australian floods, four in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sailing in Gale. 18-footers' Title. Eileen Wins First Heat
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 January 1941 · page 11
The change from a moderate westerly breeze to a south-westerly gale added excitement to a stirring contest for the first heat…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Boy Drowned. Children Trapped by Storm. Rescue by Policeman
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 January 1941 · page 9
Raymond Sutherland, 9, of Warsaw Street, Homebush, was drowned in a stormwater channel at Homebush during Saturday afternoon's heavy storm…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Big Storm Toll. Nine Dead in 4 States. Heavy Damage
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 January 1941 · page 7
Fierce storms during the week-end caused deaths by drowning in four States—one in Sydney, four in Queensland, two in Victoria, and two…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →49 m.p.h. Gale Sweeps New South Wales Stormtossed Launches, Yachts Ashore
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 January 1941 · page 2
Gales and Heavy rain swept wide areas of New South Wales yesterday. A 49 m.p.h. southerly buster yesterday afternoon capsized 15 small boats in the Harbor…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →General Rains. Flood Damage at Narrandera. Drowning, Injuries in City Downpour
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 January 1941 · page 9
General rains have fallen over the State in the last 48 hours, with some very heavy falls on Saturday night in the north-west and Riverina, and in…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Floods in Spain. Madrid, Jan. 26. (A.A.P.)
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 January 1941 · page 7
Extensive floods have interrupted the railways in several provinces of Spain. Floods from the Tagus have cut off Madrid from the south and the east…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Flood Fears in Gippsland Melbourne
The Sun · Monday 27 January 1941 · page 3
Heavy rain in Gippsland last night may cause floods from the swollen rivers throughout South- Eastern Victoria, late to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Renewed Flood Threats
The Sun · Monday 27 January 1941 · page 3
Floods are again threatening north-west districts of this State. Rivers, already high from earlier…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Army Camp Flooded Out MELBOURNE
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 January 1941 · page 2
Flood water forced evacuation of the military camp at Williamstown racecourse this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Floods Fall. Victoria and South Australia. MELBOURNE
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 January 1941 · page 7
Floods are now falling in both Victoria and South Australia. Repair gangs were busy to-day on roads und railways. Severe washaways caused by…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →South Australian Flood Havoc
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 January 1941 · page 8
Scenes in the recent heavy floods in South Australia which caused loss of life and did extensive damage. Top: One of the washaways near Monarto, where an embankment was washed away leaving a railway line suspended, causing; a suspension of the Melbourne and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Floodwaters 20 Miles Wide Town Isolated: Farmers Row for Food
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 28 January 1941 · page 5
For 12 days floodwaters have completely surrounded the small settlement of Enngonia, 63 miles north-west of Bourke. The township is situated on top of a sandhill, 200 yards from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Floods in Three States Lives Lost; Much Damage Done
The Australian Worker · Wednesday 29 January 1941 · page 8
Torrential rain caused floods in South Australia, Victoria and Queensland last week. In some districts in South Australia the floods were the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →