Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Floods & storms, all years

Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1944

646 stories in Sydney's papers · page 10 of 33

Granville News Fifty Houses to Be Built at Granville Flood of Applications Expected Will Councils Get Rates?

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 19 April 1944 · page 7

It has not yet been decided who will be eligible for the tenancies of 50 houses to be built immediately by the N.S.W. Housing…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Storm Damage

The Sun · Monday 24 April 1944 · page 3

Driven ashore at Watson's Bay today by the heavy wind. Small craft were stranded or swamped in many parts…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Gale Hit Sydney in Early Morning

Daily Mirror · Monday 24 April 1944 · page 3

A 75-m.p.h. gale, accompanied by severe rain squalls, struck the metropolitan area at 1.30 a.m. today, tearing roofs from houses, uprooting trees, bringing down telegraph wires and wrecking launches and yachts. Many hundreds…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Gale Hit Sydney in Early Morning

Daily Mirror · Monday 24 April 1944 · page 3

A 75-m.p.h. gale, accompanied by severe rain squalls, struck the metropolitan area at 1.30 a.m. today, tearing roofs from houses, uprooting trees, bringing down telegraph wires and wrecking launches and yachts. Many hundreds…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Storm Puts Out Street Lights

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 April 1944 · page 4

Torrential rain fell and the wind blew at gale force during a storm which passed over Sydney early this morning…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Houses Damaged By Freak 70 m.p.h. Gale

The Sun · Monday 24 April 1944 · page 3

A freak 50 to 70 miles-an-hour gale struck Sydney suddenly early this morning, causing damage in widely separated suburbs. Suburbs which reported damage included Vaucluse,…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

"The Calm Before the Storm"

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 April 1944 · page 2

While the Anglo-American air offensive drums through the skies over western Europe with ever-increasing intensity, the traffic signals are…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Six Die in Heavy U.s. Floodings

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 26 April 1944 · page 4

NEW YORK, Tuesday.--Six people are dead and thousands homeless as the result of floods in Missouri and Kansas…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Storm

The World's News · Saturday 29 April 1944 · page 14

THE bush was quiet. No sound but the mallees' whispering; nothing to see but the campfire's flickering…

Continued on Trove, page 14 →

VARIETY by Morley Adams Tidy this yard after the storm

The Sun · Sunday 30 April 1944 · page 2

TREES in the yard on the right were blown about by a heavy storm. See if you can help the gardener replace them…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Armies On Tip-Toe For Storm On Europe Second of two articles by Gordon Gilmour, of "The Sun's" London Bureau, on the pre-invasion scene

The Sun · Tuesday 2 May 1944 · page 4

LEAVING the Ministry of Information this evening, I shared a taxi with an American woman war correspondent, who confided that she had just written a powerful piece for her…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Serious Flood in Victoria

The Sun · Thursday 4 May 1944 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Thursday. -- Serious floods are likely in the Yarra Valley in the next 24 hours, due to continued rain…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Germans Flood Italian Marshes

Daily Mirror · Thursday 4 May 1944 · page 2

LONDON, Thursday.--Fearing an Allied break-through in Italy, the Germans are reported to have flooded the Pontine Marshes…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Germans Flood Italian Marshes

Daily Mirror · Thursday 4 May 1944 · page 3

LONDON, Thursday.--Fearing an Allied break- through in Italy, the Germans are report to have flooded the Pontine Marshes…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Germans Flood Italian Marshes

Daily Mirror · Thursday 4 May 1944 · page 2

LONDON, Thursday.--Fearing qn Allied break-through in Italy, the Germans are reported to have flooded the Pontine Marshes…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Storm Wrecks American Landing Ship

Daily Mirror · Friday 5 May 1944 · page 3

THIS AMERICAN LANDING SHIP, bound from Anzio to Naples with German prisoners, was caught in a terrific overnight storm and driven on the rocks. Most of the men who left the sinking ship were swept to their death by the raging seas…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Storm Wrecks American Landing Ship

Daily Mirror · Friday 5 May 1944 · page 3

THIS AMERICAN LANDING SHIP, bound from Anzio to Naples with German prisoners, was caught in a terrific overnight storm and driven on the rocks. Most of the men who left the sinking ship were swept to their death by the raging seas…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Farm Buildings & Equipment Effective Flood Gate For Creek Bed

The Land · Friday 5 May 1944 · page 8

THE above plan shows a floodgate which can be made any width to suit conditions, with extra stiles, and perhaps drums, to increase the buoyancy according to the weight of the gate. One of the hardest points at which…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

Offensive Feared Enemy Floods Italian Area

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 May 1944 · page 1

LONDON, May 4 (A. A. P.).— Fearing an Allied offensive from the Anzio beachhead, the Germans have inundated large…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Marshes Flooded To Hamper Allies

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 May 1944 · page 1

LONDON, Thursday.--The Germans have flooded the Pontine Marshes in the Anzio beachhead area (south of Rome) to hamper an expected new Allied offensive…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →