British Infantry Storming Bremen Across Floods
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 April 1945 · page 1
LONDON, April 25 (A.A.P.).—British infantry launched a full-scale offensive against the North Sea port of Bremen at midnight and by 6 a.m. had crossed the city border. Buffaloes, each packed with 30 men, led the attack across flooded ground…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Brighton Lifesavers' Club. Storm and Its Result
The St George Call · Friday 27 April 1945 · page 1
The violent storm on 7th inst., which wrought such pronounced damage to the club house of Brighton Lifesavers' Club, evidently will have its bright side in that…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Russian Troops Storm Inner Berlin City's Central Defences Fall
The Daily Telegraph · Friday 27 April 1945 · page 1
LONDON, Thursday.--The first Russian detachments broke through German defences into the centre of Berlin today, near the Brandenburg Gate, says Reuter's…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New Films Film of Week: None. Acting of Week: None Scene of Week: None. Storm Over Lisbon It's About: Spies
The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 29 April 1945 · page 33
YOU'LL SEE: Vera Hruba Ralston. REPUBLIC comes up with a throbbing drama of "intrigue on an international scale, adventure, and…
Continued on Trove, page 33 →Moonlight flooded Moscow streets
The Sun · Sunday 29 April 1945 · page 5
In Moscow, on the night when union's lights went up, people were invited by radio into the reels to hear an important…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Borneo 'Show' All-australian Security Blackout On Details Crack Troops Storm Ashore
Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 May 1945 · page 4
THE Acting - Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) announced in the House of Representatives last night that Australian troops were invading…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →False Rumors Of Peace Flooding City
The Sun · Saturday 5 May 1945 · page 3
Excitement prevailed throughout the city today when rumors spread that the war in Europe was over. Later, the Acting-Prime…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Canberra Cannot Forecast Ve-day Chifley To Announce News Public Warned Against Heeding Flood of Rumor
Daily Mirror · Saturday 5 May 1945 · page 5
CANBERRA, Saturday. -- No definite information of when VE-Day will be declared had been received, said the Acting Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) today. A PPEALING to Australians to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Revision Proposals Flood 'Frisco Talks
Daily Mirror · Saturday 5 May 1945 · page 4
SAN FRANCISCO, Saturday. -- As the deadline for proposed changes to the Dumbarton Oaks plan approaches, it has become clear that while peace machinery set up by the Big Four is basically acceptable to other…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A.I.F. Storms Key Hill On Tarakan
The Sun · Monday 7 May 1945 · page 1
TARAKAN, Monday.--Australians have stormed and captured Tarakan Hill, Jap Fortress in the centre of the island's biggest town. Assisted by Dutch East Indies forces, the AIF blasted the Japs…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Half Town's Houses Wrecked by Cyclone
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 8 May 1945 · page 5
A cyclone which struck Goodooga, a small town five miles south of the Queensland border, late on Sunday night wrecked half the houses in the township. Mr. A. Kirk, local jeweller, was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Snow-squad 'Sweeps Out' New York Streets Victory Celebrated By Storm Of Paper
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 May 1945 · page 2
NEW YORK, Tuesday.--New York celebrated Germany's unconditional surrender with a storm of tickertape and paper streamers which poured down from sky-scraper windows…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Floodlit St. Paul's Symbol of Victory
Daily Mirror · Wednesday 9 May 1945 · page 3
LONDON,Wednesday.--The sheer beauty of St. Paul's cathedral as I look out the windows of the Daily Mirror's London office defies description, wrote a special correspondent last night…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wind Storm at Whyalla
Construction · Thursday 10 May 1945 · page 3
A considerable amount of damage was suffered at the Broken Hill Pty.'s works at Whyalla owing to the wind storm that swept the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →News for Women Floodlit Thanksgiving Service
The Sun · Thursday 10 May 1945 · page 8
The grounds of The Grotto at Watson's Bay will be floodlit tor a special service ol thanksgiving…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Stubble and Storms
The Land · Friday 11 May 1945 · page 19
Straw mulches have a great effect in holding rainfall. The…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Hail Falls In Storm
The Sun · Monday 14 May 1945 · page 3
Hundreds of people were caught in the city by a heavy thunderstorm at 3 pm today. Forty-three points were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sydney Drenched By Thunderstorm
Daily Mirror · Monday 14 May 1945 · page 3
To the accompaniment of thunder and lightning, heavy rain fell in Sydney this afternoon, and the Acting Divisional Meteorologist (Mr. Newman) said tonight would be cold, wet and squally…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Black-out Follows Thunderstorm
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 May 1945 · page 1
Electricity supplies to a wide area of the eastern and northern suburbs of Sydney failed for up to one hour at dusk yesterday after a severe rain and thunder storm. In the Prince of Wales…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Heavy Rain On Coast
The Sun · Wednesday 16 May 1945 · page 6
Torrential rain has fallen in the central and southern coastal areas in the past 24 hours. Heaviest south coast fails were…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →