Queen Mary Runs Ashore in Big Storm
LONDON, Sunday.—In calm, sunny weather this morning, six tugs eased the liner Queen Mary off the sand bar near Cherbourg, where she had been driven ashore by…
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Floods & storms, 1949
392 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 1 of 20
Gales Sweet England Liner Queen Mary on Sandbank Successfully Re[?]loated Australia Bound Vessel Held Up LONDON
The liner Queen Mary which went aground on a sandbank near Cherbourg, was refloated just before high tide today. The vessel…
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MELBOURNE, Sunday: The flood danger in East Gippsland receded today as rapidly as it developed yesterday…
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ADELAIDE, Monday: After being isolated for a week by road and rail washaways, the town of Maree in north South Australia has now been…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New Cars Flood Market U.S. Output New York
New cars are being made in such numbers—more than 10,000 a week—that a buyers' market is rapidly developing for used and new cars…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Britain Harvests Her Post-Flood Linseed Crop
Sown in land waterlogged by the serious flooding which devastated large areas of Britain's farmlands during the spring of 1947, emergency crops of linseed are now being cut. Cargoes of furs and other luxuries were off-loaded from R.M.S…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Heavy Rain in Bathurst District
As a result of a heavy storm which broke shortly after 2 o'clock on Saturday afternoon from 30 to 60 points were registered in the…
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Torrential rain, sometimes accompanied by high winds battered the eastern coast of Australia from Cape York to the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Golden Rain Heavy Falls in N.S.W. and Queensland Floods Feared SYDNEY
Valuable rains fell today along the N.S.W. coast from the Queensland border to Victoria. Heaviest rains occurred in the…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—Flood warnings have been issued on the North Coast following torrential rains yesterday and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rain, Gale Damage in City Areas Transport Services Disrupted Useful Falls in Western District Sydney
Whipped by a South Easterly which reached 56 mph at 11 p.m. and was still hovering about the 50 mph at midday, drenching rain caused widespread damage ans dislocated air, train, tram, ferry and…
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Although nearly two inches of rain fell in Sydney in the 24 hours to 9 o'clock today, the weather is clearing, floods are subsiding, and services have…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Heavy Storm Sweeps Dunedoo and District
On Saturday last Dunedoo was swept by an egtremely heavy rainstorm a little after midday, a fall of 104 points being recorded at the…
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MEXICO CITY, Wednesday: Freak weather in North America has now spread to Mexico, which is undergoing disastrous floods…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →COURSING Racing Continues Despite Deluge
Living up to its reputation of being "the club that never postpones," the Lithgow Hospital Greyhound Racing Club completed its…
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SYDNEY, Sunday: In the wake of yesterday's storms over New South Wales, heavily contrasting weather ruled over Southern Australia today…
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A freak storm struck the metropolitan area during the week-end doing over £100,000 worth of damage…
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MILLTHORPE, Sunday.—In common with other districts, Millthorpe was visited by a heavy storm on Saturday…
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Lightning which vividly lit up the sky over Lithgow in Saturday's fierce electrical storm struck the Blue Bird Cafe, smashing a heavy brick coping and bursting inside the building…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Damage at Parkes £10,000 Storm Kills Two People
The freak 74 m.p.h. cyclonic storm which swept the Central West on Saturday afternoon caused damage estimated at £10,000 at Parkes, and…
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