Shield Game Washed Out By Heavy Rain
SYDNEY, Wed.—An unprecedented, thunderstorm washed out the New South Wales versus Queensland Sheffield Shield…
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Floods & storms, 1947
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Flood Damage In Shire Areas
The advents of two floods in such a short period during 1946 set both Nymboida and Orara shires back considerably in some…
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A 70 m.p.h,. gale, which lashed clarance River areas yesterday afternoon, caused thousands of pounds damage to the town and district of Maclean…
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SYDNEY, Thurs.—Policy holders with the Government Insurance Office of New South Wales, who were not covered for…
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Although the gale at Great Marlow exceeded the force of Thursday's storm, little damage was done to crops and two…
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MACLEAN, Fri.—Following the fierce storm of Thursday the town received further rain to-day, but it was of short duration, and…
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Several houses in Grafton and South Grafton were damaged by the terrific storm yesterday afternoon, the second in two days. It was the most severe gale to hit the district for many years, and the velocity of the wind attained 80 miles an hour in…
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For the third successive day a storm broke over the Grafton district early on Saturday afternoon…
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SAN FRANCISCO, Mon.—Waves which reached a height of 40 feet battered the shorelines of the Hawaiian Islands during the week-end when a violent storm raged for 48 hours causing property damage, estimated at millions of dollars…
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SYDNEY, Tues.—Yesterday's severe storm, the second within a week, has intensified the rush on tiles and other materials…
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HAIL damage during a storm early yesterday afternoon was severe in the Water view and Winegrove districts. Windows were broken in two houses and maize crops were stripped…
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On Sunday night a severe electrical storm worked up in the south-east the lightning being particularly vivid and…
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INVERELL, Tues.—A freak storm yesterday afternoon lifted 1000 fowls into the air and carried them 30 yards. The storm…
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NEW YORK, Tues.—The winter's severest storm is at present raging over the entire North Atlantic and even the…
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NEW YORK, Wed.—Latest casualties in the violent gale which has been lashing the Atlantic for mere than a week include the Canadian Government-owned freighter Tecumseh Park, of 7163 tons…
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SYDNEY, Thurs.—Because of a violent electrical storm, that swept Sydney early to-night the departure of the Duke of…
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CAPETOWN, Thursday.—Four people have been drowned and damage totalling many hundred thousands of pounds caused at…
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COFF'S HARBOUR, Sunday.— About 20 points of rain resulted from two storms which passed over Coff's Harbour on Friday…
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BELLINGEN, Sat.—Regarding the programme of restoring road, works destroyed by flood on the Bellinger, the Department of Main…
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High winds sweeping South Wales hit the disused Palace Cinema beside the River Ebbw at Crumlin and hurled the side and part of the roof of the building into the swirling waters of the river. No one was injured in the crash. Children who normally use the road beside the building as a playground were all indoors owing to the severity of the gale. Picture shows the wrecked cinema, with debris…
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