Two Dead In Victorian Gale
MELBOURNE, Mon.--Two men were killed, several people injured, damage done to buildings, and air, sea and land transport services disrupted by a violent gale which…
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Floods & storms, 1948
279 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 12 of 14
Flood Prevention
Sir,--I endorse what J.O.S. writes. Not five per cent. of the Lower Clarence farmers benefit by silt deposit, and even they…
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MACLEAN.--A deputation which waited on the Harwood Shire Council discussed the construction of a second drain…
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LONDON, Mon. (A.A.P.).--Hotels on the Brighton and Eastbourne promenades had windows blown in by a gale on the Sussex…
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HAMILTON (Burmuda), Tues.(A.A.P.).--An Atlantic hurricane battered Bermuda for over five hours yesterday, and preliminary…
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TOKIO, Fri. (A.A.P.-Reuter)-- Japanese and occupation authorities said between 1800 and 2000 persons were killed, injured or…
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A severe thunderstorm, accompanied by vivid lightning and heavy thunderclaps struck Karangi on Thursday…
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The distribution of an amount of over £70 was discussed at the CWA Conference last week. It was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Letters To The Editor (Correspondence Should be Restricted to 250 Words.) Flood Benefits
Sir,--Might I, as a working farmer, ask who is this person signing himself "Working Farmer," who so glibly speaks of…
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KEMPSEY, Fri.-- Attempts will be made soon to refloat the mission motorship, Devare, which went ashore near Port…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Interesting Report On Flood Heights
THE following report is aimed at removing the confusion which is in the minds of many residents of Grafton and South Grafton on the heights floods have risen in the river. Also to clarify the effect of the height in the river on the height in the…
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LONDON, Sun. (A.A.P.)--If Russia was attacked she would advance and "it would not be long before Paris, Rome and Madrid fell. The Red Army would storm…
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HAVING waited patiently for the opponents to the reduction or complete elimination of the dangers and disasters of floods to exhaust their supplies of "red herrings," I re-enter the fray. Let me first of all remind the…
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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. This picture shows a linseed crop being cut at Rochester, Kent…
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SYDNEY, Tues.--Flood mitigation on the Richmond and Tweed Rivers would be investigated soon the Minister for…
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ADELAIDE, Tuesday.-- Thirty homes were flooded, to a depth of three feet when a wall of water swept down the main street…
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LISMORE, Thurs. -- Some new homes planned in Lismore will have to be on stilts, 30 to 40 feet above the ground, according to a…
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SYDNEY, Friday. -- One ship crashed against a wharf, and others were damaged by a wild gale which swept Sydney Harbour to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tests Of Radio Network For Flood Emergency
FIELD tests of a high frequency radio network for use in flood time emergency are to be undertaken on the North Coast in about six weeks time. If successful the facility will be extended throughout the Northern Rivers…
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