Dutch Ship Weathers Storm
NORFOLK (Virginia), Fri.--A disabled Dutch freighter weathered an Atlantic storm with winds of…
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Floods & storms, 1953
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Freak Storm At Curlewis
A freak storm which lashed an area near Curewis in the Gunnedah district, unroofed a house…
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TOKIO, Fri.--Eight men were drowned and 12 are missing following the break-up of the 10,000 ton Swedish tanker, Avanti, in a Western Pacific gale…
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NEW YORK, Mon.--The worst storms of winter which continued to sweep over widely scattered…
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IN about three weeks it is expected that the new aerial being erected at Grafton Police Station will be completed. This will improve the operation of the North Coast flood…
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BRISBANE, Tues.—Six people were rescued by rowing boat to-day in two separate incidents in Tully,…
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Flood boat rowing, conducted by the Grafton Volunteer Water Brigade will start again on Saturday over…
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BRISBANE, Thursday.-- About 30 families were evacuated in Townsville today after the town had…
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During a brief electrical blackout because of a storm at Grafton yesterday, the iron lung at Grafton Base…
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A FIERCE rainstorm which swept over Grafton early yesterday afternoon and recorded 150 points in about 20 minutes probably marks the end of near-drought…
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Yesterday afternoon's heavy storm caused children and pets to scatter at the National Fitness Play Centre at the Grafton Showground. The first heavy drops fell…
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BRISBANE, Fri.—Eight hundred train travellers are stranded by floods between Rockhampton and Ingham,…
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COPMANHURST Shire Council's plant depot near the Grafton boundary was damaged severely in a…
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BRISBANE, Sun.--Flood swollen river systems reached their highest levels in 30 years as heavy…
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Considerable damage was done to 10 horse stalls at the Grafton racecourse during a recent storm…
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COFFS HARBOUR, Wed. --In Coffs Harbour this afternoon, a heavy storm broke shortly before three…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—The Weather Bureau warned to-night that there was a risk of widespread flooding in…
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TAMWORTH, Sunday.—A cyclone destroyed an old residence, unroofed two homes and partially…
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LONDON, Sun.—Heavy loss of life and property damage amounting to millions of pounds have followed devastating gales which have swept England and the Continent. In England, so far, 160 people have been drowned…
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SYDNEY, Mon.--Growers were unable to sell tomatoes at twopence a pound at the city markets to-day…
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