Marooned In Flooded Creek
GOULBURN, Friday. —Crouched knee deep in water on the roof of a small sedan car, four women and a man were marooned in the middle of…
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Floods & storms, 1941
120 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 1 of 6
Greeks Storm Italians (Special to "The Miner.") LONDON, January 3
THE Greek radio says that the Italian counter-attack on the northern front in Albania broke down, after which the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rescued From Storm Channel Bravery Displayed SYDNEY
SWEPT away in a sudden surge of water in a storm water channel at Cessnock last night, William Raymond Thompson (10) was carried…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Council Work to Resume Williams St. Storm Water Culvert
AFTER their long Christmas holiday period roadworkers and other employees of the City Council will resume work tomorrow. There…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mother and Son Drowned Swollen Creek Wreck Homes Much Damage Done By Floods SYDNEY, January 7
Mrs. George Cooper (70), and her son George, aged 35 were drowned and considerable damage was done over a wide area when the swollen Sandy Creek burst its banks near Yeoval this morning and spread over miles of country. Mr. Cooper,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Boy's Heroism Braves Floodwaters Newcastle. January 6
Thomas Crawford (17) of West Cessnock, risked his life to save Raymond Thompson (10) of Cessnock. who was swept three-quarters of a mile in a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Flooded Country In The North Flying Doctor Pilot Set Problem
SPEAKING by radio from Ham[?] Gate on the Queensland border fence to the borken Hill boss of the A.A.M.S. this morning Pilot Bond gave a vivid description of the difficulty of finding a dry landing field, because…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Floodlit Flag
A flag flying from the top of the huge Freeman's shaft head frame at the Zinc Corporation has not been pulled down for months. The management has now gone…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rail Traffic Still Held Up Flooded Rivers And Creeks SYDNEY, January 9
Although the broken bridge over the Quirindi Creek has not been reported, passenger traffic on the main northern railway line was continued today…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Homesteads in North Isolated by Floods
Extensive rains have been experienced over the last week in the area to the north of Tibooburra and the south west of Queensland. Homesteads have been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Floods Menace Town Homes Marooned SYDNEY
A MESSAGE received today revealed that the floodwaters which broke the banks of the Macquarie River at Dubbo had now moved on to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Floods in Queensland Planes Drop Rations BRISBANE, January 12
Private planes dropped rations yesterday to homesteads in all flood bound western areas. Reports from the west tell of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →N.S.W. FLOODS Past Danger Point SYDNEY, January 11
The Hood crisis in New South Wales seemed to have passed, said the assistant State Meteorologist (Mr. Newman) to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Body Carried 25 Miles by Floods
SYDNEY, Monday.—The body Of Ronald Cooper (30), who was drowned last Tuesday at Yeoval, 50 miles north of Orange, has been recovered…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →£100,000 Flood Damage[?]
SYDNEY, Monday.—Flood damage in the Wellington district of New South Wales was stated by residents to[?] exceed £100,000. More than 1000…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Stop Press Heavy Rain on Sydney Line
Although it was reported this afternoon that more than 200 points of rain had fallen at Wurang, 177 miles from Broken Hill, the Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Two Ships in Storm
NEW YORK. January 14.— Two American freighters with 23 passenger and a crew of 72 are fighting mountainous waves several hundred…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Floods Menace North-West
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The danger of floods on the main northwestern inland rivers has increased, because more heavy rains are likely…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Damage Done By Melbourne Storm MELBOURNE, January 15
Rain fell at the rate of more than one point for minute. The storm left a damaged powerline and hundreds of pounds worth of goods in a city furniture store…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Danger In Flooded Areas Is Decreasing SYDNEY, January 15
The State meteorologist, Mr. Marcs, believes the dancer in the flooded areas of New South Wain is decreasing. The rain which has caused floods in the…
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