Woman Finds House In Yard After Storm
SYDNEY.—Mrs. Agnes Parker, of Dora Creek, near Newcastle, awakened to see a neighbor's wooden house in her back yard. It had been blown…
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Floods & storms, 1942
72 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 4 of 4
Crops Destroyed by Floodwaters
SYDNEY.—It is estimated that more than £5000 worth of damage was done to crops in N.S.W. by floodwaters which resulted from the recent…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Record Flood in U.S. WASHINGTON, October 17
The Potomac flood is now slowly receding after hitting a record level and inundating several low-lying sections of the capital…
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CALCUTTA, November 4. —It is officially revealed that 11,000 persons were killed at Midnapore and Parganas when…
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SYDNEY.—Following continuous heavy rains throughout the State during the past week, the possibility of floods in various parts of the State…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Victory March Of Eighth Army Slowed In Places Because Of Heavy Rain
LONDON, November 9.—Torrential rain which has left the road to Mersa Matruh axle deep in water in some places is slowing up the Allied pursuit of Rommel's army in the Western Desert…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Story of the Blitz Over Britain Endurance Under Storm Of Death And Destruction LONDON, November 30
The story of a thousand and one gallant deeds and the failures of the Luftwaffe offensive against "the kitchens and front parlors of Britain" is told in "The Frontline of 1940-1941," a record of Britain's civil defence army published by the Ministry…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Freak Storm in Victoria
Two and a half inches of rain fell in an hour in a freak storm a Cowyarr. Gippsland, on Thursday of last week. Country two or three miles…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →News From Wanaaring Says Paroo in Record Flood
News from Wana[?] states that the Paroo is now in flood indeed, Paroo is in record big flood in Wanaaring area and over the banks the water hat risen till it is now into some homesteads. On Wednesday the Paroo was up three…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Man Ferried Over Floods To Hospital
BECAUSE it was impossible to get the services of the Flying Doctor (Dr. Woods), whose plane is held up in Adelaide, a patient…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ivanhoe Storms and Heat
Ivanhoe residents have had a very uncomfortable week of severe heat the highest registration being 106. It looks like a very hot and dry Christmas. A…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Activities in and Around Wilcannia the Paroo Flood Wanaaring Was Threatened
Latest news to hand concerning the flooding of the Paroo River indicates that Wanaaring was in grove danger, and the river is slowly receding, having reached its highest level early in the week…
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