Cobar And Storms
Cobar has received a very severe buttering by the storms of recent months. In one of the early ones great damage was done to the town, estimated variously at…
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Floods & storms, 1945
102 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 1 of 6
Tibooburra Storm Aftermath
Mostly people in this district, especially pastoralists, are getting over the recent violent duststorms. A lot of seattered damage has been the aftermath of this…
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On Tuesday night hopes were raised throughout the district when thunderstorms broke over the town mid district. For a brief space heavy sheets of rain…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Floods In State
SYDNEY.—Rain was reported today from widespread parts" of the State, and there are bright prospects of a continuation. Many districts…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Heavy Rain in Gippsland Mallee Missed
Melbourne, January 13.—It has rained heavily in Gippsland and N.E. Victoria in the last two days, but only light showers have occurred in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dust Storms In West Flying Doctor's Experiences
During the past few weeks dust storms have been frequent in the Far West, and Dr. Woods experienced his share of them (says the "Flying Doctor" magazine on…
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A message from Port Louis, capital of Mauritius, says a three-day cyclone devastated the whole of the island, cutting all communications. Many…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Towed In Gale
Sydney, January 23.—Towed through a full gale in a 30-year-old wooden ship for three days. 12 men faced the possibility of their craft being smashed to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Storms Pile Up Sand On S.A. Border Fence
BECAUSE recent dust storms have piled up so much dust against the border fence, about twenty miles of it has to be "topped" or built on to compensate for the portion buried. This was stated today by Mr. A. Blyton, overseer…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Clash With Storm Troopers?
London, January 28—Paris radio states that hundreds of German civilians were killed when a class occurred with Storm Troopers in an cast railway station at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Worst Dost Storm In City's History Total Blackout Lasted Over Hour
A dust storm which raged with unprecedented ferocity over Broken Hill yesterday afternoon caused a total blackout.at 4 o'clock, which swallowed up the city in a "midnight" blackness for over an hour. The famous "Black Friday"…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Record Dust Storm Envelops the City Complete Blackout for 50 Minutes
A dust storm that struck Broken Hill at approximately 4 o'clock yesterday has set aside all arguments as to the record dust storm in the city's history. Nothing approximating yesterday's storm was ever witnessed here before. Storms that have reached, blackout…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Big Storms Of The Past
Old timers, discussing the biff storms of the past all agree that nothing like Tuesday's storm was ever seen. Reference wait made yesterday to the big…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Menindee Had Blackout Storm
Menindee also experienced the blackout dust storm on Tuesday and had an even longer period of total darkness. This was stated today by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →After the Storm Housewives At Work
[?]reder of house wives rose early yesterday morning to cope with the aftermath of Tuesday's record-breaking blackout duststorm. The task before them was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →9 Towns In Grip Of Dust Storm
SYDNEY.—Nine inland towns, Ardlethan, Cobar, Trangie, Nyngan, Gilgandra, Gulargambone, Peak Hill, Cassilis and Gulgong are in the grip…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Broken Hill's Record Dust Storm
The dust storm that struck Broken Hill on Tuesday afternoon was an all-time record, and very decisively. A red dust storm struck the city, after a dusty…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Record Dust Storm At Ivanhoe Streets Left Foot Deep in Sand
A record dust storm on Tuesday at Ivanhoe left the streets a foot under sand. The blackout was maintained for two hours. After a very trying spell of severe heat when the mercury was consistently over…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Queensland Floods
BRISBANE,A cyclonic disturbance in the far north of Queensland is causing flooding of rivers, and train and motor traffic south from…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Dust-storm's Duration
A correspondent, "Dusted," writes: "I would like a few points cleared up about the dust storm on Tuesday last week. 'Barrier Daily Truth' said that the storm…
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