Gale at Ipswich Wrecks Houses
BRISBANE.—Damage amounting to several thousand pounds was caused by a gale which wrecked or partly wrecked more than two dozen houses,…
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Floods & storms, 1945
102 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 2 of 6
Kleve Cleared Allies Push On Then Halted By Floods
London, February 13.—Latest reports from the Nijmeen sector of the Western front reveal that the enemy has been cleared from the…
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Thundery conditions which had been threatening all the afternoon broke in a tropical rain storm shortly after 5 p.m. today and for about 20 minutes…
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PERTH.—Cvclonic storms which have swept through the north-west and portions of the Murchison within the past two weeks, have…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dust Storm Damage At Whyalla
ADELAIDE.—Yesterday afternoon's blow brought the worst dust storm on record in the Far North, the heaviest hail storm for 50 years…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lightning Victims in N.s.w. Storms
SYDNEY.—Four people died in a storm that broke over Sydney and country towns at the week-end. They were:—…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Floods In N.Z.
AUCKLAND (N.Z.).—Big flooas occurred in the South Canterbury district and hundreds of residents had been forced to evacuate their homes…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Severe Storm Over District Little Beneficial Rain Fell
On Saturday night rain fell over many ports of the district. It was preceded by a dust storm of short but damaging duration, and accompanied by a high and violent wind. Slight damage to property was…
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Wellington, N.Z., February 22.—Floods in a South Island, N.Z. marooned many people who cannot be rescued until daylight tomorrow. The aerodrome…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rain And Storms North Of Broken Hill
Storms have been reported north of Broken Hill, resulting in heavy ram at several places. It was reported to be raming at Tilpa, but no recording is…
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Melbourne, February 26.—When a sudden storm struck a south-east Victorian training unit on Saturday night two R.A.A.F. aircrew who were engaged on…
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SYDNEY.—It is now estimated that the cyclonic storm which swept the Cobar district on Monday afternoon caused £12,000 worth of damage…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mrs. Roosevelt As Storm Centre WASHINGTON, February 28
Mrs. Roosevelt, who at her press conference last week said, "Only the very best people should have large families," emphatically denied today that…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Train Trapped In Flood Two Men Missing
Brisbane, March 8.—Trapped in a flood when a goods train broke down on a bridge across the Burdekin River, two people are missing. Five others reached…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Six People Drowned In Guard's Van On Flooded Bridge
BRISBANE.—Six persons are believed to have been drowned when trapped in a guardsvan on the bridge over the flooded Burdekin River near…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rhine Taken by Storm Big Air Cover Helps Build Bridgehead; Nazis Are Trapped
LONDON, March 9.—Allied troops and supplies are flooding across the Rhine under an air umbrella into a steadily enlarged bridgehead at Remagen. Nine miles to the south units of the First and Third Armies have linked…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Floods Hamper Russian Forces Berlin May Be Outflanked
London, March 15.—Floods are hampering the Russians' pursuit of the Germans since the fall of Kustrin. A vast area west from Kustrin has been deeply flooded by the Oder and its tributaries overflowing their banks and also artifically by the Germans opening…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ship Down In Cyclone Six Survivors Out Of 85 Rescued
Brisbane, March 22—six native survivors of a ship believed to have been lost in a cyclone in the Coral Sea were picked up on a raft of the North…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Child Born at Sea; Storm and Nazis Attack
LONDON, April 3.—Lee Baron Russell Briggs Olsen is a Norwegian, only four weeks old, but there is a story to be told about him…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Baby Born in Storm While Convoy Was Being Attacked
Lee Baron Russell Briggs Olsen is a Norwegian, only four weeks old, but there is a story to bo told about him. It began on the little island of Soroy,…
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