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Broken Hill & the Far West · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1945

102 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 6 of 6

'Sweepers Fight Mines Loosed By U.K. Gales

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 24 December 1945 · page 1

London, December 22 — Erery available British and Allied minsweeper is being mobilised to fight the hundreds of mines which have been driven by the…

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Storm Detector Effective At 2,000 Miles

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 24 December 1945 · page 1

Wellington, December 23.—The Army revealed the wartime development of electronics weather detectors, by which a storm can be picked up 2,000 miles…

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Dinghy In Gale For 23 Hours

Barrier Miner · Saturday 29 December 1945 · page 8

BRISBANE.—Tossed about in some of the most dangerous reef waters off the Australian coast for 23 hours, most of the time pulling at the oars, three…

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