Storms Batter U.s. Cruiser
New York, December 30 — The US cruiser Portland passed through two terrific storms while carrying troops from Le Havre and arrived at New…
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Floods & storms, 1946
161 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 1 of 9
Comet Delayed by Severe Storm
Following an initial delay at Parkes, the Silver City Comet was further delayed by strong head winds on the run to Broken Hill. The train did not…
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NEWCASTLE.—The stationmaster (Mr. J. Goodsir) was assaulted three times and had the back of his trousers torn out during a wild rush in which…
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A cyclonic storm struck Acacia Downs Station on Friday afternoon, damaged the homestead and destroyed the mens' hut and woolshed…
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When a heavy dust storm hit Acacia Downs Station last Friday, the men's huts, woolshed and portion of the homestead were blown down. There were no…
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Sydney, January 8.—In a freak storm near Casino, four farm houses were unroofed and damage to barns, outbuildings and crops was caused…
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A freak cyclonic storm on Friday last did damage to several stations, including Acacia Downs, Bijerkerno and Glenora. Over most of the Far West, Friday was a bad day. Dust storms or very dusty…
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A freak storm, cyclonic in nature, struck Wilcannia last Friday afternoon when wind, rain and dust, in that order, were experienced in the brief space of half an hour. Its freakish characteristics appeared…
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Yesterday citizens again sweltered in the hear, and although the temperature till late in the afternoon was lower than yesterday's recording the high degree of…
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ALTHOUGH it was only of short duration and citizens were disappointed that it was not accompanied by rain, the city was swept by a unique dust storm between 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. yesterday…
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Brisbane, January 13.—The heaviest rains for 20 year between Winton and Cloncurry have interrupted mail and telephone services. Rainfalls ranged up to 12…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Promising Storms Around City Another Reading Of 104 Degrees
Local citizens once again sweltered in humid heat yesterday, when the mercury went past the 100 mark to reach 104 degrees at 3 p.m., as a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Umberumberka Filled; 9ft. Stephens Creek And Water Rising Rapidly Water Supply Will Now Last For Three Years 20ft. Breach In Proprietary Dam Causes Flooding Of Homes And Much Damage
At 12.30 this morning Mr. W. H. McEvoy, chairman of the Water Board, gave the information that water was now 1ft. 3in. below the top of the wall, but it was impossible for the reservoir to take more water because it was then flowing over the spillways and with the rate it was coming down it seemed that the water would have to flow over the top of the wall to release itself…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Disaster Strikes Residents of North B.H. Breaking Of Proprietary Dam Bank Leads To Flooding Of Many Homes
Disaster struck residents of North Broken Hill about 9 o'clock last night when the bank of the Proprietary Dam, concerning which fears have been held for many years, broke, the water tearing a 20 ft. gap in the bank through which the water tore in a torrent…
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WHEN a serious break occurred in the bank of one of the dams in the Proprietary Paddock at the height of last night's rain, eighteen houses in the block from Rhodenite Street to Bathurst Street were soon inches deep in water…
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The homestead at Wonnaminta was isolated by flood waters which also rose high enough to enter several rooms…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →6,400 Fowls Lost at Silverton Flood Waters Cause Devastation Among Poultry Farms
A tour of the larger poultry farms at Silverton on Saturday gave a picture which could be likened to Belsen Camp with the exception that the mass burials were of fowls drowned by flood waters instead of human beings as the result of torture and hunger…
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SYDNEY.—Torrential rain throughout the Moree-Inverell district last night brought the Gwydir River to the biggest flood since 1920. Early…
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SYDNEY—Further heavy rains have fallen in the north-west of the State and the Gwydir and Namoi rivers have risen considerably…
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Sydney, January 23.—Information has been received by the Railway Department that several lines are out of commission in the Moree district through…
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