Lucky Escape For Farmer During Storm
MELBOURNE—Pinned under a dead horse, which was charged with electricity from 230-volt live wires, Mr. Joe…
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Floods & storms, 1947
202 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 2 of 11
Violent Electrical Storm Sweeps Sydney Departure Of Duke Delayed
Sydney. January 16.—Because of a violent electrical storm that swept Sydney early tonight the departure of the Duke of Gloucester by air from…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Six Drowned In Flood In S. Africa Worst For Almost Century
Capetown, January 16.—Six people were drowned when nice inches of rain fell in the centre of P[?]eterma[?]zburg between 4.40 p.m. yesterday and dawn…
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SYDNEY—A Kalgoorlie man was killed by lightning and two trams were temporary put out of action when a severe electrical…
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ADELAIDE— A lake two miles long, and more than a mile wide, covers the Trans-Continental railway line to a depth of about…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Cyclonic Storm on N.s.w.-qld. Coast
BRISBANE— A cyclonic disturbance is raging along the coast from the Clarence River, New South Wales, to Gladstone, on the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Cyclonic Storm Is Gradually Moving To South; Flood Warnings
SYDNEY— Flood warnings were issued to towns along some of the Northern Rivers last night as reports from Brisbane showed that the cyclone which lashed a wide area of the Queensland coast earlier this week is steadily moving south…
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SYDNEY— Although storm warnings to all shipping and aviation were again issued by the Weather Bureau today, fears that the cyclone which has been raging off the Queensland coast for the past few days…
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BRISBANE.—Six inches of rain between 9 p.m. yesterday and 6 a.m. today caused the cancellation of all sporting fixtures,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →200 Thrown Into Bay When Yachts Capsize in Gale
MELBOURNE.—About 200 people were left floundering in the Bay yesterday afternoon when the wind changed suddenly and capsized more than 50 yachts. There were no casualties. Some of the people swam…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Disastrous Floods In Queensland. Twenty One Inches Of Rain
Brisbane, January 26—One life has already been last in the most disastrous flood since 1893. Floods swept South Queensland. The body of H. Watson, of Crodtby, was found today in Teviot Creek. He was lost last seen late yesterday…
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BRISBANE.—Disastrous floods in south-east Queensland have caused two deaths, Mervyn Harris 31, of Norwell, and H. Watson, 50,…
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SYDNEY.—It is likely that more than a thousand tourists who were stranded at Tweed Heads, on the New South Wales…
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SYDNEY—The Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) was caught in a cloudburst while driving from Oberon to Bathurst late on…
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ADELAIDE.—Parafield aerodrome was closed today because of a severe dust storm and in consequence the usual Guinea…
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SYDNEY.— While overnight rain in the Tweed Heads district has brought a fresh flood threat to that area of the far…
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BRISBANE—With trains still unable to get through to the isolated South Coast areas and the Pacific Highway still…
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FOLLOWING a maximum temperature yesterday of 105.7 degrees, residents got welcome relief when a short but severe dust storm passed aver the city shortly after 7.30 o'clock last night. The storm came in from the west and moved south wards, and was of short duration…
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SYDNEY. — Destruction caused in Narellan township yesterday afternoon was due to two…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dust And Thunderstorms Reported
Sydney, January 29.—Dust blanketed a large part of the State today, while thunderstorms were reported from many areas. Dust was reported from…
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