Supplies For Flood-Bound People
Brisbane, January 29.—Fifty people flood-bound at Waterford are being supplied with food by motor beats, dinghies and pack horses across the…
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Floods & storms, 1947
202 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 3 of 11
Heavy Flood Damage in Queensland
BRISBANE.—Damage to farm property, roads and bridges in the main areas affected by last week end's flood is estimated at…
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FIRST PICTURES from Queensland showing damage caused by the cyclone and floods at the week-end. ABOVE.—…
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Tamworth, January 30.—During a terrific thunderstorm which struck the north-west of N.S.W. tonight, Colin Kevin Leo Hayes of Scone, was killed instantly when struck by lightning. A horse and dog when sheltering under a tree with…
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Brisbane, February 2.—Areas between Cairns and Port Moresby are being ravaged by another cyclone and heavy rain is falling along the tropical coast…
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LONDON, February 2.—The great battleship Vanguared, carrying Their Majesties the King and Queen and Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret to South Africa, was today reported to be ploughing through…
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BRISBANE—Floodwaters in the Burdekin River submerged Inkerman Bridge and both Ayr and Home Hill residents are expecting…
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Sydney, February 6.—N.S.W. railway property suffered widespread damage and trains were delayed in several areas last night, by floodwaters, lightning and…
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Brisbane, February 6.—One life has been lost and many people have been driven from their homes as a result of floodings in North Queensland. At Mackay business people are preparing to leave their premises. A Townsville message states…
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Though less than half an inch of rain has been received in the city since Friday, some good rains have been recorded in the district and Umberumberka was last evening flowing a foot over the by-wash…
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BRISBANE-Brisbane is in the path of a cyclone which is expected to reach the city this afternoon. All main roads…
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SYDNEY— As the cyclone now 60 miles north of Brisbane continues to press southward local floodings in the inland rivers of north-eastern N.S.W. are feared. A flood warning to residents in northern N.S.W. was issued today by the Divisional…
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BRISBANE— Flood conditions threatened a fairly wide area of coastal Queensland last night. The Mary River at Tiaro, was…
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Sydney February 13.—Severe floods are now threatened in all Northern N.S.W. Rivers Where a few days ago there was nothing but dust. flies and…
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Bundaberg (Q.), February 13.—Nineteen-year-old Douglas Hindmarsh, was rescued from a tree-top this morning by police and life-savers. Hindmarsh had…
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Bundaberg (Q.), February 13.—Nineteen-year-old Douglas Hindmarsh was, rescued from a tree-top this morning by police and lifesavers. Hindmarsh…
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FOLLOWING further heavy rain during the early hours of this morning, the total registration in Broken Hill since last Sunday was taken to 339 points. Flooding of the Sydney railway was caused by…
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Sydney, February 14.—Drought brooking rains that have fallen in most parts of the State have interfered with voting arrangement for tomorrow's Referendum and the poll has been postponed in 41 towns mainly in the north and north west…
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London, February 14.—A collier named "Ary" foundered on Saturday on the way from Gamorgan to Eire and sixteen of the seventeen of the crew…
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