Thunderstorm Strikes Sydney
Sydney, April 16.—A violent thunderstorm at 6.14 a.m. today struck, several houses and a telegraph pole near Canley Vale and places along…
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Floods & storms, 1947
202 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 7 of 11
"Stem Flood Of Evil" Says S. Army Leader
ADELAIDE—Shocked at Australian's loose living, Mrs.commissioner J. Evan Smith, who is now in Adelaide, calls on Salvation Army women to "stem the flood of evil that is flowing throughout the land."…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Airsown Wheat Tests in Britain Novelty and Ingenuity Help Flood-Stricken Areas
Experimental sowings of wheat from aircraft are now being made in Britain in an attempt to overcome tome of the more serious delays in firming…
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SYDNEY.—Damage caused by yesterday's rain is estimated at more than £100,000 in the metropolitan area. Most of the damage…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Huge Seas and Gale Wreck Ship Fears For Fate Of 42
London, April 24 — Mountainous seas and an eighty m.p.h. gale ere preventing the rescue of forty-two members of the 7,219 ton steamer Samtampa, which broke in three after being driven broadside onto rocks near Porthcawl, about…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Royal Fa Mily Leaves Princess Given £200,000 to Help Flood Victims
CAPETOWN, April 24.—Before the Royal family sailed for home in H.M.S. Vanguard, Princess Elizabeth received £200,000 in cheques for the relief of British flood victims…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Cyclone Hits South Burma 5,000 Houses Destroyed
Rongoon, April 28—A cyclone struck 28 villages in lower Burma, where 5,000 houses were destroyed in and around the harbor town of Ye. Casualties are not yet known. It is certain that many have been killed and injured. The cyclone…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Aid For Britain's Flood-Stricken Farmers Government Offers Price Inducements
The formers of Britain arc making impressive efforts to get their flooded lands back into cultivation. It is evident, however, that if the heavy…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →World News Round-up Food Ministry Raises More Than Storm In Tea Cup
LONDON, May 20.—The Women's Institute, with a membership of 350,000 throughout Britain, suffered its greatest affront when the Food Ministry decreed that "sipping-nice cups of tea" at their meetings…
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BURNIE—Houses and other buildings were damaged by a storm of unusual severity which struck north-west Tasmania…
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Dubbo, May 26.—More than 1.000 motorists raced to Dubbo airport last night in answer to a radio S.O.S. to help floodlight the field so that a DC3…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Unprecedented Riot Rumor Flood Of Leaflets Over Calcutta
New Delhi, May 28.—"Keep calm" leaflets have been showered from planes over Calcutta as a flood of rumors predicting unprecedented riots on June 2 when the British are expected to announce how the transfer of…
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New York, June 5. —The heaviest floods in 20 years have caused damage estimated at more than £500,000 in the north-eastern states of U.S.A…
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NEW YORK, June 5.—The heaviest floods in 20 years have caused damage estimated at more than £500,000 in the north-eastern…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Floods. Tornadoes Ravage U.S.A. Rivers Overflow And Tornadoes Kill Six
New York, June 8. —Floods and tornadoes were responsible for at least 13 deaths, left over 16,000 homeless and caused many thousands of dollars property damage yesterday. Swollen rivers spilled over banks in Iowa, Missouri, Illinois,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Severe Flood In China Half Million Homeless
Hongkong, June 13.— The severe flood of the Pearl River in Kwantung Province has driven half a million Chinese from their homes, smashed 50…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Floods in Tasmania Heavy Livestock Losses
Hobart, June 16.—Heavy losses of cottle, sheep and poultry have been caused by big floods in the law-lying Huan district. Orchards are under water and in many places only the tops of apple trees can be seen. The water is still rising and…
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HOBART.—Many families had to be evacuated yesterday when the most severe floods in 30 years swept the south-eastern and northern districts, drowning stock and damaging fencing, orchards and other…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Worst Storm for Many Years Destruction of Stock And Crops in Three States
Sydney, June 17. — Tasmania and ports of Victoria and New South Wales yesterday experienced the worst storm for many years. Great destruction of stock and crops are reported from Tasmania. Lashing winds damaged crops and…
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HOBART—Although torrential rain in the Huon River Valley, south of the Derwent River, yesterday abated floods in the…
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