Storms Pass In Tasmania
Hobart, June 18. — It appears that the worst of the storms have passed in the Huon and Derwent Valleys where many families were evacuated from their…
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Floods & storms, 1947
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Flood Mitigation And Soil Erosion Control
(By James McGirr, M.L.A. Premier) My colleague, the Minister for Conservation, Mr. Weir, informa[?]me that the report received by him from the Hunter…
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Hobart. June 20.—Plunging fully dressed into heavy seas off Maria Island yesterday morning. Glen Armstrong Thorne. 36. of Hobart, lost his life in a…
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My colleague. the Minister for Conservation, Mr. Weir, informs me that the report received by him from the Hunter Flood Mitigation Committee, set up last…
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AUCKLAND (N.Z.)—One of the worst winter storms fov many years swept the North Island at the week-end delaying shipping…
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New York, June 29—Residents of Southern Illinois aided by troops fought desperately to save their homes yesterday as the highest flood in the Mississippi in over a century pressed against the levels along, the 150 miles of the course of the…
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NEW YORK, June 29.— More than 32,000 people have been rendered homeless by floods which have smashed levees in Illinois, Missouri, Iowa and Nebraska. Evacuation of others from large areas still…
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AUCKLAND (N.Z.).— New Zealand's record five-day yale has been followed by disastrous floods. One young Maori has been drowned…
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Auckland, June 30.—A young Maori was drowned, heavy damage was caused and many were driven from their homes when flood waters inundated thousands…
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NEW YORK, July 1.—Thousands more people are being evacuated as new. levee breaks take place along the…
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New York, July 2. — The town of Dupo, eight miles south of St. Louis has been abandoned. Residents east of Carondelet have evacuated and the Grand…
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NEW YORK, July 10.—The balsa raft carrying a group of Norwegian scientists from Peru to the Marquesas Islands has just come safely out of a storm, after being battered for four days by 20ft. waves…
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Melbourne, July 16. — Rain has caused the flooding of several towns in the western district of Victoria. In the towns of Caster ton and Harrow there was much…
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WHILE the whole of New South Wales is shivering in the coldest weather of this winter, serious floods are reported from the south-east of South Australia. A message from Sydney today…
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Melbourne, July 17.—The flood position in Victoria is easier, although the Owen and Gleneig Rivers are still rising. Floodwaters have crossed the…
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MELBOURNE.—Buildings were unroofed, fences were flattened, trees fell across roads, and telegraph and power services were interrupted when fierce gales swept southern Victoria yesterday…
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Brisbane, August 6.—A cold front which moved north in the past 48 hours has brought heavy rains to some areas Fails of up to eight inches have been…
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Melbourne, August 6.—The Melbourne collier, Stanley Park, en route to Adelaide with badly needed coal had to put back to Melbourne after being damaged…
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Adelaide, August 6—The power failure calamity which has virtually brought industry in the Adelaide metropolitan area to a standstill this week was intensified today when news was received that the collier, Stanley Pork, carrying 8,715 tons…
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Calcutta, August 11. — About 50,000 people are facing certain death in the flood devastated district of Chittagong, East Bengal, unless relief is rushed immediately, according to a representative of the Chittagong relief committee, in a…
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