Storm Leaves Trail Of Damage In Vic
Melbourne.—Hot, blustery 60 to 30 m.p.h. gales wrought havoc throughout Victoria on Tuesday, wrecking homes and buildings and fanning grass…
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Floods & storms, 1948
192 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 1 of 10
Snow In Britain And Floods In Europe
London, December 31.—Britain is experiencing snow and blizzards, and wide areas of Eastern france and Western Germany are flooded, but New…
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NEW YORK, January 1— Gales continued to lash a wide-area of Southern Louisiana today in the wake of the tornado which wiped…
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SYDNEY.— Wind roached nearly gale force and hurled the glass front of the broadcasting box on to the ground at Moorefield racecourse…
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Sydney, January 2.—Severe thunderstorms and heavy rain broke over Sydney and suburbs last night and sent thousands of people home dre[?]hed…
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ADELAIDE— Anger at the official finding of "reasonable" catering hygiene at Leigh Creek was expressed in Adelaide today by…
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NEW YORK, Jan 2.— One of the worst storms of the century struck New York today…
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SYDNEY.— More than three inches of rain lias fallen in the Tamworth district since Thursday night…
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LONDON, January 4— A "storm in a teacup" threw the port of Southampton out of gear on the first day of its nationalisation like…
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Brisbane, January 4.—Eight men had to be rescued from their swamped craft, find dozen of tents were levelled when out of a clear sky a 60 m.p.h. gale struck…
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LAUNCESTON. — The yacht Wanderer, which has arrived in the Tamar River, was lashed by a terrific storm in Bass Strait last…
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Melbourne, January 5.—Ships in south-eastern Australian waters were hastening to shelter from an 80 m.p.h. cyclone that was rushing upon them…
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New York, January 6.—Withing a few years there will be so many slot machines in the United States that salesmanship will probably consist only of having a…
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BRISBANE.— A second cyclone is apparently forming oil the Queensland coast, 12 miles north east of Cooktown…
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SYDNEY.—Thousands of Pounds worth of damage was done last night when terrific storms accompanied by heavy hail…
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LONDON, January 12—Serious floods followed heavy rain in many parts of Britain during the week-end. The floods may, become worse as snow melts in north Scotland and parts of northern England…
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Brisbane, Jan. 13.—Although rainfall were not so heavy in the 24 hours end[?] 9 a.m. today they were up to four inches over the north coast and Carpenters…
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Brisbane, January 13.—A freak cyclop storm which tore trees out by the [?] injured a nurse and several children when it struck Sandgate, a suburb of…
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London, January 13.—Serious floods followed heavy rain in many parts of Britain during the wee-kend. The Roods may become worse as snow…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Damage to N.S.W. Crops by Heavy Rain Millions Loss On Wheat
Sydney, January 14.—Heavy rain in N.S.W. during the past few months has caused millions of pounds worth of damage to crops, but has ensured an exceptionally high output for beef, mutton and wool. Originally estimated at a record of…
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