Hoarding Blown Down In Storm
Wind heat, dust and rain were experienced last night. Dust blew shortly after 8 p.m. yesterday followed by light rain,…
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Floods & storms, 1948
192 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 10 of 10
The Barrier Miner Wednesday, December 8,1948. Mr. Hollway Faces Storm Resolutely
COALITION Governments are traditionally unstable and the Hollway Ministry in Victoria has shown that the idea is a sound one. It has collapsed as a result of a dispute over the settlement of the…
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Sydney.—Thousands of sex perverts are at present operating in Sydney, according to a report prepared by Chief Superintendent S. Thompson of the Vice Squad…
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A cyclone swept Scone yesterday. leaving damage of thousands of pounds. Big trees were uprooted and, buildings unroofed…
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Scone, December 16. — A cyclone that swept Scone this afternoon unroofed buildings, blew down telephone end electric light poles and uprooted big trees causing thousands of pounds worth of damage. No one was injured — not even two linesmen…
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Moree, December 17.—Residents of the northern districts of Moree and Scone spent today, salvaging materials and possessions swept away or…
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Rio de Janeiro, December 17. —More than 300 persons are dead, hundreds are missing, and thousands homeless following…
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Sydney.—Residents of Scone and Moree, in north-west New South Wales, spent the week-end repairing havoc caused by a hurricane…
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Rio De Janeiro, December 19.—Nearly 500 people are known to have been killed and hundreds are missing, in floods which have swept through 1200 square…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Terrific Electrical and Thunder Storm Forty Points Recorded To 11 p.m
Broken Hill was struck, by a terrific electrical and thunder storm about 3.30 p.m. yesterday arid in a brief but heavy downpour, 23 points of rain were registered. Shortly before two o'clock a sharp shower fell which contributed moderately to the…
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Sydney.—A violent storm interrupted electricity supplies to the Blue Mountains, Penrith and Richmond districts for nearly four…
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Sydney.—Heavy rainfalls reported all over the State yesterday are expected to last until the week end the Weather Bureau said today. Good falls on the south coast and…
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