Heavy Floods In NSW
Sydney, May 3.—Heavy coding is occurring in most parts of the southern coastal and inland regions of N.S.W. Coastal rivers are steadily rising and…
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Floods & storms, 1948
192 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 5 of 10
Men Trapped by Floods Now Safe
Sydney.—Three men, including a doctor, who had been trapped in flood waters between the Beulah and Tianjara, tributaries of the Shoalhaven River, since Sunday, reached safety today. The party left…
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BLOODED BACK YARDS at Stones Corner, Queensland following the cyclone which [?]ooded 400 miles of south…
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Sydney, May 4. — Flood danger in all areas of the State has now passed and the cyclonic condition, with torrential rains, is moving well out to sea. Only scattered rain fell in the southern districts today, and fine conditions are forecast for…
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The Hague, May 9.—Bob Edwards, a British delegate and secretary of the United Socialist States of Europe Committee, caused a storm of protest when…
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New York, May 17—Rescue crews are digging furiously to save three entombed coalminers threatened by drowning in a…
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New York, May 26. — The greatest gate in history is to be artificially created on the weapons testing grounds at Aberdeen, Maryland, U.S.A…
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ADELAIDE.—An 80 miles an hour gale caused about £6,000 worth of damage at Robe last night. It wrecked three shark fishing boats and destroyed a motor car valued at about £200. The vessels were…
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Melbourne.—Mountainous seas, whipped up by an icy gale reaching 70 miles per hour, have completely disorganised shipping off…
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HOBART. — Floods in the Derwent Valley last week caused damage estimated at between £20,000 and £30,000…
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New York, May 31. — Floods devastating vast sections of the North-West Pacific areas of the United States and British Columbia have surrounded the low lying areas…
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Portland (Oregron), May 31.—Death roll at Vanport wiped out yesterday by flood waters of…
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Svdney—Representing 65 insurance companies, N.S.W. Hailstone Loss Assessment Association last night announced that the record…
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AIR PICTURE received by radio showing how floodwaters have submerged the town of Vanport, Oregon. Hundreds of…
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Singapore, June 2, (A.A.P.-Reuter).—A hostile storm of comment has broken out in Singapore against Australia on the eve of the arrival…
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Toronto, June 2. — As the battered river dykes held, the Fraser River level dropped yesterday in the north bringing promise of relief for flood devastated areas of British Columbia where damage is tentatively estimated at 20 million…
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RADIO PICTURE from Vanport (U.8.A.) show man, one carrying a child, struggling through waist-deep water. At least 300 people are feared dead in the town, which is almost completely submerged following flooding of the Columbia River…
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MAIN STREET OF HUONVILLE, Tasmania, was inundated following flooding of the Derwent, Styx, and Russell rivers. Damage estimated at £30,000 was caused to hopfields and other properties in Derwent Valley…
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LONDON, June 4.—Fifty persons were drowned by a wall of water which swept across the city of Amasya (Turkey). Many homes…
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Auckland.—Gale and hurricane conditions are raging over a vast area of the South Pacific east of New Zealand lashing overseas…
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