Gale Damage in Switzerland
London. January 4.—Gales have, damaged houses and dislocated railway and steamer communications in Switzerland. Nine persons were killed and 30 were…
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Floods & storms, 1949
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Flood Warning In Queensland
Brisbane.—The Weather Bureau last night issued local flood warnings in Queensland low-lying coastal and inland areas. Rivers and creeks were still rising late last night in most parts of the State…
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Sydney.—Two women and a child trapped by flood waters in the Gosford district, were rescued by the police and volunteers this morning. They were isolated in a farmhouse in West Gosford which was…
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Rome, January 14.—A gale, which for more than 24 hours has swept southern Italy, today blew down tne right wing of the…
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Sydney.—Three persons died and 22 children were injured in a freak storm which caused several thousands pounds worth of damage as it swept over Sydney, Newcastle and parts of central western…
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Sydney, January 16.—Three deaths followed a freak 74 m.p.h. cyclonic-like storm that swept the central and western districts of the State yesterday afternoon and later hit the metropolitan area…
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Canberra. — Canberra observers believe that last week's statement by the A.L.P. Federal President (Mr. A. S. McAlpine) on living costs, balanced economy and the need for greater production will certainly provoke the "widespread criticism" he anticipated from the Labor ranks…
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Reports of good falls of rain to the north of Broken Hill near the Queensland border yesterday…
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New York, January 25.—German pianist Walter Gleseking said today he had never joined the [?] Party, and had avoided "all possi[?] of being forced…
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Brisbane. — A 75-miler-an-hour cyclone, accompanied by torrential rain, struck Cooktown today, causing thousands of pounds worth of…
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Cairns, February 10.—Extensive damage is reported to have been caused at Cooktown, by a cyclone which struck the town early this morning. Telephone and telegraph services between Cairns and Cooktown were disrupted, and it is not…
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Sydney.—Homes and electrical sub-stations were struck by lightning, transport services were stuck, and home-going business…
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Sydney, February 11.—A violent electrical storm accompanied by torrential rain caused widespread damage in Sydney late this afternoon. Hitting Sydney about 5.30 p.m., the storm [?]asted one hour…
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Sydney, February 10.—A thunderstorm which reached Sydney about 4.20 p.m. today brought little relief from oppressive heat conditions. The storm…
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Brisbane.—Road and rail traffic has been severely dislocated in North Queensland by torrential rain which, in the past 24 hours,…
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Lima (Peru), February 1[?].—Seventy people were killed last Sunday when floods swept over the town of Sondons, 250 miles east of Lima. About 200 of…
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Brisbane, February 16.—The cyclone which wrecked Cooktown, is moving out in sea. It had been feared that the cyclone would return to the coast and…
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Brisbane.—A cyclonic disturbance is centred 80 miles east of Cape Capricornia and is gradually moving south-west to south at 12…
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