Queensland Hit Again by Cyclone
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Floods & storms, 1949
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Death and Destruction In European Gales
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Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gales Batter English Channel Berlin Airlift Stopped
London, March 1.—Coastal towns were battered and shipping disorganised in the English Channel by 80 m.p.h. goles which swept Britain and parts of Europe today. Small vessels in the Channel had to run for shelter and the boat…
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London. March 2.—Gales which swept Europe yesterday left behind death, wrecked buildings, broken communications, and crippled ships. Twenty people…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Three Deaths in Queensland Towns Cyclone Devastating Coast
Brisbane, March 2. — Queensland coastal towns have been devastated by a raging cyclone, and already three deaths hove been reported. The cyclone is expected to reach the N.S.W. border in the next 24 hours. Queensland Weather…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flood Of Forged Petrol Tickets
SYDNEY.—Flooding the city with hundreds of forged 10 gallon petrol tickets, a gang is reaping a rich…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cyclone Toll in Queensland Reaches £800,00
Brisbane.—Cyclone damage is now estimated at £800,009 in 15 Queensland towns. Rockhampton's loss alone is estimated at £500,000. No estimate has yet been…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →2,000 Miles Front of Cyclone Aftermath Of Death And Desruction
Brisbane, March 3.—The cyclone which left a trail of great damage on a 2,000 mile front along the Queensland coast yesterday is now losing its intensity and is moving inland The Weather Bureau reports that the cyclone is now operating a few…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Forged Petrol Tickets Flooding Sydney
Sydney, March 3.—A highly skilled interstate gang is believed to be flooding Sydney with forged location petrol tickets. The tickets are by far the best…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Rain Moving Towards City From Queensland Storms
Reports of rain received by the local Flying Doctor Base yesterday afternoon indicated that the rain was moving towards the city from south-western…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cyclone's Heavy Qld Toll
PICTURES OF THE TOLL of the cyclone, which caused damage estimated at £800,000 in 15 Queensland towns last Wednesday. TOP-A huge tree, 4ft. in diameter was uprooted and hurled on to the two-roomed home of the Ramett family in East…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Doctor Bose Told Of Flood Ordeals
The Flying Doctor base reports that several families along the Queensland and South Australian border fences were forced to evacuate their homes after a terrifying night on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Floods Also in O'land
Sydney.—Torrential rain over Queensland and Northern N.S.W. has caused severe flooding, isolating many towns…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Heavy Rain Falls
Tibooburra had another 120 points of rain last night, bringing the total to more than 10½ inches. There seemed hopes this morning that the weather would clear, but at 11 o'clock heavy rain came in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →School wrecked in cyclone
LAST WEEK'S cyclone completely wrecked the convent school at Gladstone (Queensland). Nobody was seriously injured, the children having been shepherded to safety before the building collapsed…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →North-West N.S.W. Inundated By Floods Tibooburra Has Ten Inches; Still Raining Yesterday
Inundated Tibooburro, which has experienced ten inches of rain since 6 p.m. Friday, will probably have to be supplied with food by aerial means for at least another three weeks. Many stations in the north west district have had as much rain…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →1893 Floods Recalled
Present floods in the north have reminded Mrs. Amy Francis, of Argent Street, of when South Australian school children raised £800 for victims of disastrous Queensland'floods in 1893…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →North-West Floods Assume Alarming Proportions Premier Orders All Assistance to Be Given
Flood conditions in the north west section of the State and also over the border in Queensland and South Australia have assumed alarming proportions. Latest developments are: (1) The Premier has ordered that everything possible be done to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Floods Likely Iii Victoria
M e I b o u r n e.—The Weather Bureau has issued a flood warning for the rivers in the north, where local flooding is expected in low…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Heavy Rain at Flemington Ungar in Discussions
Melbourne, March 9.—Nearly three inches of ra[?] have fallen at Flemington in the past 48 hours, and although there are no pools, the course proper…
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