Storms
Sydney, January 2.—A violent hallstorm struck Coff's Harbor this afternoon. The worst for many years, the strom lasted only 15 minutes, but left…
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Floods & storms, 1950
386 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 1 of 20
Floods Hinder Peanut Scheme
London, January 4.—The British Government's East African ground nuts scheme, which has been suffering from drought for nine…
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Tamworth. January 8.—Five homes were unroofed mid many others were partly unroofed when a severe storm with a gale ferce wind struck North…
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Reykjavik, January 10.—All seven members of the crew of the 115-ton Iceland motor vessel "Helgi" were drowned after the…
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Reykjavik. January 10. — All seven members of the crew of the 115-ton Icelandic motor vessel "Heigi" were drowned yesterday after the vessel…
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New York, January 16.—Gales, floods, and bitter cold killed at least 27 people in the United States. A fierce blizzard swept the…
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Sydney.—Torrential rain, caused by a cyclonic disturbance over the lower Queensland coast, may flood southern Queensland and the…
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Heavy rain has fallen in the district between White Cliffs and Salisbury Downs, the scene of the fresh fire outbreak on Monday night…
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Sydney.—At least five persons—four men and a young girl—are believed to have lost their lives in the violent cyclonic storm which has swept Queensland and N.S.W. Three stockmen were…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rain Loaded Cyclone Causes Disorder In Two States Three Believed Drowned Near Grafton
A rain loaded cyclone driving into New South Wales from Queensland at 20 knots has caused:— The disappearance of three men who are believed drowned in a flooded creek near Grafton, N.S.W…
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Memphis, Tennessee January 18.— Between 7,000 and 9,000 people were evacuated yesterday from the Birds Point, the New Madrid area of…
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Sydney, January 19. —The cyclone which swept through Queensland and parts of N.S.W. yesterday and early today claimed six lives and caused widespread damage. The cyclone, which had its source in Northern Queensland, passed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Northern Corner Areas Recover Slowly From Last Year's Extensive Floods Some Areas Still Water Bound After Twelve Months
The effect of the wide-spread devastating floods experienced in February and March of 1949 is still being felt in some of the areas which received the bulk of the flood-waters,…
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Sydney. — Crew members of the Hobart yacht race cutter Independence, which reached Sydney at 2 a.m. today, revealed that the craft was hove to under a storm jib for 12 hours after an 80-mile-an-hour gale blew up on Wednesday night…
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The effect of the wide-spread devastating floods experienced in February and March of 1949 is still being felt in some of the areas which received the bulk of the flood-waters…
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London, January 30.—Snow and ice still covered much of western Europe today, but a thaw was setting in over Britain…
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Darwin, January 31.—The 15 stone body of a man ni carried by his nine native employees five miles through flooded swamps from Humpty Doo…
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London, February 1. — Gale warning's were given to all ships round Britain's coast tonight. Small ships took shelter…
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Sydney, February 1.—Victims and relatives of victims of the Tarakan disaster would receive the most generous treatment it was possible to give them, the Minister for the Navy (Mr. Francis) said tonight. "I made this clear last Friday,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →News From Ivanhoe Dust Storms And High Temperatures
High temperatures and dust storms have been prevalent fir the Ivanhoe area during the past week. Temperatures well over the 100 degrees mark and up to 108 has been recorded for the whole week. The humidity has also been particularly high. A dust…
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