Storm Cause of Blackout
Lightning during last night's storm caused damage at the City Council's power station and burned out wires on a crossover near the Memorial Oval, in Williams…
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Floods & storms, 1951
154 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 7 of 8
Milder Weather After Storm
Yesterday's cool weather was mild in comparison with Monday night squall. The world, how ever, was fairly strong, causing…
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Winnipeg, October 17. — Pincess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh flew 650 miles through a storm to…
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Sydney —Firefighters in north-western N.S.W. are standing by for emergency as strong winds sweep across the tinder-dry countryside. Winds at times reaching 50 miles per hour are sweeping through parched townships in the north-west…
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Rome, October 22.— Over 100 people died and at least half a million lost their homes in the worst…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →City Battered by 50 M.p.h. Gale; Minor Damage
Broken Hill received its worst buffeting for some years yesterday and last night when winds, which at times reached gale force swept, the city. Winds estimated at over 50 miles per hour caused minor damage in all sections…
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London, October 23—A 2866-ton collier, trying to pick up six men from a sinking steamer, fought desperately against being driven ashore in a North Sea gale…
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ABOVE — High winds did this to a tree at the corner of West Terrace and Hilton Road, Ad[?]laide— snapped it off about 15ft. from the ground. LEFT—Wintry rains and gates have put the…
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Adelaide.—National service trainees from the Woodside camp assisted to barricade a Murray flood from Woods'…
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TOP—Hard at work fitting sand bags to reinfroce leaking levees at Woods Point, on the River Murray, are National Service trainees Allan Levi, of Queenstown (left) and John Donovan, of Broken Hill. They were among volunteers from Woodside Camp, who fought the floods. ABOVE—…
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Gale-force winds reaching a velocity of more than 50 miles an hour created a dust storm that blanketed the Broken Hill district and wide areas of the outback today. The city got a shaking An Acreadio offical said…
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City Council Engineer (Mr. Robinson) said today that it would cost between £400 and £5C0 to repair damage caused to power lines in yesterday's storm…
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Cars which travelled the AdelaideBroken Hill Road yesterday took a terrific battering from roadmetal which was whipped up by the gale winds…
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London, November 6—A treasure hunt ended last night when a storm dismasted the 120 tons schooner Lamorna and drove her ashore…
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New York, November 6—In storms which are ravaging the United States from Oklahoma to the Great Lakes at least 212 people have lost their lives and…
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All but three of the electric power poles damaged in the city by Monday's storm have been repaired. the Council…
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MAGNIFICENT white-furred Alsatian is Storm, whe seems to show he is well aware of his position as leader of the RAF police dog contingent. At Netheraven (Wiltshire), where Storm is pictured with his "boss." Flight…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Menindee News. Temperatire Reaches 103 Deg. Ming Dust Storm
The temperature of Menindee during last Monday's dust-storm soared to 103 degrees. Investigations are now progressing within the town to have a swimming pool built…
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Newcastle—A woman collapsed when a willy-willy struck and damaged her home. They willy-willy whipped…
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Rome, November 16— Thirty-five people were drowned today when a truck carrying flood refugees was…
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