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Broken Hill & the Far West · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1952

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Report on Storm Damage

Barrier Miner · Friday 7 November 1952 · page 1

The local police have informed the Social Welfare Department in Sydney that storm damage to Mr. and…

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Ships Ashore in Gale in Channel

Barrier Miner · Saturday 8 November 1952 · page 1

London, Friday.—Four ships were blown ashore today in a 90-m.p.h. gale, which lashed the English…

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"Flood" Damage

Barrier Miner · Saturday 8 November 1952 · page 2

Sydney.—A former employee of Warringah Shire Council won £850 damages from the council for water damage to his house. Frederick William…

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Gales Round Britain

Barrier Miner · Monday 10 November 1952 · page 2

London, Sunday.—Chilly weather was again experienced throughout Britain to-day after the damaging…

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Storm Lashes Sydney

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 10 November 1952 · page 1

Sydney, November 9.—Streets were flooded, the walls of several houses collapsed, vegetable and fruit…

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Children Killed By Gale

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 11 November 1952 · page 3

London (A.A.P.), November 9.—Gale-force winds lashing Britain and the Continent left a trail of…

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Storm Hits Darwin

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 12 November 1952 · page 3

Darwin.—A heavy storm at Darwin hurled the roof of a waterside workers' shelter 50 yards…

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Aground in Storm

Barrier Miner · Saturday 15 November 1952 · page 5

Brisbane.—The overseas freighter Davanah, bound from Cairns to Britain with 3100 tons of raw sugar, ran…

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Assistance Of Storm Victims

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 20 November 1952 · page 6

Alderman W. J. Palmer day night stated that sufficient material had now been received by the…

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Lismore Battered By Storm; Man Off Roof

Barrier Miner · Saturday 6 December 1952 · page 1

Sydney.—A freak storm last night blew a house off its blocks, unroofed several others, and brought power lines down at Lismore, on the far northern New South Wales coast. A man who climbed on to…

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MacARTHUR Starts New Storm

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 9 December 1952 · page 3

New York, Monday. — United States Congressmen and Senators will ask President Truman and…

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Big Storm in Pacific

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 10 December 1952 · page 1

San Francisco. Tuesday.— Storm warnings were hoisted along the west coast of the United States again…

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Devastating Cyclone

Barrier Miner · Thursday 11 December 1952 · page 12

Madras, Wednesday. — A cyclone which struck the Tanjore and Trichinopoly districts on November 30…

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Floods in Gippsland

Barrier Miner · Friday 12 December 1952 · page 1

Melbourne.— Torrential rain in far eastern Gippsland is causing heavy flooding on.the Snowy…

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Floods in Victoria

Barrier Miner · Friday 12 December 1952 · page 11

Melbourne.—Swirling brown waters are racing through Warburton township in the worst flood since…

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Gales Sweep U.k. Coast

Barrier Miner · Thursday 18 December 1952 · page 3

London, Wednesday-The 53,000-ton liner United States, holder of the Atlantic…

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Sedgman Is in Tax Storm

Barrier Miner · Thursday 18 December 1952 · page 16

Canberra.—Disclosure that Frank Sedgman has applied for a taxation…

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Europe Is in Grip of Storms; 11 Dead

Barrier Miner · Monday 22 December 1952 · page 1

London, Sunday. — Fierce snowstorms lashing southern Europe have caused the death of 11 people, while five more buried by an avalanche in Germany…

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Sixteen Deaths In Europe Floods And Avalanches

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 24 December 1952 · page 1

London, Dec, 22.—Avalanches in Europe at the weekend killed six people—with another missing—and…

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Yacht Race in Gale

Barrier Miner · Saturday 27 December 1952 · page 1

Sydney — After a wild night of gale force winds, rain and heavy seas, the Sydney-Hobart yacht race…

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