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Broken Hill & the Far West · Floods & storms
203 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 2 of 11
Sydney, February 4.—Trade authorities forecast a meat and vegetable famine and a shortage of milk in Sydney within a fortnight. They claim the excessive supplies of meat and vegetables that have reached the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Paris, Tuesday. — Floods which already have, taken lives are steadily rising in south-west France…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Canberra, February 14.—The Minister for Customs (Senator O'Sullivan) stated that he had ben [?]avised the British Government…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Local water storages failed to benefit from the thunderstorms which passed over the city shortly after 7.30 o'clock last night. The registration here was only 8…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New York, Monday.—Two ships were split in two and another was disabled in heavy storms which lashed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →ONE OF THE two American tankers broken in two or[?] Monday by a 60 m.p.h. gal[?] that whipped the US coast…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Sydney —The storm which broke about Victoria's champion pacer (Avian Derby) last night fizzled out today. Veterinary surgeons who examined the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →No official figures of the registration in Broken Hill from this afternoon's storm could be obtained…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New York, March 2.—Blixzards, tornadoes and rain storms have cut a wide path of damage across United…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New York, March 2.—An American ship in a distress signal to-day said a storm had smashed in no bridge, torn away the steering…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Isolated thunderstorms on Saturday and Saturday night resulted in several good falls in the north-west of the State, but only three points were registered in Broken Hill in patchy downpours…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →London, Sunday.—A German trawler capsized and tank in a 90 m.p.h. North Sea hurricane at the weekend and it is feared that two ships have been lost. A total of 58 seamen is reported…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Heavy storms on many outback stations recently will hardly benefit graziers in most cases due to the ravages of kangaroos," said Mr. A. J. Beston, secretary…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Brisbane, March 17.—Heavy falls of rain, ranging to almost 16 inches, were experienced during the 48 hours ended 9 a.m. today…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Brisbane, March 19—Many thunderstorms and rains in the dry south-west were reported by the Queensland Weather Bureau…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sydney, March 23.—Fierce gales and torrential rain caused widespread havoc on the South Coast to-day. The Weather Bureau tonight issued flood warnings for South Coast rivers. Heavy but beneficial rain…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Adelaide. — There was a flood of money for Solyman in the Magill Mile, at Victoria Park today, and he…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New York, Wednesday—The National Guard was called out today to fight the Missouri River, whose floodwaters are sweeping southward across thousands of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New York, Wednesday. — The Missouri valley and other parti of the United States…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →President Truman today called for an emergency conference in the heart of thc Mid-Western flood are…
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