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Broken Hill & the Far West · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1952

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Gale Hits Shipping

Barrier Miner · Friday 18 April 1952 · page 1

Adelaide— With 50 mpb winds lashing the southeastern coast, a gale warning was issued to shipping…

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Truman Fights For Flood Control

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 18 April 1952 · page 1

Omaha, Nebraska. April 17.—President Truman appealed to the Governors [?]washed Middle Western States a unite in…

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Missouri Flood

Barrier Miner · Monday 21 April 1952 · page 1

New York, Sunday.— record Missouri River flood surged into north-western Missouri today, slowing down…

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U. S. Floods Sweep on

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 22 April 1952 · page 1

St. Joseph (Missouri), Monday.—Rainstorms swelled the record mid-western floods above the predicted…

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U.s. Floods Spread

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 23 April 1952 · page 11

Kansas City, Tuesday. — New downpours brought fresh threats to residents of the flooded Missouri and…

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U.S. Floods

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 28 April 1952 · page 1

Clinton (lowa): April 27. The crest of a record Mississippi River flood was yesterday bearing down on…

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Floods Grow

Barrier Miner · Thursday 1 May 1952 · page 5

New York, Wednesday— Flood warnings spread in America today as streams and rivers poured icy…

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2 Killed, 40 Hurt in Storm

Barrier Miner · Thursday 8 May 1952 · page 3

MELBOURNE.— Two people were killed and Wore than 40 injured during a…

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Heavy Rain in Territory

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 20 May 1952 · page 1

Darwin.—Isolated heavy rain has fallen in the Northern Territory, where already 100,000 cattle have…

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Storm May Be Death of Skiers

Barrier Miner · Monday 26 May 1952 · page 2

Sydney—Lives would be lost unless proper supervision was established over ski-ing in the Australian Alps, Mr. Brian Davidson, alpine rescue expert, said…

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Launch in Gale; Three in Grim Fight

Barrier Miner · Friday 30 May 1952 · page 4

Port Welshpool. —Three men and an 11-year-old boy battled for their lives during the week end when their…

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Flood Toll in S.A.

Barrier Miner · Monday 2 June 1952 · page 1

Adelaide.—Floods in the Barona Valley had abated today, but have left an aftermath of thousands of pounds worth of damage. Three homes out of Nuriootpa, on the…

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Stop Press Flood Threat

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 3 June 1952 · page 8

Sydney.—Floodwaters from the Lachlan River are expected to sweep into the township of Forbes late today. Many homes in…

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Flood Waters Streets Into Streets of Forbes More Than 300 Families leave Threalend Homes

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 4 June 1952 · page 1

Sydney, june 3—Mere than 300 families hare left their threatened homes at Forbes as flood waters from the swollen Lachlan River surged tonight into low-lying streets. At least 60 homes were under water tonight…

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Troops Storm into Koje Communist Leaders Brought Out Of Compounds Bogu

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 5 June 1952 · page 2

[?] Tokyo (A.A.P.-Reuter) June 4.—American using flamethrowers and [?] gas, stopped into three…

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Murrumbidgee Flood Warning

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 7 June 1952 · page 1

Sydney, June 6.—The Weather Bureau tonight Issued a flood warning for the Murrumbidgee River. The river is already…

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Flood Levees Cause Concern

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 7 June 1952 · page 4

Sydney, June 6. — Unlicensed flood levees on the Lachlan River were causing some concern, the State Minister for Conservation…

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Rivers Still in Flood Twenty Homes Threatened

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 11 June 1952 · page 1

Sydney, June 10.—Police expect about 20 homes to be flooded when he peak of the swollen Murrumbidgee River reaches Darlington…

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Gales Rain Wreak Havoc

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 16 June 1952 · page 1

Sydney, June 15.—Gales and heavy, rain caused, considerable damage to property in Sydney…

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Report From Country Garages Graphic Story Of S.A. Floods

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 16 June 1952 · page 2

Service report coming into the R.A.A. headquarters office following the recent Barossa Valley floods and heavy rains elsewhere…

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