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Broken Hill & the Far West · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1953

175 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 7 of 9

Second Jap Flood at Least 200 DEAD

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 20 July 1953 · page 1

Tokio, July 19. — At least 200 people are dead and more than 1,000 missing…

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Flood Threat to Tokio

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 21 July 1953 · page 1

Tokio, Mon.: Further floods tonight threatened to engulf parts of Tokio…

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Heavy Rain Washed Out Surrey Play

Barrier Miner · Saturday 1 August 1953 · page 2

London, Friday: Heavy rain washed out the final day's play in the Australians' match against…

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Heavy Rain Washed Out Surkey Play

Barrier Miner · Saturday 1 August 1953 · page 2

London, Friday: Heavy rain washed out the final day's play in the Australians' match against…

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Social Happenings Dior Shrugs At Storm Over Knee Skirts

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 4 August 1953 · page 5

London:. Christion Dior reacted calmly to the storm caused by his return to shorter styles. "A dress war—it cannot…

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Adrift in Cyclone

Barrier Miner · Friday 7 August 1953 · page 2

Rabaul: Mid-ocean cyclones raging from New Britain to Lord Howe Island are buffeting ships and aircraft. A trading ship Emperor…

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Storm in a teacup

Barrier Miner · Saturday 8 August 1953 · page 2

READY TO raise a storm in a teacup is this belligerent little South American marmoset—a recent arrival…

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Storm in a teacup

Barrier Miner · Saturday 8 August 1953 · page 2

READY TO raise a storm in a teacup is this belligerent little South American marmoset—a recent arrival…

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Churchill Faced With Political Storm

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 17 August 1953 · page 2

London, August 16—Churchill is faced with what may prove to be the biggest political storm of the year, the…

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Grim Toll of Flood in Burma

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 25 August 1953 · page 12

Rangoon. Monday: Heavy floods have destroyed the town of Shwegyin, 90 miles north…

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Gales Defeat U.s. Climbers

Barrier Miner · Friday 28 August 1953 · page 7

Bombay, Thurs.: Gales had forced Americans to abandon an attempt on the world's second highest mountain, a report said…

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Dust Storm Hits City

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 1 September 1953 · page 4

Broken Hill yesterday experienced one of the worst dust storms to hit the city…

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Hail, Rain Gale Harries S.aus

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 1 September 1953 · page 1

Adelaide: A heavy hail storm, 60 m.p.h. gales, rough seas, rain, and cold today combined in a late blast of winter throughout the State. Planes have been delayed…

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Ozone Area Flood Drain

Barrier Miner · Thursday 3 September 1953 · page 3

About 500 feet of concrete pipes will be put in to carry the floodwaters across Blende Street past the rear of the…

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Ozone Theatre Flood Relief

Barrier Miner · Thursday 3 September 1953 · page 6

Workmen from the City Engineer's Department have begun excavation for' concrete pipes to carry off storm…

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Flood Threatens Town of Naracoorte

Barrier Miner · Friday 4 September 1953 · page 1

Adelaide: The next few hours at Naracoorte will be critical. Whether the worst floods in the district's history will subside or will continue to rise will probably be known…

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Naracoorte Flood

Barrier Miner · Saturday 5 September 1953 · page 1

Adelaide: The flood position is much easier at Naracoorte today, with the waters falling in inundated areas. Property owners whose…

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Hard Gale at Capetown

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 16 September 1953 · page 3

Capetown, Tuesday: A 65 miles an hour gale, one of the worst in 10 years, smashed windows uprooted trees,…

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Heavy Gale in Atlantic

Barrier Miner · Thursday 24 September 1953 · page 8

London, Wednesday: Raging gales broke up the Liberian freighter Greenville in thc Atlantic, caused fishing…

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Tidal Floods in England

Barrier Miner · Saturday 26 September 1953 · page 3

London, Friday: A 40ft. spring tide burst over the temporary seawall at Lynmouth, south-east England,…

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