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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 9 of 9

Wild Storm in U.s. Causes Great Damage

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 10 November 1953 · page 1

New York, November 9. —Thousands of people returned to their flood-soaked homes yesterday as [?]…

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Jap Goods Flood Cannad

Barrier Miner · Thursday 19 November 1953 · page 6

Toronto, Wednesday: The Canadian Manufacturers' Association told Mr. St. Laurent, Prime Minister,…

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Stop Press [?] in Storms

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 2 December 1953 · page 16

From the Goth[?] Oncen and the Duke of [?] burgh spent this morning [?] in their private apartments and…

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Royal Yacht in Half Gale

Barrier Miner · Friday 4 December 1953 · page 2

On Board the Gothic Thursday: A sudden squal buffeted the Royal yacht Gothic today as it steamed…

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Storm Hits Big Plane; 2 Injured

Barrier Miner · Monday 7 December 1953 · page 3

Adelaide: A woman passenger and a hostess from Adelaide were in jured last night when a…

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After the Storm

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 8 December 1953 · page 1

Employees of the City Council's electricity department have cleared up most of the damage caused by…

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Storm Hits Menindee, Wilcannia

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 8 December 1953 · page 11

Menindee and Wilcannia were hit by Sunday night's storm and hundreds of pounds worth of damage…

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Man's Back Broken in Big Storm

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 8 December 1953 · page 3

Sydney: Gale force winds struck Sydney and country areas yesterday, destroying and severely damaging…

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Storm Damage to Cost Thousands of Pounds

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 8 December 1953 · page 2

The 70 m.p.h. gale which struck Broken Hill at about 11.30 o'clock on Sunday night caused damage running into thousands of pounds when it flattened sheds and fences, blew sheets of iron from…

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Fear of Cyclone

Barrier Miner · Thursday 10 December 1953 · page 12

Carnarvon: Oilmen at Exmouth Gulf this week are speculating more about Inigo Jones than about the oil strike…

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Storm Damage to Street Lighting

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 10 December 1953 · page 2

During the severe windstorm on Sunday the series street lighting transformer at the Council…

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Soldiers Memorial Flood-Lit Last Night

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 16 December 1953 · page 3

For the first time in 10 years the Soldiers Memorialist the corner of Argent and Sulphide Streets was flood-lit last night. Last night's lighting…

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Sea Rescue in Gale

Barrier Miner · Monday 28 December 1953 · page 6

New York, Sunday: Forty two men and one woman were rescued from four life boats in the raging North…

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Severe Storms

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 29 December 1953 · page 8

'Adelaide: Several electrical storms, which have cut all telegraph…

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