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Broken Hill & the Far West · Floods & storms
204 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 9 of 11
Sydney: Rain water more than six inches deep streamed into shops and caused hundreds of pounds worth of damage in the Sydney suburb of Dee Why yesterday. Shops closed front doors and sealed off areas where the rain had entered…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Sydney: Flood waters- have cut all road leading to the north-west township of Mungindi, on the N.S.W. Queerisland border. The roads have been…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A severe thunderstorm early this morning gave Broken Hill a registration of 42 points of rain. There was no intake at either reservoir. The rain brought…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sydney: Workmen are hurriedly building leveebanks along the Barwon River, near Walgett, in far…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sydney: The Barwon and Boomi Rivers at Mungindi, near the Queensland border, have broken their banks, almost isolating the town. All roads into the town have been cut, and the only remaining access is the railway line, which is…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Melbourne: In,Melbourne suburbs hundreds.of people; were forced to quit their homes last night. At Maribyrnong, only five, miles from the city, more than 200 people had to flee from the floodwaters rising in their…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Melbourne—Victoria's wors flood for 20 years has subsided, leaving a trail of damage estimated at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Torrential rain this week brought Victoria its worst flood crisis for 20 years. But these youngsters thought the rain was great as they rode their bicycles along a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →TORRENTIAL rain in Melbourne fief; flooded many suburban and country areas, TOP:…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →WILD cloudbursts and mighty landslides, the most deadly in modern Italian history, ripped…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →ASTRANGE-LOOKING figure ambled info a ring al Williamsport Stadium in Pennsylvania on the night of January 29, 1917. Middle-aged, bald-headed, skinny, and gawky, his appearance sent fitters of amusement through the crowd…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →London, NO. 26.—Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill's disclosure of his "Stack Nazi arms" telegram to Field Marshal Montgomery in 1945 has touched off a heated controversy, with some newspapers attacking him and others defending him…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →London, Sun.: More gales are threatening along Britain's coastline. A break in the weather today enabled, rescue workers and coastguard services to prepare for new storms forecast for tonight…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →London, Nov. 28.—Gales of up to 100 miles an hour yesterday cut a swathe of destruction across the southern half of Britain from Kent to Cornwall, Causing at least seven deaths…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →London, Nov. 29: The gales which lashed England on Saturday gave place to sunshine and calm seas…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Reports received on the Flying Doctor network up to 8 o'clock this morning showed heavy rain. The…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →A tropical downpour over the Topar area yesterday caused the worst flooding in living memory. The rain fell over an area of 20 square miles and in four hours some stations received more rain than for the whole of the year. The low-lying area round…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Broken Hill had 165 points of rain in a violent storm which swept the city and surrounding district early this morning. Umberumberka Reservoir is still overflowing and there has been a substantial rise in the Stephens Creek reservoir…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mr. Cyril Barlow, of Sydney, a piano-tuner, who was camped in the Nurses' Creek, near the Flying Doctor Base, lost most of his property lost night, when the creek came down in flood after a thunderstorm…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tarrenfiel rain early yesterday morning brought the Step[?] Crook Reserved water supply to its highest level for many years, and flooded cky streets for several house. At fire o'clock yesterday…
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