Heavy Death Roll in U.s. Storms
NEW YORK, Tuesday (A.A.P.)—Eight persons were killed and 16 injured when a tornado struck an air force base near…
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Floodings Cause North Wollongong Home Foundations to Crack
Flooding has caused the foundations of homes to crack in Robinson Street, North Wollongong. The homes are in…
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CHICAGO, Thursday (A.A.P.):—New floods have driven about 40,000 persons from their homes in Arkansas, Kentucky,…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—Clearing weather in north-eastern pans of the State has practically eliminated flood dangers…
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Preceded by vivid lightning and frequent burst of thunder, heavy rain fell at Wollongong last night for about 10 minutes…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—Flood waters in some parts eight feet deep have isolated the small township of Booroorban, 25…
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THIS colourful and lusty work by the brilliant Marguerite Steen is actually a continuation of her war-time best seller "The…
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A two years' old proposal, for which £150 was voted but never spent to allay the flooding at North Wolloogong was…
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BRISBANE, Monday.—Gympie is virtually isolated as all streams in the area continue to rise, submerging bridges and…
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LONDON, Tuesday (A.A.P.).—Although battered for 18 hours on Saturday by a 60-m.p.h. gale, the liner Orcades yesterday…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—When a violent thunderstrom swept Orange for an hour and a half today a five-years-old boy was…
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BRISBANE, Wednesday.—A cyclone, centred tonight about [?] miles north east of Richmond and moving slowly…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—Rivers in the south-eastern and South Coast districts of New South Wales are rising rapidly and…
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MELBOURNE, Monday. — Over 100 farmers and residents of the small flood-bound town of Wyuna have been given 24…
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WAGGA, Wednesday. — A virtual state of emergency was declared by police at Wagga tonight as flood waters sweep down the Murrumbidgee River. Hundreds of families in North Wagga have been evacuated and housed in temporary quarters at the Showground, Agricultural College…
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CANBERRA, Thursday.—The Federal Government would co-operate with the N.S.W. State Government in extending relief…
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THERE ARE several important lessons to be learned From the latest crop of New South Wales floods, of which Southern Riverina has borne the brunt. We have been reminded to begin with, of the…
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SYDNEY, Sunday. — Floodwaters on the Murrumbidgee River have swept past Wagga and now endanger the town of Narrandera with a population of over 4000 people…
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SYDNEY, Monday. — Preparations to combat the worst flooding of the Murrumbidgee in history are being made at every township on the river between Narrandera and Balranald. Warning of the flood has been…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday. — Flood-water pouring out of Wagga today was responsible for the death of a man aged 29, who…
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