Soaking Raft Causes Flooding in Illawarra
Soaking rain fell throughout yesterday and last night. Although widespread floodings occurred, no great material…
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British Flood Relief For Winnipeg
WINNIPEG, Sunday (A.A.P.) —A stratocruiser carrying nine tons of relief supplies from Britain for Winnipeg flood victims…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—Forbes is again threatened with serious flooding as the Lachlan River continues to rise at an…
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In yesterday's torrential rain 145 points fell in Wollongong. No damage was reported, but roads were flooded to a depth…
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SYDNEY, Thursday. — Towns along the Lachlan River are preparing for record floods as Water cascades over the Wyangala Dam slipway to a depth of five feet. Towns affected include…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—Flood waters of the swollen Lachlan River are racing through 80 homes in the outer district of Forbes. The river is rising rapidly and experts think it will go above…
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Over two inches of rain fell in Wollongong yesterday. Not one accident was reported over the week-end, which is held…
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In view of the deplorable state of the grounds caused by the heavy rains, the executive of the Illawarrla Rugby League acted wisely in cancelling all fixtures set down for yesterday…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—Forbes, population 9000, received a reprieve today from a flooding worse than in April, when 2000 were made homeless. The Lachlan River remained…
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AUCKLAND (N.Z.), Monday (A.A.P.-Reuter).—Week-end gales over the North Island of New Zealand caused widespread…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—A wool clip worth than £1-million is likely to be lost because of wide-spread flooding in the Booligal-Ivanhoe district, according to a Booligal grazier…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The position at flood menaced towns Condobolin and Euabalong, on the Lachlan River, has changed…
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NEWCASTLE, Friday.—A 29-years-old lifesaver swam 70 yards through a raging surf off Nobby's Head at mid-day…
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Record-smashing torrential rains, swept by southerly winds of gale force, pounded the South Coast yesterday, unleashing landslides and pre-cipitating subsidences which have seriously crippled railway and highway transport routes. Up to four inches of rain swamped already swollen creeks…
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SYDNEY, Friday. — Continuous rain for the past seven days has swollen the Hunter River and almost the entire Hunter Valley is threatened with a disastrous flood equal to that in June last year…
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Despite the continued drenching rain of the last week Port Kembla Golf Club conducted games on its links over the…
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This district, only just recovering from the record-breaking Easter rains, suffered further extensive damage as a result of the rain last week and over the week end…
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SYDNEY, Sunday. — A 10-months-old boy drowned in 20 inches of floodwater at Duckenfield near Morpeth today…
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The small Albion Park Court was packed on Friday, the majority of the assemblage in attendance to hear an alleged…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Many of the 3000 flood refugees in the waterlogged Hunter Valley are running short of food…
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