Heavy Rain
With almost continuous rain over the week-end, flooding occurred in most of the low lying areas and along sections of the…
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Gale Wind Closes Pt. Kembla
Heavy seas, whipped by gale force winds, yesterday brought shipping to a standstill on the South Coast…
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A storm warning to shipping was issued last night. The storm is expected to be accompanied toy gale-force…
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TOKYO, Sunday (A.A.P.-Reuter).—United Nations' troops stormed through ebbing Communist resistance in a two-mile advance, yesterday towards a new enemy build-up area at Kumseong…
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A 65 years old mine watchman was found dead with his face in a pool of water at Dapto yesterday. He was James Anderson, of…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—Flood warnings were issued by Nowra police late, tonight as the Shoalhaven River broke, its banks…
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An inland sea covering much of the grazing land between Berry and Nowra. This photo was taken on Friday morning looking towards Nowra. This district had twelve inches of rain during the past week…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Flood-waters this afternoon isolated the Warragamba Dam township. Several areas in the Richmond…
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During the past week the district has been lashed by one of the worst gales for some time. At the height of it, wind velocity reached 50 to…
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MELBOURNE, Sunday.—Serious flooding is expected at the townships of Wangaratta and Benalla tomorrow if the broken…
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MINNEAPOLIS, Sunday. (AAP)—Cloudbursts, hurricane force winds and an electrical storm left 14 dead,…
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Pounding seas and gale-force winds lashed the beach at Port Kembla on Friday night, smashing the Port Kembla Surf Club's…
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SYDNEY, Thursday. — Snowstorms and gale-force winds lashed towns in New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Yesterday's Gale Caused £100,000 Damage
Fierce westerly winds which hammered the South Coast yesterday morning left a wake of destruction which authorities believe will total more than £100,000. Thousands of Greater…
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Greater Wollongong Parliamentary members today will make joint ministerial representation for special…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wollongong Lashed By 60 m.p.h. Gale
The 60-miles-per-hour wind which lashed Greater Wollongong yesterday did more damage than any of us will ever know. In an effort to get as comprehensive as possible…
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The violent westerly winds which started on Thursday morning and have continued up until the time of going to press yesterday (Friday)…
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Gale force winds which continued to lash the South Coast for the second successive day yesterday caused further…
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[?]an and a youth were in[?] in the strong winds which [?] swept the Wollongong [?]t on Thursday night and…
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The damage caused by last week's windstorm to hundreds of district buildings…
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