Last Week's Storm
Further reports of the violence of the storm on Thursday and Friday last week are still coming in. Mr. Page is reported to have lost…
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Victorian Flood Position Eases
MELBOURNE, Thursday.—The Victorian flood position cased today, but threats of further flooding were contained in…
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MELBOURNE, Sunday.—Four men plunged to their deaths in 30 feet of water when their car crashed through a wooden…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—Fire this afternoon destroyed a three storeyed flour mill at Boggabri causing damage estimated at…
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Nearly two inches of rain which fell in a freak storm yesterday afternoon temporarily flooded district roads and many…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday. — Torrential rain which today swept the southern half of New South Wales is expected to cause flooding in the upper Murrumbidgee basin, including the…
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A man was drowned in severe floods w[?] swept the South Coast on Tuesday. He was William Robert McCarthy, aged 46, a dairy…
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There was a lengthy debate at Gerringong Council as to whether or not a Church Committee should pay for damage caused to the Council's…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—A man was fatally injured in a road accident at the height of a severe storm in Sydney…
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An electrical storm in Sydney, in which lightning dislocated the signalling system near Hurstville, caused delays…
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ROME, Monday (AAP).—More than 100 people have died in the worst storm in the Central Mediterranean area for 50…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Snow, rain, hail and gale-force winds swept the western and southern part of the…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—Snowballing basic wage increases might be "the breeze that ushers in an economic storm,"…
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Port Kembla harbour officials were warned last night of westerly to south-westerly gales expected to strike the coast this…
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The Mayor of Greater Wollongong (Ald. J. J. Kelly) list night accused the Department of Main Roads of…
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ROME, Tuesday (AAP).—Boats and rafts yesterday carried more than 2000 people to safety from the North…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—Heavy rain in the West and North tonight brought relief to bushfire stricken areas and to…
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The strong wind, with a heavy sea, made it too difficult for a vessel to moor alongside a jetty at Port Kembla…
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Heavy seas on the coast last week caused the flooding of 100 acres of valuable dairy farm lands at Omega…
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A sudden thunderstorm early last night cooled the atmosphere after a hot, sultry day. The temperature reached a…
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