Storm Carries Child In Tent; Starts 2 Fires
NEWCASTLE, Monday.—A violent storm which swept over Toukley today lifted a 13-year-old girl in a play tent…
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Baby Drowns In Qld. Flood
ROCKHAMPTON, Thursday. —A nine and half months' old baby girl, Isabella Foex, of Deeford, was drowned last night…
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BRISBANE, Sunday.—Fears are held for many pearling luggers caught in a cyclone which has whipped up Torres…
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CAIRO, Friday (AAP).—British troops and armoured units fought big battles against Egyptian police in Ismailia…
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CANBERRA, Wed.—The Minister for Customs (Senator O'Sullivan) said today he had been advised…
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LONDON, Thurs.—Secretary of the British Hosery and Knitwear Export Group (Mr. A. E. Clark)…
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SYDNEY, Tues.—Higher duty on British nylon stockings, as art anti-dumping measure,…
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BOSTON, Thurs.—Two Sags had the stern half of the broken tanker, Fort Mercer, in few this…
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BRISBANE, Mon.— Floods have broken the worst, drought in the Gympie district since 1902…
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A freak electrical storm, during which rain fell at the rate of an inch an hour, broke over Wollongong yesterday. The storm followed an unusual practice by…
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LITTLE ROCK (Arkansas), Mon. — Red Cross officials said today that the death toll from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Minor Floods Cause Damage in Shoalhaven
Minor flooding in the Shoalhaven area during the week-end caused £10,000 worth of damage to water-bridges and culverts. The Shoalhaven Shire…
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More than 1000 punters left Wollongong Showground when club officials postponed last night's greyhound meeting a few minutes before the first race…
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Heavy rain fell throughout Wednesday's postponed greyhound meeting at W'gong. The meeting was originally…
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William Arthur Walker, of Market Street, Wollongong, had his left leg broken when he was…
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With heavy rain over the Easter holidays, followed by torrential rain last night widespread damage has been caused throughout the district. Rail traffic has been…
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Three Rugby League practice matches were cancelled yesterday after heavy rains had made…
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SIOUX CITY, Sun.—The Sioux City area braced itself for a major disaster today as some of the worst…
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Flooded out of their tents by a deluge of over seven inches of rain during Sunday and…
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BEGA, Tues.—A Pioneer tourist bus being driven through swirling flood waters on the Prince's…
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