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Murray · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1941

165 stories in Murray's papers · page 9 of 9

Storm Damage in Tasmania Hobart

Border Morning Mail · Monday 8 December 1941 · page 4

Danner to hopfields. orchard. bridges and other property was caused by storms which [?] southern Tasmania during the latter part of last week. estimated at over…

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Use of Sectional Flood

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 13 December 1941 · page 4

Referring to the objections of timber millers in the Bannah and Millowa forests at the suggestion that the Mur. cay should be flooded to cover [?]…

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Floods Drown 2000 LIMA (Peru). December IS

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 16 December 1941 · page 4

Two earthquake shocks to-day mused panic among the population, just as President Manuel Prado wan preparing to visit Hu[?]az. which tm devastated by…

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N.S.W.’s Driest Town Cyclone Unroofs Houses Broken Hill

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 27 December 1941 · page 4

Tibooburra, which is reputed to be the driest town in N.S.W., and is situated 200 miles from Broken Hill, was visited by a cyclone on Christmas Eve…

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Storm Damage in Riverina

Border Morning Mail · Monday 29 December 1941 · page 2

The storm which swept over Albury on Saturday afternoon for a disturbing few minutes generally affected the Riverina. At Wagga severe wind…

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Violent Dust-storm

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 30 December 1941 · page 3

On Saturday afternoon Lockhart district was visited by one of the worst dustatorius experienced for some years when dust-thickened air…

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