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Murray · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1942

101 stories in Murray's papers · page 1 of 6

Heavy, Rain Predicted

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 6 January 1942 · page 2

The State Meteorologist (Mr. Mares) predicts that the early New Year will bring heavy rain which will break Australia's it years of deoiight…

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Heavy Storms Forecast Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 8 January 1942 · page 3

Heavy storms yielding from 25 to 30 inches of rain by the end of April were to-day predicted by Dr. J. J. C. Bradfield. Should the prediction…

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Storm Trooper in the Eclipse LONDON, January 7

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 8 January 1942 · page 2

The Berne correspondent of American Associated Press states that re-[?]able information from Germany gives several reasons for supposing that…

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28 Die in Floods Rio De Janeiro, Jan. 8

Border Morning Mail · Friday 9 January 1942 · page 2

Twenty-eight persons are dead, while scores were injured as the result of a cloudburst which occurred here during the worst storm experienced for 40 years. The…

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Floods in West Australia Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Friday 9 January 1942 · page 1

Dislocated train services, following almost record rainstorms, on the Transcontinental line during Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, were…

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Reaction to Roosevelt Address Record Flood of Messages to White House. Washington, Jan. 7

Border Morning Mail · Friday 9 January 1942 · page 5

Mr, Early, the White House secretary, said to-day that the public response to Mr. Roosevelt's message to Congress, as evidenced by the flood of telegrams and…

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COURSING Cyclone Dan At Albury

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 10 January 1942 · page 3

The Albury Coursing Club will bring into being an innovation, which is likely to prove popular with coursing enthusiasts, by commencing its programme at 6.15 p.m. today,…

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Floods Hold Up East-west Train. Adelaide

Border Morning Mail · Monday 12 January 1942 · page 3

The east-west train which left Perth last Tuesday for Adelaide and should have arrived on Thursday, reached its destination last night. Washaways in West Australia…

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Heavy Rain Wrecks Two Homes

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 20 January 1942 · page 2

Suffering from head injuries received when his house collapsed upon him at Wyrallah during a violent storm on Friday night, Staffort Henry Brook…

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Enemy Ships Torpedoed in Gale Cairo, Jan. 20

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 21 January 1942 · page 4

Naval planes, during a gale on the night of January 17, in the Central Mediterranean, attacked a large tanker and an escorting destroyer…

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Killed in Action Driver Stan Gale

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 30 January 1942 · page 3

Word was received by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Gale, yesterday, that their son, Stanley Francis Gale, had been killed in…

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Allied Convoy Saved by Storm MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Monday 2 February 1942 · page 3

How an important Allied convoy, carrying troops, planes and material arriving at Singapore, was saved from a possibly disastrous enemy air…

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Australia's Promise Flood of Help to Singapore CANBERRA

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 4 February 1942 · page 1

In a broadcast message to the defenders of Singapore to-night, the Minister for the Army (Mr. Forde) Fromised a “Flood” of help…

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Flood of Help for Singapore Promised by Australia

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 6 February 1942 · page 4

In a message to the defenders of Singapore on Tuesday night, the Minister for the Army (Mr. Forde) promised a "flood" of help…

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Digest of Army News Storm Saves Allied Convoy

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 12 February 1942 · page 3

How an important Allied convoy carrying troops, planes and material arriving at Singapore, was saved from a possibly disastrous…

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“The Storm That Is To Come”

The Pastoral Times · Friday 13 February 1942 · page 2

Attention has been drawn-to the following poem, composed by-Henry Lawson 40 years ago. To-day the bushman poet’s lines have more…

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D.E.I. Prepared Face Storm If Singapore Falls. Batavi, Feb. 13

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 14 February 1942 · page 4

Cheered by the news that the Dutch “Be[?]tty” in Admiral Helrich is taking over command of the Allied naval forces in the south-west Pacific, the Dutch East Indies…

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Heavy Rain , Greatly Appreciated in Albury District

Border Morning Mail · Monday 16 February 1942 · page 2

The heavy rain of last week will do a lot of good in the district, particularly in regard to water storages…

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Violent Thunderstorm Damage in Melbourne. MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Monday 16 February 1942 · page 2

Friday’s violet thunderstorm resulted in considerable damage in various parts of the metropolitan district The wall of the Carlton baths was…

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Four Deaths In Queensland Floods Immense Damage Caused. Brisbane

Border Morning Mail · Monday 16 February 1942 · page 2

Immense damage has been done by recent floods In the Bu[?]ett Dawson sud Con[?]mine river ar[?]. B[?] suffered very severely, and at one stage…

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