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Murray · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1943

86 stories in Murray's papers · page 5 of 5

Heavy Thunder Storm Yields 120 Points of Rain

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 26 November 1943 · page 4

A heavy thunderstorm passed over the district on Wednesday night of last week, when up to 120 points of rain fell in some parts. In places…

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Storm Enforces Blackout at Lismore. Lismore

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 27 November 1943 · page 6

During a heavy [?]st[?] yesterday, five people were hurt and heavy damage was done to property in the town and to crops in the district. All street lights were…

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Airliner Forced Down In Gale Second Officer Killed MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Monday 6 December 1943 · page 2

Forced down in a gale near Bendigo in the early hours of this morning, a Douglas passenger airliner made a crash-landing, killing…

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Mayor Flood Re-elected Third Term Appointment

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 7 December 1943 · page 2

The special meeting of the Hay Municipal Council was held last evening for the election of Mayor and standing committees for the ensuing…

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Heavy Rain This Month? "New Spot Group on Sun"

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 17 December 1943 · page 1

There is a new spot group on the sun and it should give results in the form of disturbance at its c[?]tral and final passages (writes Mr. Inigo Jones,…

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Red Army Storms Forward In Biggest Break-through Yet In Campaign Smash Germans on 50-Mile Front Nazi “Iron Wall” Shattered by Artillery Fire LONDON. December 20

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 21 December 1943 · page 1

Storming forward on a 50-mile front between Neval and Vitebsk, after the biggest single break-throngh of the Russian campaign, Soviet troops in their first big offensive of the winter, are now striking south-west from Neval with the main forces massed for a new drive westwards towards the Dvina river…

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