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Murray · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1948

182 stories in Murray's papers · page 4 of 10

Terrific Cyclone Batters Queensland Coast Brisbane

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 25 March 1948 · page 1

A terrific cyclone is battering the southern coast of Queensland. Gigantic seas are threatening to smash homes and are flooding beaches in many areas. The cyclone zone extends along 150 miles of the coast and winds are averaging 70 m.p.h. in some districts…

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Cyclone Gone Out to Sea

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 27 March 1948 · page 7

SYDNEY, Fri. — The cyclone which swept through Brisbane is now well out to sea. There is no longer any danger of floods on the…

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08 Killed by Tornadoes and Floods

Border Morning Mail · Monday 29 March 1948 · page 1

CHICAGO, Sun.: Twenty-five [?] are dead, hundreds are [?] and 18 are missing in [?] which struck…

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Berlin Tension Eases. Storm May End in Teacup!

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 6 April 1948 · page 1

LONDON, Mon.: The Russian Military Governor (Marshal Sokolovsky) has accepted an invitation to dine with the…

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Enormous Damage Done By Gale In Adelaide ADELAIDE

Border Morning Mail · Monday 12 April 1948 · page 1

Hundreds of thousands of pounds’ worth of damage was caused in Adelaide by a gale which swept the city and suburban areas today at a wind velocity of 80 m. p.h. at times…

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Gale Damage —£1 Million

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 13 April 1948 · page 1

ADELAIDE, Moil.: Authoritative estimates of the damage throughout Adelaide and the metropolitan area caused by…

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Storm Batters Two N.s.w. Towns

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 13 April 1948 · page 5

SYDNEY. Mon.—A cyclonic storm caused heavy damage to a strip, 20 miles long and a mile wide, in the lower Macleay district…

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Worst Floods in Living Memory"

Border Morning Mail · Monday 19 April 1948 · page 1

DARWIN, Sun.: Heavy monsoonal rains at the end of the wet season have caused the worst flooding in living memory…

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Electrical Storm Puts Town Out of Business

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 20 April 1948 · page 1

AUCKLAND, Mon. — The east coast town of Whakatane was practically out of business today as shopkeepers and county…

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Vast Floods in N.t

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 20 April 1948 · page 3

DARWIN, Monday. — The Daly Rive in the Northern Territory broke its banks early today and flooded vast areas of…

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Flood Position Better In N.S.W. and Queensland SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Monday 3 May 1948 · page 1

Floods in southern Queensland and northern N.S.W. are subsiding. The cyclonic condition is now moving southward and out to sea. With heavy rain falling continuously today,…

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Had to Flood Holds to Save Ship Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 4 May 1948 · page 2

Master of the interstate cargo steamer Keolip was forced to order the flooding of two holds to prevent the vessel from being dashed on the rocks when she became unmanageable in a gale near Sydney today…

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Heavy Floodings In Parts Of N.S.W. SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 4 May 1948 · page 1

Heavy flooding is occurring in most parts of southern, coastal and inland regions of N.S.W. Coastal rivers are steadily rising and flood warnings were issued tonight to the affected districts…

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Wagga Warned of Heavy Flood Torrential Rain at Canberra

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 4 May 1948 · page 8

CANBERRA. Mon.: With the Murrumbidgee river at Canberra rising at the rate of 20 inches per hour, Canberra police, today…

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Flood Danger in All Areas Passed Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 5 May 1948 · page 3

Flood danger in all areas of the State has now passed, and the cyclonic condition which brought torrential rains, is moving well out to sea. Only scattered rain fell in southern districts today,…

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Floods Hold Up C.w.a. Delegates

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 6 May 1948 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wed.: Floods prevented 14 delegates from attending the CWA annual conference. When conference resumed this…

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Severe Floods in Gippsland

Border Morning Mail · Friday 7 May 1948 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Thursday: Severe floods are threatening towns and farms in Gippsland following heavy rain last night…

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No “Flood of Beer” in Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 15 May 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Fri.: There was no “flood of beer” when the first deliveries of beer to Sydney’s 600 hotels in 10…

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Big Floods in N.z

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 15 May 1948 · page 3

AUCKLAND. Friday: Torrential rain has fallen in parts of New Zealand. After a 34-hour storm, Gisborne…

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Scenes of Desolation As Floods Recede Auckland

Border Morning Mail · Monday 17 May 1948 · page 5

The recession of die flood waters early yesterday morning revealed a scene of utmost desolation cm the Gisborne Flats, where vast tracts are still covered by silted water from the Waipoa River…

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