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Murray · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1949

239 stories in Murray's papers · page 1 of 12

[?]Ritain Battered by Gales, Rain, Snow Storms London

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 1 January 1949 · page 3

BRITAIN is being battered by gales, torrential rain and snow storms, which have damaged shipping, caused floods, and [?]locked roads. [?] seas in the Channel set…

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[?] Rains Up To 10 Inches Deluge [?]any Towns [?] Storm in East Gippsland [?]ousands Of Campers Driven From Tents MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Monday 3 January 1949 · page 1

[?]RRENTIAL rain, driven by gales, deluged [?]wns in East Gippsland yesterday when an [?] cyclonic disturbance swept down from the coast of N.S.W…

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Gales Usher in New Year Britain-Continent Battered LONDON

Border Morning Mail · Monday 3 January 1949 · page 3

GUSTS of wind which at times reached 80 m.p.h. hit parts of Britain’s south coast and portions of the Continent to-day after the wildest New Year’s Eve in living memory…

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Heavy Rain in Queensland

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 4 January 1949 · page 3

BRISBANE, Mon.: A northwest monsoonal flow of air over the peninsula, which has been steadily freshening and moving…

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Flooding Threat in Britain Snow and Heavy Rain

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 5 January 1949 · page 2

LONDON, Tues: With snow falling steadily in the Midlands and in the north and rain enveloping the whole of south-east…

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Freak Storm

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 11 January 1949 · page 1

A freak electrical storm on Sunday gave a pyrotechnical display for those who were interested enough to watch the…

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Sydney Round-up of Storm Highlights (Earlier Reference, Page 1)

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 11 January 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Mon: As a result of heavy storms which swept Sydney over the week end and continued today all low lying areas…

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Fierce Storm Hits Melbourne Heavy Damage Caused MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Monday 17 January 1949 · page 1

A VIOLENT storm, with gales reaching up to 61 miles per hour, caused widespread damage in the metropolitan area to-day. At the height of the storm the 10,000- ton…

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Three Deaths in Violent Wind Rain Storm Children Are Trapped When Theatre Wall Collapses Little Boy Fatally Crushed : Agonising Scenes SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Monday 17 January 1949 · page 1

THREE deaths followed a freak 74 m.p.h. cyclone-like storm that swept central and western districts of the State yesterday afternoon and later hit [?] metropolitan-area. At Parkes, Wesley Noakes, 8, was killed at Broadway Theatre, and Joseph…

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Two Men Injured in Storm Two Echuca residents were admitted to hospital last. Friday suffering from injuries received during the rain and wind storm

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 18 January 1949 · page 2

Two Eehuca residents were, admitted to hospital last Friday suffering from injuries, received the rain and wind storm…

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Lecturer’s Remarks Cause Storm

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 19 January 1949 · page 15

BRISBANE, Tues.: The terrible thing about atom bombs was that they need not be brought by enemy planes, bat could be…

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Storm Over High Living Costs Labor Leader Hits Nail on Head (From a Political Correspondent). CANBERRA

Border Morning Mail · Monday 24 January 1949 · page 7

Canberra observers believe that the recent statement by the A.L.P. Federal president (Mr A. S. McAlpine), on living costs, balanced economy and the need for greater production; will certainly provoke the “widespread criticism” he anticipated…

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No Flood of Asiatics— Mr. Hughes

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 25 January 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Mon: Australia held out the hand of friendship to India but was resolved “to maintain those economic conditions…

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Heavy Rain in Freak District Storm

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 26 January 1949 · page 1

TWO inches of rain fell at Henty yesterday afternoon in a storm which swept in a narrow swathe through areas in the north-eastern portion of the district…

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Catalinas Flown Out of Cyclone’s Path

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 27 January 1949 · page 3

BRISBANE, Wed.: An hour before a violent cyclone was forecast to reach New Caledonia, two French Catalina amphibian planes…

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Flood of European Migrants Coming Here

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 27 January 1949 · page 10

MELBOURNE, Wed.: Thousands of unassisted European migrants will be coming to Australia from Genoa during the next few…

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Freak Electrical Storm

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 28 January 1949 · page 2

Describing a freak electric storm experienced at Junee last Saturday morning, the "Southern Cross" says: "At Allabo, the McLean family were…

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Severe Electrical Storm at Henty

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 28 January 1949 · page 3

Fifty-seven politic of rain fell at Henty on Tuesday afternoon in a storm which swept in a narrow swathe and areas in the north-eastern portion…

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Storm over High Cost of Living Labour’s Lay Leader Hits Nail on Head

The Pastoral Times · Friday 28 January 1949 · page 6

Canberra observers believe that last week’s statement by the A.L.P. Federal President (Mr. A.S. McAlpine) on living costs…

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Storm Lashes Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 1 February 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Mon: A severe electrical storm, accompanied by heavy rain, which lashed Sydney, the south coast, Blue…

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