Violent Gales Sweep Britain
LONDON, Fri: Gales with gusts up to 100 m.p.h. swept Britain last night. A gust of 102 m.p.h was…
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Four Die in Floods, Thousands Homeless
CHARLESTON (West Virginia), Fri.: Waters from the flooded Ohio River and its tributaries which inundated thousands of square…
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HEAVY rain throughout N.S.W. today dislocated telephonic and telegraphic communications, closed aerodromes, and caused the derailment of a passenger train near Muswellbrook. A Solent flying boat on its way to Sydney from New Zealand had to…
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HEAVY rainfalls in N.S.W. today and during the week-end caused widespread havoc. Damage estimated at £250,000 has been caused to fruit and vegetable crops in the Murrumbidgee area near Griffith…
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A NIGHT of terror is being spent by residents of the shale oil town of Glen Davis as flood waters from the swollen Capertee River race towards their homes. MORE than six inches of rain fell in 18 hours, and the river burst its…
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MELBOURNE, Tues.: The torrential rain which, over the past three days, has drenched South Australia and parts of New South…
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Water one foot deep was racing. through the main street of Maitland tonight. A sudden break in the bank of…
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SYDNEY, Wed.: Flood warnings were issued for parts of the Wyong River tonight by the State Weather Bureau…
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A BOUT 20 washaways on Cobb Highway between Booroorban and Hay have kept the Hay-Deniliquin mail and passenger service out of action this week. Torrential rain—704 points at Paradise, nine miles…
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After some 10 years of semi-arid conditions, says the "Murray Valley Newsletter," the Gunbower Island forest from the Torrumbarry Weir to…
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On December 26th. 1949, at St. Virgilius's Church, Hay, the marriage was solemnised, before Nuptial Mass, of Norah Francis, eldest daughter of…
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In common with Rye Lane immediately to the north of the course, the Hay Racecourse suffered flooding last week, apparently with water which…
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WELLINGTON, Mon: Motor cars were swept away and some people were struck and injured by floating timber and debris when the…
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LONDON, Tues.: Swollen rivers burst their, banks and drove people from their homes at several places in Southern England…
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OLD Henty residents cannot remember a summer rain storm equal in severity to the one which struck the town yesterday afternoon…
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MELBOURNE, Thurs.: Violent electrical storms accompanied by hail and rain lashed most of Victoria again last night, causing…
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CHICAGO, Thursday : New floods have driven about 40,000 persons from their homes in Arkansas, Kentucky,…
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BRISBANE, Sun.: Two men who were floodbound at Muttaburra, in central Queensland, reached Longreach today after…
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BRISBANE, Sun.: Serious flooding missed south-eastern Queensland today when weeklong rains moved out to sea…
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SYDNEY, Sun.: Clearing weather ther in the north-east of the State has practically eliminated flood danger…
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