£50,000 storm damage to N.S,W, town
TAMWORTH. Wed.: Damage estimated at £40,000 to £50,000 was caused to homes, stores and other buildings at Collarenebri when a…
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Disabled ship weathers storm
NEW YORK, Fri.: The disabled Dutch freighter Hydra weathered an Atlantic storm, with- winds of near-hurricane force off Cape…
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ADELAIDE, Fri.: Floodwaters 5 feet deep are overflowing the railway line at Finke, 150 miles north of Oodnadatta, and the passenger…
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NEW YORK, Sun.: The worst storms of winter which continued to sweep over widely scattered sections of the United States…
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ADELAIDE, Sun.: The passenger train from Quorn to Alice Springs was held up for a day at Oodnadatta, but as flood-waters…
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MELBOURNE, Mon.: Two hurricanes with gusts of wind Well over 120 miles an hour, blew clown aerials and power lines, shifted five…
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ADELAIDE, Mon.: It is expected that the train for Alice Springs, held up by flood waters at Finke River Crossing, will be able to…
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MELBOURNE, Wed.: A cool change, accompanied by heavy rain and thunderstorms, swept over most of Victoria today…
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ADELAIDE, Sun.: Floods have formed lakes 130 miles south of Alice Springs and the road to Adelaide is impassable for a mile…
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"The clouds connected with the disturbance of January 5 prevented an observation of the sun where the last…
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SYDNEY, Fri.: The Weather Bureau warned tonight that there was a risk of widespread flooding in the Tweed. Richmond and…
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A car crashed into a tree on the Yackahdandah road during the heavy storm yesterday, injuring two passengers. Several others…
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Torrential rain, boil and gale force winds, which lashed parts of the border districts late yesterday afternoon, washed away portion of the railway line between Burrumbuttock and…
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LONDON, Sun.; Heavy loss of life and property damage, amounting to millions of pounds, have followed devastating gales which have swept England and the Continent…
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Electrical storms early last night caused black-outs in two border district towns and brought heavy rain to others after one of the hottest and “stickiest” days of the summer…
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CANBERRA, Mon.: Fruit was stripped from trees and vegetable crops were cut to pieces by a severe hail storm which hit the…
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LONDON, Mon.: People in England and the Continent today counted their dead as dropping winds promised a respite from the week-end floods, which caused untold damage, and were…
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The township of Walwa had a fire, a black-out and 74 points of rain during a weird, hour-long storm on Monday night. Men hurrying to the fire…
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LONDON, Tues.: The combined death-roll in the floods in Britain and Holland today rose to well over 1000 with the fate of many hundreds more unknown. Rescue workers in both countries toiled ceaselessly today to repair…
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LONDON, Wed.— Rescue workers and troops repairing dykes and sea wails in Britain and Holland today redoubled their efforts in a race against time as they are faced with a…
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