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New England · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1943

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TUNISIA Calm Before Storm Montgomery Re-grouping America’s First Reverse(A.A.P. News). LONDON

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 17 March 1943 · page 1

Reports from Algiers still say that all is quite on the Mareth Line. This quietness, says the British United Press, appears to be the lull before the storm…

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Big Storm West Australia PERTH

The Inverell Times · Monday 22 March 1943 · page 1

The same storm which struck Perth early last Monday caused widespread damage in country areas where losses are estimated to run into six figures…

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Perth Storm Causes Great Damage. Perth

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 22 March 1943 · page 1

The same storm, which struck Perth earlier last Monday, caused widespread damage in the country areas, where the losses are…

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Pacific Quiet Calm Before Storm WASHINGTON

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 24 March 1943 · page 1

The Secretary to the Navy, Colonel Knox, stated to-day that the Pacific area was very quiet at the moment. It was probably a calm…

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"Pacific Calm Before the Storm" U.S. War Secretary's Prediction WASHINGTON

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 24 March 1943 · page 1

The Secretary for the Navy (Colonel Knox) stated to-day that the Pacific area was very quiet at the moment, but it…

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Welcome Ram Storms

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 7 April 1943 · page 7

Welcome rain fell throughout the district on Sunday and Monday, when a series of storms occurred. Guyra received 35 points, which…

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Storm Damage at Walcha

The Uralla Times · Thursday 15 April 1943 · page 2

A heavy storm occurred at Walcha on Sunday, 4th. Blair's Gully, which runs through the centre of the town, became choked with debris and water…

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The Calm Before the Storm for the Axis in Tunisia Allied Aircraft Better Supply Routes

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 17 April 1943 · page 1

LONDON, Friday.—The Tunisian campaign has reached a less spectacular stage, von Arnim's and Rommel's forces firmly holding defensive positions generally based on ravines, gullies and hills, but this is merely the cahn before the storm for the Axis…

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German Riots African News Storm Troopers Called Out Stockholm

The Inverell Times · Friday 14 May 1943 · page 1

In a message which was passed by the German censor, the Berlin correspondent of Goteborg Handels…

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Flood Rains Cause Damage Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 18 May 1943 · page 1

The gales and torrential rain which swept parts of N.S.W. recently caused floods and…

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Soldiers Drowned In Raging Gale SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 19 May 1943 · page 1

Four Australian soldiers were drowned when eight servicemen were washed off the rocks on the South Coast of New South Wales last Sunday night…

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Four Soldiers Drowned When Gale Sweeps Eight Into Sea SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 19 May 1943 · page 1

Four Australian soldiers were drowned when eight servicemen were washed off the rocks on the [?]uth. coast of N.S.W. last Sunday…

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Flood Spreads Havoc In Ruhr Valley War Plants Wrecked by Wall of Water Mohne And Eder Dams Bombing Confounds Germans

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 19 May 1943 · page 1

LONDON, Tuesday.—Great floods are still rearing down the Ruhr valleys. Reconnaissance pholographs reveal that the great havoc created by the breaching of the Mohne and Eder dams in Germany is still spreading…

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Flood Warning Issued by Weather Bureau SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 19 May 1943 · page 5

The Weather Bureau to-day, issued a warning that floods are expected in all pastern rivers from the Shoalhaven to the Macleay,…

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Tremendous Damage in German Floodings Bombed Dams Water Sweeps All Before It Towns and Villages [?]Factories, Power, Plants, Railways [?] (A.A.P.News) LONDON

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 19 May 1943 · page 1

GREAT FLOODS ARE STILL ROARING DOWN THE RUHR VALLEYS. Reconnaissance photographs reveal that the great havoc created by the breaching of…

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Flood Warning Coastal Rivers SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 19 May 1943 · page 1

The Weather Bureau to-day issued a warning that floods may be expected in all eastern rivers from the Shoalhaven to the Macleay, including…

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Heavy Rain Down South

The Uralla Times · Thursday 20 May 1943 · page 4

Heavy coastal rain between Gosford and the Victoria border has Caused some rivers to flood. Sydney's water supply duns are overflowing…

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Sequel to R.a.f. Bombing Floods Reach 60 Miles From Bombed Dams

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 20 May 1943 · page 1

LONDON, Wednesday. — German sources have admitted 747 casualties thus far as a result of the mining of the…

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Flood Dangers Pass

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 22 May 1943 · page 1

SYDNEY, Saturday.—Although several districts are still partly under water the immediate danger of floods on…

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Flood Warnings Many Rivers Affected SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 24 May 1943 · page 1

A further warning that floodings are possible over areas on the New South Wales coast, extending from the Shoalhaven River to the…

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