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New England · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1946

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Hundreds Marooned in Queensland Floods

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 6 March 1946 · page 2

The pilot of a plane which flew over Home Hill yesterday found the town under water, and saw occupants of houses clinging to…

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Wide Trail of Damage Left by Queensland Floods Plight of Home Hill Still Perilous BRISBANE, Wed

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 6 March 1946 · page 8

Until some means of communication is re-established it will not be known whether there has…

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Queensland Floods Deaths and Tragedies Populace Endure Horrors BRISBANE

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 6 March 1946 · page 1

Until some means of communication is re-established it will not be known whether there has been any loss of life at Home Hill on…

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Storm Rain in Glen lnnes

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 7 March 1946 · page 1

A nice showier of rain from a storm fell to Glen Innes this afternoon shortly before 3 o'clock…

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"No Lives Lost" Message From Flood-Bound Home Hill Epidemic Fear BRISBANE

Guyra Argus · Thursday 7 March 1946 · page 1

Medical authorities in Townsville, Ayr and Home Hill flood areas fear outbreaks of typhoid and pneumonia…

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Northern Floods Fear of Disease Now

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 7 March 1946 · page 1

BRISBANE, Thursday -- Medical authorities in Townsville Ayr and Home Hill flood areas outbreaks of…

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Glen Innes Memories of Home Hill Flood

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 7 March 1946 · page 4

Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Smeaton. of Bourke Street, are following news of the floods at Home Hili, in North Queensland, with deep…

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Big Storm

The Inverell Times · Friday 8 March 1946 · page 4

A specially heavy thunderstorm fell over the town yesterday at about 3.30 p.m., when 156 points were registered at the Post Office. The storm…

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Buggy Wrecked by Cyclone

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 9 March 1946 · page 4

From the Guyra "Argus"' Files of 1921:-- The well-known firm of Messrs. E. H. Rudd and Co. have had some pretty bad…

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Yoizuki Safe From Cyclone

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 9 March 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Saturday. -- Reports that the "hell ship" Yoizuki was running into a cyclone off the…

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Moslems Panic Storm Seemed End of Woe-Id CAIRO

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 11 March 1946 · page 1

Devout Moslems, caught in the streets of Cairo during a violent sandstorm through which the light of the sun gleamed blood-red, knelt on the…

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Angry Conductresses Storm Parliament House. Dismissals Resented SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 13 March 1946 · page 2

Protesting against dismissals, more than 40 bus and tram conductresses stormed Parliament House and demanded to see…

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Weathered Gale Fury Ship Breaks Up on English Coast LONDON

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 18 March 1946 · page 4

Nine women and 45 men after huddling in the teeth of a gale while their ship "Byron Dartoon" of 7000 tons broke up,…

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Death Trail Floodwaters in Victoria Family Wiped Out! Melbourne

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 18 March 1946 · page 1

Flood waters which swept through the western district of Victoria and southern Wimmera…

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Seven Drowned Wimmera Floods MELBOURNE

The Inverell Times · Monday 18 March 1946 · page 1

Flood water have swept through the western district of Victoria and Southern Wimmera. They resulted in very heavy property damage and it is…

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Victorian Floods No News of 4 Missing

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 19 March 1946 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Reports from many of the flooded areas late last night stated that the rain had ceased in most places and flood waters were commencing to fall…

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Victorian Floods Help For Distressed MELBOURNE

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 20 March 1946 · page 1

Flood damage in Victoria it is estimated will reach the one million pounds. The floods in most districts are now…

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Flood Warning in N.S.W. Coast Lashed by Cyclone Air Services Cancelled SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 25 March 1946 · page 4

All air services between Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane were cancelled to-day as a result of cyclonic…

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Flood Danger Is Receding Except at Kempsey, Where River Still Rising

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 26 March 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday.--The cyclone, which caused serious floods and damage in Queensland, where four people lost their lives, has moved out to sea in the direction of Lord Ho we Island, and apart from…

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Flood Rains Up to 9 Inches in the District Grafton Road Impassable

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 26 March 1946 · page 4

Rain which set in early yesterday morning and continued without a break until last night registered 433 points at the…

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