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New England · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1946

164 stories in New England's papers · page 6 of 9

Amazing Escape From Injury When Brick Parapet Crashes Was Weakened by Storm SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 21 June 1946 · page 1

When a 50ft, brick parapet crashed from a felock of flats m Dunbar-st., Watson's Bay, to-day, four sailors, an…

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Flood Damage Grants £1050 For Shire, and £250 for Municipality

The Inverell Times · Friday 21 June 1946 · page 1

Flood damage grants amounting to £1,300 have been offered to the Inverell Councils. McIntyre Shire figure was £1,050 and the Inverell Municipal…

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Flood Damage Grant £1,800 ALLOTTED

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 24 June 1946 · page 2

Yallaroi Shire Council has been offered a grant of £1,800 towards flood damage repair costs by the Minister for Works and Local…

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Starvation Averted Flood of Supplies

The Inverell Times · Friday 5 July 1946 · page 3

There would be no mass starvation the world, except in inaccessible parts of China, said Mr. Herbert Hoover…

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Floody Polish Pogrom

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 6 July 1946 · page 1

LONDON, Saturday. -- The Polish Government used armoured cars to break up mobs ranging…

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Skiers Snowbound Flood Danger as Snow Thaws Victorian Towns Isolated Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 24 July 1946 · page 2

Snowbound skiers at Mount Kosciusko may be marooned indefinitely if rivers in the area rise much higher,…

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Severe Snow Floods Expected SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 24 July 1946 · page 1

Snow-bound skiers at Mt. Kosciusko may be marooned indefinitely if rivers in the area rise much higher, according to the Divisional…

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Weather Clear But Flood Danger Not Passed Big Area Under Water at Albury

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 27 July 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY. Saturday. — Although the weather has cleared in the Albury district, the flood danger has not passed,…

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Floods in Turkey Heavy Deathroll feared ISTANBUL

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 31 July 1946 · page 2

Three hundred persons are feared dead and 500 injyred and thousands rendered homeless by floods following torrential rains in the…

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Peace Treaties Arranged :: Floods in Turkey Palestine Strid Curfew Search For Offenders JERUSALEM

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 31 July 1946 · page 1

The curfew at Tel Aviv and neighbourhood is unprecedented in severity, and the decision to shoot on sight anyone even Inadvertently…

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Turkish Floods Istanbul

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 31 July 1946 · page 1

Three hundred persons are feared to be dead, 500 injured and thousands rendered homeless by floods following torrential rains in…

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Cold Snap Over Alps Temperatures 30 Degrees Below Freezing Floods May Follow Thaw SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 19 August 1946 · page 6

Threat of flooding in the Murray, Murrumbidgee and Snowy Rivers, due to thawing snow, has been averted…

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Flood Threats Melting Snow SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Monday 19 August 1946 · page 1

A threat of flooding in the Murray, Murrumbidgee and Snowy Rivers, due to the thawing snow, have been averted temporarily by…

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Flood Threat in South Heavy Snow on Alps SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 21 August 1946 · page 1

Severe floods sure expected in the southern lowlands during the next few weeks following the melting of heavy snowfalls in the Southern…

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Syphon for Flood Control Indian Advance on Oversea Inventions

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 21 August 1946 · page 5

A revolutionary device for flood control in dams, claimed to be an advance on American and other inventions and ranking as an…

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Farmers Disappointed Rain Fails to Materialise Storm Yields Only 20 POINTS

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 4 September 1946 · page 8

Widespread disappointment has been expressed throughout New England following the failure of…

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Promised Rain Vanishes Storm Clouds Yield Only Few Points

Guyra Argus · Thursday 5 September 1946 · page 4

Widespread disappointment has been expressed throughout New England following the failure of…

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Freak Storm in Melbourne Suburban Streets Flooded MELBOURNE

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 6 September 1946 · page 16

A fierce squall accompanied by rain and bail struck parts of Melbourne early this morning. Some suburbs reported damage…

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Storms Ravage English Crops Last Hope For Harvest Gone LONDON

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 9 September 1946 · page 2

While prayers for better weather to save the harvest were being offered in churches throughout the couhtry yesterday, torrential rain fell…

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Surprise Snow Storm Heavy Falls on New England Will Benefit Pastures

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 9 September 1946 · page 6

Saturday morning's surp fall of snow, extending fr[?] Murrurundi in the south to the northern ranges of the…

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