Houses Change Colour in Storm
WOLLONGONG, Saturday. — Three weatherboard houses in Wollongong changed colour overnight following the recent…
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Heavy Rain on Coast
The cyolone which moved down the Queensland coast continued along the North Coast of N.S.W, with heavy falls in many districts…
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Disastrous floods in south-east Queensland have caused two deaths A man named Mervyn (31), of Norwell, and H. Watson (50), of…
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Disastrous floods in the southeast quarter of Queensland have caused two deaths. A. Mervyn, 31, of Norwell, and H…
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SYDNEY Tuesday.--While overnight rain in the Tweed Heads district has brought a fresh flood threat to that area…
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BRISBANE, Tuesday.—With trains still unable to get through to isolated south coast areas and the Pacific…
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Last night, Uralla experienced what residents consider the most severe electrical storm in the history of the town…
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Early on Tuesday night an electrical storm, stated to have been one of the worst in the district's history, struck…
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Damage to farm property, roads and bridges in the main areas affected by last week-end's flood is estimated a more than £50,000…
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BRISBANE, Thursday--Damage to farm property, roads and bridges in the main areas affected toy last week-end's flood…
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Over 10,000 lbs. of meat were almost lost to Inverell consumers when a breakdown in the electricity supply occurred…
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Telephone, electricity and broadcasting services were disrupted last night when two severe electrical storms converged on Armidale from the north east and south west. During the storm, which was one of the…
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Beneficial rain, averaging nearly two inches, has fallen in the district this week, but more a needed in parts to assure a good body of feed. Most of the falls have comae from easterly storms,…
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Areas between Cairns and Port Moresby are being ravaged by another along the tropical Coast. Five inches of rain have been reported from…
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Heavy storms occurred, during the week-end at sundry centres in the north-west, up to three inches of rain being recorded. They…
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A drowning tragedy—a direct sequel to the storms of last week — occurred this morning near Armidale…
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Train and air services in Northern and Central Queenslands have been disrupted, by monsoonal rains. Rivers have risen over railway bridges and…
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Flood waters in the Burdekin River have submerged the Inkerman bridge, and both Ayr and Home Hill residents…
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FRANKFUR, Thursday.--A group of Germans who enlisted with the French Foreign Legion in Indo-China said, they…
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