Floods in Northern Queensland
BRISBANE, Thursday.—Exceptionally heavy rain has been falling on parts of the tropical coast of Queensland as a result of a minor depression in the…
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Floods & storms, 1941
168 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 9
Big Floods Near Cairns Hundreds Are Homeless Brisbane
Hundreds are homeless as a result of heavy floods over several hundred square miles of territory between Cairns and…
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BRISBANE, Sunday.—The danger of further flooding in Northern and Central Queensland has passed. The cyclonic disturbance turned away from the coast…
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LONDON, April 13. A.A.P.—A Rome message says a storm of exceptional violence swept the Spanish coast near Tarifa, causing serious damage. Nine fishing…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Nazi Storm Troops Repulsed Heavy Losses Inflicted by Imperial Forces Yugoslavs Take Port of Durazzo London, April 14. A.A.P.
It is learned in London that on Friday British and Imperial infantry repulsed an attack by the Adolf Hitler Division—a crack division of German Storm Troops—in Northern Greece. Heavy losses were inflicted on the…
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Rain has fallen steadily along the coast and on the adjacent tablelands for 24 hours, but the metropolitan catchment area, where it is urgently…
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A grant of £1200 has been made to Kearsley Shire Council for flood damage repairs. Representations had been made by Mr. G. Booth, M.L.A…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—A contract for the following work has been signed for the Department of Works and Local Government— Wallis Creek floodgates,…
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Anxious moment. As the shadows lengthen schoolboys make the most of the sun-shine at Speers Point Wharf. Right : One of the promenades at the Newcastle Crippled Children's Hospital, which is almost completed…
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WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Monday.—Tremendous damage has been caused by floods. Territorial troops using pontoons, folding boats, and dinghies, have made…
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The training school at Willems Barracks (Aldershot) has been inundated with letters in reply to n War Office appeal to dog…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—A 50-mile-an-hour gale which struck Sydney and suburbs on Saturday unroofed houses, blew down chimneys and high tension wires, and…
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Re-examination of the whole question of conscription in Northern Ireland may be necessary because of the opposition the proposal has aroused. This would mean new delay in reach…
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BRISBANE, Sunday.—Local flooding is expected in all South Coast rivers following heavy rains during the past 48 hours. The Mary River at Gympie is…
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The coast to-day is lashed by one of the worst gales of the winter and shipping schedules have been disrupted Ships from north and south are…
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One of the many small launches battered to bits by yesterday's great seas—this one is lying on the Harbor Beach at Manly. A beachcomber's haul yesterday's high seas—17s…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →R.A.F. Finds Queer Storm in Germany Berlin Bombed London
Clouds charged with electricity played the queerest tricks with British bombers which last night raided…
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Five thousand people, it is estimated, have been drowned in a cyclone which swept over many villages in the Barisal district of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Heavy Rain in South Australia
ADELAIDE, Monday.—Heavy week-end rain in parts of the State have caused railway washaways. The East-West express was delayed between Port Pirie…
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