8Th Army's Battle with River Flood
EIGHTH ARMY HEADQUARTERS ITALY. Tuesday.—For more than 24 hours of fighting part of the Eighth Army was…
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Floods & storms, 1943
91 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 5
Bombs, Torpedo, Gales and Fire Couldn't Stop Ship
LONDON.—A British merchant ship, smashed by Atlantic gales, bombed from the air torpedoed and set on fire, still got through to North African with 6000 tons of military stores—two days ahead of the convoy from which she…
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TAMWORTH, Friday.—When cyclonic wind, with torrential rain, struck a section of the 102nd Australian General Hospital this afternoon,…
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The greyhound, Banyena King, who was storm-shocked five weeks ago, has recovered, according to his owned. Mr. J. Mahoney, of Wallsend…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"Made Centre of Political Storm" Greek King's Position
LONDON, Dec. 22.—King George of Greece feels that he has unwittingly been made the centre of a political storm. He recently stated…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Homes Wrecked, Families Injured In Wollombi Storm
Rescued from their wrecked homes and taken over flooded creeks, seven members of two families from a mountain area west of Cessnock were admitted to Cessnock Hospital last night in a badly shocked condition…
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Recently a terrific blow swept upon steamers along the Great Barrier Reef northward to Torres Straits find the Coral Sea…
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Although badly damaged, these sheds, on the property of Mr. J. Mitchell, on the Wollombi-road, were still standing after the storm. Mr. Mitchell's home was razed. The debris can be seen to the left of the shed…
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A thunderstorm caused some interference to telephone lines in Maitland yesterday afternoon, for the second time within two days…
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BRISBANE, Wednesday.—When a cyclone swept the reefy seas off the coast of North Queensland, crews of merchantmen and Australian Army…
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BRISBANE, Thursday.—A boy of 14 was drowned, many watercourses were flooded, and hundreds of seaside campers washed out by heavy…
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