Dubbo's Dust Storm
DUBBO.—Rolling over like great surf breakers clouds of dust yesterday sent Dubbo into almost complete darkness. Business houses and…
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Floods & storms, 1944
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Germans Flood Italian Plain
LONDON, Nov. 17. A.A.P.—The action of the Germans in blowing up the Fiumi-Uniti canal, which is a waterway formed by the joining up…
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MILDURA, Sunday.—The worst dust storm in 20 years swept the entire Mallee to-day from 11 a.m. to 7.30 p.m…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—Bush fire risks are increasing in many parts of New South Wales, including the Newcastle district, Weather Bureau forecasts warn to-night…
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HEAVY rain was reported last night in the Moree district. At one point, between Bingaguy and Gravesend, the…
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LONDON, Wednesday: Moving on Germany with an irresistible weight of men and guns, the U.S.Third Army is now threatening four great industrial cities of the Saar…
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LONDON, Friday: American tanks and troops are now along nine miles of the Saar River's wes bank. But the Germans are pouring in…
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In spite of the fact that then are suffering from the drought, really heavy rain at the present time would be anything but welcome to many farmers along the Lower Hunter and Lower Williams rivers…
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LONDON, Dec. 8. A.A.P.—Heavy rain has extended the flooded area between Nijmegen and Arnhem. Over 30 square miles have been…
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SYDNEY: This season's duststoms have been severe and disastrous enough to remind the State of a recurring calamity to which public…
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SYDNEY: Terrific duststorms are again sweeping the southern section of N.S.W. today…
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WELLINGTON (N.Z.): Fierce electrical storms with torrential rain are sweeping the South Island. Hail has ruined many crops in the…
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LONDON, Dec. 19. A.A.P.—Rudolph Hess is recovering from a broken leg received when he jumped over banisters…
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Part of the damage caused by the tornadic thunderstorm which struck Cardiff yesterday afternoon. At left.—All that…
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SYDNEY, Friday. — Temperatures are still soaring and blinding dust storms are raging in many inland centres. Sydney and the South…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—Caught by a sudden gale in Botany Bay last night, five girls and four youths spent a terrifying night in a disabled 18ft…
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