Lowlands Flooded By Germans
Pictorial evidence of the difficult task confronting the Allies in Holland. The Lowlands were flooded after the Germans blew up the dykes in an effort to stave off the Allied advance…
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Floods & storms, 1945
197 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 10
Heavy Rain in City, But Light in Hunter
HEAVY rain fell in Newcastle yesterday, but only light falls were reported from the lower Hunter Valley. Registration in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Inch in 20 MINUTES Morpeth Storm
In 20 minutes, at Morpeth, yesterday afternoon, 101 points of rain were registered. Maitland, five miles away, had…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cyclone Devastates Mauritius
PORT LOUIS (Mauritius), Jan. 19.—A.A.P.—A cyclone which lasted for three days has devastated the whole of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dust Storms in West
SYDNEY.—Dust-storms were reported today at Broken Hill and Menindie. The atmosphere was hazy in most other western centres…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Faced Death in Gale on Old Steamer
SYDNEY.—Twelve men faced death for three days on an ancient crumbling steamer that was being towed through a full gale…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. Churchill in Storm Commons Scene
LONDON, Jan. 25. A.A.P.—Mr. Churchill was the centre of a small storm in the House of Commons this morning, after he announced…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sydney Storm Shifts Roofs Homes in Suburbs Lashed by Gale
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—When a violent thunderstorm struck Sydney at 5.55 p.m., a north-easterly wind of 59 miles an hour velocity unroofed…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—An Australian National Airways plane was grounded at Wagga to-night because of severe dust conditions and high…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dust-storms in Western N.s.w
SYDNEY. — Dust storms were reported today at Trangie, Nyngan, Gilgandra, Cobar, Gulargambone, Peak Hill, Cassilis, Gulgong and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Floods, Dust Storms in Queensland
BRISBANE, Friday.—Torrertial rains have fallen on the North Coast as a result of a cyclone. Rivers are flooded, trains held up, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cyclone in West Australia
PERTH, Tuesday.—Cyclones have caused widespread damage throughout the north-west of Western Australia, although rain has been of great value…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Thunderstorms in Afternoon
The Weather Bureau forecast to-day for Newcastle, Hunter and Manning is Cloudy afternoon, thunderstorms. Fresh north-east winds…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gale Wrecks Homes in Ipswich
BRISBANE, Monday.—Damage amounting to several thousands of pounds was caused by a gale which wrecked or partly wrecked more…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Flood Sweeps Away Taxi, Girl Driver
CAIRNS, Monday.—Heavy flood-waters swept a taxi and its driver Miss Grace Borghero, of Mareeba, off Granite Creek causeway…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Floods Follow Cyclone in W.a
PERTH, Thursday.—Severe floods followed a cyclone in the north of Western Australia. Many station homesteads are reported to have been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Man Killed When Gale Hit Tents
BRISBANE: Fifty tents were blown down by a severe gale that hit a military camp yesterday near Brisbane. Four men were injured and one…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Soldier Killed, Three Injured in Gale
BRISBANE, Friday.—A soldier was killed and three others injured when a gale struck Redbank military camp…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Severe Electrical Storms Heaviest District Rain for Months
Heavy rain fell throughout the Hunter Valley at the week-end. Described at a number of centres as the best rain in months, it has…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pigeons, Switchgirls Fare Ill in Storm
INTENSITY of the storm which swept the district on Saturday afternoon was such that, of a flight of 32 pigeons released at…
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