Gale Lashing Irish Coast Menace of Mines Still Acute
LONDON, Oct. 29. A.A.P.—A fierce southerly gale is lashing the south-east Irish coast, causing the menace of drifting mines to…
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Floods & storms, 1945
197 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 9 of 10
A.i.f. Wewak Camps Menaced by Floods
WEWAK, Tuesday: Many A.I.F. camps around Wewak will almost certainly be flooded when the high tides of December pound the coastal bivouac areas. Strung along a narrow coastline…
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SYDNEY.—Heavy rain fell on the coast and tablelands last night, but Riverina areas, which still need rain, missed out…
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SYDNEY: Heavy rain at all tracks upset trainers this morning. Several horses entered for Saturday were to have been sent fast but had to be restricted to solid work. Hall Stand, back in work for the big Christmas sprints…
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SYDNEY: More heavy rain has fallen on the North Coast. Many towns in the past 24 hours have had more than one inch, including Byron…
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A BURST watermain at the Toronto-Fassifern crossroads last night cracked the tar-paved road surface and caused a…
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TAMWORTH, Friday.—Heavy storms in the Tamworth district to-night flattened some wheat crops, and the harvest in other cases will…
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Damage was done in Cessnock by a brief but fierce storm yesterday afternoon. For a few minutes the wind approached hurricane force…
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SYDNEY.—Devastated by yesterday's 70 m.p.h. gale and hailstorm, areas on the Great Western Road near Pendle Hill were a tragic sight. Dozens…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—Extensive damage was done to property in outer Sydney suburbs by a heavy thunderstorm accompanied by a gale and hail…
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Hundreds of windows were broken, gardens flattened, foliage stripped from trees, fabric hoods of motor cars riddled during one of the heaviest hall storms which swept Newcastle this afternoon…
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MR. CYRIL GRIFFITHS' forecast for to-day is: Hot and sultry, with further scattered thunderstorms, but mostly fine…
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LISBON, Nov. 19. A.A.P—The worst storm to hit Lisbon for 30 years yesterday caused the Tagus River to overflow its banks and flood…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—It is officially estimated that yesterday's freak storm which devastated a small area on the Great Western…
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More than 1000 windows in the city, Bar Beach, Cook's Hill, and the Hill were broken in the hailstorm which swept over Newcastle between noon and 1 o'clock yesterday. During the fierce, 10-minute blow, jagged hailstones,…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The State Government has set up a special committee to investigate losses by poultry farmers and vegetable…
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The danger of floods in the Lower Hunter would be accentuated because the river had silted to a shocking extent, said Cr. T McCarthy (Lower…
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The maximum temperature recorded by Mr. Cyril Griffiths yesterday was 83.5 degrees, and minimum 62.9. Monday's maximum was…
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SYDNEY.—Working 12 hours a day, 23 Port Kembla men who are idle are rebuilding and repairing homes for victims of the recent storm in the Holroyd area. The men volunteered their services…
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Floodlights along the beach front were still prohibited, the Beaches Liaison Committee reported to the Health Committee last night…
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