Rats in Sugarcane; Flood Warning
BRISBANE, Tuesday.—The discovery that rats are building their nests as high up as possible in the sugarcane has led sugar men to ask…
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Floods & storms, 1946
315 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 16
Gale Lasted 10 MINUTES Damage Done at Singleton
Travelling in a strip 200 yards wide, a gale, which lasted 10 minutes unrooted the school and public hall, damaged dairying properties…
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LONDON, Friday: The Dutch authorities have handed over to the British an S.S. brigade commander Eberhard Schoengarth, who gave the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Man Lost in Sand Storm in Far West
SYDNEY, Sunday.—A widespread search is being made in the Far West of New South Wales for a hatless and bootless man who…
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CASINO, Tuesday.—In a freak storm near Casino, four farmhouses were unroofed and widespread damage was caused to barns,…
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LONDON, Jan. 10.—An 80 m.p.h. gale swept Britain, reaching its peak on the south and south-east coasts. It held up shipping and…
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BRISBANE, Sunday.—The heaviest rains for 20 years between Winton and Cloncurry has interrupted mail and telephone services. Postal…
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SYDNEY.—Thunderstorms yesterday brought a measure of relief to many parts of the State from the heatwave…
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MARSEILLES, Jan. 16. A.A.P.—Nineteen bodies have been recovered from the wreckage of an R.A.F. plane which crashed during a…
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Fine, very hot weather, with heat-wave conditions, is forecast for to-day by Mr. Cyril Griffiths. There would be northerly to north-westerly…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Get Troops Home" Mail Floods Congress "Herald" Service
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.—Congressmen returned to Washington to find their mail flooded with letters demanding that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sun Spots May Cause Magnetic Storms
"One of the largest outbursts of Sunspots for several years is traversing the surface of the sun. There are four groups, the largest of which…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stop Press Broken Hill Floods
SYDNEY: Trains to Broken Hill both from Sydney and Adelaide have been cancelled owing to floods washing out the lines in a number of…
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 18. A.A.P.—As a result of the successful wartime aerial reconnaissance of Pacific typhoons, the U.S. Navy has announced…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mr. Churchill As Witness Move in Pearl Harbour Storm "Herald" Service and A.A.P.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 18.—A suggestion that Mr. Churchill should be called as a witness in the Pearl Harbour inquiry has…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—Parts of the North-west which up to yesterday had had no rain for years and where stock were dying by the thousand are under water to-day. Broken Hill was isolated by rail to-day because of…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—Some rain was reported in eastern areas of the State throughout to-day, but it was not heavy…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Heavy rain has caused widespread damage in North-western New South Wales. The Gwydir River has broken its banks near the township of Biniguy, in the Moree district, and is spreading out…
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SYDNEY: Inland northern rivers and tributaries reached flood level last night as a result of further heavy rains in the far northern upper reaches. The Weather Bureau received…
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TAMWORTH, Wednesday.— Floodwaters from the MacIntyre and Mehi Rivers completely isolated Moree early this morning when, with water 4ft. deep swirling through the town, a breakdown occurred at the electricity supply…
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