Gale Damage in S.a
ADELAIDE, Sunday.—The heaviest gales to lash the South Australian coast for many years have caused great damage to homes and…
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Floods & storms, 1946
315 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 16
Seven Feared Drowned; Heavy Flood Damage
MELBOURNE, Sunday.—Disastrous floods swept the Western district at the week-end, forcing people from their homes, drowning at least one man and possibly four other men and two women, and causing huge losses in cattle and…
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MELBOURNE, Monday.—With her sails ripped to shreds by cyclonic storms which battered her all the way down from Port Moresby to Cairns,…
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SYDNEY.—The storm centering around the dismissal of bus and tram conductresses was now over, Mr. J. Brock,…
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MELBOURNE. — R.A.A.F. planes are flying over the flood-stricken Western district of Victoria, dropping bread in hungry townspeople in many areas. All food supplies have been swept away at some centres,…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Glenelg River is rising rapidly again, after a steady fall this morning. Police have warned residents at…
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People in flooded areas in Victoria have had an anxious time. Top: The post-office at Rosebrook looks out on the turbulent Moyne River swirling past to the sea. Bottom: An army "duck" setting out to rescue marooned householders…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Flood Waters Recede Damage Estimated at £2,000,000
MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—Flood waters are receding in Western Victoria, where damage is estimated at £2,000,000…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday.—Many western Victorian towns which were swamped in the recent disastrous floods to-day presented scenes of…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—The cyclone raging off the south coast of Queensland is expected to become worse to-morrow. Flood warnings have been issued…
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STATE FORECAST: General rain between slopes and coast. Heavy falls on coast with floods imminent on…
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H.M.A.S. Bataan, Tribal-class destroyer, expected in Newcastle to-morrow in support of the Security Loan, has been held up by a cyclone in Brisbane…
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Most of the New South Wales coast from the Hunter north is threatened by floods. Floodings already have occurred in some areas, including Buladelah. People living in low-lying areas of the Hunter Valley have…
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A WARNING of flood danger on the Lower Hunter is contained in the Weather Bureau forecast for the…
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BRISBANE, Monday.—The cyclonic weather which raged along the Queensland coast south of Bundaberg at the week-end hit Brisbane early this morning. It temporarily closed the port to all…
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No news has been received from some of the families on the flooded flats at Buladelah. "We communicated with many of the farmers, but could not reach some," said the Secretary of the War…
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After a night fraught with peril, when flood-bound residents fought the swirling waters in dramatic rescues from drowning, sunshine this morning revealed the township of Bulahdelah…
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SYDNEY.—The cyclone, which has caused serious floods and damage in southern Queensland and northern N.S.W. is still centred near Brisbane, but is expected to move south-east. The Richmond River is falling at Lismore, and waters have…
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South Grafton is in the grip of its worst flood since 1928. Damage to crops and pastures alone is estimated to be at least £100,000. At youth was drowned yesterday at Kempsey, where the…
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The old bridge at Booral on the Karuah River on the Newcastle side of Stroud, was on the point of collapse when the flood waters abated yesterday. Part of the substructure of the new bridge was washed away,…
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