Stop Press 70 M.p.h. Gale in Sydney
SYDNEY: Touching 70 m.p.h., a specific windstorm, accompanied by [?] rain, battered Sydney and [?] this afternoon Sweeping in…
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Floods & storms, 1948
311 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 14 of 16
Cyclone Wrecks Half Village
A cyclone which raged for 10 to 15 minutes wrecked or severely damaged half the homes and buildings in the village of Black Mountain, eight miles from Guyra, late…
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GUYRA: Only a few houses were left intact when a 70-nrrile-an-hour gale battered the tiny…
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MELBOURNE: Heavy rain which began an hour before the first race marred Derby Day at Flemington…
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MELBOURNE. — Two ships with smashed furniture and broken crockery berthed in Melbourne today after a rough trip…
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DUNEDIN, Nov. 2. A.A.P. Reuter.—Floodwaters pouring from the swollen southern lakes and Otago River areas caused the Clutha…
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ADELAIDE, Wednesday.—High winds and duststorms to-night handicapped P.M.G. Department linesmen in their gigantic task of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →To Seek Action On Flood Report
A deputation from the Lower Hunter Flood Mitigation and Conservation Committee will wait on the State Premier as soon as a conference can be arranged, a meeting in Maitland Town Hall decided…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →EDITORIAL Two Questions And A Flood Of Words
IN THE EYES of ordinary Australian citizens, caring more for their country's welfare than for any party's loss or gain, no amount of political skirmishing can obscure the vital issues…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—Wind and rain storms this afternoon caused a boy's death, grounded an airliner carrying migrants and fanned many bushfires around Sydney…
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SYDNEY.—Strong westerly winds reaching gale force" today blew down a wall at St. Peters and wrecked telephone lines on the South Coast. A tree was blown across telephone lines on. the South…
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George Alder, 66, of Croyden-street, Mayfield, was found injured at the bottom of a stormwater channel, Valencia-street. Mayfield…
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A freak 80-mile-an-hour hurricane which struck Bingara at 1 p.m. on Sunday was accompanied by drenching rain and pigeon-egg hailstones. The gale:—…
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Geoffrey Dodds pauses on his way to school to collect hailstones which were still several inches deep at 9 o'clock this morning following the freak storm at 3 a.m., when 71 points of rain were registered in about 10 minutes. Mrs. W. Owens, of Brunker…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Aust.-jap Trade Pact—"no Flood of Cheap Goods"
CANBERRA: The Australian trade agreement with Japan will not mean a flood of cheap goods on the Australian market, a Customs spokesman said to-day…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Severe thunderstorms brought down telephone and telegraph lines along the New South Wales-Victorian border…
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Faulty drains in the New Lambton school grounds were causing flooding, it was stated at a meeting of the school P…
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Mr. Cyril Griffiths's forecast tor Newcastle and the Coalfields to-day is.—Mainly fine and warmer, with north-westerly to north-east…
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SYDNEY: Freak storms, in the Richmond district have wrecked the National Fitness camp at Lennox Head. The…
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BOMBAY, Nov 22. A.A.P.—At least three people were killed and 50 seriously hurt when a cyclone swept Bombay to-day…
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