Big Liners Delayed By Atlantic Storms
NEW YORK, Tues. (A.A.P.): One of the worst winter storms in years is raging in the North Atlantic. It covers the entire shipping…
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Floods & storms, 1948
311 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 3 of 16
Homes Flooded In North Sydney Storm
SYDNEY, Friday.—A cloudburst in North Sydney early to-night caused flooding and damage to many homes and held up traffic at many…
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HALIFAX (Nova Scotia), Feb. 11. A.A.P.—Two disabled freighters, one American and the other British, are now wallowing in the…
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LONDON, Thurs. (O.S.R.): Gales, which have swept the British Isles for weeks, reached 87 m.p.h. over Scotland yesterday adding to the already extensive destruction…
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LONDON, Thurs. (O.S.R.).—Survivors aboard the steamer Springfjord (2000 tons) were still dazed when the ship reached…
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BRISBANE.—Flood waters are likely to add considerably to the problems of the State Transport Commission in the carriage of foodstuffs to country centres. Torrential rain on the north and central coast has…
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SYDNEY.—Unsettled weather at the week-end with thunderstorms and a southerly change tomorrow and showers on…
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The Weather Bureau forecast for the Hastings, Hunter and Manning is—Warm to hot and sultry, with local thunderstorms…
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CANBERRA: Four inches of week-end rain washed away bridges and flooded homes in the Canberra-Queanbeyan district. The round-service between…
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NEW YORK, Feb. 15. A.A.P.—Flood waters from rain and snow-swollen rivers have taken 14 lives in eight States and made thousands…
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ISTANBUL, February 17. A.A.P.—Two swollen rivers have smashed down dykes and engulfed sections of south central Turkey,…
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PERTH, Sunday.—While cyclonic rain flooded South Boulder at the week-end, areas outside Perth were menaced by bush fires on a wide front. In Kalgoorlie area more than…
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PERTH: Cyclonic rain sweeping in from the Indian Ocean has flooded vast areas of Western Australia. The trans-continental railway line has been washed away in several places…
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SYDNEY: A water tap left running in the women's retiring room on the fourth floor of Grace Bros, furniture building, Broadway, at the week-end, damaged a large quantity of carpets…
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PERTH, Monday.—Nearly 200 rain passengers, marooned in the Perth-Kalgoorlie express because of floods, which have washed away…
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Greater Newcastle Works Committee will ask the council, on the recommendation of the Beaches' Liaison Committee, to provide a…
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PERTH, Tuesday.—Since the floods on the goldfields, many people have been out '"specking."…
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SYDNEY: Heavy scattered thunderstorms are forecast by the Weather Bureau. The official State forecast is:…
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A hundred and sixty points of rain fell in Newcastle between midday and 8 p.m. yesterday. The rain was widespread in the Hunter Valley, with heavy…
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ADELAIDE, Sunday.—Violent storms, accompanied by heavy rain and hail, have broken in the Far Northern areas of the State. The…
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