Heard Island Gale Reached 92 m.p.h
CANBERRA, Wednesday.—A gale which reached a velocity of 92 m.p.h. drove the Australian Antarctic party from its camp at…
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Floods & storms, 1948
311 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 16
Ship Blown Aground Heavy Damage In S.A. Gale
ADELAIDE, Sunday.—The frigate, Barcoo, was driven aground at Glenelg in a gale to-day. She is in no immediate danger…
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SYDNEY, Monday,—The gate which caused heavy damage in Adelaide yesterday was about 150 miles north-east of Tasmania…
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SYDNEY: For the first time, an interstate Rugby Union match will be played this season at night under flood-lighting. The match will be played in Brisbane, between N.S.W. and…
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Late last night the Weather Bureau issued gale warnings to shipping off the southern and central coasts of New South Wales. At 9 p.m. a storm was centred…
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MELBOURNE: Three ships bound for Melbourne are being buffeted by gales along the N.S.W.-Victorian coast and in…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—The cyclone off the south coast of New South Wales was moving out to sea, a Weather Bureau official…
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MELBOURNE: Thousands of acres of East Gippsland were flooded last night after several rivers burst their banks. Parts of the highlands have…
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DARWIN, Sunday.—Arnhem Land country around Oenpelli Mission, 150 miles east of Darwin, is having its worst floods in memory,…
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AUCKLAND, Monday.—The cast coast town of Whakatane was practically at a standstill to-day as shopkeepers and county employees…
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DARWIN, Monday.—The Daly River, in the Northern Territory, broke its banks early to-day flooded vast areas of low-lying country and…
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It was planned to cut canals to shorten the Hunter River at Maitland as part of the scheme to overcome flooding in the Lower Hunter, the Commissioner of the Department of Irrigation (Mr. F…
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Fed by rain water draining from the rifle range, a swollen creek burst its banks at Adamstown early this morning flooding Housing Commission homes in Bryant-st…
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Dora Creek burst its banks after heavy rain yesterday and flooded areas surrounding Dora Creek and Cooranbong. Rainfall in Newcastle,…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—Heavy rain along the New South Wales coast to-day caused floodings and disorganised air traffic and shipping. In the Lismore and…
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SYDNEY: Heavy damage was done to farm lands when the Richmond and Tweed rivers broke their banks at the week-end. Main damage was to pasture lands in dairying districts and…
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SYDNEY: The Weather Bureau today 'issued further warnings of floods in Central and South Coast…
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SYDNEY.—When the interstate cargo steamer Kooliga became unmanageable in a gale near Sydney yesterday, the…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—Flood danger is diminishing in northern coastal and inland areas, but torrential rain to-day has brought the danger to parts of southern New South…
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The bus waiting shed at the corner of Maud-street and Maitland-road was flooded all day yesterday, the President of Mayfield…
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