Floods Stop Supply To Paper Mill
HOBART, Sunday.—Flood damage in the Derwent Valley has placed the Boyer newsprint mill on its emergency supply ration of timber. Unless communications can be…
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Floods & storms, 1948
311 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 7 of 16
15 Dead, Thousands Homeless in Flood
NEW YORK, May 30. A.A.P.—Fifteen people have been drowned, at least 15,000 rendered homeless, and heavy crop, waterfront and…
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NEW YORK, May 31. A.A.P.—Twelve naval reserve planes bound for Miami on a cross country formation flight, ran into a storm…
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VANCOUVER, May 31. A.A.P.—The city of Vanport (Oregon) has been wiped out by floods in what is described as the "most extensive disaster in the history of the Pacific coast."…
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NEW YORK, Mon. (A.A.P.): At least 300 people perished yesterday in the flood disaster at Vanport (Oregon) by unofficial estimates. The wartime "mushroom"…
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NEW YORK, June 1. A.A.P.—The flood which killed at least 300 people in Vanport City, Oregon, is now threatening many small towns and cities at the lower end of the Columbia…
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An immediate survey to devise a scheme to relieve the flooding of the northern side of Pacific Highway between Hanbury and…
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NEW YORK, Tues. (A.A.P.): Naval patrols cruising in the flooded areas of British Columbia have orders to fire on suspected looters. Food is running snort in a…
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NEW YORK, June 2. A.A.P.—Army engineers, fighting to hold the dykes on the Columbia River, have ordered the entire…
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HOBART, Wednesday.—Production of about 100 tons of newsprint was lost at the Australian Newsprint Mills Pty. Ltd. works…
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VANCOUVER, Wed. (A.A.P.)—Floods in British Columbia and neighboring American States have left about 100,000 people homeless. In British Columbia another large stretch of land was…
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NEW YORK, June 6. A.A.P.—Weary boat crews are probing wreckage in the township of Vanport (Oregon) in the hope of finding…
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I see a Dark Man!…
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Raymond Terrace Chamber of Commerce decided to protest to the Water Conservation and Irrigation Commission against the…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—The Weather Bureau to-night predicted more heavy rain to-morrow, with more snow on the…
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SYDNEY: With the whole of the west and north-west portion of N.S.W drenched by heavy rain, a cyclone moving south of Brisbane threatens widespread floods in northern rivers, some of which are rising at an alarming rate…
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NOTTINGHAM, Tues. (O.S.R.) : A pile of letters condemning the extraordinary demonstration against Keith Miller has descended on Notts County Club officials from all over England…
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SYDNEY.—Floods and cyclonic conditions on the North Coast will gradually moderate today, said Weather…
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Strong south-east winds, blowing at gale force of between 39 to 46 miles an hour, have upset air and shipping schedules to and from Newcastle during the last 24 hours, but little tangible damage has been…
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A strong south-east gale swept Toronto yesterday afternoon. It played havoc with small craft and caused some anxiety for the safety of vessels belonging to the Royal Motor Yacht Club…
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