Launch Missing in Storm Area
CAIRNS, Monday.—The fishing launch Iluka is overdue in the area in which Cook-town 's cyclone operated last Thursday. Thomas Charles Franks, 36,…
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Floods & storms, 1949
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Hexham View On River Flooding
At the request of the Lower Hunter Flood Mitigation and Water Conservation Committee. Hexham-Ash Island Progress…
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BRISBANE: The Weather Bureau said today that the cyclone moved from Ayr to Rockhampton last night and at…
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BRISBANE, Tuesday.—The cyclone which wrecked Cooktown on Thursday was centred near Ayr, a sugar growing town between Bowen and Townsville, at 9 o'clock…
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LIMA (Peru), Feb. 15. A.A.P.—Seventy persons were killed on Sunday when a flashflood swept over the town of Sondondo, 250…
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BRISBANE, Thursday. — The Queensland Weather Bureau tonight said that a new cyclone was approaching Northern Queensland…
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Over the week-end 129 points of rain were registered in the city, 82 at Nobbys and 172 on Mr. R. W. Parker's gauge at…
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SYDNEY, Monday. — Hornsby fire engines were called to wash railway lines clear of petrol after a semi-trailer loaded with…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday. — The Weather Bureau has issued a storm warning to shipping off the New South Wales coast. An official said…
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SYDNEY.—The Weather Bureau today issued a further storm warning for shipping…
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Heavy rain today gave Newcastle Show organisers the most serious setback they have experienced for many years; attendances during the morning and early afternoon were only a fraction of those of previous…
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LONDON, Thurs. (A.A.P.).— Winston Churchill, wearing one of his famous "John Bull" hats and with his inevitable cigar,…
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Showgoers met their Waterloo when they reached this spot on the eastern side of the arena yesterday. The water was four…
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The Hunter River crossed Macquarie's Hollow on Pitnacree-road late yesterday, and closed the road to traffic…
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LONDON, March 1. A.A.P.—Violent March gales, which raged across Britain, smashed in the roof of a house in Halifax, killing a 19-year old girl and injuring her 28-year-old husband…
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A cyclone has brought heavy rain and strong winds to Queensland. The North Coast of New South Wales, which had recent heavy…
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LONDON, Wed. (A.A.P.)—Gales which swept Europe yesterday left behind death, wrecked buildings, broken communications and crippled ships…
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LONDON, March 2. A.A.P.—At least 33 people were killed in Germany yesterday when the gales, which swept Europe, blew down…
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BRISBANE, Wednesday.—A cyclone raging from Rockhampton south to Maryborough has killed five people. The cyclone, moving on a 200-mile front,…
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SYDNEY: The cyclone which caused havoc along the Queensland coast yesterday afternoon, killing four people, is moving inland slowly, losing intensity…
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