Racecourse Flooding Baffles Police
SYDNEY, Thursday.—No arrests have yet been made in connection with the flooding of Randwick racecourse yesterday…
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Floods & storms, 1949
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Naval Vessels Hit By Gale At Jervis Bay
A northerly gale which swept through Jervis Bay yesterday and last night caused ships of the Australian and New Zealand navies to raise full steam, ready for any emergency…
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The Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) and the N.S.W. Premier (Mr. McGirr) have replied to requests by the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Port Stephens Shire Move For Flood Boats
Port Stephens Shire Council decided yesterday to ask Messrs. R. L. Fitzgerald and A. Howarth, Ms.L.A., to ask the Government…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ship Engineroom Flooded
SUVA, Oct. 10. A.A.P.-Reuter.—Low in the water and with her engineroom flooded, the Awahou (800 tons) bound from Funafuti (Ellice…
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Lower Hunter Shire Council yesterday authorised the President (Cr. L. G. Clements) and Shire Clerk (Mr. C. H. Hodson), of necessary,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →M.L.A. Suggests Police Medal For Flood Work
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Mr. Vincent (C.P., Raleigh) suggested in the Legislative Assembly to-day a special medal should be struck…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Flood Blamed On Timber Removal
The Kempsey flood disaster was owing in part to sawmillers' removal of big timber over a long period from the upper Macleay River,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Flood of Germans Seeking Refuge in Sweden
STOCKHOLM, Friday (A.A.P.).—Fifteen Soviet-Zone Germans who had crossed to Sweden in a fishing boat wept last night as they turned the bow of their craft toward Germany again…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Severe Thunderstorms Are Forecast For Newcastle
Severe thunderstorms, squalls and strong winds from the West and North-West are likely to occur tonight. Mr. R. W. Parker of Merewether forecast these extreme…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →How Pressure Dropped Before Saturday's Storm
The air pressure graph from Mr. Cyril Griffiths's recording barographs. The arrow points to the vertical "drop" of air pressure just ahead of the storms on Saturday. The rising air pressure indicates the fine side of the weather system with its attendant strong, dry westerlies. The dotted line shows the fluctuations of the humidity during rain squalls…
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MURRURUNDI, Sunday.—The flooded Page River, which yesterday broke its banks and surged down the main street of Murrurundi, causing £60,000 damage to shops, homes, three…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flood Provides Problem For Willow Tree Church People
SYDNEY: Willow Tree residents are baffled by the problem of getting their church back to its correct position since it was "swept from its moorings" by flooded creek waters on Saturday. When a cloudburst caused…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →In Brief Union Heads Spurn Cripps's Policy 117 Killed By Gale In Guatemala
Leaders of 130,000 men in British railway workshops have spurned Sir Stafford Cripps's wage-freeze policy by deciding to claim a "substantial" pay rise. Their decision will be…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →New British Carrier Adrift In Gale
LONDON, Wed. (A.A.P.): With a 15ft. hole in her hull, the new British carrier Albion is fighting a violent gale off the east coast of Scotland…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →117 People Die In Guatemala Storm
GUATEMALA CITY, Oct. 18. A.A.P.—One hundred and seventeen people were killed and 21 injured by a storm which lashed Guatemala…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Guatemala's Estimate Of Flood Losses
WASHINGTON, Tues. (AAP)—The Guatemalan Government estimates that 1000 persons are dead and 70,000…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Belmont Flooding Hard To Obviate, Says Engineer
Replying to complaints of flooding of properties in Railway Lane, forwarded through the Belmont Urban Area…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Cessnock Refused Flood Relief
The Department of Public Works has rejected Cessnock Council's claim for £11,942 to repair 113 streets damaged by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Conference At Maitland On Flood Control
Following a suggestion by Maitland City Council to the Department of Local Government that the Mayor be given full powers to direct and control flood relief measures, including the issue of…
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