Cyclone Damage £800,000
BRISBANE, Thursday.—The cyclone which struck the coast near Gladstone yesterday caused £800,000 damage in 15 Queensland cities and towns…
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Floods & storms, 1949
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Flood Of Forged Petrol Tickets
SYDNEY, Thursday.—A highly skilled interstate gang is believed to be flooding Sydney with forged 10-gallon petrol tickets…
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GLADSTONE (Q.): It is now estimated that the cyclonic damage in Gladstone alone will exceed £100,000 and may take years to recover from it. News filtering in from suburbs and the countryside shows…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Inland Towns Isolated by Heavy Rain: Supplies by Air
SYDNEY: Heavy rains have transformed part of north-western N.S.W. into an inland sea and areas with an average rainfall of less than 10 inches have had more than that in the past fortnight…
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A plane carrying 1100lb of foodstuffs gave relief to the township of Tibooburra, in North-west New South Wales, which has been cut off by floods and heavy rain…
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Heavy rain fell yesterday in the Stroud, Dungog and Bulahdelah districts. About four inches were registered at Stroud, where 20 inches have fallen this year…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—Floods in the Tibooburra district (North-west New South Wales) have forced many people to leave their homes. More than 10 inches of rain…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →In Brief Women Storm U.S. City Hall Bowling Green "Up In Smoke"
The civic discontent of Gary (Indiana) came to a head last night when 2000 furious women stormed the City Hall and penned-up the Mayor and councillors for four hours, until they…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Flood Areas Ask for Food Planes May Get Through To-Day
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Families trapped in flooded areas of north-west New South Wales have sent messages to Brokem Hill by pedal wireless for medical and food…
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BROKEN HILL: Floods in the north-west corner have developed alarmingly over the last 24 hours. At least 1300 people are isolated and fears are held for three people…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Two Flying Doctor planes and Silver City Airways and police planes will begin an airlift to flooded districts of the north-west of New South…
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BROKEN HILL: Weather over Broken Hill and surrounding districts has cleared and large scale food dropping over the flooded area began today. Flood waters throughout the…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—Planes flew through storms to land a ton of food at Tibooburra to-day. They dropped 12 parcels of food to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Floodwater Maroons Man In Tree
Leonard Ingram, 40, who cannot swim, was still marooned up a tree at Brush Creek, 20 miles west of Wyong, with floodwater…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flying Doctor Pilot Locates Party Marooned By Floods
SYDNEY: Mr. Vic Cover, pilot of the Broken Hill Flying Doctor plane, this morning located Mr. and Mrs. "Scottie" Scheid and a stockman beside their bogged utility between Orientos and Nappa Merrie Stations. The three had been missing…
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Torrential rain yesterday from Wollongong to 100 miles north of Newcastle caused flooding at Albion Park and Wyong and seriously delayed train and air schedules…
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Flood Areas-Dry MR. A. W. CLARE, who is Flight Superintendent of Newcastle Aero Club, recently…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Streets Flooded
Torrential rain flooded Newcastle streets yesterday morning and late afternoon. Top: This scene is Steel-street was typical of many parts of the city. Right: Acts of gallantry were not uncommon. Mr. R. Roffey lifts Miss Gloria Bennett across a city street…
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BROKEN HILL: People in the flood-affected far north-west are now being troubled by pests,…
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