Heavy Rain Storm
Although the forecast stated scattered thunderstorms could be expected in the north-east corner of the State on Saturday, very…
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Floods & storms, 1949
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Timber and Iron for Storm Damage Repairs
The following letter was recently received by Mr. Roy Heferen, M.L.A., from Mr. W. E. Dickson (Minister for Building Materials):-…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Half a Million Storm Damage Sydney
Damage caused toy the storm which swept the State at the week-end may exceed £500,000. Houses were damage, while crops…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Violent Storm Causes Great Damage in Melbourne Melbourne
The violent storm which swept through Victoria yesterday caused widespread damage to property and seriously disrupted transport and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Storm Over High Living Costs Labour's Lay Leader Hits Nail on Head
Canberra observers believe that last week's statement by the A. L.P. Federal President, Mr. A. S. McAlpine, on living costs…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Meeting of Moree Municipal Council. Tarpaulins For Storm Damage Relief
A telegram was received at the Municipal Council meeting on Monday from the Department of Labour and Industry and Social Welfare, Sydney,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Storm Causes Electrical Trouble
Reporting to Council on Tuesday, the Electrical Engineer, Mr. Shields, said the storm on the 15th caused severe damage to the Mollee line…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cooktown Devastated by 80 M.P.H. Cyclone. Cairns
Buildings collapsed like matchwood and the air was thick with flying debris dYring an 80 m.p.h. cyclone which devastated…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Storm Interrupts Boggabri Electricity
The severe electrical storm on the 11th caused an interruption of the electricity supply to Boggabri from about 11.30 p.m. until…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Four Killed When Cyclone Strikes Q'land Coast BRISBANE
Four persons were killed and others injured when a cyclone struck the Queensland coast, south of Gladstone, 328 miles north of Brisbane early yesterday afternoon. In Gladstone, 300 have been rendered homeless,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Forged Tickets Flood Sydney SYDNEY
Flooding the city with hundreds of forged ten gallon petrol tickets, a gang of counterfetiters is reaping a rich harvest…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rains Flood Coastal Rivers SYDNEY
The cyclone which caused havoc along the Queensland coast yesterday, tolling four persons, is moving inland slowly and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flooded Tracks Melbourne
Next Saturday's Newmarket Handicap may have to be postponed if there is further rain. Flemington track has been flooded…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Mighty Thunderstorm
Energy equal to thousands of atomic bombs are released by storms every day, states Col. Benjamin Holzman, of the U.S. Army…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Violent Cyclone—Steamer Overdue SYDNEY
A small coastal steamer, the Ulmarra, is now many hours overdue on a voyage from the Clarence River to Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Collier Reaches Port After 30-Hour Battle With Cyclone
SYDNEY, Monday.—The collier, Hettonbank, arrived in Sydney from Newcastle late last night after battling thorugh 70 m.p.h. winds and high seas for more than 30 hours. The ship normally makes, the trip from…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Nepean in Flood Sydney
Nepean River broke its banks in several places today, flooding hundreds of acres of farmlands in the Camden district?…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Richmond, Windsor, Penrith Areas In Danger Of Flood Police Broadcast Warning When Nepean Breaks Banks SYDNEY
The Nepean River broke its banks early to-day and all low lying land in the Richmond, Windsor and Penrith areas is in danger of flood. Early today, police broadcast a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Proposed Drastic Power Cuts Must Paralyse Industry No Alteration to General Coal Strike Plans Despite Flood's Aggravation of Shortage SYDNEY
Industry will be brought to a standstill and thousands of people unemployed as a result of drastic power cuts decided on by the State Cabinet today. Cuts will be made to comply with the Joint Coal Board's order for a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flood Relief Appeal
An appeal to aid distressed victims of flood-devastated areas around Maitland, has been opened in Narrabri…
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