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Northern Rivers · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1942

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2 Die When Gale Wrecks Army Store

Northern Star · Saturday 27 June 1942 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Friday.—Two men were fatally injured and eight others injured, while 13 received minor…

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Floods in Victoria

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 7 July 1942 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Monday.--Large areas of the north-eastern and Upper Goulburn. Valley districts have been swept by floods and…

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Heavy Floods Isolate Towns

Northern Star · Tuesday 7 July 1942 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Monday.—The north-eastern district and upper Goulburn Valley have suffered extensively through…

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Flood Waters Ebb Families Evacuate Homes

Northern Star · Wednesday 8 July 1942 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—The floods have subsided in north-eastern Victoria and the Goulburn valley. No…

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R.a.a.f Flooded with Inventions

Northern Star · Wednesday 8 July 1942 · page 2

More than 4000 aviation inventions, submitted by persons of both sexes inside and outside the Services, have been closely…

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Victorian Floods Extend

Northern Star · Thursday 9 July 1942 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—Floods continue along the Oven and the King valleys near Wangaratta and Markwood, and flooding is also…

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Two Dead in Vic. Floods

Northern Star · Friday 10 July 1942 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Thursday.—The Mooroopna police this afternoon recovered the body of Patrick Lynch, a labourer,…

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Floods Claim Third Victim

Northern Star · Saturday 11 July 1942 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Friday.—Graziers in the North-east are rounding up stock which have been marooned for the past week in the high areas…

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Drowning Feared In Northern N.S.W. Floods

Northern Star · Monday 13 July 1942 · page 5

SYDNEY, Sunday.—Widespread damage has been caused and many families rendered homeless by floods which followed in the wake of heavy rainfalls in the northern parts of the…

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Flood Threat to Four Towns in West

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 14 July 1942 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: Flood warnings to the residents of four country towns in New South Wales were issued today lby the Divisional Meteorologist (Mr Mares)…

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Airman Drowned in Flood

Northern Star · Tuesday 14 July 1942 · page 5

TAMWORTH, Monday.—The body of Cpl. Godfrey Morris, 34, a member of the R.A.A.F., was discovered in…

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Flood Danger Past

Northern Star · Tuesday 14 July 1942 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—The danger to various towns in the north-west and on the central western slopes and plans was past, now that…

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Flood Threat to More Towns

Northern Star · Wednesday 15 July 1942 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The danger of further flooding of towns such as Dubbo and Tamworth has passed. The State…

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Findon Creek Flood in Creek

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 17 July 1942 · page 7

As a result of heavy falls 107 points of rain were registered at Findon Creek last week. The creek rest about three feet on one day, holding…

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Flood Threat at Warren

Northern Star · Friday 17 July 1942 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday.—At Warren to-day the Macquarie River reached a height of 31 feet and is still…

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11 Die in U.s. Floods

Northern Star · Wednesday 22 July 1942 · page 6

RIDGEWAY, Monday (AAP).—Violent floods are rolling through Pennsylvania and New York, damaging hundreds of homes, business…

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Germans Claim Fall of Rostov 'Taken by Storm After Hard Fighting'

Tweed Daily · Saturday 25 July 1942 · page 1

LONDON, Friday: The latest message from Moscow states that the enemy is at the gates of Rostov, hurling forces against the city from the west, North and east…

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Russians Flood Manich Valley

Tweed Daily · Saturday 1 August 1942 · page 1

The "Rally Telegraph's" Stockholm correspondent says: The Russians have dynamited dams and irrigation sluices in the river…

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Egyptian Lull Considered Calm Before Storm

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 14 August 1942 · page 4

The lull in the El Alamein area of Egypt, which has lasted several weeks, doubtless is a calm before the storm, says a Cairo…

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Flood Destroys Indian Villages

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 18 August 1942 · page 1

NEW DELHI, Sunday: Hundreds were rendered homeless by the flooding of the River Jumna, which destroyed villages, pastures and…

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