Flinders in Flood
BRISBANE, Sunday: The Flinders River is now in flood following recent rains and is expected to rise to new levels. The Cloncurry…
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Floods & storms, 1944
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Severe Flood Damage in Transvaal
JOHANNESBURG, Saturday: The Worst floods for many years are at present sweeping down the Transvaal high veldt. Millions of…
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JOHANNESBURG, Sunday (AAP).—With 17 inches of rain recorded in Johannesburg alone, the worst flood for 10 yesrs is at…
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NEW YORK, Thursday (AAP).— The Navy announces that a 7200 ton British freighter drove ashore at Yorke in Maine in a blinding…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Woodburn Shire £2050 Sought For Flood Damage Repairs
At last meeting of Woodburn Shire Council it was decided, on the motion of Crs. Middleton and Yabsley, to make application for…
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MELBOURNE, Monday. — Three men who failed to return last night from a fishing trip in Port Phillip were found to-day off Mud Island…
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BRISBANE, Monday: The mail train which was due to leave Brisbane at 8 o'clock tomorrow night for Townsville and Cairns has been…
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AUCKLAND, Friday: Working all night with water nearly up to their necks, settlers saved women and children when floods…
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About half an inch of rain was received from a storm which swept over Murwillumbah early last night. Following one of the…
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Representatives from Swan Bay. Buckendoon, Tuckurimba, Kilgin and Dungarubba attended a public meeting, convened by…
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SYDNEY, Monday. a twostorey house collapsed, injuring a woman who was Walking along the footpath in East Sydney, and shops…
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SYDNEY,Monday: A two sterned house Collapsed and injured a woman who was walking along the footpath in East…
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Following a question in the Legislative Assembly by Mr. J. T. Reid, M.L.A., the Minister for Public Works (Mr. J. J. Cahill) promised…
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Sydney. Thursday. — Injured when debris from a house demolished during the storm on Monday fell on her, Mrs. Martha Wilson,…
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Relative to the above matter, the following is a copy of a letter which Mr J. T. Reid, M.L.A., has received from the Minister or Works (Mr J…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Storm Break to Dunoon Power
Flying debris during a severe wind storm damaged plant at Dunoon sub-station on February 23 and there was an…
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TOWNSVILLE, Wednesday.—A cyclone which was reported off the North Queensland coast on Monday caused disturbed…
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TOWNSVILLE, Wednesday: The cyclone which was reported off the North Queensland coast on Monday caused considerably disturbed…
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LONDON, Friday (A.A.P.).— Several ships of one recent convoy were forced to turn back becausc of terrific, storms in the Atlantic…
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Ninety-seven points of rain were recorded at Lynch's Creek during a thunderstorm on Wednesday, April 5. During March the rainfall was…
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