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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1945

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Berlin Crumbling Hourly Red Army Storms Germany's Capita BRITISH, U.S., and Russian Troops Expected to Join Soon

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 24 April 1945 · page 1

LONDON, Tuesday.—Up to midnight last night Berlin had been under fire for 60 hours without respite and German resistance in the capital is growing fiercer. The Germans claim that fresh reserves are flowing into the city's defences where fanatical young Nazis are willing to sacrifice their lives, and have so far been mainly responsible for the…

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Stuart Town Wintry Conditions Another Storm

The Wellington Times · Thursday 17 May 1945 · page 8

The weather this past week has been very mild, after the 252 points of rain the previous week-end, but the nights have…

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Flood Rains Warnings on Coast. Aircraft Grounded and Shipping Warned

The Wellington Times · Monday 11 June 1945 · page 1

Floods threaten the whole of the Queensland coastal district as far north as Bundaberg, and warnings have been…

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Vessel in Cyclone One Killed, Four Injured. Brisbane

The Wellington Times · Thursday 14 June 1945 · page 1

The Chief Engineer of an Allied ship was killed, and four other crew members seriously injured in a cyclone off…

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Damage at Lismore North Coast Flooding

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 14 June 1945 · page 1

Flood waters on the north coast are rapidly receding, leaving scenes of devastation. It is yet impossible to give an…

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Floods Receding Scenes of Devastation. Sydney

The Wellington Times · Thursday 14 June 1945 · page 1

Flood waters on the North Coast are rapidly receding, revealing scenes of devastation. It is yet impossible to give…

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Killed in Cyclone Sydney

The Western Herald · Friday 15 June 1945 · page 1

Brisbane.— The chief engineer of an Allied ship was killed and four other members of the crew seriously injured in the cyclone off…

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Latest Telegrams Extensive Flood Damage in Lismore-grafton Area. Standard Cars to Be Manufactured in Australia. Floods on Coast. Sydney

The Western Herald · Friday 15 June 1945 · page 1

The flood danger has not entirely passed from N.S.W., but it is centred on the Nepean River and lower waters of the Hunter River…

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Flooded Richmond Ocean Breaks Through

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 16 June 1945 · page 1

Police, soldiers and fishermen are hourly risking their lives making rescues and taking food to people in the floodbound Lower Richmond on the…

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Storm Troopers In Jail

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 21 June 1945 · page 1

Hamburg, Thursday.—Ten thousand members of the SS, the greatest collection of thugs in history, arc concentrated behind electrically charged…

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Correspondence Empire Tragedy Floodings Deal Blow to Dairy Industry. (To the Editor)

The Wellington Times · Monday 25 June 1945 · page 4

Sir:— The calamity which has deva­stated the whole of the Lismore dairy district, apart from the very…

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Heavy Rain Parts of District Flooded 420 Points Registered Last Week At Gilgandra

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 28 June 1945 · page 2

Heavy rain was experienced in Gilgandra and district on Thursday last, followed by lighter rain on Friday, and…

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"Storm Over Lisbon."

The Wellington Times · Monday 16 July 1945 · page 6

Woman of mystery in a city of intrigue . . . lovely as a tropic flower . . . exciting as a new love . . . dangerous as dynamite! The…

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Geurie Terrific Hail Storm

The Wellington Times · Thursday 9 August 1945 · page 2

A terrific half storm over here on Tuesday, about 8 P.m. Much thunder and lightning accompanied the storm…

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Local and General Dust Storm

The Western Herald · Friday 24 August 1945 · page 4

A "corker" duststorm from the west struck the town, on Wednesday afternoon and enveloped us from 2.30 till 5 p.m. when it…

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Neurea Heavy Rain 114 Points

The Wellington Times · Thursday 30 August 1945 · page 14

At the beginning of the week was another heavy fall of rain, 114 points being recorded. TENNIS MATCHES…

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Gales Sweep Europe LONDON

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 25 October 1945 · page 1

All central Europe is threatened by a great 90 mile per hour gale which gave many parts of southern England its third night of terror last night…

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Gales Batter Britain LONDON, Friday.—

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 27 October 1945 · page 1

Mammoth liner. Queen Mary, was among the ships held up when, as high tides came in yesterday afternoon, the gale which had been battering the…

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Cyclonic Storm Causes Damage

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 6 November 1945 · page 1

Saturday afternoon's cyclonic storm caused some damage to shed and house roofs in outlying parts of Dubbo…

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District News Maryvale No Damage Week-end Storms

The Wellington Times · Thursday 8 November 1945 · page 14

The scattered storms which passed over on Saturday last did no harm. During the afternoon, the thunder and…

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