Families Homeless in Tasmanian Floods Hobart
Many families had to be evacuated yesterday when the most severe floods in 30 years swept the Southeastern and Northern districts drowning stock and…
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Floods & storms, 1947
95 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 4 of 5
Cyclone and Waterspouts
Arrived in Auckland, New Zealand, Mrs. V. Ryder, of Coonabarabran writes that after leaving Sydney on the steamer “Wa[?]hene”…
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The Coonabarabran Shire Council has been successful in obtaining a grant of £1500 to be applied to the repair of flood damage…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Latest Telegrams Terrific Gales Off Port Stephens Batter Yacht. Forecast by Prime Minister Chifley. Yacht Caught in Gale. Sydney
Port Stephens, — After another terrific battering in a gale, the yacht Utikah 11 again put into harbour, this time at Port Stephens…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Disastrous Floods in Missouri Desmoines, U.S.A. Friday
Floods continue in the town of Neb[?]ks, Missouri, Illinois, with the homeless aggregating 40,129—the highest [?]umber of flood refugees since 1937…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Sporting Sphere Football Heavy Rain Provides Mudlarks Cumnock Downed 10-Nil in Zone Semi-final
IN a match played for the most part in driving rain, Wellington Rugby League rep. team yesterday defeated Cumnock in the Zone semi-final in the Group competition by 10 points to nil at the local Showground, the second…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →GOLF Players, Course Wet By Weekend Storm
The storm which visited Dubbo and district on Sunday afternoon washed out the afternoon stableford event. Players were all out on the course when rain commenced to fall and all were glad to call it a day on reaching the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Spicer's Creek Heavy Storm
A very heavy storm burst over Spicer's Creek last Sunday afternoon and night, resulting in 76 points of rain…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mumbil Thunder Storms 70 Points of Rain
About 70 points of rain were recorded on Sunday afternoon, when several thunder storms passed over the town…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Storm Damage Repairs To Mechanics' Institute
At last night's meeting of the committee of Dubbo Mechanics Institute the matter of damage to roofs and ceilings caused by recent…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flood Follows Japanese Typhoon Tokio
Swirling floodwaters began entering the outskirts of Tokio today, in the wake of Monday's disastrous typhoon, which left an unofficial total of 4500…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Antarctic Phenomena White Darkness, Frozen Storms, Carven Icebergs
Tempests are frozen on the Antarctic's Ross Sea. Darkness can be white, Lakes of open water amid the icepack move for miles without changing their…
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Twice on Tuesday heavy rain fell in Dubbo district. The first sharp shower fell soon after 4 p.m. causing a hurried scatter for shelter…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Geurie. Severe Storm
Heavy rain, accompanied by strong wind and severe lightning and thunder, fell here last Tuesday evening…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →LINCOLN. Storm, But No Hail
Storms which fell last Tuesday afternoon and night registered over 70 points throughout the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Maryvale. Heavy Rain. Bush Fire Danger Lessened
The rain which fell during last Friday and Saturday registered between two and two and a half…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Arthurville Flood Rains
On Sunday last Yeoval visited Arthurville to play cricket. The visitors were the winners…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →River Floods at Warren
At the Macquarie bridge last week, the recorded height of the river was 50 feet. Gunningbar and Ewenbar creeks were flooded. Fears were entertained…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Heavy Rain Hospital Carnival
It is hard to understand what the Hospital Ladies Auxiliary has done to deserve such climatic ill-luck as that which usually attends upon any efforts whereby they seek to raise funds for the Base Hospital organisation…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Weekend Storms Cost Dubbo District Thousands Of Pounds
The storms which visited Dubbo district over the weekend left a trail of devastation in their wake. The full extent of the damage done cannot be estimated but it will run into thousands of pounds…
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