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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Floods & storms
59 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 3 of 3
A motion to re[?] a resolution authorising the expenditure of £1675 on the conversion of the R.A.A.F. Hospital Block recently acquired by Council created a miniature storm at the Council meeting on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The N.R.M.A. reports a complication caused by the recent floods on to the roads, and already three accidents to cars have been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Floods now threaten Fukui city already stricken by earthquake and fire. The waters of the Ketzurya River spilled over…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →During the past week severe frosts have been our portion, and they have dried up the surface of the soil very…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Floods have submerged 25 towns in Bulacan and Pampanga Provinces, north of Manilla. Four persons are reported to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"Betty," one of he three platypuses brought from Australia to the Bronx Zoo 18 months ago, was found dead in her cage…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A small ordinary aluminium teapot with an almost indistinguishable brand "N.S.W. Government Railways" was the cause of a long legal argument between Wellington Solicitor, Mr. F. Davidson, and the Stipendiary…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →In common with other towns in the area, Dubbo last night was plunged into an electrical…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The had drainage of Dandaloo Street, from the Bank of Australia[?] to McCulloch's Phaxmasy and along Burroway Street, has been a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sown in land waterlogged by the serious flooding which devastated large areas of Britain's farmlands during the Spring of 1947 emergency crops of linseed are now being cut. Cargoes of furs and other luxuries were off-loaded from…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sydney—Damage estimated at between £20,000 and £30,000 was done by a cyclone which wrecked or badly damaged practically…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A storm, consisting mostly of dust, with a little rain, and plenty of thunder and lightning struck [?] on Wednesday night…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Adelaide—Five people were burned to death on Wednesday night in the fire which raced through the crowded Covent…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Nice conditions prevailed on Saturday afternoon when Dubbo Golf Club conducted a Slableford competition but the weekend play was hampered by the additional hazard of wind, which blew from the west…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →This district recently recorded its second hailstorm in a week. The storm did a great deal of harm to fruit…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Several thunder storms have passed round the district, but so far no rain of any consequence has fallen…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →During a cloudburst at Orange about 6.30 p.m. yesterday, nearly town were flooded. No serious half an inch of rain fell in 20…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →At least seven people have been killed and 100 injured in the worst cyclone ever recorded in western India. Twenty-five thousand others, mostly poor persons whose huts were blown away, are…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A cyclone which struck Darwin yesterday destroyed many houses and public buildings, and delayed…
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