Storm Damage
“It is impossible to give any accurate figure for the damage caused by the recent heavy rainfall,” stated the Engineer (Mr. Burley) in his report last…
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Floods & storms, 1948
16 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers
Tremendous Hail Storm Bungendore Suffers Severe Damage
Between 2.30 and 3 p.m. on Friday last a very severe hailstorm occurred in Bungendore. Old residents say that they have never seen anything…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Violent Storms Hit Tarago and Bungendore
The storms on Friday which swept the district seemed to concentrate heavily on Bungendore and Tarago areas. They were extremely violent…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A New River Is Being “Made” To Prevent Flooding in Britain’ Fenlands
A big new flood prevention scheme wihch is hoped will protect the fertile agricultural area of Eastern England known as the Fens, has been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Heavy Rain Whole District Deluged
Braidwood district has received one of the best soakings for many years, and the outlook for winter is most favourable from a pastoral point of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Transfer of Flood Grant Shire President Refuses to Sign Certificate Visit of Departmental Inspector Asked for
Surprised looks followed a statement by the President (Cr. O. F. Roberts) at last Shire meeting in connection with a certificate of expenditure. "I…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flood Rains Over Seven Inches at Araluen All Traffic Held Up
Light rain which commenced to fall early on Sunday morning, increased in intensity as the day wore on, developing into a steady downpour by lunch…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Notes and News Valuable Stud Cattle Marooned in Flood
The recent floods caused Mr. R. T. Hassall, of "Glendaruel," Jembaicumbene, some anxious moments, particularly when they were at their height…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Flood Disaster City Wrecked Hundreds Dead Portland, Oregon (U.s.a), Tuesday (A.A.P.)
Un official estimates of the death toll at Vanport City, which was wiped out on Sunday by the flood waters of the Columbia River, are…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Stock Stray After Floods
The N.R.M.A. reports a complication caused by the recent floods on the North Coast. Because many fences have been destroyed, stock are…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bateman's Bay Punt in a Gale
The two-man crew of the ferry over the Clyde River at Bateman's Bay barely escaped with their lives when a 75-mile-an-hour gale and a rip…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Costal Storm Causes Two Deaths
Two fatalities occurred on the New South Wales coast on Sunday when huge seas swamped beaches Selwyn Martin, 15, of Port Kembla,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Storm Kills Two Men
The south-eastern portion of Australia was yesterday swept by roaring winds which at times reached a velocity of over 90 miles an hour. In…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Britain Harvests Her Post-flood Linseed Crop
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. Cargoe of furs and ether luxuries were off-loaded from R.M.S…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Robert Vining Gale
On Sunday at his residence, 42 Waratah Avenue, Randwick, the death occurred of Mr. Robert Vining Gale, formerly of Queanbeyan…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cyclone in India Seven Killed; 100 Injured BOMBAY, Tuesday (A.A.P.)
Seven persons were killed and 100 injured yesterday in the worst cyclone ever recorded in Western India…
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