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Riverina · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1945

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Caught in Hay's Toughest Dust Storm

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 6 February 1945 · page 4

Adjutant William Lubrs, J.P. who is attached to the Goulburn District of the Salvation Army, was in Leeton yesterday, making his annual round…

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[?]Wo-minute Tonic You Can Weather Any Storm

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 6 February 1945 · page 3

Dear Friend,—I hope that what I am writing has no message for you— that it just leaves you cold because life has been too kindly for you to…

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Surprise Attack in West Americans Storm Across Two Rivers on 22 Mile Front

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 8 February 1945 · page 5

LONDON, Wed. (A.A.P.),— Four divisions from the American Third Army in a surprise attack launched early to-day,…

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Heavy Rain' Near Gundagai

Daily Advertiser · Monday 12 February 1945 · page 2

People travelling along the Hume Highway on Saturday morning saw evidence of a heavy downpour of rain some few miles on the Wagga…

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Storm Threatened at Wagga

Daily Advertiser · Monday 12 February 1945 · page 2

About 7 o'clock last night there was every appearance that Wagga was to receive a downpour of rain Heavy clouds banked up in the skies…

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Electrical Storm in Junee District Some Heavy Falls

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 13 February 1945 · page 2

An electrical storm between 7.15 and 7.30 p.m. on Sunday caused a blackout to Junee's electricity supply. Churches were about to start their…

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Germans Man Flood Roer Valley LONDON

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 13 February 1945 · page 2

U.S. troops are fighting for the possession of the great Schammanuel Dam on the Roer River. The danger of annihilation of a vast number of troops if the…

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West Front Mud and Flood Allies' Pocket-Battle Offensives

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 13 February 1945 · page 1

LONDON, Monday: Latest reports from the Nijmegen sector of the western front reveal that the enemy has been cleared from the…

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Another Food Muddle Britain Flooded with Rabbit Skins!

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 13 February 1945 · page 3

Mr. George W. Watkins, of the Australian Country Party, writes: "When meat and butter rationing was introduced more than a…

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Terrific Storm Immense Damage Done

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 15 February 1945 · page 2

The storm which occurred late on Sunday afternoon and from which Wagga received only a few spots of rain was patchy but widespread. In…

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Terrific Storm at Gundagai

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 16 February 1945 · page 3

In the Gundagai district on Sunday afternoon a severe thunderstorm was experienced and seven inches of rain fell Places on the upper reaches of…

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Soldier Killed When Gale Hits Camp

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 17 February 1945 · page 4

BRISBANE, Friday: A severe gale struck a military camp near Brisbane yesterday and wrecked 50 tents. Four men in the tents…

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Quiet on Western Front Calm Before Storm Mist Slows Up Activities

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 17 February 1945 · page 1

LONDON, Friday (A.A.P.): Continuous mist, which wiped out all flying for 16 hours, has slowed up the Anglo-Canadian…

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Cyclone in S.a. Whyalla Furnaces and Shipyards Damaged

Daily Advertiser · Monday 19 February 1945 · page 1

ADELAIDE, Sunday: Struck by an 80-mile-an-[?]r cyclone, blast furnaces and shipyards of the Broken Hill Pty at Whyalla were…

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The Weather Delayed by Storms Ministers En Route to Canberra

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 20 February 1945 · page 2

CANBERRA, Monday: Federal Ministers on their way to Canberra yesterday were delayed by heavy thunderstorms in Victoria…

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Thunderstorm At Tumut and Adelong

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 20 February 1945 · page 2

Some very beneficial falls of rain arc reported as the result of the thunder-storm on Sunday afternoon. At Tumut the storm broke in a heavy shower,…

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The Weather Heavy Rain in Sydney Storm Damages Houses

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 22 February 1945 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wed: Severe thunderstorms broke over the western and eastern suburbs of Sydney early this morning. Heavy rain fell. One house…

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Scattered Storms Torrential Bain Near Coolamon

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 23 February 1945 · page 2

The heaviest rain for a considerable time, something approaching cloudburst, [?]occurred in the Millwood road district, 5 miles from Coolamon on…

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Planes Caught in Storm Forced Landings in Victoria Two Airmen Killed

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 27 February 1945 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Mon.: When a sudden storm struck a South-east Victorian training unit on Saturday night two of the R.A.A.F…

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Storm in Junee District

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 1 March 1945 · page 2

On Monday evening heavy clouds gathered in the Junee district and a severe thunderstorm developed. Storm after storm passed over the town with…

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