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Riverina · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1945

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The Weather Dust Storms at Hay

Daily Advertiser · Friday 2 March 1945 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday: The passing of the recent rain movement, leaving vast areas in the far west and Riverina still drought stricken, had given rise to…

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Dust Storms Near Hay

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 6 March 1945 · page 2

According to a weather report late last week the passing of the recent rain movement, leaving vast areas in the far west and Riverina still drought…

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People Missing Flood in Queensland Train Trapped on Bridge

Daily Advertiser · Friday 9 March 1945 · page 1

BRISBANE, Thursday: Trapped in a flood when a goods train broke down on a bridge across the Burdekin River, two people are…

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Floods in Queensland

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 13 March 1945 · page 2

BRISBANE, Monday: Heavy week-end rain, which swept a large area in Queensland, resulted in floods ana washouts on lines…

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Flooded Front Hampers Russian Progress Success in Czechoslovakia Doomed German Garrisons In Baltic Ports

Daily Advertiser · Friday 16 March 1945 · page 1

LONDON, Thursday. (A.A.P.): Although since the fall of Kustrin, 40 miles east of Berlin, floods have been hampering the Russian pursuit of the Germans on the central sector of the eastern front,…

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Latest Cables Germans Abandon Oder Mouth Defences Floods Hold Up Russian Advance London

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 16 March 1945 · page 2

As masses of Russian troops and material are moving towards the mouth of the Oder River the Germans are abandoning their attempt…

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Cyclone Damage In Queensland

Daily Advertiser · Monday 19 March 1945 · page 1

BRISBANE, Sunday: A cyclone unroofed houses and tore trees up by their roots at Mossman, white ships were damaged off…

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Cyclone in Queensland

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 20 March 1945 · page 2

BRISBANE, Mon.: Inkerman railway bridge, which links Brisbane with Cairns, has been badly damaged by a cyclone raging alone the north coast…

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Strange Amphibious War in Flooded Area of Holland

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 20 March 1945 · page 1

LONDON, Monday, (A.A.P.):— A strange amphibious war is going on in Nijmegen "island," which is a strip of low-lying…

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Germans Flood Outer Defences of Konisburg LONDON

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 23 March 1945 · page 2

In a last desperate attempt to stem the Red drive at Konisburg, the Germans have opened the canal flood gates and flooded the…

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In Burma Japanese Flood Tactics Fail

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 3 April 1945 · page 6

CALCUTTA, Mon. (A.A.P.): The Japanese defenders in the Kyaukse area, 24 miles south of Mandalay, opened the sluice gates in the…

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Fierce Storms Great Damage In Town Near Lismore

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 9 April 1945 · page 8

SYDNEY: During a violent cyclone which lashed the NSW coa[?] on Saturday, freak storms developed over a wide area of the State…

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Freak Storms Great Damage in Town Near Lismore

Daily Advertiser · Monday 9 April 1945 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sunday: During a violent cyclone which lashed the New South Wales coast yesterday, freak storms developed over a…

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The Weather Good Rain Over Wide Area Dust Storms in South

Daily Advertiser · Monday 9 April 1945 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sunday: The rain now falling over a wide area of New South Wales will save two-thirds of the 1945 wheat crop sowings in…

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Circus Tent Falls on Lions' Cage Many Accidents in Sydney Storm

Daily Advertiser · Monday 9 April 1945 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sunday: A policeman who was knocked to the ground when a menageric tent at Wirth's Circus in Prince Alfred Park…

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No Fear of Floods in Murrumbidgee Valley Burrinjuck's Capacity Can Take 10 Times Present Rainfall

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 10 April 1945 · page 2

Inquiries made over the area influencing the Burrinjuck Dam reveal that there is no occasion for any fear so far as the…

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Flood Damage On South Coast Telephone Lines Torn Down Many Towns Isolated From Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 10 April 1945 · page 5

SYDNEY, Mon.: South Coast, towns below Nowra are isolates from telephone communication with Sydney. The torrential rains…

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Canberra Floods Conditions Affect Milk Supplies

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 11 April 1945 · page 2

CANBERRA, Tuesday: Residents here will probably receive only half the usual milk supply during the next two days as a result of floods…

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The Tumut and District Ex-Residents' Assn Deluge Fails to Spoil Dance

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 13 April 1945 · page 4

The dance conducted by the above association at the Railway Institute Hall on Saturday night, April 7, can be described as one of…

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Crossed Flooded River for Wedding

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 17 April 1945 · page 1

The "Sunday Sun" in its last issue, published a photo of Flt./Sgt. Tom Blacker, of the R.A.A.F., son of Mr. and Mrs. George Blacker, of Yanco,…

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