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Riverina · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1946

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Heavy Rains in the North; Flood Danger

Daily Advertiser · Monday 11 February 1946 · page 2

SYDNEY. Sunday: Heavy rain on the North Coast, where up to 8 inches fell yesterday, may cause floods in the Clarence-Richmond…

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Terrific Floods in Germany

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 12 February 1946 · page 1

LONDON, Tuesday: The floods that hit Germany in a century are causing catastrophic results, according to Hamburg radio. Dam…

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Severe Floods in Germany Dams Burst and Towns Marooned

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 13 February 1946 · page 1

LONDON, Tuesday: The Worst flood experienced in, a century are causing havoc, ac-cording to the Hamburg radio. A…

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The Weather Floods Increase in Queensland Man Drowned at Mackay

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 13 February 1946 · page 2

BRISBANE, Tuesday: The Inkerman River is 15ft over the railway bridge between Mackay and Townsville, and flood waters may be…

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Rhineland Floods Thousands Homeless

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 14 February 1946 · page 1

GELSENKIRCHEN, Wednesday (A.A.P.): Three thousand villagers were rendered homeless when the Emscher River, a tributary of the…

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Light Rain and Storms£

Daily Advertiser · Friday 15 February 1946 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday: Light rain which fell in the N.S.W. dairying districts this morning was described by the acting State…

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WEDDING Flood-White

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 15 February 1946 · page 1

The marriage of Mr. Archie Flood (late A.I.F.), eldest con of Mr. Sid Hood and the late Mrs. Hood, of Narandera, to Miss Mary White…

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Floods in N.W. Germany "Worst for 100 YEARS" Large Stocks of Stored Food are Ruined

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 15 February 1946 · page 1

LONDON, Friday: "The worst flood tor a hundred years in north-west Germany destroyed the entire winter crops in Minden district,…

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A Flood Water Problem at Busy Intersection

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 15 February 1946 · page 1

AFTER every heavy fall of rain a sheet of water forms at the intersection of Wade Avenue and Chelmsford Place beside…

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Labor Storm Over UNO Job

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 16 February 1946 · page 3

Discontent among Labor rank-and-file members…

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Heavy Food Loss in German Floods

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 16 February 1946 · page 1

LONDON, Friday (A.A.P.): The worst floods for 100 years in north-west Germany destroyed the entire winter crops in Minden district…

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Flood and Gales in South Australia

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 19 February 1946 · page 2

ADELAIDE, Monday: Floods and deluges of rain held up many railway services to-day, including the Perth-Adelaide…

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Flood-bound Trains

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 20 February 1946 · page 2

ADELAIDE, Tuesday: The east-west express from Perth is still blood-bound at Tarcoola with 160 passengers and the train from…

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Heavy Damage in Melbourne Storms

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 26 February 1946 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Tuesday: The heaviest damage from weather suffered in years has been caused in Melbourne by a delude of rain which…

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Cyclone Hits Ivanhoe

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 27 February 1946 · page 1

ADELAIDE, Tuesday: Ivanhoe, on the Broken Hill-Sydney line, was struck by a cyclone late yesterday afternoon and five inches of…

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Melbourne Flood-bound Cyclone Lashes City; People Leave Homes

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 27 February 1946 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Tuesday: Lashed by a disastrous cyclone last night and deluged during the early hours of the morning, Melbourne is practically flood-bound, and the…

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Cyclonic Storm Sweeps Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 28 February 1946 · page 1

Firemen pumping water from the flooded rails at Windsor station, Melbourne, after the torrential rains which followed a cyclone, had deluged the tracks on Monday…

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Melbourne Floods Recede

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 28 February 1946 · page 1

MELBOURNE. Wednesday: As the floodwaters caused by Monday night's cyclonic disturbance continued to recede to-day, many people…

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Floods in Melbourne Suburb

Daily Advertiser · Friday 1 March 1946 · page 1

Macaulay Road, Macaulay, was like a river after the recent torrential rains in Melbourne. Some motorists braved the passage with water up to the axles. Many families were marooned in this district…

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Easing of Cowra Hospital Staff Shortage Flood of Applications Follow Offer of Higher Pay

The Gundagai Independent · Saturday 2 March 1946 · page 4

A month ago, the Cowra District Hospital Board with only two fully qualified Sisters on the staff, was wondering desperately what they…

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