Roofs fly as gale strikes S. Australia Serious floods in Victoria
The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 17 March 1946 · page 48
A storm in South Australia yesterday unroofed houses, sank boats, marooned three people on the end of a pier, blew a motor-cyclist off his cycle, and blew the…
Continued on Trove, page 48 →Trapped by storm, misses race start
The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 17 March 1946 · page 14
The storm which broke over Canterbury at 1 o'clock yesterday prevented The Doctor from running in the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Rain stop Gloucesters' trip to surf carnival: gale damage in S.A.
The Sun · Sunday 17 March 1946 · page 2
BAD weather prevented the Governor-General and the Duchess of Gloucester from attending the Australian surf championship carnival at Maroubra Beach yesterday afternoon. The Duke and Duchess were preparing to leave Canberra by plane when…
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The Sun · Sunday 17 March 1946 · page 6
WHILE my sister and I were holidaying at Inverell, several inches of rain fell, which caused the Macintyre River to…
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The Sun · Sunday 17 March 1946 · page 2
Heavy rain caused floods in the Westerly District of Victoria, At Portland, people had to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Flood Peril Grows As Heavy Rain Continues Daring Rescues In Victoria; 6 Deaths
Daily Mirror · Monday 18 March 1946 · page 1
MELBOURNE, Monday. -- Continuing rains are adding to the perils of record floods in western Victoria, where five people have already lost their lives. It is feared more may be drowned. Tasmanian floods, following 12 months of the worst drought in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Storm Damage in Adelaide
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 March 1946 · page 1
ADELAIDE, Sunday.—Extensive damage was done to homes and property in Adelaide, and about 40 small boats were sunk in…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 March 1946 · page 1
MELBOURNE, Sunday.—Seven people are believed to have lost their lives and others are endangered by floods which cover the western district of Victoria…
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The Sun · Monday 18 March 1946 · page 1
MELBOURNE, Monday.--Some towns are under water and others are partly submerged by the worst floods in the history of the Western District…
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The Daily Telegraph · Monday 18 March 1946 · page 1
MELBOURNE, Sunday. -- Six people are so far known to have died in phenomenal floods in western Victoria and Tasmania…
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Daily Mirror · Monday 18 March 1946 · page 1
MELBOURNE, Monday.--At least another six persons are feared drowned in the devastating Western Victorian floods, which are already known to have claimed five lives. In addition to these (residents of Dartmoor), a family at…
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Daily Mirror · Monday 18 March 1946 · page 1
MELBOURNE, Monday.--At least another six persons are feared drowned in the devastating Western Victorian floods, which are already known to have claimed five lives. In addition to these (residents of Dartmoor), a family at Caster…
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Daily Mirror · Monday 18 March 1946 · page 1
MELBOURNE, Monday. --Five people, all members of one family, are dead, hundreds are homeless, thousands of sheep and cattle have perished, and roads and railways are impassable in Western Victoria following…
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Daily Mirror · Monday 18 March 1946 · page 1
MELBOURNE, Monday.--A family cat Casterton and several boys at St. Helen's are now missing in the devastating Western Victorian floods, which have already claimed five lives. Continuing rains are increasing the flood peril. Hundreds are…
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Daily Mirror · Monday 18 March 1946 · page 24
MELBOURNE, Monday.--Several boys from st. Helens are now missing in the western Victorian floods. Two families reported…
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Daily Mirror · Monday 18 March 1946 · page 2
Although light general rains fell over most of the southern half of New South Wales during the weekend, the…
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Tribune · Tuesday 19 March 1946 · page 7
HOURS OF HARD WORK were needed to shovel silt and wreckage from the Railway Estate Convent in the recent Townsville floods. Those who did the job were:—Back row (left to right): Mrs. Bill Hodson, Jean Shelley, J. C. Henry…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Communists Led Fight in Townsville Floods
Tribune · Tuesday 19 March 1946 · page 7
Hundreds of waterside workers, Army and Air Force men and WAAAF’s and members of the public rallied to an appeal by the Communist Party to assist those victims whose homes were destroyed in the recent…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Dramatic Dash to Feed Flood Victims
The Sun · Tuesday 19 March 1946 · page 1
MELBOURNE, Tuesday. -- In a dramatic cross-country dash today an Army "Duck," skippered by Lieut. A. R. Morris, saved 23 adults and 44 children from starvation. These families had been…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Disastrous Floods in Victoria Army 'Ducks' to Rescue in Vic. Floods Many Missing
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 March 1946 · page 1
MELBOURNE, Monday. -- Amphibious trucks have been rushed to flooded areas in south-western and eastern districts of Victoria to rescue marooned residents…
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