Families Trapped in Flood
BRISBANE, Saturday.--Many farming families in the Beaudesert district have been marooned by floods…
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Big Qld. Flood Stops Air. Rail Traffic Families Marooned
INTERSTATE rail and air communications have been disrupted, and Murwillumbah is menaced by a major flood as a result of torrential North…
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INTERSTATE rail and air communications have been disrupted, and "Murwillumbah is menaced by a major flood as a result of torrential North…
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INTERSTATE rail and air communications have been disrupted, and Murwillumbah is menaced by a major flood as a result of torrential North…
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SEVERE drought conditions still prevail in central and north-west NSW where present cyclonic weather has brought no relief…
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BRISBANE, Saturday.—The most disastrous flood since 1893 is ravaging southeast Queensland, endangering hundreds of lives, isolating towns and inundating hundreds of square miles of farm lands. Rising floodwaters late tonight theatened several South…
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FLOODWATERS have forced people at Murwillumbah South to leave their homes…
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The worst floods in southern Queensland for 50 years have trapped dozens of people. One man is already believed to have…
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AT TOP: Plainclothes Constable F. J. Geary, of Ipswich, Queensland, assisting a resident from the floodwaters on the Boonah Road. LOWER: The cyclone wreaked havoc in Mrs. I. M. Davies's banana plantation at Victoria Point. Queensland, from…
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The Chinese steamer Hwalien, with 474 passengers, of whom 305 are Jewish refugees from…
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MELBOURNE, Monday. -- When a southerly gale hit Melbourne yesterday 15 boats competing in a regatta at Brighton were capsized…
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MELBOURNE, Monday. -- When a southerly gale hit Melbourne yesterday 15 boats competing in a regatta at Brighton were capsized…
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MELBOURNE, Monday. -- When a southerly gale hit Melbourne yesterday 15 boats competing in a regatta at Brighton were capsized…
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MELBOURNE, Monday. -- When a southerly gale hit Melbourne yesterday 15 boats competing in a regatta at Brighton were capsized…
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MELBOURNE, Monday. -- When a southerly gale hit Melbourne yesterday 15 boats competing in a regatta at Brighton were capsized…
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MELBOURNE, Monday. -- When a southerly gale hit Melbourne yesterday 15 boats competing in a regatta at Brighton were capsized…
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MELBOURNE, Monday. -- When a southerly gale hit Melbourne yesterday 15 boats competing in a regatta at Brighton were capsized…
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Flood danger in the far north of New South Wales in the Murwillumbah, Tweed Heads, Kyogle, Lismore and Casino districts has greatly diminished. Inland New South Wales is still experiencing the…
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BRISBANE, Sunday.—Southern Queensland is having the worst flood since the 1893 record. Hardest hit were the large areas…
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Tweed Heads, on the NSW border, has been turned into a refugee town, harboring more than 1000 tourists, stopped by floods while on their way to Brisbane. Many have been stranded since Saturday,…
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