Errol Flynn In Storm
KINGSTON (Jamaica), Friday.--Errol Flynn, the actor, author and sportsman, arrived here…
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Gale Unroofs Homes, Flattens Many Crops
A 70-mile-an-hour gale yesterday caused heavy damage to buildings and crops on the Lower Clarence. Houses at Maclean and farm buildings were roofed…
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Suburban councils and their officers are playing a big part in meeting the emergency created by the damage done during Wednesday's ice storm. They will issue certificates to enable householders…
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Veteran yachtsmen in the Sydney-Hobart race said in Hobart last night that Sunday's storm in Bass Strait was the most violent they had ever experienced. Jim Rattenbury, skipper of the…
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Householders whose tile roofs had been damaged in Wednesday's freak hailstorm were busy repairing them yesterday. In Fortescue Street, North Bexley, every house was damaged, and residents went by waggon to the tile works. ABOVE LEFT: Mr. and Mrs…
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An electrical storm which swept Grafton, Maclean, and Casino, on the far North Coast, yesterday afternoon, caused…
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Suppliers of builders' materials were unable yesterday to meet the demand from householders whose homes had been damaged by the ice storm on Wednesday…
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President off the New South Wales Real Estate Institute (Mr. Lyle Moore) said last night that it would take six months to repair the damage caused by Wednesday's ten-minute hailstorm…
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THE DEVASTATING FLOODS from which England has suffered have given British housewives extra food problems. This picture from Maidenhead shows a housewife who has been rowed as close as possible to the shopping centre. Now her problem is her baby,…
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THE DEVASTATING FLOODS from which England has suffered have given British housewives extra food problems. This picture from Maidenhead shows a housewife who has been rowed as close as possible to the shopping centre. Now her problem is her baby,…
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Gales which unroofed buildings swept Lismore and Grafton yesterday afternoon. Details:— LISMORE: A violent storm…
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Gales which reached a velocity of 80-miles an hour yesterday caused heavy damage in Grafton and Lismore districts…
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HONOLULU. Sunday.-- Millions of dollars' worth of damage was done by a storm which battered the Hawaiian…
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A conference would be called today to organise the distribution through local councils of tiles to people whose homes…
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A conference would be called today to organise the distribution through local councils of tiles to people whose homes…
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ARCADIA FLATS, Malabar Road, South Coogee, after the storm yesterday afternoon. Debris in the street is from the roof, which was severely damaged. Occupants of the building were washed out…
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ARCADIA FLATS, Malabar Road, South Coogee, after the storm yesterday afternoon. Debris in the street is from the roof, which was severely damaged. Occupants of the building were washed out…
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ARCADIA FLATS, Malabar Road, South Coogee, after the storm yesterday afternoon. Debris in the street is from the roof, which was severely damaged. Occupants of the building were washed out…
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Widespread damage, particularly in the eastern suburbs, was done by a heavy thunderstorm, accompanied by strong, gusty winds, which swept the metropolitan…
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ROOK OFF: The roof of Karocia Flats in McKeon- street, Maroubra, was lifted and carried away at the height of yesterday's storm. (See story, Page 3). CLEARING AWAY debris of the wall, under which Mr. Fred Smith, cartage contractor,…
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