The Adeventures of JAN and Jennifer a Rescue From the Flood
HEAVY rain had been falling for three days. Jan and Jennifer loved the wet weather when they were snug…
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Hurstville Shopping Centre Floodlights to be Installed
The Hurstville and District Chamber of Commerce advised Hurstville Council at its last meeting that it was in favour of installing…
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MELBOURNE. Tuesday.--A sharp rise in the Glenelg River at Casterton. in the western district, has caused extensive…
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Melbourne, Tuesday.--Fearing a repetition of last year's disastrous floods, residents of Casterton, in South-east Victoria evacuated their…
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A goods train crashed into a waiting shed blown to the railway line at Omega (near Kiama), 75 miles from Sydney, at 4.15 am today…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday.-- Casterton heaved a sigh of relief early today when the flooded Gleneig River began to recede…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday. -- Residents in the Casterton district are evacuating their homes as the flooded Glenelg…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday, -- Thousands of acres of land between the flooded Western District towns of Harrow and Casterton were still under water today. Hundreds of cattle…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday. -- Thousands of acres of land between the flooded Western District towns of Harrow and Casterton were still under water today. Hundreds of cattle…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday, -- Thousands of acres of land between the flooded Western District towns of Harrow and Casterton were still under water today. Hundreds of cattle…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday. -- Thousands of acres of land between the flooded Western District towns of Harrow and Casterton were still under water today. Hundreds of cattle…
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SEVEN PERSONS were drowned and more than 500 isolated, when Hood waters of the Des Moines River struck the town of Ottumwa (Idaho). The picture shows waters up to the porch roofs of the houses…
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U.S. COASTGUARDS rescuing two frightened chickens marooned on top of a mailbox after the Mississippi River had…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday. -- Thousands of acres of land between the flooded Western District towns of Harrow and Casterton were still under water today. Hundreds of cattle…
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SEVEN PERSONS were drowned and more than 500 isolated when Hood waters of the Des Moines River struck the town of Ottumwa (Idaho), The picture shows waters up to the porch roofs of the houses…
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SEVEN PERSONS were drowned and more than 500 isolated when flood waters of the Des Moines River struck the town of Ottumwa (Idaho). The picture shows waters up to the porch roofs of the houses…
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U. S. COASTGUARDS rescuing two frightened chickens marooned on top of a mailbox after the Mississippi River had…
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The Cheung Hing making fast with two anchors after dragging the first anchor in Neutral Bay at the height of yesterday's 52 mile-an-hour gale. She had to make steam and circle the bay to return to the original anchorage. The ship, formerly H.M.A.S. Bendigo, is one of three Australian corvettes refitted and sold for the China trade. She will operate from Hong Kong…
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Fierce gales swept most of southeastern Australia yesterday. The wind, which sometimes reached 70 miles an hour—…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday.— Sections of western and northeastern Victoria were again threatened with serious' flooding…
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