Floods Isolate 15,000 in Qld
BRISBANE, Friday.--Flooding of the Mary River has isolated Maryborough (population 14,700)…
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Flooded by Heavy Rain
MR. W. A. ROUSE mops up water which poured through the roof of his home in Elizabeth St.,…
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Heavy rain yesterday closed Mascot aerodrome, and caused minor floodings in some suburbs…
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Damage running into hundreds of thousands of pounds has been caused by three days of torrential rain in Queensland and northern New South Wales…
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SWIRLING floodwaters of the Mary River have isolated 1500 residents at Maryborough. Their only communication is by rowing boats. Two men had narrow escapes from drowning. They…
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BRISBANE, Sat. -- Floods have marooned 1500 people in their homes in low-lying parts of Maryborough. The people have to use…
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Shopkeepers and residents in the business section of Murwillumbah yesterday prepared to evacuate their premises when…
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A cyclone which moved south from the Coral Sea at the weekend-- Grounded planes at Mascot and…
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SYDNEY' S telephone service was paralysed this morning when flood waters seeped into cable ducts, wet the cables, and short-circuited the lines of thousands of subscribers…
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SYDNEY'S telephone service was paralysed this morning when flood waters seeped into cable ducts, wet the cables, and short-circuited the lines of thousands of subscribers…
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SYDNEY'S telephone service was seriously dislocated this morning when flood waters seeped in to cable ducts, and short-circuited the lines of approximately 1200 subscribers…
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SYDNEY' S telephone service was seriously dislocated this morning when flood waters seeped in to cable ducts, and short-circuited the lines of approximately 1200 subscribers…
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SYDNEY'S telephone service was seriously dislocated this morning when flood waters seeped in to cable ducts, and short-circuited the lines of approximately 1200 subscribers…
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SYDNEY'S telephone service was paralysed this morning when flood waters seeped into cable ducts, wet the cables, and short-circuited the lines of thousands of subscribers…
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Torrential rains swept eastern Australia at the week-end, from Bega in the south to Maryborough in the north. They caused floods…
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The Murrumbidgee River is rising at the rate of 20 inches an hour and Canberra police have warned Wagga residents of flood danger. Police there are already…
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When the interstate cargo steamer Kooliga became unmanageable in a gale near Sydney yesterday, the master ordered two holds to be flooded to save the yessel from being dashed on the rocks. The master (Captain C. A.)…
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Far North Coast rivers burst their banks because of heavy weekend rain and caused severe damage to surrounding farmlands and crops…
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Australian Rules League officials ordered Newtown and Eastern Suburbs to play competition matches at Henson Park yesterday, although half the field was knee-deep in…
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LISMORE, Monday.--A rescue party in a brake-van towed by an engine which ploughed through water two feet deep…
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