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Central Coast · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1954

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Floods block roads at Davistown

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 16 February 1954 · page 1

Rain over the past few days, with a heavy downpour last night, has made some of the roads at…

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Gale Damage; Trees Rooted Up; Blackout

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 23 February 1954 · page 1

Winds of gale force and driving rain lashed the Brisbane Water district on Saturday and Sunday causing damage to roads and houses. The 50-mile-an-hour gale…

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Clothing appeal for victims of floods by Somersby CWA

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 26 February 1954 · page 2

An appeal for clothing for flood victims is being made by Somersby CWA branch. Secretary (Mrs. B. Makinson) said that she will ac…

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£172 to Aid Victims of Floods

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 26 February 1954 · page 1

Gosford Shire Council on Wednesday opened a NSW Flood Victims' Relief Fund with a…

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Floods trap local man

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 2 March 1954 · page 1

A Gosford bus proprietor, Mr. W. H. Sloman, today gave an eye witness account of the recent…

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Apex Club's Move for Flood Fund

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 2 March 1954 · page 5

Gosford Apex Club will be conducting a house-to-house canvass next week to raise funds for the relief of…

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£205 for Flood Fund

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 5 March 1954 · page 1

Donations to Gosford Flood Victums' Relief Fund now Fund now total £205/10/- Gosford Shire Council…

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Flood relief fund mounts

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 9 March 1954 · page 1

Donations to Gosford Flood Victims' Relief Fund now total £218/14/-. Gosford Shire Council…

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Gifts of fodder for the flood victims

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 12 March 1954 · page 3

The Minister for Agriculture and Food Production (Mr. E. H. Graham) has appealed for gifts of fodder to help stockowners whose cattle have suffered as a result of the floods on the…

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Apex aids flood fund

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 23 March 1954 · page 5

Progress total of the Apex flood appeal fund in Gosford is now £200. The fund has been raised in…

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PMG employees benefit for flood victims

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 30 March 1954 · page 2

To give fellow postal employees in flooded northern areas a helping hand, Gosford Postal Institute is…

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Storm Forecast

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 22 June 1954 · page 1

A reader says he will bet two to one that this district will experience a big storm with heavy rain before June…

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Engineer Reports on Avoca Lake Flooding

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 9 July 1954 · page 4

Gosford Shire Council has asked the Board of Health to mark a point on the shores of Avoca Lake,…

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Storms May Drive Fish to Shelter of the Estuaries

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 16 July 1954 · page 7

Heavy seas, which commenced to pound the Central Coast on Tuesday, have put the beaches out of bounds for fishermen. The tail of the Queensland cyclone is also prob-…

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Night Trotting in Gosford Soon Track being floodlit

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 20 July 1954 · page 1

Gosford Showground track is being floodlit for night trotting. Secretary of Gosford Agricultural and Citrus Association, Mr. W. Grahame, announced this…

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Local contractor aids flood light work

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 27 July 1954 · page 3

A local contractor, Mr W. J. F. Smith, of Caroline Street, East Gosford, is working in conjunction with…

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Gale Winds, 80 Pts. Rain

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 21 September 1954 · page 1

Winds of near-gale force lashed wide areas of the district last night The wind tore branches…

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Gosford Troops to Storm an Airstrip

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 15 October 1954 · page 3

They are to lead an attack on what will be termed an enemy airstrip. B Company of the North Shore Regiment (which…

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More storms

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 26 October 1954 · page 1

Official weather forecast, issued in Sydney this morning, said: Intermittent rain Thunderstorms tonight, than…

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More Storms

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 9 November 1954 · page 1

More storms are forecast by the Weather Bureau. Official forecast, issued in Sydney this morning, said: Cloudy,…

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