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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1946

263 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 5 of 14

Cyclone Off Queensland Air Services Delayed

National Advocate · Monday 25 March 1946 · page 2

BRISBANE, Sunday: The cyclone off the coast of southern Queensland is now moving westwards and is expected to hit the coast about Monday…

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Flood Warnings in N.S.W. Cyclone and Floods in Queensland. SYDNEY

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 25 March 1946 · page 1

Heavy rain has been falling on the north coast of N.S.W. for the past three days and flood warnings have been…

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Heavy Stock Losses in Floods

National Advocate · Monday 25 March 1946 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Sunday: An official report on the damage done by the recent floods in western Victoria has been submitted, showing that 8000…

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Flood Threat On North Coast SYDNEY, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 25 March 1946 · page 1

All air services between Sydney and Melbourne and Brisbane were cancelled early to-day as a result of the cyclonic conditions…

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Heavy Rain in North Flood Warnings Likely

National Advocate · Tuesday 26 March 1946 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday: The effects of, he cyclonic storm which hit the Queensland coast yesterday are now being [?] all along the northern and…

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Heavy Flood Losses North Coast Rivers Now Falling Sydney

National Advocate · Wednesday 27 March 1946 · page 2

Flood danger is still serious in the MacLeay, Hastings and Clarence Rivers, but it has cased in other areas in northern NSW. The cyclone moved…

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North Coast Floodwaters Receding SYDNEY. This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 27 March 1946 · page 1

Floodwaters on the North Coast are now receding from various danger points, other than at Grafton, where the Clarence River was still…

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Floods Sweep Towns in Northern N.S.W. SYDNEY

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 27 March 1946 · page 1

Flood danger in the Macleay, Hastings and Clarence Rivers areas continues but generally the situation in…

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Milk Cuts Result of Floods SYDNEY

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 28 March 1946 · page 12

Heavy floods on the North Coast have seriously interfered with Sydney's milk supply and, as a result, rationing was…

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Receding Floods on North Coast Heavy Damage to Crops

National Advocate · Thursday 28 March 1946 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday: The flood danger on the north coast of N. S. W. has now past. The Clarence River, Whelle was flooding Grafton and other…

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Heavy Flood Damage Sydney, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 28 March 1946 · page 1

Floodwaters on the North Coast were this morning reported to be receding slowly from all danger points, but thousands of acres of rich…

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Flood Damage in Victoria

National Advocate · Friday 29 March 1946 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Thursday: Floodwater in Victoria are still blocking the Ocean Road and the Princes Highway in the south and south west…

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Clean Up Flood Debris with Bulldozers Sydney

Central Western Daily · Friday 29 March 1946 · page 2

Flood waters in the Clarence River are receding slowly, but thousands of acres of farming lands will…

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Want to Be Doctors Flood of Students SYDNEY

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 1 April 1946 · page 1

A serious view is taken by the B.M.A. and medical men generally of the rush of students to the University to…

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Floods Feared Heavy Rain in the North

National Advocate · Thursday 4 April 1946 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday: The Sydney Weather Bureau has issued a warning that further floods are possible on the north cost of N.S.W., with the danger…

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Coastal Rain Flood Danger SYDNEY

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 4 April 1946 · page 1

Light rain has been falling along the coastal areas of New South Wales and adjoining tablelands for the past two or…

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Flood Dangers in North Sydney, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 4 April 1946 · page 1

Considerable improvement in the weather in the Brisbane area overnight has removed the threat of serious flooding along the south…

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Flood Danger in North Cyclona Moving Southeast

National Advocate · Friday 5 April 1946 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday: The cyclone which has caused the renewal of the flood danger on the ' north coast of NSW, wars 200 miles east of Brisbane…

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Plenty of Water in the Milk After Big Flood Sydney

Central Western Daily · Friday 5 April 1946 · page 3

The recent flood conditions in the northern parts of New South Wales and the warnings of further floods…

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Cyclone Misses. N. Rivers Towns Sydney

Central Western Daily · Saturday 6 April 1946 · page 1

A cyclone which threatened Northern Rivers (New South Wales) yesterday has moved out to sea, and many…

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