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

Floods & storms, 1947

334 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 12 of 17

Red Cross Flood Relief Appeal Finalised with £1734

Central Western Daily · Saturday 14 June 1947 · page 1

A total of £1734 has been forwarded to the Red Cross head office in Sydney, being the amount donzted to the appeal…

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More Floods in U.s

National Advocate · Monday 16 June 1947 · page 3

NEW YORK, Sunday. New floods , on the Missouri River have forced thousands of people out of their Homes in the States of Missouri, Iowa…

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Storm Damage in Tasmania

National Advocate · Wednesday 18 June 1947 · page 3

HOBART, Tuesday: Road services are dislocated and many centres are without electric power in Tasmania as a result of floods and storms in the…

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Southern Storm Caused Heavy Damage

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 18 June 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Tasmania and parts of Victoria and New South Wales yesterday experience their worst storm foe many…

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Attempt at Development Flood Mitigation and Soil Erosion Control SYDNEY

National Advocate · Wednesday 18 June 1947 · page 1

My colleague, the Minister for Conservation Mr. Weir informs me that the report received by him from the Hunter Food Mitigation…

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Heavy Gales Cause Big Floods SYDNEY

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 19 June 1947 · page 1

Heavy gales and torrential rain in Tasmania continue. Air transport between the island and the mainland has been…

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Flood Menace in Tasmania Rivers Rising

National Advocate · Thursday 19 June 1947 · page 3

HOBART, Wednesday: Some Tasmanian rivers are still rising, and there is still a danger of heavy floods in Tasmania, according to late messages…

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Heavy Storms in South Plane Services Cancelled

National Advocate · Friday 20 June 1947 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Thursday: Winds between 30 and 40 miles an hour again lashed Victoria and its coastline today. Many small ships and a colier with…

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Hungary Still a Storm Centre Budapest

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 20 June 1947 · page 1

In another uproarious session of the Hungarian Parliament, Vine Nagy (no relation to he ex-Premier Ferenc Nagy), who is vice-president…

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Gales Over Tasman

Central Western Daily · Friday 27 June 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday.— Gales up to 80 m.p.h. and waves 30 feet high, were encountered by the Union Steamship Company’s…

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American Floods

Central Western Daily · Saturday 28 June 1947 · page 1

DESMOINES (U.S.)., Friday.— Foods continue in the town of Nebraka, with the homeless aggregating 10,425—the highest number…

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Much Damage In Disastrous N.Z. Floods WELLINGTON, N.Z., This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 30 June 1947 · page 1

Disastrous floods--the worst since 1897--followed 10 inches of rain in 24 hours in the Walrarata district during part of Friday and Saturday…

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Violent Storms in N.Z. Naked Couple Rescued in Tree Wellington, N.Z., Monday

National Advocate · Tuesday 1 July 1947 · page 2

There have been more violent storms in New Zealand. The southern part of the North Island was swept By gales and raid during the week-end…

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Record Floods in U.s

National Advocate · Tuesday 1 July 1947 · page 2

NEW YORK, Monday: In the midwestern States of America, volunteers and soldiers arc working feverishly to stem some of the worst floods on…

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Death in Floods Big Records of Disaster

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 1 July 1947 · page 4

Death and destruction followed floods in widely separated parts of the world…

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V.z. Floods

National Advocate · Wednesday 2 July 1947 · page 3

AUCKLAND, Tuesday: Floodwnters in the north Island of New Zealand reached their highest level at about noon yesterday and have since fallen…

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More Evacuations in St. Louis Flood District New York

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 2 July 1947 · page 1

New levee breaks along a 90-mile front of the Mississippi River near St. Louis yesterday compelled the [?]vacitation of additional thousands of…

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Disastrous Floods In America New York

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 3 July 1947 · page 1

Great floods are sweeping the whole of the Mississippi basin in America and the loss is already estimated at over…

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U.s. Floods 8,000 People Homeless

National Advocate · Thursday 3 July 1947 · page 5

NEW YORK, Wednesday: Floodwaters are still rising in midwestern States of America and school buses, Army transport and railway trucks…

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Floods in Bulgaria

National Advocate · Monday 7 July 1947 · page 2

SOFIA, Sunday: Floods drowned 30 people and destroyed 700 homes in Bulgaria. Among those drowned were 13 boys and girls from the Youth…

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