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

Floods & storms, 1948

292 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 7 of 15

Obituary Miss Clare Flood

The Lyndhurst Shire Chronicle · Wednesday 5 May 1948 · page 1

The death occurred at 2.30 p.m. on Sunday, April 25, at the Carcoar Dis-trict Hospital of Miss Winifred Clare Flood at the age of 34 years…

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Canowindra Fatality Man Drowned by Flood

National Advocate · Wednesday 5 May 1948 · page 3

CANOWINDRA, Tuesday: The second fatality due to the flood rains in the Orange district occurred last night when William Cassidy, an…

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Man Drowns in Flooded Creek

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 5 May 1948 · page 1

William Cassidy, 63, a station employee, was drowned in flooded Canomodine Creek, near Canowindra, on Monday night. Cassidy was crossing the…

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Australian Xi Yorkshire Match Heavy Rain Deferred Start

National Advocate · Thursday 6 May 1948 · page 7

BRADFORD, Wednesday: The cricket match against Yorkshire, being played here, was delayed for several hours today, and Play was only…

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Gale Holds Up Film Work

Central Western Daily · Thursday 6 May 1948 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday. — Hundreds of tents were blown away and buildings were unroofed when a 40 m.p.h. gale…

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Flood Damage to Railway

National Advocate · Thursday 6 May 1948 · page 6

MOSS VALE, Wednesday: Floods which swept many coastal areas in the past week are subsiding, but resultant damage is still being…

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Floods Spoil C.W.A. Conference

National Advocate · Thursday 6 May 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Floods prevented 14 delegates from attending the C.W.A. annual conference, being held this week in Sydney. When…

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Floods Delay C.w.a. Delegates

Central Western Daily · Thursday 6 May 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Floods prevented 14 delegates from attending the CWA Annual Conference being held…

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THUNDERSTORM Nearly Panicked Europe Congress

National Advocate · Wednesday 12 May 1948 · page 2

THE HAGUE, Tuesday: As a thunderstorm, crashed over the Dutch Parliament House yesterday, Mr. Winstem' Churchill stood up to save the…

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Flood Damage

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 12 May 1948 · page 4

Heavy damage has been done to farm lands where the Richmond and Tweed Rivera broke their banks at the weekend…

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Floods Damage Large Areas SYDNEY

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 13 May 1948 · page 1

The recent heavy floods and record tides on the South Coast did great damage to pastures. Thousands of acres of pastures…

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Flood Victim's Body Recovered

National Advocate · Thursday 13 May 1948 · page 4

SYDNEY, Wednesday: The body of the third victim of the recent State wide floods was recovered early to-day into the Nepean River, five miles…

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Floods Cost Farmers Thousands

National Advocate · Thursday 13 May 1948 · page 4

SYDNEY, Wednesday: The recent floods on the South Coast of NSW have cost farmers several thousands of pounds. Thousands of acres of…

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N.Z.'s Worst Floods

National Advocate · Saturday 15 May 1948 · page 2

AUCKLAND, Friday: Torrential rains and strong gales have brought the worst floods for 10 years along the east coast of the North…

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Flood Northern LONDON

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 17 May 1948 · page 1

Torrential rains in is Italy have caused eno[?] damage to pastures and crops When one river burst its banks [?]…

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Floods Take Heavy Toll of Stock AUCKLAND

National Advocate · Tuesday 18 May 1948 · page 1

Thousands of sheep, pigs and cattle have perished in the flood at Gisborne, which is now subsiding. More than 6000 sheep carcases…

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N.z. Floods

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 19 May 1948 · page 5

AUCKLAND, Tuesday. — Great mortality of stock has taken place in the floods in New Zealand…

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Fortune Flood's Family

National Advocate · Thursday 20 May 1948 · page 4

LEDUC, Wednesday: An uncontrollable, gushed at Atlantic No..3 well is pouring out thousands of barrels of crude oil daily, and has…

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Sydney Harbor Ferry's Engine Room Flooded

National Advocate · Friday 21 May 1948 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday: Believing that the ferry on which they were travelling, the Emerald Star, was sinking, passengers donned life…

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Brazilian Played Gale, Too

National Advocate · Friday 28 May 1948 · page 7

LONDON, Thursday: Mario Gonsalez tall thin nine stone Brazllian in the British Amateur Golf Championship yesterday did the first nine…

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