Seven Drown in Nth. Coast Flood Three Children Victims
It is now believed that at least seven people have lost their lives in the worst flood in the history of the North Coast town of Kempsey…
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Floods & storms, 1949
392 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 13 of 20
Relief For Flood Area
SYDNEY, Monday: As part of the effort to relieve the flood yictims in northern N.S.W.. building materials and fencing wire will…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Fear Rise in Flood Deaths Six Victims To Date
SYDNEY, Monday. —The official death-roll in the disastrous Kempsey flood has now reached six, but as floodwaters gradually recede police…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday: Flood-ravaged Kempsey's greatest danger now is the possibility of an outbreak of tyhold fever, and today Army ducks are…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Floodlighting of Recreation Reserve
Floodlighting of the Recreation Reserve oval, suitable for sports and show events, would involve an estimated cost of…
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"Only those who have been in the district can visualise the extent of the damage caused,'' said a Lithgow Rotary official after the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Big Dairy Loss in Kempsey Floods
Dairy farmers' representatives and State Department of Agriculture exports said yesterday that the Macleay River flood would mean big…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Car Stalls in Flooded Creek
When returning by car from Sydney on Thursday afternoon in the heavy ram, Mr. D. B. H. Arnott, who was accompanied by his son…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Kempsey and District Flood Relief Appeal
An appeal was launched over the air last night by Mr. Jollie, president of the Mudgee Sub-branch of the R.S.S. & A.I.L.A. for monetary…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Meatworks Closing Down Flood Sequel
SYDNEY, Wednesday: Three big North Coast meatworks, at Casino, Grafton and Byron Bay, are closing down because meat supplies for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Council Appeal For Flood Victims--General Matters At Fortnightly Meeting
An appeal for funds and clothing for the relief of victims of the Ke[?]sey area floods is to be launched by Lithgow City Council following a decision at Monday night's meeting. Council will open a depot at the Town Hall where…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Pathetic Scenes As Flood Waters Recede Food Shortage At Macleay
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Pathetic scenes are reported in towns along the lower Macleay River, as the floodwaters go down…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Appeal To Aid Flood Victims At Kempsey
Orange City Council has opened an appeal to assist the Kempsey flood victims, and started the fund with a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Heavy Rain and Hail Sydney
There was heavy rain in Sydney today, but weather cleared later and the day was fine generally throughout NSW, though cloudy in Eastern…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Held Up by Floods Molong Lady's Experience
Mrs. R. D. Drury, wife of Molong's Church of England Rector, who returned home on Monday evening from a visit to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Floodwatfrs Subsiding Sydney
The floods have now subsided on most places along the Macleay River hut some small settlements are still cut off by floodwnters and roads are…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Floods Start To Subside In Macleay Area
SYDNEY, Thursday. — The floods have now subsided in most places along the Macleay River on the New South Wales coast, but some small settlements are still cut off by floodwaters, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Appeal To Aid Kempsey Flood Victims
“It is difficult to imagine the dire distress that can be caused in a flood area unless one has experience of such calamities,” said the Mayor of Orange, Dr. F. Matthews,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →People Wandered Aimlessly In Maitland Floods
People who were rendered homeless by the Maitland floods in June had no idea where to go, and wandered aimlessly carrying cats, dogs, pet birds, goats and prized possessions, an eye-witness…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →£,000,000 Damage in Flood Area Cattle Donation Scheme
SYDNEY, Friday: The first response tot he appeal to dairy farmers to donate cattle to impoverished farmers in the Macleay district came…
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