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

Floods & storms, 1950

796 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 1 of 40

Heavy Rain Damage Near Molong

National Advocate · Monday 2 January 1950 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sunday. Unsettled weather which, last night interfered with New Year celebrations in central and western, NSW towns, brought…

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Violent Storms At Molong (From Our Correspondent)

Central Western Daily · Monday 2 January 1950 · page 1

MOLONG, Sunday. — Telephone and electricity services broke down, a building lost its roof, and the late wheat and oat crops were severely battered in two storms which raged in Molong within 24 hours…

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Storm Adds Zest New Year Revells

Central Western Daily · Monday 2 January 1950 · page 7

Saturday night’s storm appeared to give added zest to revellers in Orange who were welcoming the New Year…

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Blackouts and Damage in Two Fierce Storms Escape By Boy

Central Western Daily · Monday 2 January 1950 · page 1

Nearly an inch of rain fell in a violent storm which struck Orange soon after 9 p.m. on Saturday,…

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Thunderstorms Mar New Year's Eve Celebrations

National Advocate · Monday 2 January 1950 · page 2

Thunderstorms and heavy rain marred New Year's Eve celebrations in many country centres on Saturday. Bathurst, however, was…

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Survey Of Damage In Storms (From Our Correspondent)

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 3 January 1950 · page 4

MOLONG, Monday.— A fine, warm day at Molong has enabled farmers, householders and council…

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Several Shops Inundated by Heavy Storm

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 3 January 1950 · page 2

Some residences in Main-street East and a wing of the Town Hall, were badly damaged by rain flooding through roofs on…

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First Drought, Now Floods

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 4 January 1950 · page 2

LONDON, Wednesday.--The British Government's East African ground nuts scheme (claimed to be Britain's biggest fiasco), which has been…

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Storm Holds Up Cricket (From Our Correspondent)

Central Western Daily · Thursday 5 January 1950 · page 5

MOLONG.—Because farmer-cricketers stayed at home to recoup some of the damage to crops caused by hail on…

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Vicious Storm Heralds In New Year; Plant Life Smashed To Ground

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 5 January 1950 · page 1

The New Year was heralded in at Mudgee by a vicious storm which swept up the valley in a narrow strip, leaving ruin and devastation in its wake. Huge lumps of ice rained down from the heavens, smashing plant life to the ground…

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Two Violent Storms Lash Wide Town And Country Area Drastic Relief From Heat Wave

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 6 January 1950 · page 9

Telephone and electricity services broke down, two buildings lost their roofs, a number of Bank Street shops were flooded and orchardists west of Molong and wheatgrowers at Larras Lee suffered…

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Cool Change Follows Thunderstorms On New Year's Day

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 6 January 1950 · page 2

Manildra experienced one of its hottest periods for some time when heat wave conditions set in over the Christimas week…

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Storm in Diplomatic Tea Cup

National Advocate · Saturday 7 January 1950 · page 2

LONDON, Friday: France's ambassador in South Africa, M. Armand Gazelle, refuses to recognise Miss Dorothy Stirling as Australia's official…

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Manildra District Hit by Storms (From Our Correspondent)

Central Western Daily · Saturday 7 January 1950 · page 9

MANILDRA — Manildra experienced ons of its hottest periods for some time when heat wave conditions…

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Huge Toll Of Damage In Storm

Central Western Daily · Saturday 7 January 1950 · page 5

Last Sunday’s storm did thousands of pounds worth of damage in the Dripstone, Walmer and Curra…

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Floods in U.S.

National Advocate · Saturday 7 January 1950 · page 2

CHICAGO. Friday: Some of the worst floods in ten years left hundreds of families homeless in two mid-wost states yesterday…

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U S. Floods Cause Damage

Central Western Daily · Saturday 7 January 1950 · page 3

CHICAGO, Friday.—Some of the worst floods In ten years left hundreds of families homeless in two mid-west States…

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Storm at Tamworth Heavy Damage

National Advocate · Monday 9 January 1950 · page 1

TAMWORTH, Sunday: Thousands of pounds worth of damage was done by a storm which hit north Tamworth about 4 o'clock this afternoon…

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Heavy Damage in Storm Tamworth Hit

Central Western Daily · Monday 9 January 1950 · page 4

SYDNEY, Sunday.— A severs storm which hit Tamworth today did thousands of pounds worth of damage…

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Golf Notes Course Damaged by Storm

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 9 January 1950 · page 4

The recent storms have played have with the greens and fairways and much of the hard work put into the course in recent…

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