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

Floods & storms, 1950

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Last Body of Flood Victim Recovered

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 20 January 1950 · page 2

GRAFTON This Afternoon.-- The bdy of the third victim of the Washpool Creek drowning tragedy was recovered this morning…

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Flood Waters Recede At Glen Davis

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 20 January 1950 · page 4

Quickly rising flood waters of the Capertee River completely covered the bridge at the northern end of Glen Davis about…

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U.s. Floods Thousands Homeless

National Advocate · Saturday 21 January 1950 · page 3

CHICAGO. Friday: Mideast flood waters the worst in 13 yeaars yesterday showed signs of losing their force Over 15,000 persons have been…

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Big Loss of Sheep Coonamble Flooding

National Advocate · Saturday 21 January 1950 · page 3

COONAMBLE. Friday: Since the heavy ruins of two days ago. 600 sheep have been drowned near Conamble. Three hundred and thirty of these…

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Flood Waters Receding

Central Western Daily · Saturday 21 January 1950 · page 3

CHICAGO, Friday— Mid-East flood waters, the worst in 13 years, yesterday showed signs of losing their force…

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Terrific Rain Floods Open Cut Coal Mines

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 23 January 1950 · page 2

The terrific rain of last week played havoc among the open cut coal mines in the Mudgee line area…

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Storm Damage at Capertee

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 25 January 1950 · page 2

The rather dry spell was broken last Wednesday when rain commenced to fall early in the morning. Although very light at first, it later…

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Floods in Queensland

National Advocate · Wednesday 25 January 1950 · page 1

BRISBANE, Tuesday. Farly monsoons have brought floods to big [?]acts of country in northwestern and southwestern Queensland…

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Heavy Rain Falls in Coolah District

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 26 January 1950 · page 3

Heavy rain fell throughout the district on Wednesday and Thursday of last week. A total of 370 points was…

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Heavy Rain Near Tamworth Tamworth

National Advocate · Friday 27 January 1950 · page 2

A cloudburst at Atunga in the Tamworth district late this afternoon yielded over 4 inches of rain in 3½ hours…

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Heavy Rain Of Benefit To Farmers

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 27 January 1950 · page 4

Mild, pleasant summer weather has prevailed here since the bounteous rain last week. The soil has been softened enough…

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Floods in the North Nearly 9 Inches at Darwin

National Advocate · Saturday 28 January 1950 · page 3

DARWIN, Friday, Heavy tropical rain in the past 48 hours has covered the northern territory with a vast sheet of water extending 100 miles…

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Queensland Floods 'Dromes Closed

National Advocate · Monday 30 January 1950 · page 1

BRISBANE. Sunday: In North Queensland today rain has closed the Fownsville aerodrome since two O'clock this afternoon. During the…

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Queensland Floods 12 Inches in Places

National Advocate · Tuesday 31 January 1950 · page 1

BRISBANE, Monday: Rainfalls of [?] to 12m on the Queensland Coast from Cooktown South to Mackay indicate that the Queensland wet season…

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Calm Before Britain's Election "Storm"

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 1 February 1950 · page 1

LONDON, Wednesday.-- Political camps yesterday reflected the unnatural calm before the storm, an atmosphere which all quarters expect to be dispelled when the King officially closes the life of the present Parliament…

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Snow and Gales Death and Destruction in Europe LONDON

National Advocate · Wednesday 1 February 1950 · page 2

Although a general thaw set in over most of Britain, snow mid ice still covered much of Western Europe yesterday…

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Australia's Weather Floods, Heat and Low Temperatures BRISBANE

National Advocate · Thursday 2 February 1950 · page 2

Heavy rain is still falling along the North Coast of Queensland, from Cooktown to Bowen and the Weather Bureau has issued new warnings of…

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Gales Sweep Britain

National Advocate · Friday 3 February 1950 · page 6

LONDON, Thursday: Gale warnings operated in all sea areas last night and small ships took shelter when gales and heavy seas blew up all…

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Near Record Gales in Britain

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 3 February 1950 · page 2

LONDON, Friday.--A gale with gusts of up to 100 m.p.h. swept Britain last night, and one gust of 102 m.p.h.-- only 11 m.p.h., less than…

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Interesting Flood Sidelights

National Advocate · Friday 3 February 1950 · page 2

Some of the area flooded during the heavy rains in the northwest of NSW in February and March last year is still covered with water and can only…

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