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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 4 of 40

Q'ld. Floods Subsiding BRISBANE

National Advocate · Friday 3 February 1950 · page 3

Brisbane Weather Bureau this afternoon forecast an easing of the heavy general rain which has caused minor flooding in parts of North…

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OVER 5½ INCHES Floods in Central Australia ADELAIDE

National Advocate · Friday 3 February 1950 · page 3

Up to five and a half inches of rain has fallen in the Northern and Northwestern pastoral areas of Australia and in Central Australia since…

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Still Raging Gales in Britain

National Advocate · Saturday 4 February 1950 · page 3

LONDON. Friday: Gales with gusts up to 100 miles an hour swept Britain last night and a gust of 102 miles an hour — only 11 mph less than the…

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Near Record Gales in Britain

Central Western Daily · Saturday 4 February 1950 · page 5

LONDON, Friday—Gales with gusts up to 100 miles an hour swept Britain last night and a guest of 102 miles an hour—only…

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Adelaide Floods Small Towns Short of Food ADELAIDE

National Advocate · Saturday 4 February 1950 · page 1

SOME towns in Central Aust are already reporting food shortages, because all communications have been cut by flood rains…

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Floods in America

National Advocate · Saturday 4 February 1950 · page 6

[?] WV. Friday: At [?] four persons died and thousands [?] were forced to flee to [?] ground when floodwaters from…

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Families Flee From Floods

Central Western Daily · Saturday 4 February 1950 · page 5

CHARLESTON (West Virginia) Friday—At least four persons killed and thousands of families were forced to flee to higher…

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Then Came the Deluge: Floods Everywhere

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 6 February 1950 · page 1

Light rain started to fall on Saturday afternoon, and it has continued with short breaks, ever since…

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Another Deluge in Bathurst Over Four Inches Up to Midnight Generally Welcomed by Land Men

National Advocate · Monday 6 February 1950 · page 2

Bathurst and district has received the highest rainfall registration for the first 38 days of any year since the records were kept…

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Serious Dangers Follow Floods At Glen Davis

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 6 February 1950 · page 1

Police, wearing bathing costumes, have had to take risks to evacuate families from flooded Glen Davis, Where the situation this afternoon is critical and the important…

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Black-outs in Storm (From Our Correspondent)

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 7 February 1950 · page 2

MANILDRA—Power lines and telephone services were interrupted for several hours by lightning daring a server storm…

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Highest in History Flood at Sofala

National Advocate · Tuesday 7 February 1950 · page 2

SOFALA, Monday: Since Saturday 424 points of rain have [?]llen in and around Sofala, the highest rainfall for many years. As…

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Bathurst District Drenched Nearly Five Inches Recorded Floodings Around Bathurst

National Advocate · Tuesday 7 February 1950 · page 2

Overloading of the sewerage mains, interruption to transport and air services and a breakdown in the telephonic Communication s were aftermaths yesterday of the heavy rains in Bathurst over the…

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Some Open Cut Workers Paid Off Because Of Flood Damage

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 7 February 1950 · page 2

Flooded when Blackmail's Creek burst its banks and poured into the workings during the week-end, Commonwealth No. 2 open cut was so severely damaged by flood waters that a number of men employed there were paid off…

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Flood Danger Recedes As Weather Clears

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 7 February 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, This Afternoon.-- The weather is e[?]earing over N. S. Wales to-day revealing thousands of pounds of damage…

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Glen Davis Blacked Out By Flood Damage-- Position Now Easier

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 7 February 1950 · page 2

Immediate relief for families forced from their homes by the boiling flood waters at Glen Davis yesterday and last night is being sought by the Member for Hartley, Mr. J. Chalmers, who disclosed to-day that food supplies have been…

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Dog’s Fate in Flood

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 7 February 1950 · page 1

A abort distance from where the Macquarie and Bell Rivera meet at Wellington a des was trapped…

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Macquarie Flood Menace to Low-lying Townships Warning Issued

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 7 February 1950 · page 1

Low-lying area in Wellington and Dubo are being threatened by floodwaters in the swollen…

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Flood Danger Eases As River Falls Wellington Damage Slight

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 8 February 1950 · page 7

The Macquarie and Bell Rivers started to fall rapidly at Wellington at 3 p.m. yesterday, and there is now little danger of serious flooding in the district. Police say that if no further…

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Three Police Nearly Lose Lives in Flood Families Rescued

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 8 February 1950 · page 1

LITHGOW, Tuesday. — Three police officers nearly lost their lives when a boat overturned in the swirling…

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