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

Floods & storms, 1951

210 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 5 of 11

Floods in Formosa

National Advocate · Tuesday 22 May 1951 · page 2

TAIPEH (Formosa), Monday: An estimated 210 persons have been drowned in floods in the south-western coastal areas of Formosa. The waters…

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Wedding Brodie — Gale

National Advocate · Friday 25 May 1951 · page 4

A pretty wedding took place recently in All Saints' Cathedral, Bathurst, when June Valetta, eldest daughter of Mr. und Mrs. Allan Gale, or Peel…

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Dalton Cup Played in Heavy Rain

Central Western Daily · Monday 28 May 1951 · page 10

Semi-finalists in the Dalton Cup at Duntryleague yesterday played under atrocious weather…

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Storm and Snow Wintry Weather Sets In

National Advocate · Monday 28 May 1951 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sunday: Bleak westerly winds have been sweeping south-eastern Australia to-day bringing wintry weather to most of the southern half…

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Big Teenis Storm Halts Paris Games

National Advocate · Saturday 2 June 1951 · page 4

PARIS, Friday: The French tennis champonships sem[?] final between Australia's Ken McGyegor and South African champion Eric Sturgess was…

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Wire Netting Protest by Flood Victims

National Advocate · Monday 4 June 1951 · page 1

Criticism of allocation of wirenetting to flood victims was voiced at Saturday's conference of the Vegetable Growers' Association by…

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Heavy Rain on North Coast

National Advocate · Friday 8 June 1951 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday: Heavy rain during the past 24 hours in the Richmond River district of northern New South Wales has aroused fears that…

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Heavy Rain Fails to Stop Open Cuts

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 8 June 1951 · page 1

Despite heavy overnight rain, open cuts on the western field continued working this morning and indications were that 3,400 net tons would be loaded from loading points in the Mudgee line area…

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Cyclone Causes Much Damage

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 8 June 1951 · page 2

SYDNEY, This Afternoon. -- A 55 m.p.h. gale lashed the N.S. Wales coast early to-day wrecking homes and small boats and causing thousands of pounds damage…

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Storm Damage at Lithgow

National Advocate · Saturday 9 June 1951 · page 1

LITHGOW, Friday: Lithgow today was lashed by a gale accompanied by rain in blinding sheets. Portions of roofs in Lithgow houses…

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Big Area Affected by Storms Lismore Dam Danger Passes

National Advocate · Saturday 9 June 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday: Blinding rain and gales today swept a wide area of New South Wales. Heavy seas are battering the coast and shipping…

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Soundings from Seabed Give Cyclone Warnings

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 11 June 1951 · page 1

Seismic gear recently installed at Queensland University will give Queensland hurricane warnings "days ahead" of…

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Sub. Search for Launch Cyclone Sweeps Coast

National Advocate · Monday 18 June 1951 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sunday: Late this afternoon the Royal Navy submarine, Telemachus, left Sydney to help the search for a launch reported missing off…

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Hunter Flooding Eases

National Advocate · Monday 18 June 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sunday: The Hunter River Height fell slightly today after a tense night during which farmers worked desperately to build up weak…

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Cyclone Warning

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 21 June 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, This Afternoon.-- Storm warnings have been issued to N.S.W. shipping because of a cyclonic depression…

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Flood Grant

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 25 June 1951 · page 11

The Minister for Local Government has informed Mr. Nott, M.L.A., that the flood relief grant to the Merriwa Shire Council now…

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Lashed by Gales

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 26 June 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, This Afternoon.-- A cyclone moving along the east coast towards Sydney was responsible for the N.S.W…

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Storm in Coffee Pot Seamen Refuse to Sail

National Advocate · Tuesday 26 June 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: Seamen on the coastal freighter Coolana in Sydney refused for the fifth day to sail to Newcastle to load an urgent coal cargo…

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Heavy Rain at Mt. David

National Advocate · Wednesday 27 June 1951 · page 1

More heavy rain fell at Mount David yesterday. The total recording up till six o'clock last night was 71 points…

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Red Dean Says Storm Coming

Central Western Daily · Friday 29 June 1951 · page 3

LONDON, Thursday.—Canter bury’s Red Dean, Dr. Hewlett Johnson, is quoted in a Soviet newsagency report as declaring…

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