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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Floods & storms
210 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 7 of 11
NEW YORK, Wednesday.—“This is one of worst disasters this country has ever suffered from water,” declared President Truman after a flight yesterday over the flooded valleys of Kansas and Missouri…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →ORANGE, Thursday: A freak windstorm devastated a club house hangar and two Tiger Moth aircraft at Orange tonight. Damage…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A freak, violent windstorm which suddenly struck Orange Aerodrome last night wrecked a big hangar, lifted an aeroplane off the ground, hurled it 300ft…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →FORBES, Thursday: Floods in the Lachlan Valley have disorganised road mail services. Water crossed the Orange road, at Southern Cross, near…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →WASHINGTON, Friday.-- Floods in the American Midwest have dealt a blow to production comparable in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →NEW YORK, Thursday. — Saint Louis is bracing itself for the beginning of its worst flood in 100 years. Already it has felt the first…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Molong Shire Council will be asked to erect ten floodlights at the Molong Recreation Ground to light the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →KANSAS CITY, Thursday.-- Suds ran almost knee-deep in some flood battered sections of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Heavy rain was experienced in Bathurst and surrounding districts yesterday. The fall ranged from 150 points to more than two…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Torrential downpours throught Orange and district brought more than inches of rain to most centres between 8 o’clock on Thursday night and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →FORBES, Sunday: The swollen [?]hlan River is expected to flood parts of the town of Forbes some time between Monday night and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY, This Afternoon.-- Forbes is preparing to meet the threat of its fifth flood since April--this time because…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →FORBES, Sunday.—Sections of Forbes township are expected to be flooded within the next 48 hours…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Lachlan River at Forbes tonight is 33 feet 2 inches, eight inches below flood level, and rising. At least twelve families have left…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY, This Afternoon.--The Lachlan River at Forbes (his morning reached 34 feet, which is only six inches below the record flood level reached last October…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Lachlan River at Forbes at 5 pin was 33ft. 71ns. It's peak level during the day was 33 feet, 81/2 inches…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY, This Afternoon.-- Food and medical supplies will be dropped by air to residents of the flood-bound Bedgerebong,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →EUCHAREENA, Tuesday. — Flooded creeks caused Eugowra to forfeit its League match against Euchareena on…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →FORBES, Tuesday. — The Lachlan River burst its banks early this morning, flooding about 35 houses and cutting the town into two “islands.” The river reached its peak level—33ft. 8[?]ins.—…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY, This Afternoon.--Huge bushfires on the North Coast and gales and blizzards in southern areas of the State caused widespread damage last night. Many towns, particularly those along the Lachlan and Murrumbidgee Rivers, are threatened with further flooding from melting snows…
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