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

Floods & storms, 1953

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Freighter Weathered Storm

Central Western Daily · Saturday 3 January 1953 · page 1

NORFOLK, (Virginia), Friday.—A disabled Dutch freighter weathered an Atlantic storm with winds…

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Weekend Storm

National Advocate · Monday 5 January 1953 · page 2

A high wind accompanied a sharp electrical storm experienced in Bathurst and district on Saturday afternoon. Little rain was recorded,…

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Flooded Subway

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 6 January 1953 · page 4

Millthorpe residents have been inconvenienced during the past week with floodwaters on the railway…

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Floods in Central Australia Rail Traffic Halted

National Advocate · Saturday 10 January 1953 · page 2

ADELAIDE, Friday. The flood waters that this morning cut the railway line between Northern Territory, and South Australia are still rising…

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Fifty Die in Snow Storm

National Advocate · Monday 12 January 1953 · page 3

NEW YORK, Sunday: More than 50 people have now died as a result of snowstorms which have raged through the east coast of the United…

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Fogs and Storms Heavy Death Roll in England and Usa 41 Lives Lost

National Advocate · Monday 12 January 1953 · page 2

LONDON, Sunday: Storms in the United States and fogs in the British Isles during the weekend have cost more than 41 lives…

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Train Flood Bound Fink River Rises

National Advocate · Monday 12 January 1953 · page 2

ADELAIDE, Sunday: An attempt to get a train through the Fink River floods in Central Australia failed to-day when the flood rose again after…

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Seamen Lost In Storm As Cargo Ship Splits

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 13 January 1953 · page 1

TAIPEH, Tuesday. -- Martin Appelkvist, first engineer of the Avanti, which broke in two in the Pacific last week, had refused to leave the stern section of the vessel while it was still afloat…

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Speedy Repairs Effected In Storm Damage

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 14 January 1953 · page 6

Violent storms during the Christmas holidays caused a number of "outages" in all parts of the shire's electrical…

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Cyclone Damage in North Queensland

National Advocate · Thursday 15 January 1953 · page 2

BRISBANE, Wednesday: A cyclone blowing at up to 80 mph last night struck Mornington Island in the Gulf of Carpentaria and Burketown in far…

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Floods in Old. Townsville Isolated

National Advocate · Friday 16 January 1953 · page 2

BRISBANE, Thursday: Townsville, on the North Coast, is partially flooded tonight and the Ross River is still rising…

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Townsville Floods Receding Drought Area Benefits From Rain

National Advocate · Saturday 17 January 1953 · page 2

BRISBANE, Friday: The floo[?] danger in Townsville diminished today, as the level of the Ross Riverfell…

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Storms Approaching Tropical Rain

National Advocate · Monday 19 January 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday: The Central Weather Bureau reported this evening that low pressure over North Australia has developed two centres of…

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Qld. Flood Warning Townsfolk Evacuated

National Advocate · Monday 19 January 1953 · page 1

BRISBANE, Sunday: There have further heavy falls of rain in North Queensland and tonight residents of the small township of Goorandangy,…

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Electrical Storm

National Advocate · Tuesday 20 January 1953 · page 2

An electrical storm with heavy rain followed a day of high humidity in Bathurst yesterday. A blackout was experienced at 8.15 last night, but…

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Spectacular Electric Storm

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 20 January 1953 · page 2

After, ' a severe electrical disturbance over, the; Lithgow district yesterday afternoon, and evening;,a, spectacular storm broke over the;'city 'at…

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Oberon Storm

National Advocate · Wednesday 21 January 1953 · page 2

A severe electrical storm which struck Oberon about 8 - 30 on Monday night, brought with it hall and damaged pen's still on the vines. During…

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Heavy Rain Expected on Coast Fine Conditions Inland

National Advocate · Friday 23 January 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday: Rain continued today along the tablelands and coast of NSW and further falls are expected tomorrow…

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Electricity Interruptions Caused by Storms

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 23 January 1953 · page 1

Installation of larger fuses at Copper Hill would tend to eliminate electricity backouts caused at Cumnock…

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Greatest Storm Takes Toll Of Life & Property

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 2 February 1953 · page 1

LONDON, Monday.--The floods in England and Holland became even more critical last night. The death roll on the east coast of England was reported at 108 and steadily increasing…

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