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

Floods & storms, 1954

217 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 8 of 11

Hungarian Appeal In Flood Emergency

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 19 July 1954 · page 1

VIENNA, Monday.-- The Hungarian Government has appealed to Soviet troops to help stem floods ravaging the country. The floods are worsening by…

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Stan Gale New Marbles Champ

National Advocate · Monday 2 August 1954 · page 4

Stan Gale yesterday became the new marbles champion of the Bathurst RSL Club. Gale defeated three other…

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Floods Devastate Middle East Areas

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 3 August 1954 · page 1

LONDON, Tuesday.--Thousands of people were left homeless yesterday by floods which covered vast areas of Persia, East Pakistan and North-west India and threatened China…

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Storms Rage Over Great Britain

National Advocate · Monday 9 August 1954 · page 3

LONDON, Sunday: Fierce electrical storms drove across central England and Wales yesterday. A woman was killed by lightning at…

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Flood Havoc in Near East

National Advocate · Monday 9 August 1954 · page 1

PEKING Sunday: Major flood emergencies are co[?]jnuing in China and Pakistan. Peking Radio says all types of transport are being used to…

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Chinese Floods

Central Western Daily · Monday 9 August 1954 · page 11

LONDON, Sunday.— Planes are dropping materials to Chinese soldiers and civilians fighting the floods…

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Desperate Fight To Hold Flooded Yangtse River

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 11 August 1954 · page 1

HONGKONG, Wednesday.--A hundred thousand men, fighting to keep the swollen River Yangtse from bursting into a…

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Flood year ends racing career

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 17 August 1954 · page 12

Orange trainer R, Dickerson suffered a severe loss at Dubbo on Saturday when Flood Year broke a sesamoid bone in its leg and was destroyed…

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Prospects “Grim” Unless Heavy Rain Falls Soon Worst winter for years

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 25 August 1954 · page 1

Graziers, stock and station agents, and Department of Agriculture officers agreed yesterday that prospects are grim unless good soaking rains fall soon. They said the winter has been one of the worst…

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Flood Damage

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 1 September 1954 · page 16

CALCUTTA, Tuesday.— Widespread floods in Northeast India are estimated to have killed about 200…

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U.S. TENNIS Storm Stops Play

National Advocate · Thursday 2 September 1954 · page 5

FOREST HILLS, New York, Wednesday: Rain and winds of gale force blew in off the Atlantic Ocean yesterday, washing out the fourth day's…

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Disastrous Flood Recalled

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 9 September 1954 · page 5

For the first time for 40 years, Portland has a Chinese gardener -- at East Portland. He is Johnnie Chu. The last gardeners in the district had a holding on the junction of the Williwa and Limestone Creeks, but were flooded out by a cloudburst in the vicinity of Garlands Hill in 1916. This resulted in the flooding of…

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Lighgow Visited By Storm

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 13 September 1954 · page 2

A storm which broke over Lithgow and surrounding districts early last night produced only 14 points of rain, Post…

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Storm Plays Havoc With City Lights

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 13 September 1954 · page 2

An extensive area of Lithgow was blacked out for more than half an hour early last night as a result of lightning damage during the severe electrical storm which raked the central west…

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Hurricanes. Typhoons, Quakes and Floods

National Advocate · Monday 13 September 1954 · page 1

NEW YORK, Sunday: A hurricane is lashing America's Atlantic Coast; a typhoon is moving on Southern Japan: more earthquakes have rocked North…

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Coastal Storms Damage Crops

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 22 September 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, This Afternoon. Hundreds of acres of fruit and vegetables have been flattened by violent storms…

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Heavy Rain in Sydney and Melbourne

National Advocate · Saturday 25 September 1954 · page 6

SYDNEY, Friday: Sydney and Melbourne were drenched today by heavy rain. Thunderstorms in Sydney were so…

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Flood Threat to the Punjab

Central Western Daily · Monday 27 September 1954 · page 1

LAHGRE (Pakistan), Sunday.—Rain swollen rivers threaten to bring the worst floods in memory to…

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Flood Threat In Honduras After Storms

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 30 September 1954 · page 1

NEW YORK, Thursday.-- United States helicopters, planes and ships rushed to the Honduras yesterday to…

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Flood Prevention Major Problem

National Advocate · Friday 1 October 1954 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday; Flood mitigation works in NSW cannot be properly started until a co-ordinated plan has been worked but Minister…

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