Floods Sweep Into Oil Town
A night of terror is being spent by residents of the shale oil town of Glen Davis as floodwaters from the swollen Capertree River race towards their homes. MORE than six inches of rain…
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Floods & storms, 1950
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Severe Storm After Hot Day
Excessive humidity made conditions particularly unpleasant for Grafton and surrounding district residents…
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SYDNEY, Tues. -- The flood danger is how over in most of the State's major rivers, but local floodings are possible oh some small coast streams. STORM warnings are still…
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SYDNEY, Wed.--Flood warnings were issued for parts of the Wyong River to-night by the State Weather Bureau. A sharp fall of two inched of rain to-night left streets of Wyong awash but there was no…
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SYDNEY, Wed.--Stricken by Monday's floods, Glen Davis is struggling back to normal as floodwaters gradually subside and weeping women return with their families to mud-filled homes…
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SYDNEY, Thurs.--The cyclonic depression which brought widespread flood conditions in N.S.W. this week, has now…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gorge Scheme Would End Flood Troubles
Westlawn Progress Association last night decked to write to Sir Earle Page, advising that members were solidly behind him in putting forward the case for the carrying out of the Gorge scheme…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Nymboida Shire Need for Immediate News Of Flooding
Nymboida Shire Council will ask the Postmaster-General's Department to instal transmitters at Nymboida and Dorrigo to give immediate weather reports and flood news during heavy rain seasons, and that…
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Heavy rain fell at Upper Orara at the weekend, seven and a half inches being recorded from Friday night until yesterday…
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After threatening for some days heavy rain commenced to fall on Saturday afternoon and continued intermittently…
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WELLINGTON, Mon. (A.A.P.-Reuter).--Motor cars were swept away and some people were struck and injured by…
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A previous article referred to the official statement issued on behalf of the N.S.W. Government to the effect that preliminary work relating to flood control had been delayed by the shortage of qualified…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Floods in England
LONDON, Tuesday (AAP).-- People were driven from their homes at several places in Southern England yesterday, as…
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Cessation, yesterday morning, of heavy rains over the watersheds of the Clarence, Nymboida and Orara Rivers saved Grafton and the Lower Clarence from general flooding. Registrations, which in some instances…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Men Brave Floods In Home-Made Canoe
BRISBANE, Sun.--Two men, who were floodbound at Muttaburra in Central Queensland reached Longreach to-day after…
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BRISBANE, Sun.--Serious flooding in south-eastern Queensland was prevenetd to-day when week-long rains…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Flooding at Tucabia
ULMARRA.--The river broke its banks on the Coldstream at Tucabia, about midday yesterday…
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SYDNEY, Sun.--Clearing weather in the north-east parts of the State has practically eliminated flood dangers…
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LISMORE, Sun.--A timely break in the weather this afternoon has averted immediate danger of flooding in the Lismore…
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