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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1950

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Heavy Floods in Q'sland

Daily Examiner · Monday 13 March 1950 · page 1

BRISBANE, Sun.--The whole of Queensland except the small southeastern corner is now…

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Queensland Floods

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 15 March 1950 · page 4

BRISBANE, Tues.--Swollen streams in the Far West of Queensland are flooding grazing properties, threatening stock and…

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Highest Floods in 50 Years

Daily Examiner · Saturday 18 March 1950 · page 5

BRISBANE.--The small township of Urandangie, near the Northern Territory border, has been evacuated following the…

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Ship's Passengers Injured in Gale

Daily Examiner · Monday 20 March 1950 · page 3

LONDON, Sunday (AAP)--Thirty passengers were injured--one so seriously she was rushed ashore on a stretcher on arrival…

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Widespread, Heavy Rains Threaten Floods

Daily Examiner · Monday 20 March 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sun.--Rivers in the southeastern and South Coast districts of New South Wales are rising rapidly and there is danger of serious flooding…

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Flood Danger Lessens On South Coast

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 21 March 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Mon.--Although further scattered rain and isolated thunderstorms are forecast for N.S.W. South Coast…

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Drowned in Flooded Creek

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 22 March 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tues.--The body of a grazier aged 35, who fell into a flooded creek near Dalgety yesterday, was found to-day 15 miles…

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Families Evacute As Floods Sweep On Towns

Daily Examiner · Thursday 23 March 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wed.--A virtual state of emergency was declared by police at Wagga to-night as floodwaters sweep down the Murrumbidgee River. Hundreds of families in North Wagga have been…

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Floods in Victoria

Daily Examiner · Thursday 23 March 1950 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Wed.--Thunderstorms which are moving eastwards from the Wimera, threaten to increase the…

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Snow, Flood Damage

Daily Examiner · Thursday 23 March 1950 · page 3

NICOSIA, Wed. (AAP).--Floods and heavy snow in the severest winter in Cyprus in living memory have caused damage…

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Town Prepares For Floods

Daily Examiner · Friday 24 March 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday. -- As floodwaters enter Wagga's main street to-night, police are preparing to evacuate more than 6000 residents…

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Commonwealth Flood Relief Aid

Daily Examiner · Friday 24 March 1950 · page 3

CANBERRA, Thurs. -- The Federal Government would co-operative with the N.S.W Government in extending relief to…

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Reminded Farmers Of Local Floods

Daily Examiner · Saturday 25 March 1950 · page 2

The present floods in the south-west of New South Wales should remind farmers on the Clarence River of the…

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Heavy Storm Causes Damage

Daily Examiner · Monday 27 March 1950 · page 2

Falls of rain up to seven inches, deluged Copman[?]urst, Towgon Grange, Winegrove and the Gorge areas on Saturday night, causing widespread damage. The rain, which was in the…

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River Rises To Flood Level

Daily Examiner · Monday 27 March 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday. -- Floodwaters on the Murrumbidgee River have swept past Wagga, and now endanger the town of Narrandera with a population of over 4000…

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Will There Be a Flood?

Daily Examiner · Monday 27 March 1950 · page 2

CHATSWORTH. -- So far this year rain has fallen on most days. It has made cultivation very difficult…

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Preparing for Record Floods

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 28 March 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Mon. -- Preparations to combat the worst flooding of the Murrumbidgee in history…

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News In Brief 15 Dead in Storms

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 29 March 1950 · page 2

NEW YORK, Tues (AAP). -- Cyclonic spring storms which raged throughout the United States for the past two days have…

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Commonwealth Aid For Flood Victims

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 29 March 1950 · page 1

CANBERRA, Tues. -- The Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) announced in the House of Representatives to-day the…

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Flood Causes Man's Death

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 29 March 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tues. -- Floodwaters pouring out of Wagga to-day were responsible for the death of a man aged 29, who was…

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