Floods
This year Australia especially New South Wales, has experienced many torrential downpours of rain with resultant floods. Not only Australia has…
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Floods & storms, 1949
229 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 6 of 12
Sydney Streets Flooded
WHEN heavy rain fell in Sydney buildings and streets were flooded, roads damaged, and transport services interrupted…
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Melbourne, June 20.—The Victorian Government has offered to assist N.S.W. in flood relief measures. Following to Cabinet meeting, the Premier. Mr…
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Sydney. — Looters today stripped valuables from some of the partly-submerged homes in the Maitland flood areas. Floodwaters are beginning to recede slowly…
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Maitland.—Floodbound Maitland was lashed by a 50-m.p.h. gale during the night, giving thousands of refugees the most miserable…
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New York. June 21.—The death toll from floods in the Shenandoah—Potomac Valley area of West Virginia is now 13. with an estimated 20 missing. Damage…
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Sydney, June 21.—Prospects of a food shortage in Sydney because of flood damage and power rationing are not now expected to be as gloomy as was at…
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Ankara, June 21.—Forty lives are reported to have been last, and 3,000 of the town's 130.000 inhabitants have lost their home. [?] the flooding of Tokat in…
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Newcastle.—The Kalingo Miners' Lodge on the Maitland field has asked the miners' central council to postpone the general strike set down for Monday until the people have recovered from the floods…
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THIS WOOD ANDS IRON HOUSE at Lorne, near Maitland, N.S.W., is practically surrounded by floodwaters. People can be…
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London, June 21.—A huge wall of water rushing down the Yeshil Irami River wrecked Tokat, a city of about 150,000 people, in the…
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Members of the Commonwealth and State Flood Relief Committee today are inspecting the damage in West Maitland…
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A meeting of citizens has been called by the Mayor (Ald. Riddiford) for next Wednesday night to discuss relief for flood victims in the Maitland area…
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The governments which look after the [?]e interests of the people they represent have definite duties to do just that. Governments have to use various means to…
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Adelaide, June 23.—After a conference with two candidates for the coming Mayoral elections the Lord Mayor (Mr. J. McLeay) said it was…
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Melbourne. — More than 20,000 acres of Orbosr's 30,000 acres of rich river flats country are under" water in East Gippsland's worst flood since; 1934…
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Les Pachuca Mexico, June 26.—At least 46 persons were killed and 200 injured by a flash flood which swept this town on Friday night. From 200 to…
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Les Pachuca, Mexico, June 27.— At least 50 people were killed and 40 injured in a cloudburst. Two hundred are still missing…
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In common with many other centres the City Council [?] an appeal for relief for victims of the floods in the eastern position of the State…
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Sydney, June 27.—A Red Cross appeal for the relief for flood bound Maitland resulted in such a generous response from Sydney that cash and blankets…
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