Floods Recede
Sydney.—Flood waters are now receding rapidly in the Maitland district, near Newcastle on the…
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Floods & storms, 1952
203 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 7 of 11
Flood at Renmark
Adelaide. — Floodwaters from the swollen River Murray were flowing fairly swiitly across 21st. Street,…
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THIS aerial picture snows what South Australia's River Murray towns can expect. Between Berri and…
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Sydney, August 13.—Three New South Wales rivers are in Flood and eight others may flood following heavy rain…
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Sydney.—With floodwater rolling into the main shopping centre, and vast areas of the town…
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Adelaide, August 14.—With the Murray River at Wentworth above the 1939 level and an expected rise of 3ft. on the present high…
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THE RIVER Murray flood hasn't reached [?]mark yet, but already the river has widened far beyond its…
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Sydney—Three thousand people have been evacuated from about 1000 homes in Maitland and district, on the North Coast, where the swollen Hunter River today reached the record height of 37ft 9 in…
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Sydney.— Floodwaters have cut the main Sydney-Brisbane line. At Singleton, some mites north-west…
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London, Sunday—The official list tonight of English flood victims was 12 dead (bodies recovered) and 26 missing. including several childden…
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A dramatic, incident which occured in the N.S.W. floods on Thursday had a Broken Hill flavor. The incident concerned a…
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London.—Twenty-two people are now known to have died in English floods at Lynmouth. Two more are presumed dead and seven…
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[?], August 18—Twenty-two people are [?]ught to have perished in a night are [?]ood and avalanche which swept half of Lynmouth, picturesque…
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RADIO PICTURE from the flood-deva stated honeymoon resort of Lynmouth in England's North Devon. The swirling waters of the River Lyn—at right— which hurst its bank, swept through the town's main streets, ripping away homes, shops, and hotels. The two cars at left were tossed like toys, and…
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THEY'VE refused to move from their homes at Box Flat, near Renmark, on the district council's advice. As the River Murray flood creeps closer to their homes (in the background), the 14 families at Box Flat replied they had made the necessary preparations to hold back the flood. Here Messrs, Ray Jarrett, Bill…
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London, Wednesday. — There will be no inquest yet on the two victims of…
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THIS PICTURE of studied unconcern shows that Mr. W. J. Kick couldn't care less as he cast his line into the Murray floodwaters near the railway crossing at Eighteenth Street, Renmark. In the background is a car travelling along the Paringa Road…
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The staff of the focal A.N.A. office has been kept busy by a flood of schoolchildren booking seals for vacation periods…
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London, Thursday—Police announced today that the bodies of 22 of the victims of the Lynmouth flood disaster had been recovered. The list of missing, believed…
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Much is heard today of the need to increase food production and we are told that there must be more people go onto the land to…
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