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Broken Hill & the Far West · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1953

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Behind flood Appeal

Barrier Miner · Thursday 12 February 1953 · page 2

President of the C.W.A. (Mrs. C. Ryan) said today the association would stand 100 per cent, behind a move…

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Nealing Cause of Storm

Barrier Miner · Saturday 14 February 1953 · page 1

Moonee Valley.—A sustained demonstration from disgruntled backers, greeted Nealing as he…

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Local Appeal for Flood Victims

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 14 February 1953 · page 1

The Mayor (Ald W. Riddlford) stated last night that be would shortly open an appeal for the U.K. and Holland hood victims…

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After floods had passed

Barrier Miner · Saturday 14 February 1953 · page 4

HUNDREDS OF TONS of debris littered the beach in the Belgian coast town of Ostend after raging…

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Gave all to Flood Cause

Barrier Miner · Saturday 14 February 1953 · page 4

Canberra.—Six-year-old Ingo Tschuck, a Polish girl in Bonegill migrant reception centre, has given her…

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Floods in West Qld

Barrier Miner · Saturday 14 February 1953 · page 9

Brisbane: Hundreds of square miles of Queensland's channel country may be inundated within a week…

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Flood Relief Fund Here

Barrier Miner · Saturday 14 February 1953 · page 4

A public relief fund for English and Dutch flood victims will be opened in Broken Hill…

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Floods in West [?]Ld

Barrier Miner · Saturday 14 February 1953 · page 9

Brisbane: Hundreds of square miles of Queensland's channel country may be inundated within a week…

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Gave all to Flood Cause

Barrier Miner · Saturday 14 February 1953 · page 4

Canberra.—Six-year-old Ingo Tschuck, a Polish girl in Bonegill migrant reception centre, has given her…

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After floods had passed

Barrier Miner · Saturday 14 February 1953 · page 4

HUNDREDS OF TONS of debris littered the beach in the Belgian coast town of Ostend after raging…

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Flood Relief Fund Here

Barrier Miner · Saturday 14 February 1953 · page 4

A public relief fund for English and Dutch flood victims will be opened in Broken Hill…

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Russians to Help U.K. Flood Victims

Barrier Miner · Thursday 19 February 1953 · page 3

London, Wednesday.—The Foreign Office today announced that Russia had made an offer to help…

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2BH Will Launch Flood Appeal

Barrier Miner · Friday 20 February 1953 · page 1

An appeal day organised by Radio Station 2BH next Friday for English and Dutch flood victims will also…

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Grim Toll of Flood in U.k

Barrier Miner · Friday 20 February 1953 · page 3

London, Thurs. — The Home Secretary (Sir David Maxwell) said today the death…

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Dance to Aid Flood Victims

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 21 February 1953 · page 1

Proceeds from next Wednesday's Druids Hall big night dance will be donated to the Dord, Mayor's flood…

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Appeal For Flood Victims

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 21 February 1953 · page 1

The Mayor, Ald. W. Riddiford, will officially open the local appeal for the victims of the recent…

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Lismore Is Menace by Huge Flood

Barrier Miner · Saturday 21 February 1953 · page 1

Sydney.—Three hundred residents of Lismore, on the northern New South Wales coast, fled from their homes late last night and early today as floodwater…

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Russian Help For Flood Victims

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 23 February 1953 · page 1

London, February 22.— Russian organisations have sent £90,000 to aid British flood victims…

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Victims of Flood Return to Homes

Barrier Miner · Monday 23 February 1953 · page 8

Sydney.—Flooded rivers on the far North Coast of N.S.W. began to recede slowly when rain eased early today, but inland rivers remained dangerous…

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Flood Threats to N.s.w. Towns; Boomi in Danger

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 24 February 1953 · page 1

Sydney—Floodwaters which smashed through a levee bank last night and inundated Goondiwindi, on the QueenslandN.S.W. border, are rolling down the…

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