Cyclone on North Coast
Sydney: Dozens of towns along the northern New South Wales coast are being lashed today in a violent…
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Floods & storms, 1954
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Unparalleled Flood Destruction Scenes in North N.s.w. Five People Drowned and Twelve Missing
Sydney, February 21.—Five people have been drowned and at least 12 are missing in the worst Hood disaster in Northern N.S.W. Scenes of unparalleled destruction mark the northern areas…
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London, Monday: Heavy rain which caused floods and landslides left more than 10,000 people homeless…
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Sydney, February 22. — Twenty-two people are dead, many more are missing, and millions of pounds worth of damage has been caused, in the catastrophic floods that have…
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Sydney: The deathroll in the disastrous northern N.S.W. floods, now receding, continues to mount, the latest figure being 23. The police were told today of another drowning at North Lismore In addition, three people are still missing…
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A GENERAL SCENE of floodbound Central West Queensland, taken from a Lincoln bomber that made a special flight to drop supplies to people in this district. Wharf sheds close to the heart…
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The offer of the Netherlands Red Cross to send aid to Australian flood victims contains an excellent lesson…
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Lismore: Brian Langan, young Lismore reporter, saved a wonman and her child from a flooded house…
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The Broken Hill Water Board has made a donation of 80 mattresses to the appeal launched on behalf of…
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Sydney, February 25.—The North Coast flood deathroll is now officially confirmed at 23 by the rescue intelligence section at Sydney police headquarters. More…
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The Town Clerk (Mr. C. Crowley) said yesterday that a flood appeal, to alleviate distress caused by floods in…
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The Mayor of Broken Hill (Ald. W. F. Riddiford) has opened a public fund for the alleviation of distress in the flood areas on the north coast of N.S.W…
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Sydney: Sydney early today was practically blacked out by a severe storm, which deluged the city and suburbs. At the height of the downpour, between 7…
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An appeal on behalf of the N.S.W. flood victims fund will be conducted over Station 2BH tomorrow night. The Mayor (Ald. W. F. Riddiford) will speak in…
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Sydney: Hundreds of voluntary workers today began the mammoth task of cleaning the flood-battered North…
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An appeal on behalf of the N.S.W. flood victims fund will be conducted over Station 2BH tomorrow night. The Mayor (Ald. W. F. Riddiford) will speak in…
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The following [?] to the Mayor and citizens is addressed to them through [?] columns by Edwin J…
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In support of the appeal on behalf of the NSW flood victims, opened at the week-end by…
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The Mayor (Ald. W. F. Riddiford) spoke over Station 2BH last night in support of the appeal on behalf…
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Sydney, March 1: Floods had caused a loss of about £1,000,000 to Lismore business people, the Minister for…
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