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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1949

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Flood Situation Is Easier Hunter River Is Receding Thousands Of Persons Are Homeless

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 20 June 1949 · page 4

SYDNEY: The danger of further serious flooding has now passed, but thousands of persons in Camden and northern areas are homeless and short…

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40 Lives Lost In Flood

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 21 June 1949 · page 5

ANKARA. Tuesday: Forty lives are reported to have been lost and 5,000 of the town's 150,000 inhabitants have lost…

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Maitland Lashed by a Gale

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 22 June 1949 · page 5

MAITLAND: Flood-bound Maitland was lashed by a 50 m.p.h. gale and thousands of refugees spent their…

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600 Japs. Killed in Storm

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 22 June 1949 · page 5

TOKYO, Wednesday: Six hundred Japanese are estimated to be dead or missing following a typhoon which…

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Floods, Restrictions & Blackout[?] Grip New South Wales: Crookwell No Exception

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 22 June 1949 · page 4

With large areas of the State submerged beneath raping flood waters, with practically all industry at a stand still and two thirds of the working population idle with recurring blackouts and drastic restrictions imposed upon the…

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Wollondilly in Flood At Barrallier

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 23 June 1949 · page 1

At Barrallier between June 15 and 20, a total of 515 points of rain fell, making the figure for the month 776 points…

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Appeal for Clothing Help For Flood Victims

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 23 June 1949 · page 1

In response to urgent requests from headquarters, Goulburn Red Cross is launching an immediate…

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Flood Relief Red Cross S.O.S.

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 23 June 1949 · page 2

The Red Cross is making another call on members and general public. This time it is a very urgent…

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Help for Flood Victims Local Assistance

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 24 June 1949 · page 1

At the meeting of the City Council last night, the Mayor (Ald. P. R. D. Hollis) said that Ald Darcy had telephoned him…

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Maitland Floods Crookwell's Response

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 27 June 1949 · page 8

Crookwell Red Cross Branch is organising the collection of left-off cothing to assist the flood victims throughout the State…

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Clothing For Flood Victims

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 27 June 1949 · page 4

Mrs. E. W. Hoddle, President of the Goulburn Red Cross Society, to-day described the…

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Flood Relief Ready Response To Red Cross Appeal

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 27 June 1949 · page 2

In response to the appeal of the Red Cross for warm clothing for the Maitland flood victims, a large quantity of very nice warm…

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Clothing Flood Area Victims Goulburn Garments Now Being Worn

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 28 June 1949 · page 1

Residents of the Maitland district who were driven from their homes by the recent disastrous floods are now wearing clothes donated by Goulburn people…

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COLLAPSED After Working On Flooded Farm

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 1 July 1949 · page 2

Peter Stasius Stanton, 52, married, of Trappaud Road, Louth Park, Maitland, collapsed and died after he had returned…

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R.s.l. Donates £25 for Flood Relief

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 4 July 1949 · page 2

In response to a letter from headquarters, the Yass branch of the R.S.S. & A.I.L.A. at Saturday night’s meeting, decided to make…

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"Pathetic and Depressing" Boorowa Woman's Experience Of Flooded Areas Of Maitland

The Burrowa News · Friday 8 July 1949 · page 2

Mrs. E. H. Wright, of "Wenebah," Young Road, who has just returned from the flooded areas of…

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Country People Help Flood Victims

The Burrowa News · Friday 15 July 1949 · page 7

Country people responded magnificiently to the Statewide Red Cross appeal for food and clothing to relieve…

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Wild Storms In Europe

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 18 July 1949 · page 5

LONDON, Monday: Lightning set fire to buildings and 'killed at least one person during violent thunderstorms…

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Shanghai Hit by Cyclone

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 26 July 1949 · page 3

TOKYO: General Macarthur's headquarters announced a typhoon hit, Shanghai yesterday and it is stated that most of…

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Maitland Is Again Under Flood Threat Hunter Within Few Inches Of Break Through

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 26 July 1949 · page 3

MAITLAND: Maitland, where floods caused untold sufferings, is again threatened by the flood swollen Hunter River…

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