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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1938

11 stories in Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond)'s papers

Hawkesbury Floods. an Interesting Record

Hawkesbury Herald · Thursday 28 July 1938 · page 2

Fewer Hoods occur on the Hawkesbury RiveN nowadays, partly owing to the storages of Sydney's water supply claiming the first instalment of any…

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Hawkesbury Floods an Interesting Record

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 5 August 1938 · page 6

UNDER the above caption the "S.M. Herald" of 21/7/'38 publishes a very good photograph of Mr. J. A. May, of Pitt Town-road, renewing the marks on a corner post…

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Hawkesbury Flood Feared

Hawkesbury Herald · Thursday 1 September 1938 · page 4

The rapid rise in the Hawkesbury River on Friday last caused anxiety amongst farmers on the Lowlands, and fears were entertained that a big flood…

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Minor Flood Traffic Blocked : Farm Losses River Rises 24 Feet

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 2 September 1938 · page 12

THE first since February, 1934, when the river rose 30 feet, a minor flood in the Hawkesbury. River last week, when the water rose to the 24ft. 4in. mark at Windsor…

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River Blockage Below Windsor Bridge Following Recent Flood

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 9 September 1938 · page 2

FROM present indications it is very probable that a serious blockage may occur in the channel of the Hawkesbury below the Windsor Bridge, as since the recent…

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Richmond Flood Refuge Reserve

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 16 September 1938 · page 6

The Minister for Lands (Mr. Colin A. ."» clair) has written to Mr. B. B. Walker. M.L.A.. as follows:—In reply to your personal representations on behalf of the…

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Flood Reserve Acquisition by Air Force Richmond Council Worried

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 16 September 1938 · page 6

FURTHER reference to' the acquisition by the Defence Department of the Richmond flood refuge (reserve, adjoining the Air Station, was made at the meeting of the…

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Council Asks Department to End Flood Blockage of Roads Windsor Council. Water Scheme Grant Inadequate Clearance of River Blockage Petrol Tax Allocation

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 30 September 1938 · page 1

"FOLLOWING the reading of a communication received from the Minister for Works and Local Government, offering council a grant of £6,000 for the…

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Raise Roads to Prevent Flood Blockage Windsor Council Application

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 30 September 1938 · page 8

APPLICATION is to be made to the Department of Main Roads by the Windsor Council requesting that there be built, up above flood level, all roads and bridges…

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Windsor Council Health Centre Tender Accepted Verandah Post Removals Proposed Flood Isolation Problem

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 4 November 1938 · page 1

A GENEROUS gesture on the part of the Mayor (Aid. J. J. McLeod), to allocate £20 of the Mayoral allowance towards the constructing of the new Baby…

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Disastrous Saturday Gale Causes Untold Damage Bush Fires Create Havoc

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 16 December 1938 · page 3

SATURDAY last will be remembered for years by Hawkesbury residents as having produced one of the vilest samples of a day's weather which it…

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