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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1956

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Milk Board Rep. Sees Flood Loss

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 29 February 1956 · page 6

QUICKLY on the scene to see the flood position of dairymen in the district for himself, the…

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Doctor Is Tired Of Floods

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 29 February 1956 · page 2

ONE member of the medical profession who Is specially tired of floods conducts his practice at…

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Evening for Flood Funds Raised £129

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 7 March 1956 · page 7

An early and convincing success among efforts for the flood distress funds was the film evening at the Kurrajong…

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The R.A.A.F. Story In Local Floods

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 7 March 1956 · page 6

A very interesting story of initiative and resourcefulness comes from the activities of our very good neighbour, the…

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Confusion On Flood Applications

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 7 March 1956 · page 5

Again (as after previous floods) it is evident that some confusion exists regarding methods of applying for help…

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Aftermath Of Flood Was Sad Picture

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 7 March 1956 · page 10

AFTER the first of the three recent floods, our Freeman’s Reach correspondent forwarded a…

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Flood Fund Donations

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 7 March 1956 · page 1

Further donations to the Windsor Council’s Flood Distress Fund are as follows:—…

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Third Flood Adds To Earlier Havoc

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 7 March 1956 · page 1

The third flood in three weeks, subsiding even more slowly than its predecessors, last week-end added to widespread…

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Child Born at Camp in Flood

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 7 March 1956 · page 10

WITH the help of a nurse and an ambulance officer, a doctor safely delivered a baby in an…

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More Flood Relief Distributed

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 7 March 1956 · page 1

DISTRIBUTIONS now totalling £12,350 have been made by the Windsor load Flood Relief…

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Flood Warning Move For Nepean

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 14 March 1956 · page 6

Recent editorial comment in this paper on the need for a reliable flood warning system for this district was substantiated,…

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Two Minor Floods Cause Tension

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 14 March 1956 · page 1

Two further minor floods within the past week have served to maintain district tension as roads were blocked and…

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Flood Losses Old Story to These Folk

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 14 March 1956 · page 3

A cry from “Forgotten Valley”—the McDonald River area —in the form of a letter from one of its its womenfolk, tells a…

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Flood Picture Unchanged in 55 Years

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 14 March 1956 · page 2

Much reference has been made of late to the 1900 flood, a report of which indicates how little flood conditions have…

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Heavy Rain Floods Richmond Street

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 21 March 1956 · page 1

Frank Rozzoli took this picture outside his store during last Thursday's torrential 20-minute downpour Clive Tate later launched a flat-bottom boat and enjoyed the novelty of rowing along Windsor St The water drained away quickly after the rain ceased…

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Freak Storm Flooded Some Streets

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 21 March 1956 · page 2

A freak storm which hit the district at midday on thursday in a few minuted had streets awash even in the well-drained…

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North Richmond's Flood Relief Effort

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 21 March 1956 · page 5

A flood relief effort in the North Richmond-Grose Wold area was specially commended by the President at the March…

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Shire Given Flood-Time Ambulance

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 21 March 1956 · page 5

IN future Colo Shire would have an ambulance officer and car stationed on that side of the river…

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Recovered Body in Flood

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 21 March 1956 · page 9

THE body of a New Australian drowned' at Penrith a week earlier was recovered from the…

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Flood Work of Police Praised

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 21 March 1956 · page 1

A LETTER commending the work of the Windsor and Richmond police during floods has…

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