Kempsey Flood Medals for Police Suggested
Mr. Vincent (C.P., Raleigh) suggested in the Legislative Assembly a special medal should be struck for policemen who…
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Floods & storms, 1949
837 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 36 of 42
Milk Zone Dairymen's Council Macleay Flood Relief
On the 5th October, 112 head of dairy stock were despatched from the South Coast to Kempsey, 78 of this number were loaded at Nowra, and 34…
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A heavy storm on Saturday afternoon postponed the commencement of the first round of the Singleton and…
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Malcolm McRae, of Largs, quoted the disastrous June flood as the reason for his failure to return within the prescribed period plates…
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GUATEMALA CITY. Oct. 18. —Police reports reveal that 117 persons were killed and 21 Injured by the storm which lashed…
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One of the most extraordinary and lucky flood experiences came to Mr. Ted Stafford, of "Lucerne," Segenhoe. Upwards of forty head of valuable dairy cows were caught by…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Murrurundi Swept by Page Shopping Centre Under Water :: Damage Estimated at £50,000 Caused by Flood
When the Page River Hooded its banks at Murrurundi on Saturday evening last, a large portion of the town was flooded, and much damage experienced. Heavy rains, reported to be cloudbursts, registered over four inches at the watershed of the Page, caused…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fresh Delays Work on New Floodgates
The fresh in the river is preventing Maitland City Council workmen from sliding two temporary doors into…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Scattered Storms
N.S.W. FORECAST: Scattered thunderstorms and local severe squalls over the western action, moving to the central districts…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Maitland Conference to Consider Flood Matters Suggestion From Local Government Department
The Minister for Local Government advised Maitland City Council last night that he had endorsed certain suggestions submitted from the council in connection with flood matters and had agreed that it was desirable that a…
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 (AAP).— In an appeal for US help, the Guatemalan Government estimates that 1000 persons are dead…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flood Warnings Maitland Move
At a meeting of the Maitland City Council last night the Mayor, Ald. Fahey, and the Town Clerk, Mr. S. J…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Kempsey Flood Relief Appeal
A further meeting of the Raymond Terrace Macleay Cattle Replacement Committee was held in the Central Hall, on Friday night last…
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Sir,—Now-that our flood scares are over, temporarily at least, there is still a lot to be done to make us reasonably safe from…
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N.S.W. FORECAST: Further thunderstorms, with hall and local severe squalls about the coast and tablelands, mostly…
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GUATEMALA CITY, Oct. 20 —Death toll in the Guatemalan floods is now officially estimated at 4000, with 100,000 homeless,…
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A severe thunderstorm, which had been threatening all the afternoon, broke over the town about 5 p.m. yesterday. Rain fell in torrents,…
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NEW YORK, October 21.—The 72 tons Danish fishing boat Elso Is believed to have foundered with the loss of 10 members of…
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Because of a cloudburst in the Murrurundi district, there was a sudden rise in the Hunter River at Aberdeen on Saturday night, when the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Aberdeen News Flood in Hunter River
Following the heavy downpour of rain in the Murrurundi and Blandford areas on Saturday last, the Page River came down in a record flood, which, in turn, put the Hunter up to a near-record height at Aberdeen, the…
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