Floods Trap Canadian Miners
MONTREAL, June 16.—Rescue crews are struggling to reach five men trapped in a coal mine near Cadomin (Alberta) by floodwaters…
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Floods & storms, 1950
807 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 14 of 41
Flood Waters Threaten Low Lying Areas Rises In Hunter At Maitland And Singleton
With the Hunter River rising at Singleton and Maitland, and the promise of a large volume yet to come down from the Cockfighter Creek, which is reaching the level of last year’s flood, residents of low lying…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Floods Hamper Polling Plans
SYDNEY. Friday. — Hoods will hamper polling at the elections tomorrow, but only in a few small is the poll likely to be…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Flooding in Some Sydney Suburbs Volunteers to Evacuate 400 People at Milperra
More rain is threatened over many parts of New South Wales this week-end as news of along the Hunter, the Lachlan, the George and the Hawkesbury rivers continue to make headlines in all State newspapers…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Headlines One Year Ago. Lightning Flood in Hunter Three Lost by Drowning: Widespread Damage in District
MONDAY, June 20, '49.—The most remarkable feature of the flood in the Hunter which reached Singleton in the early…
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Singleton is in danger of flooding-again, unless there is a change in the weather in the next 24 hours. Reports received at 3.30 p.m. state that the Goulburn River, the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cyclone Brings Loss of Life
CALCUTTA, June 17. — The death roll in the cyclonic storm over West Bengal during the last few days rose to 89 yesterday,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →All Night Vigil As Hunter River Rises Steadily Maitland Residents Hope That Last Year’s Flood Is Not Repeated
Facing the anniversary of the disastrous flood of last year, people of Maitland spent an all-night vigil on the Hunter River banks as flood waters poured down at tremendous…
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SYDNEY, Saturday. — First signs of a break in Sydney’s “monsoon” which sent rainfall figures soaring to unprecedented…
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Returning officer, for the Maitland electoral district (Mr. T. F. Cooney). said early this morning that while would take place to-day in most centres of the Maitland electoral district, it had been postponed at a number…
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Only victim of the flood which ha: threatened Maitland since lest Friday was a 10-months-old baby, who was drowned yesterday afternoon in the wafers surrounding his home…
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MONTREAL, June 19 (AAP).— First sea shipment of reller supplies for Manitoba flood victims arrived on Saturday from…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Lashing Rains Renew Flood Dangers Heavy Falls Again Cause Swollen Streams Maitland Alerted After Apparent Passing of Three-day Crisis
Heavy gale force rains, which commenced in the early hours of this morning, brought renewed dancers of flooding, and after apparent passing of a three-days’ crisis, Maitland residents have been alerted afresh Rain has been falling heavily In places north of Maitland all day, and early…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →British Columbia Floods Still High
VANCOUVER June 19 (AAP). —Hopes Increased last night that serious flooding of the rich Fraser Valley by the swollen…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Relief of Singleton Falling River Ended Town's Flood Frars
The watch on the Hunter has ended. For Singleton and the surrounding areas this has been a memorable week-end, and for the farmers of the flats a very anxious one. A few days ago it was…
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After falling to 29 feet the Hunter River began to rise again last night following yesterdays heavy rain and had reached a height of 34 feet at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Floodwaters Cause Adjournments
A number of defendants from outside the district were prevented from attending Cessnock Court this morning to answer traffic charges, because…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Polling Day at Denman. Booth Surrounded by Flood Waters
Polling day passed off quietly, little enthusiasm being shown throughout the poll. At 10 a.m. flood waters began to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Drowned While Crossing Flooded Creek Death of Well-known Wybong Resident
Claude Googe (37), single, was drowned while attempting to cross the flooded Wybong Creek at about 9 a.m. yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Family's Ordeal in Flood. Lived on Hay Stack Since Friday. Maitland
The Hunter River is rising again at Maitland and threats of further Hooding are still serious. The Mayor (Ald. A. S. McDonald) warned to-day that…
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