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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1950

807 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 26 of 41

Families Evacuated. Floods in Western Towns. Coff's Harbor's 26 Inches of Rain in a Week. Sydney

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 21 July 1950 · page 2

Hundreds of families have been evacuated from Wellington and between Dubbo and Warren in the face of severe flooding by the Bell and…

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Committee on Flood Warnings

Maitland Mercury · Friday 21 July 1950 · page 2

SINGLETON, Friday. — The town clerk (Mr. H. V. Deans) reported to a meeting of Singleton Municipal Council last night…

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Bank Officers Visit Flood Areas

Maitland Mercury · Friday 21 July 1950 · page 1

Mr. O. E. Dun, the staff sub-inspector, and Mr. R. B. Browse, of the Sydney office of the Bank of New South Wales, will be visiting…

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Floods Bring Snakes

Maitland Mercury · Friday 21 July 1950 · page 5

WEST WYALONG, Friday. — Mr. and Mrs. Fred Cornett, of Marsden. near West Wyalong, have killed more than 200 snakes,…

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Flood Warning Tests Completed – And "Successful"

Singleton Argus · Friday 21 July 1950 · page 4

Their experiments completed, wireless engineers anil representatives of the Water Conservation and Irrigation…

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Minister Favours Flood-free Line Minimbah—morisset Proposal

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 22 July 1950 · page 4

The State Minister for Transport (Mr. Sheahan) told a conference at Cessnock on Tuesday that he was impressed, with the case to build a…

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Flood Uncovered Long Lost Ring

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 22 July 1950 · page 2

They say it's an ill wind that doesn't blow someone some good—at least Mr. Walter Provost, of Congarinni, is one who thinks it does, says…

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Local and General Flood Damage Grants

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 22 July 1950 · page 2

The Minister for Local Government has allocated monies for flood damage restoration works Wallarobba Shire will receive £3,000, Dungog…

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Difficulties of Milk Cartage During Flood Related Request to Council to Consolidate Road

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 22 July 1950 · page 2

Seemingly insurmountable difficulties under which milk was conveyed to the populations of Newcastle and Sydney during the recent disastrous…

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Owner-farmers’ From Floods Member Puts Case For Assistance

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 22 July 1950 · page 2

In putting a case for farmers who hove suffered through floods, Mr. Alien Fairhall, M.H.R., told the acting Prime Minister (Mr. Fadden) that, now that much of the flood waters had subtitled, there, was opportunity to…

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Maitland Flood Victims on Holiday

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 22 July 1950 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sat. — Thirty-five flood victims from the Maitland area will be the guests of residents of Ryde, Hunter’s Hill…

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Homes Flooded in Dubbo

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 22 July 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Saturday.—Although floodwaters from the Macquarie River swept through about 20 homes in Dubbo last night, the…

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River Drop Only One Foot Overnight Plans Changed For Moving Back To Flooded Homes

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 22 July 1950 · page 1

At 11 a.m. to-day the Hunter River at Maitland was 22 feet, representing a fall of a foot overnight, and a drop of two feet from the peak height of Thursday night. However, while the fall of the river continued,…

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Storm Thieves' £500 Haul Of Jewellery

Singleton Argus · Monday 24 July 1950 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday.—Taking advantage of a storm, thieves smashed a window and stole more than £500 worth of…

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Another Steady Rise in Hunter River at Maitland Backwaters Spread After Heavy Rain at Mulbring Army Unit To Assist in Removing Furniture From Evacuated Homes

Maitland Mercury · Monday 24 July 1950 · page 1

Steady rain over the Hunter catchment area daring the weekend caused rapid rises in various streams and the river at Maitland rose from 22 feet on Saturday to 27 feet 2 inches at noon to-day. Over two inches of rain fell at Mulbring, and the backwaters…

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Victims Of Floods

Maitland Mercury · Monday 24 July 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.—It is believed that at least two people have lost their lives in floods during the past 24 hours…

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Severe Flood Threat in North and West

Maitland Mercury · Monday 24 July 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.— North[?]rn, and western towns are stilt in the grip of flood, and people in the north-west are threatened…

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Relief for Flooded Farmers

Maitland Mercury · Monday 24 July 1950 · page 4

The annual meeting of the Maitland branch of the Australian Primary Producers’ Union has been arranged for Friday, at 7.30 p.m.,…

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Two Feared Dead In Floods

Singleton Argus · Monday 24 July 1950 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday.—It is believed that at least two people have lost their lives in floods during the past 24 hours. A…

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Aids Flood Victims

Singleton Argus · Monday 24 July 1950 · page 2

Music lovers packed the Singleton Methodist Church yesterday afternoon to hear Mr. Max Bonner give an organ…

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