Flood-light
"For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then, face to face." I. Corinthians 13.12. "Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard,…
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Floods & storms, 1951
328 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 8 of 17
Grant To Shire For Flood Damage GLOUCESTER
An additional grant of £650 has been made to Gloucester Shire Council for flood relief This is in addition to a grant…
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RAYMOND TERRACE: Port Stephens Shire Council yesterday instructed -the engineer (Mr. A. L. Cook) to prepare estimates on…
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Messrs. Graham and H. W. Scott, of Wallalong attended the meeting of the Fort Stephens Shire Council on Thursday as a deputation from the…
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AUCKLAND (N.Z.)—Battered by terrific gales for 12 days, the 22-ton schooner Ornant reached Auckland on Friday…
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HAYS (Kansas): A massive cloudburst turned a quiet river into a raging stream that flooded one-third of this city in five…
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South Maitland Flood Mitigation Committee last night appointed Messrs. Cecil Middleton and D. Richardson, of East…
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ADELAIDE—A flood now coming down Cooper's Creek may cause a new flow, into Lake Eyre…
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PARIS: The French tennis championships semi-final between Australian’s McGregor and South African champion, Eric Sturgoss, was stopped by a thunderstorm yesterday when they were one set all, and Sturguss leading 4-1 in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Values Reduced Through Flooding Mitigation Proposals Before Council Of Chamber Of Commerce
Floods during the past two years had reduced considerably property values here, the president of Maitland Chamber of Commerce (Mr. E. A. Fletcher) said to-day at a meeting of the council of the chamber…
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LONDON: Queensland foods have reduced the sugar available to England by 100,000 tons, Mr Fredrick Willey,…
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For flood mitigation works, the length of the Hunter River from Oakhampton to the sea should be considered as a whole, because improvement to any portion caused some change in the rest of the length…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shire Councillors to Make Inspection Claim That Flooded Areas Should Be Visited
Members of Lower Hunter Shire Council decided today to make an inspection of the proposed new site of a sanitary depot at Beresfield and at the same time call at Beresfield, Thornton, Tarro and Hexham…
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NSW Forecast: unsettled generally, except in the north-western quarter of the state ; rain or shower In many district with…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →To-Day's World News Farmers Flee Before Onrushing Waters. Dam Bursts. Flood Rains in Coastal. Areas. Sydney
A fifteen foot high wall of water swept through farmlands in the Rocky Creek Valley, 29 miles north-west of Lismore, this morning, when a dam…
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In the forecast issued to-day by the Weather Bureau, flood, gale and shipping warnings are…
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SYDNEY: A 15-foot-high wall of water swept through farmlands in Rocky Creek valley, 20 miles north-west of than 160,000,000 gallons of water. Lismore, this morning, when a dam burst releasing more…
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NEW YORK: At least not and possibly eight air force jet fighter planes crashed during an electrical storm near Richmond,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railways Fail To Rebate Half Freight Cost For Flood Relief Hay—A.P.P.U
The Department of Railways had not entirely honoured an agreement to rebate half the cost of transporting hay for feeding the stock of flood affected farmers, Mr. S. M. Reynolds said in Maitland yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Flood Expenditure Has Been £33,576 Some Works Have Not Yet Been Completed
The Mayor (Ald. J. Harvey) presented to fart night’s meeting of Maitland City Council a comprehensive report covering works undertaken by council and by Government departments in relation to flood restoration and mitigation…
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