Hunter Flood and Conservation (Continued from front page)
Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Thursday 9 April 1953 · page 7
As it was, the whole of the money for work in the valley was given by the state without any call being made on the people of the district. He did not think the people in the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Stock Cut Off From Farm By Flood
Maitland Mercury · Monday 13 April 1953 · page 2
A man whose property was cut off by the 1952 floods, and was still isolated had to graze his 19 head of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Holland Flood Appeal
Maitland Mercury · Friday 17 April 1953 · page 1
SINGLETON: The local appeal for the Holland deed victims closed yesterday. It raised £153 among both…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flood relief appeal closes with £156/1/6 subscribed
Singleton Argus · Friday 17 April 1953 · page 6
The joint Singleton Municipality and Patrick Plains Britain and Holland Flood Relief Appeal closed on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Half Inch Ram In Storm
The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 28 April 1953 · page 3
Over half an inch of rain fell in a storm lasting leap than 20 minutes at Cessnock yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Heavy Rain
Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 2 May 1953 · page 6
Heavy rain which was needed fell at Tea Gardens early Wednesday evening. It set all tanks up again to safety…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fierce Electrical Storm Hits Bellingen
Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 2 May 1953 · page 1
Two people were injured in a fierce electrical storm which passed over Bellingen-Urunga district at about 3 p.m. on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fears of Floods in South
Maitland Mercury · Monday 4 May 1953 · page 1
SYDNEY: [?] is [?] on the South Coast and total [?]ding may follow. [?] are also pe[?]ding…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →C.w.a. Ball Heavy Rain Spoils Attendance
The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 5 May 1953 · page 1
WHAT is usually one of the brightest social functions of the ball season, the C.W.A. Ball, received a setback on Friday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Heavy Storm Causes Damage to Streets
The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 5 May 1953 · page 4
A very heavy storm on Saturday afternoon caused much damage to streets and gardens in Aberdeen…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Flood Threat To South Coast Towns
Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 5 May 1953 · page 1
SYDNEY: Seven towns on the South Coast are expected to be isolated later to-day by floodwaters. The Weather Bureau has warned of widespread flooding between Nowra and Bega…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Floodwaters on Farmlands Again Greek Overflow Swamping Crops
Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 5 May 1953 · page 3
Many famers in the Louth park and Dagworth areas of Maitland are again in the thick of flood troubkes More than 200 acres of farmland, sown to fodder…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Floodgates Opened This Morning
Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 6 May 1953 · page 1
The Hunter River fall sufficiently overnight to allow Wall[?] Creek to open automatically this morning. Early this afternoon the water from Wollis and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Heavy Rain to Move Northwards
Maitland Mercury · Thursday 7 May 1953 · page 1
N.S.W. FORECAST Cyclonic depression between central coast and Lord Howe Island is…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flood Danger in Lower Hunter Week-end Weather Will Be Worse SYDNEY
The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 8 May 1953 · page 2
Torrential rain, high winds and heavy seas, are continuing to batter the New South Wales coast line from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Flood Warning
Maitland Mercury · Friday 8 May 1953 · page 1
N.S.W. FORECAST: The main cyclonic [?] is located east of Port Kembla. This and other…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Flood Threat Increasing Hourly Farmlands Again Swamped Mayoral Warning To Residents Downstream
Maitland Mercury · Friday 8 May 1953 · page 1
The Mayor of Maitland (Aid. Clyde), in a bulletin issued shortly before this paper went to press, wanted that the possibility of a flood of serious proportions was increasing hourly. He advised all residents in low-lying areas to keep a careful watch…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cyclone Brings Heavy Rain Many Areas Soaked
Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 9 May 1953 · page 1
Fierce thunderstorms have brought heavy rain to many parts of the New South Wales coast and inland areas over the past few days. Cyclonic rains have brought…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Storm Hits Tea Gardens
Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Saturday 9 May 1953 · page 1
On Friday last a big storm struck Tea Gardens and caused anxious moments. Two tanks at Mr. Joe Korsman's…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →To-day’s Leader Electors Have Spoken Floodgates Open Outflow Slow Till River Falls Further
Maitland Mercury · Monday 11 May 1953 · page 1
Wallis Creek [?]opened at 11.30 this morning, but the outflew from the backwater areas will be slow until there is a further fall in the river, which early this afternoon was just below 18 feet…
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