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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1954

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Fifth Anniversary Of Inundation :The 1949 Flood Caused Destruction But No Construction—Yet (Staff Reporter)

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 9 June 1954 · page 2

Maitland will celebrate the fifth anniversary of its most severe flood next week. The flood established Maitland’s name as one of the bravest (and wettest) cities in the State, but it…

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Floodlighting In London

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 9 June 1954 · page 5

Many of London’s buildings will be floodlit from June until the end of September. They include Nelson’s…

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Conserving Fodder To Meet Flood Losses

Maitland Mercury · Monday 14 June 1954 · page 1

Lower Hunter farmers were introducing modern machinery to beat the menace of floods and fodder shortages, Mr. F. D. Mackenzie said to-day. Mr. Mackenzie, the district…

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Greyhound Racing Nelkock Again Successful — Failures of Negoa Jim — Major Cyclone Costly

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 15 June 1954 · page 4

Nelrock, who scored success by a neck in an exciting finish at the previous meeting, again participated…

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Extracts From ‘Mercury’ Files 50 Years Ago JUNE 15, 1904 Repairs to Floodgates

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 15 June 1954 · page 2

Mr. A. Keevers, the contractor for the work of repairing the wing on the West Maitland side of the…

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Flood radio system ready soon

Singleton Argus · Monday 21 June 1954 · page 2

It is reasonably certain that the three-point flood warning system linking Sandy Hollow Bulga and…

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Warning of Record Flood

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 29 June 1954 · page 1

LANGRY (Texas): The Rio Grande River went on a ram page in West Texas yesterday, flooding towns, washing out…

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Young Boy May Cause a Storm

Maitland Mercury · Friday 2 July 1954 · page 1

LONDON: The disappearance of a small boy from the Cheisea home of a British peer may have international…

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Extracts From ‘Mercury’ Files 50 Years Ago July 12, 1904. Flood at Singleton

Maitland Mercury · Monday 12 July 1954 · page 2

The heavy weather at the head of Glennfe’s and Bowman’s Creeks was responsible for a substantial rise in the…

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More Rain But Floods Unlikely

Maitland Mercury · Monday 12 July 1954 · page 1

NSW FORECAST: Further moderate rain over the northeastern, guarder of the State, with local heavy falls on the…

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Death Roll In Danube Floods Reaches 15

Maitland Mercury · Monday 12 July 1954 · page 1

VIENNA: Flood waters covering great areas on both sides of the German-Austrian frontier continued to rise yesterday, with the death roll at 15 and 40,000 to 50,000 homeless…

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15 dead m floods in Europe Vienna, Austria

Singleton Argus · Monday 12 July 1954 · page 3

Floodwaters, covering great areas of both sides of the GermanAustrian frontier,…

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More rain but flooding unlike says Bureau

Singleton Argus · Monday 12 July 1954 · page 3

More than an inch and a half of rain has been registered at Singleton Post Office since Friday…

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Further Heavy Rain Coming

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 13 July 1954 · page 1

NSW FORECAST: Further rain on the coast and tablelands, and in the north-east corner, with heavy falls on…

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Extracts From ‘Mercury’ Files 50 Years Ago July 18, 1904. Maitland Flooded

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 13 July 1954 · page 2

Great anxiety was felt on Saturday by residents of the low-lying localities around Maitland regarding the danger…

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Possibility Of Flooding On Richmond

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 13 July 1954 · page 1

LISMORE: Thousands of people in valley area around this city and Murwillumbah are to-day poised for flight…

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Floods in Europe Pass Their Peak

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 14 July 1954 · page 1

VIENNA: Floodwaters surging down the Danube oversome some suburbs of Vienna yesterday as the river rose to…

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Radio Flood Warnings

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 14 July 1954 · page 4

SYDNEY: The N.S.W. Government will meet this cost of installing radio flood warning equipment in river valleys that…

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Heavy Rain on Redex Trial Road

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 15 July 1954 · page 1

PERTH: [?]edex trial driven are to-day facing a new ordeal In the [?]bon ear test—a rain soaked [?] on the…

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Extracts From ‘Mercury’ Files 50 Years Ago July 15, 1904. Floodwaters Cut Off Trains

Maitland Mercury · Thursday 15 July 1954 · page 2

Only one passenger train reached the South Maitland of district yesterday, on account of the floodwaters having…

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