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Illawarra · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1950

247 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 3 of 13

Darlington Pt. Residents Flee as Floods Rise

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 March 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Residents of Darlington Point (pop. 300) 40 miles' west of Narrandera fled from their homes tonight…

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Heavy Rain at Albion Park

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 April 1950 · page 2

Heavy rainfalls have been experienced at Albion Park, where up to Thursday morning 1527 points had been registered and…

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Floods Near Street In Dubbo

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 April 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday.—Flood waters late tonight were fifty feet from Dubbo's main street and back yards were four feet under water…

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Railway Lines Affected by Heavy Rain

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 3 April 1950 · page 1

Railway employees have been working throughout the week-end under appalling weather conditions in keeping the main, line open to Sydney, in the 4-mile section between Austinmer and…

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Heavy March Rain at Bulli

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 3 April 1950 · page 2

Mr. R. Thompson, of Park Road, Bulli, said yesterday 80 points of rain fell yesterday morning and another 50 in the…

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Record Floods Confront Four More Towns

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 3 April 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday.—-New South Wales country districts are menaced with the most wide-spread flooding in the State's history. Flood waters have already claimed four lives, caused an…

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Thousands Stand By For Flood Evacuation

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 April 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday. —- Thousands of residents in inland centres of New South Wales are standing by for immediate evacuation as record floods continue to surge forward…

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Hundreds Driven From Homes As Floods Rise

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 April 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday. —- Flood waters in western and central N.S.W. continued their invasion today, driving hundreds more families from their homes. New centres have been enveloped in the…

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Flemington Course Affected By Floods

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 April 1950 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Wednesday. — Because part of Flemington; Racecourse is affected by flood-waters the Melbourne Racing…

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Boy Drowned In Flood; New Threat to Wagga

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 April 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—While the disastrous and widespread floods in New South Wales are easing in most central towns, a nine-year-old boy was drowned in the raging Talbragar River, near?…

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Night Passenger Train Plunges In Flooded River

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 April 1950 · page 1

RIO DE JANEIRO, Friday (AAP). — The train from Rio to Victoria plunged" from a Bridge into the River Tangua early yesterday, killing over 100 Easter holiday passengers…

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Flooded Rivers Subsiding

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 April 1950 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday,—Floods are subsiding throughout most, of the stricken areas in N.S.,W.[?] on the Nepean and Hawkesbury…

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Homes Flooded

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 April 1950 · page 3

A new cafe in Crown Stree was forced to close its doors when water covered the floor At the time of closing the water…

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Cafe Flooded

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 10 April 1950 · page 3

In the Club Cafe, next door to the "South Coast Times" office, rain flooded through on several occasions on Thursday…

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Federal Flood Relief Planned

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 April 1950 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday. — Plans to help flood victims are being studied by the Federal representative on the Flood Relief…

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Flood Position Eases, But More to Come

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 April 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.—Danger of further flooding in most parts of the State has passed, but there is a new threat later this…

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In Canberra Today Lull Before New Storms

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 14 April 1950 · page 2

PARLIAMENT is closed and not one Minister remains in Canberra — a situation unknown in the National Capital for very many years. It is a lull before new debating storms break in a few…

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Cyclone Causes Floodings In North O'land

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 17 April 1950 · page 3

BRISBANE, Sunday. — A severe blow, accompanied by torrential rain, struck the township of Coen without warning…

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Flood Relief

Kiama Independent · Saturday 22 April 1950 · page 6

Aldermen of district Councils will be interested in the following statement made by Mr. J. J. Cahill, Minister for Local Government, in…

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Shellharbour Council Makes Appeal to State Government £4,600 Required for Flood Relief

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 24 April 1950 · page 7

Expressing concern at the havoc caused to roads causeways and bridges during the recent storms, aldermen of the Shel harbour Council at a meeting on Wednesday night, endorsed the action of the…

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