Albion Park Had 3 Floods Last Year
Albion Park people will remember 1952 for three floods, the second of which was the worst in…
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91 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 1 of 5
Duke In Race With Storm
LONDON, Sun.—The Duke of Edinburgh just won a race to land Kiss R.A.F. Chipmunk trainee…
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DARWIN, Sun.—Sixty Tennant Creek residents became stranded tonight seven miles north of the…
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BRISBANE, Thurs.— About 30 families were evacuated in Townsville today after the town had…
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Dozens of waterside workers from other ports this week transferred to the Port Kembla Branch of their Federation. Branch Secretary (Mr…
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LONDON, Sun.—Heavy loss of life and property damage amounting to millions of pounds have followed devastating gales which have swept England and the Continent. 160 Drowned…
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LONDON, Mon.—People in England and the Continent today counted their dead as dropping winds promised a respite from the weekend floods which have caused untold damage…
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LONDON, Tues. — The combined death roll in the floods in Britain and Holland today rose to well over 1000, with the fate of many hundreds more unknown. Rescue workers in both countries toiled ceaselessly today to repair…
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LONDON, Wed.—Rescue workers and troops repairing dykes and seawalls in Holland and Britain today redoubled their efforts in a race against time…
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FAENZA, Fri, —The is to blame for North-west Europe's disastrous floods, according to Italian…
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LONDON, Fri. — Ten shopkeepers in Ostend, Belgium, went mad and are in an asylum as a result…
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Sydney Red Cross headquarters sent £1000 for flood relief in England and Holland as soon as news of the disasters were published. Wollongong branch will…
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A public meeting in Wollongong last night decided to open a public subscription fund to provide relief for the victime of the recent British and Dutch…
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A combined flood relief fund for the devasted areas of England and Holland has been set up throughout Greater Wollongong. This was decided at a…
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LONDON, Thurs.—Rivers [?]ollen byrain and melting snow have brought fresh flood dangers to East and Southeast Britain—already facing renewed…
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Members of the Wollongong Red Cross Society made street collections in Crown Street, Wollongong,…
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SYDNEY, Mon. —The Weather Bureau tonight issued flood warnings for nine northern New South…
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Greater Wollongong's European Flood Relief Fund has already reached £580. This was announced at a meeting of the Flood Relief Committee, last…
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The Mayor of Greater Wollongong's Appeal for the flood victims of England and Holland now exceeds £600…
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LONDON, Thurs.—Russia has made an offer to help British flood victims. A Foreign Office report…
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