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Illawarra · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1953

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Flood Appeal Fund Closing

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 6 March 1953 · page 2

The Flood Appeal for Holland and England committee proposes to close the fund at the end of this…

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Over £2000 For Flood Appeal

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 12 March 1953 · page 1

With more than £2000 in hand the Mayor of Wollongong's fund for flood victims in Holland and England will…

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Flood Appeal

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 16 March 1953 · page 1

The Mayor's Flood Appeal for victims in Holland and England closed on Saturday with an approximate total of £2100…

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Hostel Concert for European Flood Victims

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 16 March 1953 · page 9

A group of talented young people, aged between 11 and 18, presented a very fine variety concert at the Balgownie…

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Nehru storms at Communist leader

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 17 March 1953 · page 1

Mr Nehru, India's Prime Minister, vigorously defended Lady…

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Floods Fund Closes At £2.100

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 17 March 1953 · page 8

The Mayor's Flood Relief Fund closed in the weekend at £2,100. Mr. Rowles…

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Rest of the News in Brief Gales Kill 35 in India

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 18 March 1953 · page 3

CALCUTTA, Tues.—Sixty mile per hour gales sweeping a wide area of North-East India and Eastern…

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Flood Appeal Meeting

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 19 March 1953 · page 1

The final meeting in connection with the Mayor of Wollongong's Flood Appeal for victims in Holland and England will be…

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Flood Fund Closes at £2116

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 March 1953 · page 1

The Mayor's Flood Relief-Appeal was wound up at a meeting of the committee last night and the…

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Floodings Likely on North Coast

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 24 March 1953 · page 11

Weather Bureau tonight warned that flooding was likely on all coastal rivers between Kempsey and the…

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Storm Waters Damage Dam Homes-Shops Flooded

Kiama Independent · Wednesday 25 March 1953 · page 1

Heavy storm rains which battered the district yesterday (Tuesday) morning caused damage to the Jerrara Dam works, and flooded many…

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Heaviest Rain For Eight Years, Roads, Homes Flooded

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 25 March 1953 · page 2

The heaviest rain for at least eight years early yesterday morning caused thousands of pounds worth of damage. Wollongong Post-Office recorded 696 points of…

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Storm Delays Dam By About A Week

Kiama Independent · Saturday 28 March 1953 · page 1

Despite rumours that heavy storm waters had caused considerable damage to works at the Kiama Council's Jerrara Creek Dam project, engineers are hopeful that there will only…

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Conference On Flooding

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 9 April 1953 · page 20

A complaint from Australian Fertilizers Ltd. of extensive flooding of their works on the morning of Tuesday, March 24th was before Tuesday's meeting of the Southern Zone aldermen…

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Storm Water off Bulli Pass Threatens Homes

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 10 April 1953 · page 5

Residents of Pass Road, Bulli, have complained to the Northern Zone Committee of storm waters from Bulli Pass Road tearing away their homes' foundations. The Zone Overseer,…

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Floodlit Football Beneficial in Britain

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 April 1953 · page 11

LONDON.—Floodlit football in Britain is becoming so popular that the Football League may be forced to recognise the system for playing…

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New Dutch Envoy Praise Flood Relief

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 24 April 1953 · page 10

CANBERRA, Thurs.—The new Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of The…

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Complaint of Flooding at P.K.

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 27 April 1953 · page 9

The City Engineer, Mr. Glastonbury, has been asked by the Southern Zone Committee to investigate a complaint that…

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Boys Cash In On Flood

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 4 May 1953 · page 2

About a dozen youths did good business pushing stranded cars out of water three feet…

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Editorial Prince's Highway Flooding

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 May 1953 · page 2

THE WEEKEND rains have again pinpointed the need for urgent action being taken to allow traffic free movement north and south of Cabbage Tree Creek and…

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