Flood Mitigation
In flood mitigation proposals discussed during the week, following the town's "near miss" from flood at the…
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Floods & storms, 1951
99 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 3 of 5
Low Lying Areas Flooded
Owing to flooding along the Forbes road the mail was unable to go further than Fairholme on the morning of Wednesday, 25th…
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Fish stories, are innumerable. They stretch as tar as the imagination reaches, and it is given to but few to have some…
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After a strenuous time battling with and through the flood waters, some dry land is now appearing…
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Once again we arc experiencing flood difficulties. The Lachlan broke its banks here on Saturday. July 21 and crossed the South…
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Heavy falls of snow, followed by thunderstorms, in the upper regions of the Lachlan river, have caused the river to rise rapidly in…
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With the water at 33ft. 8in. at 9 p.m. this morning and undecided whether it would rise any more, houses in lower Templar St.,…
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The Hood picture looked like resolving itself to 10 a.m. this morning. No river rise was obvious owing to the water…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Residents Prepare For Another Big Flood Week-End Spent In Removing Furniture River Rising Steadily
WITH plenty of warning this time, Forbes people spent the week-end preparing for their fifth flood in about twelve months. A near miss about a…
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Residents kept vigil to a late hour last night watching Iron Bridge gauge. At 9 o'clock this morning the…
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Sir.--I should like to take advantage of this opportunity to bring to public notice a subject much discussed during 1950, and a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Flood Relief Expected to Be £20,000
It is expected that a flood relief allocation of £20,000 will be made available at Forbes within a short period. Executive…
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ALTHOUGH flood incidence in Forbes is disturbing enough, the real story of damage will come from the Jemalong and Bedgerabong areas in the next weeks. It if anticipated that economic losses will be tremendous…
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An aerial view of the flood waters which surrounded a home in the Jemalong area. This district and Bedgerabong are now receiving the full force of the flood waters…
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In the course of a report to last night's Council meeting dealing with flood mitigation, Mr. Kevin Prendergast, municipal engineer, had the following to say:-- After a preliminary investigation, Mr. Coventry has submitted…
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Rainfall here for the last week measured 186 points, most being recorded on Friday (145 points). The Lachlan River here broke its…
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Our Bedgerabong correspondent writes:--Floods, and still more floods, seem to be our portion…
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THE report which Mr. Prendergast, Municipal Engineer, presented to last week's meeting of the local Council, and which was set out in our last issue, covering suggestions which Mr. Coventry, engineer to the Water…
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Sir: Under the above heading, in your issue of the "Advocate" 10th inst., you published a number of suggestions from Mr. K…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Widespread Floods in District Discussions on Flood Prevention
Flooding in the Condobolin district has been fairly severe in the past couple of weeks. Water Which came down towards the end of last month had not moved from low lying areas before the present flood made conditions even worse. This Was particularly so in the district…
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