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Murray · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1949

239 stories in Murray's papers · page 9 of 12

Apexians Collect £200 For Flood Victims

Border Morning Mail · Monday 19 September 1949 · page 2

Nearly £200 was collected yesterday by Apexians to aid the Kempsey flood victims. Approximately 30 Apexians…

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Flooding Danger Passes

Border Morning Mail · Monday 26 September 1949 · page 6

SYDNEY, Sun.: Danger of flooding on the 550 mile coastal belt of NSW extending from Colt’s Harbor in the north and…

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23 Killed in Violent Storms

Border Morning Mail · Friday 30 September 1949 · page 3

LONDON, Thurs.: Twenty-three people were killed in violent rainstorms that yesterday swept the southern half of…

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Road Flooding Shire to Prosecute

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 30 September 1949 · page 1

Carrathool Shire Council, at its meeting last week, heard a lengthy report on roads flooded by irrigation waters in the…

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Corowa Helps Kempsey Flood Victims

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 30 September 1949 · page 3

in common with every ether part of the State, Corowa is out to help the unfortunate victim of the recent unprecedented floods in the…

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75 Dead in Spanish Storms

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 1 October 1949 · page 3

MADRID, Fri.: At least 75 persons, mainly women and children, lost their lives in a tempest of wind, rain and…

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Albury, District Soaked By Heavy Rain

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 4 October 1949 · page 1

STEADY rain which commenced to fall in Albury early yesterday morning and continued throughout the day, yielded the heaviest single rainfall so far this year and caused minor floodings in low lying parts of the city…

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30 Italian Flood Deaths

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 4 October 1949 · page 3

NAPLES, Mon.: At least 30 people, including many children, have been drowned in floods which have devastated nearly 1000 square miles in…

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Violent Storms Leave Behind Death, Devastation London

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 5 October 1949 · page 1

FEARFUL storms have left trails of death and devastation across Italy, Spain and Sweden, and Italian and Spanish officials, fearing outbreaks of disease, are giving priority to getting supplies of…

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Freak Storm in South Africa

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 6 October 1949 · page 2

KIMBERLEY (5th Africa), Wed.: A freak cyclonic storm in the course of a few moments yesterday ripped the roofs off…

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No Flooding Arrests Yet

Border Morning Mail · Friday 7 October 1949 · page 15

SYDNEY, Thurs: No arrests have yet been marie in connection with the flooding of Randwick racceoures yesterday…

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Letters to the Editor Floods in North Albury

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 8 October 1949 · page 5

Sir,—As your report said, the eastern end of Wantigong st was in a deplorable condition following the recent rain and ingress and…

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Heavy Rain Falls in Riverina and N.e. Victoria

Border Morning Mail · Monday 10 October 1949 · page 2

THE whole of swept by heavy rainstorms Victoria were swept by heavy rainstorms yesterday. Showers came in from the west early and spread put over a wide area…

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Britain May Be Flooded with I Worthless Dollars London

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 11 October 1949 · page 1

AN international gang of forgers, using Belgium as a base, is planning to flood Britain with thousand of worthless dollar notes, says the "Daily Express." It says that the first batch has crossed the Channel and a second…

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Wodonga Yards Flooded

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 11 October 1949 · page 2

Numbers of back yards of homes in the Wodonga Housing Commission area were flooded yesterday. Wodonga post office recorded…

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JINDERA Abundant Rain—Record Flood

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 12 October 1949 · page 16

Bounteous rains have fallen within the last week or so and a total of 338 points were officially registered up to 9 a.m. yesterday…

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Flood Threat in North-east

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 13 October 1949 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Wed.: Serious flooding is threatened in the King, Broken and Ovens River Valleys where heavy rains in…

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Will Be Flooded

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 13 October 1949 · page 1

The Governor General (Mr Mckell) will begin construction work on the Snow River Hydro–electric and irrigation project on October 17. At a…

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No Flood in Murray Yet

Border Morning Mail · Friday 14 October 1949 · page 11

Unless more heavy rain falls there is no danger of floods in the Murray, the officer-in-charge at Hume Reservoir (Mr E. Martin)…

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35 Killed in Rain Storms

Border Morning Mail · Monday 17 October 1949 · page 9

GUATEMALA, Sun.: Thirty-five people are reported dead throughout Guatemala as a result of the heaviest rains in 15 years…

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