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Murray · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1950

494 stories in Murray's papers · page 10 of 25

Floods, Blowflies Kill Million Sheep

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 2 May 1950 · page 15

BRISBANE, Mon.: Floods and blowfly attacks in Western Queensland are estimated to have killed one million sheep…

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Convention Says Electrical Imports Flooding Australia

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 2 May 1950 · page 1

Strong opposition to the Federal Government allowing the duty free importation of prefabricated homes completely fitted with electrical equipment was expressed by the Federal president of the Electrical Convention (Mr Kennell) at the luncheon at the Gala yesterday…

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Hay Flood Effort a Tribute to Those Who Helped From the Mayoress

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 5 May 1950 · page 2

To all those women who did their part to protect our town by caring for the menfolk who constructed and patrolled the embankments—…

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Mr. Ron Ah Opposed to Tallangatta Flooding

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 6 May 1950 · page 3

“I am opposed to the flooding of Tallangatta and raising of Hume Weir until the highest authorities have fully investigated the matter. It may even be possible to surround Tallangatta…

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Floods Drive 1100 People From Town

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 6 May 1950 · page 3

WINNIPEG, Friday: The entire 1100 population of Morris (Manitoba) evacuated the town last night in the face of rising…

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Wild Storm Moves Into Canada

Border Morning Mail · Monday 8 May 1950 · page 3

CHICAGO, Sun.: The year’s wildest storm which left 10 dead and millions of dollars worth of damage as it roared from the…

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Storm, Flood, Fire Havoc; Many Dead Threat to City

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 9 May 1950 · page 3

WINNIPEG, MON: The army late last night warned 1450 more residents of low-lying Winnipeg suburbs to…

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Minister Promises Sympathetic Hearing of Claims for Storm Damage Relief

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 9 May 1950 · page 1

Representatives of Deniliquin and Moama Municipalities and Wakool, Jerilderie, Windouran, Murray and…

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Flood Damage to Be Investigated

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 9 May 1950 · page 7

Consideration will be given to the provision of better drainage facilities in the district's irrigation channel…

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Gales, Rain Lash South Coast

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 10 May 1950 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tues: Gale force winds and driving rain are lashing NSW’s south coast as a cyclone rages across the Tasman Sea to…

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Russians Flooding Into China

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 10 May 1950 · page 3

MANILA, Tues. (From Blake Gearhart, United Press manager in Shanghai, who has arrived in Manila on the…

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Winnipeg Flood Peril Grows

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 10 May 1950 · page 5

WINNIPEG, Tues: Hundreds of residents of Winnipeg were forced to flee from two more suburban areas later, as rain fell on the…

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Floods Worse in North America Montreal

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 11 May 1950 · page 2

Four lives hove been lost and at least 12 other persons ore missing in the floods which are now raging through the central section of North America stretching from southern…

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Biggest Flood Exodus Yet

Border Morning Mail · Monday 15 May 1950 · page 2

WINNIPEG, Sun.: In the greatest flood exodus In Canadian history, one-third of Winnipeg’s population of…

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80,000 Quit Flooded City

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 16 May 1950 · page 5

WINNIPEG, Mon.: Although a total of 12,000 citizens left the flooded city of Winnipeg on Sunday, the authorities said that the…

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Reds Try to Storm Civic Reception Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 17 May 1950 · page 1

Rioting Communists forced their way into the Town Hall as delegates to the South-East Asia conference entered the building shortly after 5 p.m. today to attend the Lord Mayor’s reception…

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Flood Peak Past

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 17 May 1950 · page 6

WINNIPEG, Tuesday: Winnipeg’s flood defence fighters are now “a bit ahead of the game,” according to an army spokesman. He said…

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Big Floods, But No Rain

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 17 May 1950 · page 9

SYDNEY, Tues.: Although it is months since rain fell along the River Darling, many of the areas through which it flows are now…

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Flood Damage to Roads Estimated at Nearly £3000

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 18 May 1950 · page 1

The extent of flood damage to roads in the Jerilderie Shire during the heavy rains and floods of a month or two back was the…

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Floods, Frosts Cause Setback

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 18 May 1950 · page 14

SYDNEY, Wed.: Floods and frosts have caused a set-back in winter pastoral conditions for livestock, according to a statement…

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