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Murray · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1950

494 stories in Murray's papers · page 11 of 25

Murrumbidgee Shire Losses by Flood

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 19 May 1950 · page 1

£3600 Damage on State £730 Spent in Attempt to Save Tillage riAMAGE by flood to main roads and State highways within Murrumbidgee Shire is estimated at £3600 odd, with damage…

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Floods Threaten Iraq Capital

Border Morning Mail · Friday 19 May 1950 · page 3

BAGHDAD, Thurs.: Engineers last night blasted anti-flood dykes to release swirling floodwaters from the River Tigris, which are…

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Winnipeg Floods Still Serious

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 20 May 1950 · page 1

WINNIPEG, Fri.: Heavy winds pounded flood waters of the Red River against the sodden dykes of this battered city yesterday…

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Britain Hit by Freak Storms

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 23 May 1950 · page 15

LONDON, Mon: Large hailstones, thunder and lightning accompanied freak whirlwind storms and a miniature tornado…

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Winnipeg Floods Receding

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 24 May 1950 · page 5

WINNIPEG, Tues.: The flood-swollen Red River is now falling at the rate of one and a half to two inches a day and flood…

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Flood Threatens Forbes

Border Morning Mail · Monday 29 May 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sun.: Forbes is again threatened with serious flooding as the Lachlan River continues to rise at an alarming rate…

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Storm Strikes Walwa

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 30 May 1950 · page 10

Rainfall for two days at Walwa was 212 points. It ended on Friday evening with a violent rain, hail and wind storm which…

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Floods Drown Six Cows

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 30 May 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday : Flood-waters of the Lachlan River spread half a mile wide over market gardens, washed away…

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Flood Threatens Forbes

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 31 May 1950 · page 19

SYDNEY, Tues.: Forbes, with a population of 7000, is threatened with serious flooding for the second time in two months…

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Flooded Billabong Caused Evacuation Conargo Homes

The Pastoral Times · Friday 2 June 1950 · page 1

When the Billabong Creek flooded at Conargo recently, a great deal of damage was caused to property and many people had…

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Heavy Rain in Northern S.A. Cattle Country

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 6 June 1950 · page 12

ADELAIDE. Mon: Station-owners are jubilant at further downpours to rain in ,the northern cattle country during the week-end. Feed…

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Flood Damage

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 6 June 1950 · page 3

The Town Clerk has received word from the State Flood Relief Committee that his Council's application for a grant to cover the cost of the flood…

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New Flood Warning on Lachlan Sydney

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 9 June 1950 · page 2

Residents on a 200-mile section of the Lachlan River, between Forbes and Hillston, are threatened with flooding nearly as bad as the record floods of…

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Tax Rebates for Flood Losses

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 9 June 1950 · page 2

Graziers who have suffered from flood damage during the income year ended on June 30, 1950, may obtain some relief through the deferred…

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Four Towns in Danger Record Flood Feared Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Friday 9 June 1950 · page 1

Towns along the Lachlan River are preparing for a record flood as water cascades over the Wyangala Dam spillway to a depth of five feet. Towns affected include…

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Flood Danger at Forbes Hundreds Quit Homes

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 10 June 1950 · page 2

SYDNEY, Fri.: Floodwaters of the Lachlan River are racing through [?] homes en the outskirts of Forbes…

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Flood Drives Condobolin Residents From Homes Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 13 June 1950 · page 1

Lachlan river floodwaters after dividing Forbes into three islands and causing heavy damage to wheat, oat…

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Labour Senator’s Street Meeting Supports Candidate J. P. Flood

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 13 June 1950 · page 1

Senator C. Sandford, a Victorian, addressed addressed a street meeting on Saturday night at the corner of Cressy and…

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German Communists Storm Meeting

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 14 June 1950 · page 7

DUSSELDORF, Tues: More than 200 youths attending a meeting in Dusseldorf, at which the former German General Von Manteuffel…

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£2 Mil Flood Damage

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 14 June 1950 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tues.: Heavy rain on the central and south coast of NSW has caused widespread flooding and damage estimated…

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