Vast Flood Threat to N.W. N.S.W. SYDNEY
Backwaters of the flooded Hunter River at Maitland are sweeping into more than a dozen homes which had just been made habitable after the May floods…
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494 stories in Murray's papers · page 17 of 25
Flood Town
Marshall street, the main street of Goondiwindi, in southwest Queensland, is now flooded to a depth of 2ft. 6in. since the Mclntyre river broke its banks during the heavy rains at the weekend…
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Two hundred people are flood-bound on forming properties in the Marra Creek district, 20 miles north of Nyngan. They have been unable to leave their homes…
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Holbrook shire residents have already subscribed £172/16/6 to the council’s fund to provide relief for N.S.W. flood victims. The…
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The main street of Morec, north-west NSW, which was submerged by floodwaters of the Gwydir river. During the [?] of 1949 more than 18 feet of water was measured in the ambulance station…
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ROMA, Wed.: From Condamine 100 miles east of Roma to the South Australian border, practically all road transport is…
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SYDNEY, Wed.: For the third time in four moths, Forbes (population 7000) cut into three islands is…
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The flood waters of the Willandra Creeks and its tributaries in the vicinity of Ivanhoe are rapidly becoming worse and in the very near future…
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With the Lachlan river now inundating the country north of Maude, and the Murrumbidgee rising quickly at the township, Hay Police on…
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I feel that it is a duty I owe to the people of this State to tell them just what action was taken by their Government in the past months to assist their fellow citizens who are experiencing the tragedy of the floods. I believe the people are entitled to know what was done, as never before…
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SYDNEY, Thurs.: General rain in the western, and north-western parts of the State is expected to increase the flood…
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The danger of Albury being flooded is almost nil, for most of the city is built well above flood level…
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LITHGOW, Fri.: Flood rains have again isolated the Glen Davis oil town [?] Wolgan Valley and the town…
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President of Hume Shire Council (Cr. T. Conway) yesterday expressed disappointment at the response to council’s N.S.W. Flood…
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Reports coming in from flooded territory throughout Queensland indicate that a great disaster has occurred, especially in the western watercourse country, from which many stock are…
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BRISBANE, Sun.: Police and townspeople at Thallon, 377 miles south west of Brisbane, have built a clay retaining wall to stop…
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RAAF and soldiers will combine in an air food lift to hundreds of stranded families in the flooded north-west of New South Wales. Meanwhile, army “ducks” loaded, with provisions, are providing many families with food supplies…
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When he returned to Canberra after his recent visit to Hay, Mr. H. Roberton, M.H.R. for Riverina, made immediate representations to the Federal…
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A donation of £20 from the Albury Sailors, Soldiers and Airmen’s Club has brought the Albury Salvation Army Flood Relief Appeal…
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Almost a quarter of an inch of rain fell during a thunderstorm which broke over Albury yesterday afternoon. Preceded by loud…
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